{"id":6147,"date":"2004-05-10T06:10:13","date_gmt":"2004-05-10T13:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/05\/10\/weekend-wrap-2.html"},"modified":"2004-05-10T06:10:13","modified_gmt":"2004-05-10T13:10:13","slug":"weekend_wrap_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/05\/10\/weekend_wrap_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Weekend wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Busy, busy, busy weekend &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Friday <\/u><\/b>after work, Jackie came over and we all headed off to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botanicgardens.org\/\">Denver Botanic Gardens <\/a>for their spring plant sale.  As usual, it was like being a kid in a crack shop for me, or something like that, and we bought <s>way too many<\/s> <s>far more<\/s> a lot more plants than a reasonable person might think.<\/p>\n<p>Friday evening was <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sorcerer-rpg.com\/\">Sorcerer <\/a><\/i>over at Doyce&#8217;s.  It&#8217;s odd playing a not-very-nice character in a fairly realistic setting.  Ken&#8217;s nothing like me, nor do I want him (or me) to be, but it&#8217;s interesting how easily some of his selfishness and goal orientation drips off my tongue.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Saturday <\/u><\/b>I was up as Margie took Kitten to dance class, hurling myself into plant planting.  There was the load from the Botanic Gardens, a half-dozen gallon pots from Home Depot the previous weekend, and the booty from the church plant sale (which Margie went and picked up).  I started about 9:15, ended at 4 or so, with occasional stops to drink some ice water.  A goodly chunk of the (call it) six hours was digging out some additional flower bed along the sidewalk, in a patch grass will not grow on.  Got that planted, as well as filling in some sport in the eventually-to-be-terraced area by the driveway.<\/p>\n<p>I need to get more active back out in the yard &#8212; zapping lawn weeds and stray junk in the flower beds.  Didn&#8217;t do much of that last year, nor this year so far, and it shows.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still sore, this morning, in my hands and thighs from all the digging and planting.  But I&#8217;m pleased, too.  With luck, the plants should be established enough by the time it gets too persistently hot that the two-day-a-week watering schedule will be okay for them.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday night was supposed to be <a href=\"http:\/\/nobilis.average-bear.com\/\"><i>Chrysalis<\/i><\/a>, but we ended up just gabbing and playing <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/greedquest\/\">Greed Quest <\/a><\/i>(several times).  <\/p>\n<p>Mother&#8217;s Day dawned on <b><u>Sunday <\/u><\/b>too early, though Kitten was still asleep when I went in to wake her up.  We brought Mommy her present &#8212; a marigold in a flower pot, itself nestled in a little wicker carriage &#8212; as made in pre-school, then hustled off to church.   We were meeting at a conference room at the library, since the church sanctuary is being recarpeted and repainted this week. That worked out okay &#8212; and no protesters, I&#8217;m pleased to say &#8212; and we ran off to do some shopping, thence home.  I made Mother&#8217;s Day pancakes, while Margie &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well, for Mother&#8217;s Day, Margie kicked off her <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/VID\/VoyageIntoDiscovery\">Voyage into Discovery<\/a><\/i> campaign.  Randy, Jackie, Stan and I were there for the premiere, which (speaking just for myself) was a lot of fun.  Margie did a great job establishing the mood (room decor, food, music), getting us into the characters (interesting cover character sheets, Q&#038;A sessions), etc.  It&#8217;s a little frustrating playing 1st level newbies, but certainly a lot simpler.  And I enjoyed playing Amir, and the interpersonal byplay between the cousins (and employee), and all that.  <\/p>\n<p>That ran pretty late, and by the time everyone left, we simply hit the sack.<\/p>\n<p>Busy week ahead, as usual.  Better get at it.<\/p>\n<p><u>UPDATE<\/u>:  AAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!  I DIDN&#8217;T CALL MY MOM!!!!  AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!  (Crap.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busy, busy, busy weekend &#8230; Friday after work, Jackie came over and we all headed off to the Denver Botanic Gardens for their spring plant sale. 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