Aug 30 2006
…Nor Thorns Infest The Ground
I haven’t posted about the stuff this week yet.
On Monday Theresa and I went out shopping. We got a new DVD play for $35 at Big Lots (Praise God!) and picked up brats from Alwan Brothers for a Monday evening “Battle of the Brats” between Alwan and Pottstown (two local delis who make their own sausage).
When we got home TC fixed sandwiches and we left with the family for Dixon Mounds Museum (yet another science passport visit) which was very nice and informative. It’s about an hour drive each way and we drove through what used to be historic Lewistown, IL, a drive which included a cemetary which spawned Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology.
Monday night the Ben-Ezras came over for the brat battle at which we ate late because I can never remember how to start a charcoal fire unless I’ve done it very recently (which I hadn’t). It was very nice and TC and I went over to the Ben-Ezras after the kids were down and stayed up much too late talking to Seth and Crystal.
For the last two days I’ve gone out in the morning to weed our overgrown garden. Between the evil weed and the morning glories and various other smaller weeds I took (get ready for the real, non-exaggerated answer) TWO TRUCKLOADS of weeds and brush to be burned (mostly weeds). [NB: This is the source of the title for the post]
Yesterday afternoon I played games with the kids and tonight we did a special, surprise, elegant dinner for the Nezzars when they came over.
It has continued to be a wonderful vcation and tomorrow after the midwife comes our plan is to head to a nearby state park and camp overnight.
But that’s another post. :0)
