El Verano De Patricio

Hey all. All is well with Carrie and I as far we know. We'll soon be moving out of Harbor Meadows and into a beautiful home on Hawthorne Way in Johnson, AR. Boy are we ready. It will be nice to be out of boxes again and not be house shopping or taking care of house business. We're looking forward to having our own space again and a yard to play in and landscape. This is my first summer in a few without a garden. I miss my tomato plants. We'll be just down the road from the Millers and I hear there are pumpkins being grown there. Our close date on the house is the 27th and Carrie and I will start moving some stuff over that afternoon. Many of you have been asking when the big move date is so you can help. I'm going to get a Uhaul for Saturday the 29th and anyone who wants to help out would be so greatly appreciated. I'll feed you and do whatever else will make you happy. Just let me know. We'll shoot for about 10:00am (poker pals let me know if this is too early as this will follow our monthly event on the Fri night before). Shouldn't take long as everything will be boxed and ready to go. Many of you helped last time and you can't know how awesome that was. Well, Carrie and I will head for Chicago for a wedding and vacation next Thursday and be gone about a week. If you've ever been there and have suggestions please comment. This truly has been a great summer as far as slacking goes. Carrie and I have been blessed with lots of time off this summer--four weeks by the time the school year starts back up. I've decided to officially call this The Summer of Patrick (not really funny unless you've watched lots of Seinfeld) Oh, I've been studying Spanish in my free time. Borrowed a book from Maestra Miller and been studying it a lot. So, feel free to comment in Spanish, I can translate.