Sunday, March 15, 2009

Saturday's Highlights

We had a great day yesterday. Bat-Enkh and I made a trip into Zanesville to stop at Lowe's Home Improvement Center to look for some soil acidifier to prepare our dirt for the four blueberry bushes Karen purchased for our garden. If we successfully get them in the ground and nurture them through the year we should have our first crop of blueberries in 2010! Salsa & blueberries...maybe blueberry salsa?!

We found the soil acidifier without too much trouble and then toured and browsed the super-store. That's always a good man-thing to do. I ended up spotting some adjustable clamps at a decent price and Bat enjoyed looking at all the various products under one roof.

From Lowe's we were off to the Sears tool department. Ah, the Sears tool department. It was full of men walking around enjoying themsleves waiting to be picked up by their wives. The tool department in Sears is kind of like day care for adult men. Wives drop them off, knowing they'll be watched and taken care of, while they spend hours in other parts of the mall. Then they return and just call over the PA: "Bob, your wife is here to pick you up." Ted, your wife is here to pick you up." It's a wonderful thing.

Bat and I browsed for a while. I identified a couple nifty gadgets to add to my 2009 Christmas list (available to all who ask). Bat found a flashlight and inspection mirror he needed for the hangar. We then walked the mall to look at all the race cars that were on display.

After Sears we stopped at Auto Zone so Bat could pick up some spark plugs for his brother's car in Mongolia. Autolite spark plugs are cheaper in America than they are in Mongolia!

Lowe's, Sear's tool department, race cars, Auto Zone...could it possibly get any better than that?

Yes...how about topping it all off (no pun intended) with a stop at Tom's Ice Cream Bowl!

Here we are at Tom's Ice Cream Bowl.

A typical sundae at Tom's.

Wow. We really did have a great day. And so did Karen. She bathed the dogs while we were gone.

Tanner in the tub, Karen washing, Tucker air drying...

Tanner LOVES getting a bath. Ha.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the picture of Tom's Ice Cream Sundies! My mouth is drueling! Love Dad