Dad came over for a 4 day weekend today, to celebrate his
birthday with us in Tennessee. Sister
had told him she was coming to Missouri for his birthday. He told her he had
decided to come here to be with all of us. Of course, Paul and I told him, we
knew the real reason for his decision was the fact here he will be fed and
pampered. If Sister visited him it would
be take out and diners all weekend. He got a good laugh out of that reasoning
but he did not deny it either.
After his arrival today, Paul took him to his first stop
during every visit, the local Library to pick up his weekend supply of books.
It is always a reading marathon when Dad visits. He can read on average 5
novels during a weekend. He will have
read at least one book by the time this gets posted. (Make that two novels)
Tonight, we will take him out for a light dinner then go
harass Umpire Richards for a couple of hours. (That was the plan before the
games were called due to wet fields, so Sister and our Friend Kris met us for
Chinese). We have to keep Dad up past 7 p.m. or he will have the household up
by 3 a. m. Saturday, Paul will make him
his favorite breakfast of eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy. We will show him
the progress on the new house and again describe his future Dad Suite.
Although, we all know getting him to finally move and retire will take an act
of God.
We will stop by Sister’s place for a while then head back to
the little house on the bluff to relax. I plan to make my mouth watering, fall
off the bone baby back ribs for Saturday dinner. Paul will make his famous
baked beans and homemade Cole slaw.
Sunday, for his birthday, Paul will make Dad a great
breakfast. We will relax, read and watch Storage Wars, Swamp People and Storage
Hunters. Sister will be over so better throw in some Olympics to that mix as
well. We plan to take him out to the New
Catfish House so Dad can have “all you can eat catfish”.
Then it will be back to the little house on the bluff for a
great home-made banana pudding, one of Dad’s favorite desserts.
Yes, it will be a nice quiet weekend pampering the old man
and celebrating his 74th Birthday. Happy
Birthday, Pop...
Till next time. LB
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