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Malaprop on swimming:

MCC: We were working on IBMs at swim practice.

KC: IBMs?

MCC: You know, where you swim butterfly, back, breast and free?

KC: You mean IMs! Individual Medleys!

MCC: I thought they were IBMs!

On MCC’s blonde hair getting darker each year:

DC: We’re not going to be able to call you a thumb head anymore.

JC: A what?

DC: What is that when you have really blonde hair?

JC: Oh… a tow-head!

[From an e-mail to Nicole from Kathy who has laryngitis.]

Nicole-

Feeding Clyde

He eats twice a day, just like Charlie. His food cup is kept in his food

bin. You’ll see a black magic marker line inside the cup. Give him 2 cups

of food (filled to just UNDER the aforementioned line) at each meal.

Our one big problem with him that we are working on is he guards his food

when he eats. Just pet him once when you tell him he can have it (he will

not be wagging his tail) and then let him be until he is done. Just don’t

touch him while he eats. He will be a good boy while waiting for his food

and will be very thankful to you when he’s finished.

He can eat after you have eaten.

Outside Time

Clyde will wake you up sometime between 7:00 and 8:00 wanting to go

outside. He’ll lead you to the front door, but let him out the back door.

Make sure his radio collar is on and you can leave him outside for an hour

or so as long as he doesn’t bark. (He usually doesn’t bark even when that

idiot beagle is going crazy out back.)

You may want to sleep in our room since his bed is in there and that is

normal for him. When you shut off all the lights, etc., he will follow you

up. Just be sure to let him out before going to bed. You may have to coax

him in with a cookie because he likes to hang out outside when it is cool.

Let him go outside at least 2 other times during the day. If he stands by

the door make sure to let him out.

Clyde Miscellany

He has a new brown bear that he is very proud of. That is the only stuffed

animal he has and the only one he should be playing with.

Do not play tug of war with him or any other games that could get out of

hand. Clyde’s sweet and cute and fun and big and he gets out of control

fast!

If you leave him for any length of time there are 2 things you can do

before leaving. One is to make a peanut butter bone for him. He has one

bone that is about the length of your hand. You can get a knife-full of

peanut butter and coat a thin layer on the inside of the bone. He loves

this treat and I give it to him when I have to leave for awhile. Just don’t

double dip the peanut butter knife into the family peanut butter. He has

his own jar of the stuff. I’ll try to remember to put his name on it.

The other thing you can do is put him on the deck with the gate locked and

the screen door propped open. Make sure that gate is shut and locked

closed! If you’ll be gone no more than 2 hours, you can leave a family room

window open, too, and he’ll probably just come inside and rest.

If I can get to the store, I will buy some new bones for him and you could

give him one of those.

Other pets

Feed the fish 15 grains of food on Saturday and Monday.

Refresh the bird’s food on Saturday and Monday.

Household Miscellany

Please bring the trash out to the curb before 9:00 Monday morning.

The mail and paper will continue service. I’ll have someone leave

Thursday’s and Friday’s in a bin on the porch, so you can bring that in.

I’m not sure what to do about food for you. I don’t want stuff to go bad,

but you are welcome to anything in the fridge or pantry. I bought a bunch

of frozen meals if you want that. I’ll leave some money on the counter for

food, too.

The pool key is hanging on the key holder. It is the one with the yellow

floatie key ring.

Keep my cell and dad’s cell numbers with you 678-640-1111 (me) and

770-639-2222 (dad). You should still be able to reach us. We also have the

important phone numbers underneath the kitchen phone.

Dad will send detailed directions to Ted’s. Do you have Ted’s phone number?

I still can’t really talk, but please e-mail me so I know you’ve received

this. Are there any phone numbers we can have should we need to reach you,

like Gwynne’s?

xoxoxo- Mom

A lot of illness this Memorial Day weekend. Grandad had seed implants and is having to deal with the highly annoying aftermath. Jami had her gall bladder removed and had some adverse reaction to the anethesia that kept her in the hospital over night. Grant has the flu. Mary Claire developed a urinary tract infection.

And last, and I guess least, Clyde bit Mr. Monkey’s eye off, so we had to glue it back on. A rubberband and penny holds his eye in place as the glue drys.

It turns out Katie lost her dog tags on mother’s day weekend. Perhaps Clyde was to blame because they played so hard together.

Both Clyde and Charlie Fishback wore tags ordered over the internet from BoomerangTags.com. I had a very hard time remembering or finding this website when ordering for Clyde, so I’m writing in down here for posteritiy.

This is a great example of internet ecommerce. You can tell the owners are dedicated to a quality product, provide you a lot of extra information if you want it, and they can mail you the product in a regular envelope.

Despite this caution, I ordered the medium brass tag for Clyde. I put his name, our name, and phone on one side, and address on the other side. (If he had had his url at the time, I would have put that.) The hole is reinforced, and the engraving is deep with some kind of color embedded in the grooves. I recommend putting a piece of leather between the tag and the aluminum “government” tag to help keep the two metal tags from wearing on each other.

Kelly had a leading role in the 5th grade musical performance, I Need A Vacation. She played the mother in a scene about a family driving across country to see the sites.

Kathy was able to attend the morning show, and DC, MCC, and I attended the evening show. Kelly got up on stage for a spontaneous solo after the show was over….

She was then joined on stage by her brother and sister for a trio performance.

Back stage, Kelly rests in Mrs. Jones’ director’s chair..

Kathy had a big mother’s day weekend. (Gramalie and Grandad were on Duck Island, NC.) I picked up Nicole after finals to stay for the weekend. Friday night we went to watch Kelly and Mary Claire perform in the children’s choir.

On Saturday we took Clyde over to Ted’s house where Katie and Cleo welcomed their cousin with a lot of fun and play. Susan, Beacon, and Bell joined us later for a walk down to the pond. All the dogs got in the water, with Katie and Clyde doing the most swimming. Danny took Clyde for a run along the shoreline with an extendable leash. Clyde launched himself into the water trying to swim for some Candadian geese. Kathy and all of us had a great laugh at that sight.

The next morning, Kelly and Mary Claire got up to fix Kathy breakfast in bed. We went to morning mass for a repeat performance of the children’s choir. Kathy was in tears when the girls sang the song about biblical mothers Jacobed, Hannah, and Mary and then Ava Maria.

After mass, we went flower shopping. Kathy placed all of her new flowers, bushes, and bog plants around the yard. While she and Danny drove Nicole back to Athens, Kelly, Mary Claire, and I planted the flowers. Everything was in place for her return home inspection.

April 4th vs. Berkmar

JV wins by identical score as last night – this time they hit the ball instead of getting hit.?? Tristan Toorie (2B, 1B, 1B) and Kevin Cordell (3B, 1B, 1B) would get three hits apiece while Matt Covington would collect two.’ TJ Pilla, Rob Holden, Ross Walker, Chris Murray, Josh Erisman, and Bradley Hughes all added one hit each.

Walker and Cordell had three RBI’s, Toorie two and Pilla, Holden, Murray, Erisman, and Hughes would have one each.

Danny Cashel pitched the second strong game in a row for the Broncos with a complete game two hitter.?? Cashel pitched 5 innings, gave up only 2 hits, 4 walks and struck out 3.?? He was helped with some strong defense including a 5-4-3 double play and a runner being thrown out at the plate.’