Labor Day

We had Glenn and Marlis and Steve over for our Labor Day cookout.

We had chicken wings and corn on the cob and a salad Lori made.

We played some ladder ball and listened to music.

This was the last time we hosted Glenn and Marlis while they lived here.

Labor Day Sunday

Glenn's band Safe Sax played a birthday party in Riverside, and we were invited.

Linda and Vince came up, with Linda's daughter Callie and son Colton.

And Steve and Emily came up, too.

The band played for two hours, and we had great food as well.

Mimi

Lori's grandmother Mimi passed away in her sleep last night.

We'll miss her so much, but we are thankful for her long and happy life, and for her peaceful passing.

In a future post, we'll show you some pictures from over the last ten years or so--hopefully, we'll all be looking at the same camera in them.

iKicker and the Squirrel

Here's some pix of a Sunday afternoon barbecue in late August.

My birthday present had arrived--an iKicker 501 iPod dock--and we were listening to music on it out back while we smoked some pork chops.

Our neighbor and lawn vandal "the squirrel" invited himself to the do--he's also in the video below.

Sicilian Night

This was our response to Tapas Night, as we had never made Italian dinner for Glenn and Marlis.

I bought a new shirt that Tony Soprano would be proud to wear, and my Michelangelo apron.

Lori got dolled up in a manner suitable for a mob guy's moll.

We had spaghetti with Italian Sausage, a tomato salad and bread with olive oil and Parmesan cheese.

After dinner we sat for group photos to commemorate the occasion. I think it's probably a good thing that the Broadheads are moving to Kansas City.

Goodbye Cardinals

Albert Pujols and Tony LaRussa appeared with Glenn Beck at his Lincoln Memorial rally on Saturday, doing their part to legitimize this racist demagogue. I can no longer give my love and support to the team that they are on--it's too embarrassing.

I am in the process of boxing up every piece of St. Louis Cardinals memorabilia that I have. I want to apologize to everyone who has given--in some cases (Mom!) even made--me items with the Cards' logo on it. I very much appreciate your kindness, but I can no longer stomach them.

Letting go of the Cardinals after almost 50 years of following them is one of the hardest things I have ever done, but continuing to support them is impossible.

Sold!

Lori and I knew we needed to think long and hard about our next dinner party after Tapas Night, but other matters were pressing: the Broadheads had people coming over the next afternoon/evening to look at their house, and they needed to be elsewhere for the duration.

So Lori and Marlis went out to the movie ("Eat, Poop, Love" I think it was called), and Glenn came over and sat with me while I smoked a chicken. When the girls got back, we were sitting out back before dinner when Marlis got a phone call with a serious offer, and they accepted it on the spot.

So, suddenly the Broadheads were moving to Kansas City--in three weeks.

Yeah, we were all a little "Holy Crap!" about that. But we celebrated the sale with a smoked chicken Sunday dinner.

I'm not sure how I failed to get any pictures of Lori this evening.