Man Cave and Other Rainy Day Activities

Just a quick post to let you all know that we are moving very quickly into our "normal" week.

Johnny is already out of the house and talking football strategy with Varsity Coach Brawley. He will be coaching 7th grade football with the very generous assistance of Coach Craig. Johnny enjoys coaching, but obviously when he was diagnosed we both assumed that wasn't going to happen this year. He even talked to Danny about it. Coach Craig agreed to be the assistant coach and will be able to help Johnny for the entire season; otherwise, it just isn't possible. Jim, we appreciate the time and effort that you are willing to put into this so that Johnny can continue (in his limited capacity) with coaching. Your generosity is overwhelming. (Again, this is where you wish there was something more to say than "thank you". Seems like there should be something bigger than those two little words.)

I will be spending this gloriously rainy day in the basement. If anyone were to peek into the storage section of our basement, I would literally curl up from embarassment. It is an atrocity. So, I have promised myself that I will spend 4 hours today cleaning only the basement. If that isn't enough to get the job done, I will repeat the effort tomorrow.

While we are working down there, the more important mission to accomplish is finishing Jake's "Man Cave". Jake found an old TV with an attached VCR. He also found the motherload of all of our old VHS tapes. He started to drag them all into his room, creating a wall of tapes. That just wouldn't do. Our solution was to create a space of his own in the creepy part of the basement. My friend, Joyce, donated a couple papasan chairs, a book shelf and a TV stand/table to the effort. Jake LOVES the chairs! My brother-in-law, Alan, is even running cable back to the TV so that it isn't just for tapes. I bought a cheapo piece of carpet to "warm" it up a bit. I am even considering buying a small dorm frig for back there. I would have loved a place to hide out when I was a kid, wouldn't you? Quinn tends to dominate the family room, and I think Jake needs a place that he gets to dominate (and I don't have to see the mess of it all).

My mom is on her way home from the hospital right now. Surgery went very well and now the difficult task of healing remains. She will be able to sleep better in her own home. Thanks to everyone that offered up prayers for her. Please continue -- she still has a lot of healing to do.

Golf Reminder:

Please continue to send in the golf registration forms, volunteer information, or prize/raffle donations. All information can be sent in to the address listed on the registration form that you can print from the bottom of the blog. As with any event, it is always so much easier if you get the registration taken care of earlier rather than later. If you have ever been involved in the planning process of something like this, you can appreciate how helpful it is to have it taken care of early.


Thanks again for taking care of my family with prayers, good vibes, electric karma -- whatever your mode may be, we appreciate it all.

And to Deegan -- Toad thinks the toad is AWESOME! You are a good little buddy to Johnny.