That being said, this weekend was pretty busy. I got an email from mom on Friday morning saying she and dad would be bringing Madeline with them this weekend.
The three of them arrived around 6pm on Friday. Madeline is sooo much fun right now. Every time I walk into a room, she points at me and yells, "Hi Uncle Ryan" or "Hi Uncle Rhyno!" When you give her something, she always says "thank you" and always says "please" when asking for something. Especially grapes...the girl LOVES grapes. It was entertaining watching her eat them without using her hands, and when she finished, she would proclaim, "look, I ate it all!"
Mom took her to Grants Farm on Saturday and then to the Zoo on Sunday. She came back and was all excited because she got to see the tigers, bears and zebras. Strange kid. Heh.
Dad and I spent most of the time working in the basement. We rented a jackhammer-ish piece of equipment to help chip up some of the concrete in the basement. We're removing a big sloped piece of concrete around the support beam in the middle of the room. The floor needs to be flat so we can lay carpet down. We also sealed up a crack on the front porch that was allowing water to stream into the basement every time we had a heavy rain.
On Saturday, my buddy Andy Briscoe stopped by. He was in town making the various friend circuit, seeing people, making appearances, etc. He and I chatted for a bit while dad continued to break all kinds of noise ordinance violations, I'm sure, in the basement with the jackhammer. Damn that thing is loud!
They left around 3:30 on Sunday, when Mom and Madeline returned from the Zoo.
Will & Grace
On another note, I've started Net-flixing Will & Grace. Starting from the beginning...
Tivo was recording episodes for me, but I decided that since the DVDs are all out, I should start over and watch them all in order. That's one thing I hate about the cable networks, they seem to play them randomly. Pisses me off! Okay, it really doesn't but it sounded good.