Friday Mike took us to some yard sales (he is getting ready to open a "booth" at the flea market (technically, I think he is loading up a little trailer he bought and selling off of it), so he made at least one "investment" purchase (a baseball glove for $1). Then a trip to Walmart. It was my turn to cook, so I made chicken enchalidas for dinner, and a new cake recipe that was yummy. Lisa and the kids went to spend the weekend with a friend, so we played some Hand & Foot that evening. The guys spanked us the first game, but I believe we evened it up the second game. Kept Mike up past his bedtime, though.
Saturday we drove back to Chattanooga to spend the day with Dana and Michael, had a nice lunch and visit with them. They are going on a Western Caribbean cruise in a couple of weeks, so they are excited about that. We are a little envious, although we have been on one of those. We got back to Mike and Nancy's about 7:00, and played some Hand and Foot again (the guys won both games, which they bragged about).
Sunday Mike fixed us a big "biscuits and gravy" breakfast, along with fresh tomatoes and some of the Georgia peaches we had brought. We will miss the fresh produce when we head west. I got the laundry caught up, did a little vacuuming, and Joe pulled some maintenance on the outside (the air conditioner hose had gotten some debris in it and was leaking inside on my feet when we are driving down the road). He and Mike went for a short drive to get Joe's soda and take the watermelon and cantaloupe rinds down to the river to feed to the fish.
We have a great camping spot here, right beside the basketball hoop, and the price is right. But Mike has a lot of grass to mow! And it rains pretty often so that grass is very healthy, grows fast. We have to get out of here before it's time to mow again, or he might put Joe on that lawnmower.
Nancy and I have been trading recipes (we ARE getting older), and looking at old pictures. We've enjoyed getting to know their daughter Lisa and her two kids -- we had just barely met them in the past. Ashleigh is 14 and David is 9, and school starts in about 2 weeks. We came in Friday morning, and David was the only one up, Mike had fell back asleep on the sofa. David, ever the gracious host, said "you'all can come back to my room if you want."
Sunday afternoon Nancy and I had our revenge in the Hand and Foot game -- we whipped on the guys pretty badly. We stopped for dinner (Nancy made pot roast, yummy), then finished the last hand before it got too late, since Nancy has a J O B to go to tomorrow. David is going to "camp" with us tonight. Mike said he is making cinnamon rolls for breakfast "so we can get an early start." I think he is trying to give us a message, since Nashville is only and hour away and that's our destination. He is also threatening to pull the electric cord, so I guess it's time we move on down the road. We've had a great time visiting with them.
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