Tomino's

I was up early, shortly before 7am. It was gorgeous, sunny and very warm. I took Frankie out then started some coffee and completed my exercises. And since the morning was so incredibly nice, Frankie and I took up refuge on the deck. I took along coffee, a book, and my guitar. I sat under one of the deckside shade trees on the chaise lounger. Just a perfect day! We sat outside for almost two hours soaking up early dappled sunshine. I carried out a make-shift water bowl and a baggie full of dog food for Frankie. She appreciated both. I decided not to rush to run. Instead, I took in all the morning had to offer. I would run soon after Mindy got up. Mindy didn’t get up until 10am or so. She joined us on the deck. By then, I had the Soundscapes music channel piped outdoors. I checked the hot tub. Still holding at 102 degrees and full. Good news! I readied for a run somewhere near 1030am. I ran in shorts only (no shirt), running the usual four mile trek. Mindy headed up for a shower and to ready for the graduation party she planned to attend. I thought that I’d head back out onto the deck for more R&R, only this time with Mindy’s laptop in tow so I could do some writing for my blog. However, when I unplugged Mindy’s power cord the laptop went dead. I tried it again until I realized that it was plugged in with the wrong adapter, Jacob and Bella’s HP cord. I then tried the proper Dell power cord only to discover that it was totally dead. I had to scrap the idea of using the laptop from the deck. I did more reading until Mindy was out of the shower. I then asked her about the laptop. Said it hadn’t been working for a while but found that the HP cord worked on her Dell. Great! I wasn’t pleased. Later, she confessed that Frankie bit into the Dell power cord rendering it useless. Didn’t want to tell me because she knew I’d be mad. Yep, I was mad alright, but not so much because of the problem but more so because I was kept in the dark. What does that teach the kids? If it hurts don’t tell? I didn’t want to discuss it any further. I was incensed. Mindy soon left and I got busy with lawn chores, whacking, edging, cutting, and blowing. I had the lawn looking pretty good after a couple hours of hard work. After mowing, I thoroughly watered all the flowers front and back. Jimaken brought the kids home around 4pm. Mindy still wasn’t home, but we expected her anytime. I headed in for a shower in preparation for the family birthday party being held at Mindy’s younger brother’s place. Not sure what time it was when Mindy got home, but I was ready to go around 430pm. We readied and left around 515pm. We had plans to pick-up GD Kaileigh after the party or on our way back home. The party was well underway upon our arrival. I think it officially started at 430pm. The gathering was fun, helped along nicely by the gorgeous early summer weather. We enjoyed a variety of eats, subs, potato salad, seven-layer salad, chips, etc. We played a little backyard volleyball, too. Soon after cake and gifts we headed off to pick-up Kaileigh. Must’ve been near 7:30pm. We’ve seen Kaileigh only one other time since Xmas. In fact, her Easter basket is still resting on our dining room table. Just as we were pulling up in front of the house brother Tommy phoned on his way home from Marysville. Planned to stop by for a rare visit. We haven’t seen him since Mindy’s birthday party at Barley’s, and that was almost three months ago. I decided to run the irrigation system zone #1 to further water the front yard flowers and lawn. Tommy pulled up just after I turned it on. He walked right through one of the sprinklers paths. At the same time, Kaileigh and Bella came running out and asked if they could run through the sprinkler. Why not? It was still very warm and sticky. Tommy asked to tour our yard. OK. We eventually congregated on the deck where he and Mindy each had a glass of wine while I sipped a honey raspberry ale. The kids came out announcing their hunger. Mindy cured that by agreeing to order a couple Domino’s pizza. The two Domino’s pizzas showed up 30 minutes later. I wasn’t that hungry but ate a couple slices anyhow. Hey, who can resist pizza? Tommy must’ve stayed for about an hour and a half. After he departed, we got the kids ready for bed. The girls requested that I blow up the air mattress. I obliged. They asked for bedtime stories too, stories about when I first met them. I spent about ten minutes sharing those two events before joining Mindy, who was already in bed.