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Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2014
Kyle's First Game
Stacey, Linda and I left the farm in the Malibu and drove
to South Edmonson Elementary School at 11 AM Saturday to watch Kyle play
basket ball. He is still 4 years old, his birthday is in February, so he
was amongst the youngest players allowed to play. Kyle is third from the
left in the fuzzy cell phone picture above. They play with smaller
basket balls and lower goals, but they learn some of the fundamentals
while getting exercise too. Everyone gets to play and it is fun to
watch, more learning than real competition, but high intensity for the
young players, especially with their parents yelling and screaming. Kyle
took a couple hard passes to the face, but he never quit playing, he
didn't cry and he didn't run to his mommy, like a few other players did.
So that was good! He played tough and was getting tired near the end of
the game but, with a little encouragement, he kept going until the final
buzzer. Both teams slapped hands as they walked past the other team to
show good sportsmanship, then I rounded up the Cardinals, with the
coach, for the picture above.
After the game, we drove to Pauline and
Brent's house, left our car there and rode in their Traverse into
Bowling Green. Pauline and I picked Toot's Restaurant for lunch. We ate
and had a few drinks (beers) then went back to their house and talked
while a movie played. Stacey, Linda and I left for home around 6:30 PM.
Stacey talked to Jason using my cell phone while we were driving on the
parkway, then called him when we made it back to the house to finish
their conversation.
Posted on Sunday, December 14, 2014
Peeled & Stuck
Stacey, Linda and I left the farm Friday around 3:30 PM and drove
towards IN. We stopped at the rest area just across the Ohio River at
the 23 mile marker in IN and I asked a few people about the construction
on I-65 going north. They said both lanes were open until the Southport
exit near Indy where construction had reduced it to one lane. I decided
to take US 31 to IN 46 and then IN 3 the rest of the way to Anderson.
That only added an extra half hour to our travel time, so we were able
to pick up a few items at the grocery and a pizza before going to
Daleville. We unpacked our things and ate our pizza, then watched a
little TV before going to bed.
Saturday morning, we had a few places
to go, so we ate breakfast before going to Lowe's in Anderson to check
out a few items. After browsing, Linda and I decided to put peel and
stick tile on the landing at the back door. Otherwise, we would have
needed to remove the door and cut the bottom off about 3/8", then
install a new threshold. The peel and stick option was much easier and
wouldn't be that big of a deal to get done. After that, we drove to
Shelly and Jeff's to pick up a few pieces of wood. We stayed a little
bit and talked with them about Shelly's new job and how things had been
going. I had received some parts that had been back ordered that I
needed to take to Imon for the 56 Chevy, so Linda called to see if Linda
and Imon were home, then we drove over to their house. Imon took a quick
look at the parts and seemed to think they were the rest of what he
needed to finishing installing the new rear end and hook up the disc
brakes. We stayed there a little over an hour, then went back towards
Daleville and had a late lunch at Bird's Smokehouse before returning to
the Daleville house. Stacey and Linda left to do some shopping, so I
watched a little TV (napped) before starting the peel and stick tile job.
Linda
and Stacey returned to the house and it didn't take long until it was
peeled and stuck. Now we need to buy a trim board for the edge of the
ceramic tile in the kitchen and some metal trim pieces for the edges of
the peeled and stuck tiles and that job will be finished, provided the
tiles stay stuck down. LoL!
Sunday we had breakfast then shut things
off and headed home. We avoided Indy again and took a new way home from
Louisville to avoid construction on I-65 south of Louisville. We made it
home just before dark. It was nice to see the scenery along a different
route, but I probably won't go that way again.
Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Christmas Exchange
We called and arranged to pick up Jason at 5 PM and go to eat in Summer
Shade. It really was a dark night and raining, so we took our time
driving, then went inside the restaurant and ordered. Jason roots for
the Boston Celtics and of course, Stacey roots for the Pacers. So, Linda
and I had found a game where those two teams will play each other in
Indy and had ordered 4 tickets. Linda had previously received the OK
from Stephanie about Jason going to the game, but Stacey nor Jason knew
about it. After the waitress had taken our order, I asked them which
team would win if they played each other, of course they both said the
team they rooted for would win and began explaining why. Linda handed
them a Christmas card and told them that it was to both of them. Jason
told Stacey to open it and read what it said. Along with the Christmas
Wishes, it said they would be going to the Celtics vs Pacers game. Jason
looked at me and said, "Are you kidding? I said, "No, we're not kidding
and your Mom has said it was OK for you to go." They both were excited
and talked about the trip and who would win until the food came. We ate
and then rode back to Jason's place. We went inside and Stacey and Jason
exchanged gifts. Stacey gave Jason UK coffee cups and a Christmas
decoration for his apartment. I could tell Stacey really liked the Spurs
Championship shirt that Jason gave her as she opened the box.
He
gave her another Spurs shirt and a Christmas ornament, then Jason sprung
a surprise on Stacey with a Christmas card. But inside was an invitation
to go to the Plaza Theatre in Glasgow for a Travis Tritt concert. Both
Stacey and Jason seemed really happy and excited with their gifts.
After
a few hugs and some Merry Christmas wishes, we started to leave as
Stephannie and Tommy were pulling into their driveway. Stephanie yelled
for us to come and see their new grand baby, Skylar Young. We walked
over and went inside and talked for a half hour or so and watched as
Stephanie took care of the two month old baby. Skylar had been to the
doctor and had received 3 shots in the legs and she was supposed to be
cranky, but never seemed to get upset the entire time we were there
talking. Her Grandma Stephanie was doing just what she wanted done, to
rock and be cuddled.