Mother's Day, 2007

Today is Mother's Day. We have Mom and Dad and Susan and Kevin and the girls coming after church today. We spent a good bit of yesterday working on the house and the back garden. At the end of the day it rained and rained and rained until later in the evening. When we went to bed, Cindy realized that the sprinkler was still working. I guess it had been going, with the rain, from early in the afternoon when we were watering the tomato plants and the basil I had planted. Just as we got to the point where the ground was getting wet, thunder and lightning came and we ran inside just as the rain hit. We sat inside and listened to the storm and wondered if we were getting something other than rain and an electrical storm. At one point, hail started accumulating on the patio. We wondered if we were getting something other than rain, but it finally died down a little to the point where I could take a shower and go to the grocery. I left Kate asleep on the floor.

Later, Cindy and Kate told me they wanted a "good" hamburger and Cindy told me she wanted
to me to get her a hamburger from Applebees. So I drove over only to find that there was a big crowd waiting both inside and out. I considered the possibility of going somewhere else but worried about not being able to get in touch with Cindy and Kate by phone. My cellphone was in the other car and the problem we have with the home phone presented an insurmountable problem. So I returned to Appplebee's and waded through the crowd to get to the front to make a takeout order (or takeaway as they say in Britian). It took a while in which I tried to watch a college baseball game between Florida and LSU, but they finally brought me the food and LSU got beat and I was on my way.

Anyway, today is the day. I need to go to the grocery and vacuum the downstairs before I can shower and go to church. I wish I could take Cindy and Kate and picnic at Dowdell's Knob on top of Pine Mountain. The historic value and the beauty of the area are arresting. I think Cindy would like it despite the FDR statue. Maybe we can do it again some other time.

Well, today will be a long day, so up and at 'em.