Yesterday Danny and I went to Lilburn Park to meet Carol, Bob, and Eric. Kathy was working on the performance evaluation review project for Harland, and Nicole was busy playing with Kathryn, so it was just us boys.

We got there a little early. A northwest wind hit Georgia Friday. Cold enough to have the two Holly bushes Kathy bought to plant out front move inside for the evening. Danny and I bundled up. He soon worked up a sweat running around the playground.

Danny spotted the overhead bars, and wanted to give them a try (since he had done so well a week earlier.) These were even higher, though. I offered to stand under him and catch him. He said he didn’t need anyone to catch him. Instead, he practiced jumping to the ground to test how far the fall would be. After three or four jumps, he decided to give the overhand bars a try.

He did a good job going four or five bars the first try. The second try he fell. He had time to twist around like a cat, only instead of landing on all fours, he also landed on his stomach.

That ended up in a big cry. So we sat down a bench for a few minutes to recuperate. Carol and Bob had not arrived, so I suggested we walk up to the general store on Main Street and get some candy medicine. That got his attention.

An old couple runs the general store which is full of wooden trinkets, tick tocks, and candy jars. Danny picked out some cocolate twists. Five for 35¢.

When Bob, Carol, and Eric arrived, they didn’t last long. Carol announced after 5 minutes that Eric was too cold. He didn’t look cold. In fact, he looked as plump and happy as a walrus. I think Carol may have been the cold one. We finished our twists and left.

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Kathy and I invited Carol and Bob over to watch a movie that night. Later Ted and Nancy invited us up to the farm. We said we couldn’t go. Then Carol called to announce that they were going up to the farm with Ted and Nancy. Then Ted called to apologize for stealing Carol and Bob.

I was having a hard time getting the hollies planted with all the phone calling.

Frank, Stephanie, and Lauren ended up coming over with the movie “What About Bob?” and Frank’s famous cheese dip. Within 10 minutes, Lauren was coming down the steps with a naked Ken doll.

I explained that I have a rule about naked dolls. I hate having naked dolls in the house. Nicole and Danny said to Lauren, “See!” I guess Lauren was testing her limits, because everyone was good for the rest of the night.