Saturday, July 25, and Sunday, July 26, 2026

As planned, Daddy and Chase went out to Elias’s house in Silex on Saturday. From what Nanaw could tell on Life360, they got there early Saturday morning, and it looks like they spent the whole day at the golf course. Nanaw will check with Chase and Mama to get the details. Nanaw couldn’t tell what they did for lunch and dinner so she’ll have to ask about that also. (They spent six hours at the golf course, and Chase had a hot dog for lunch. They used a golf cart so they didn’t have to walk the course.) Mama went to Uncle Mike’s in the afternoon for the driveway adventure. She and Uncle Mike went to Paul’s market to get something for Daddy to grill on Sunday. Mama said they got two Italian sausages for Nanaw, who is invited to dinner on Sunday. They also bought huge hot dogs and bratwurst. Mama also sent a selfie that Chase took of himself on Saturday for Days of Chase. He was supposed to send it to Nanaw but evidently forgot to do it. Nanaw sent him pictures of Baby Truman on his way to the little house and one of him there but didn’t hear anything back from Chase. Mama got home around 11 Sunday morning from Uncle Mike’s, and Daddy and Chase got home from Silex a little later. Supposedly, they weren’t going to spend the night but evidently they did. Nanaw has so many questions to ask! Some more things Nanaw learned. Uncle Chris is going to get rid of the Knight Owl café. Chase wants to play golf with Elias next weekend but if he can’t do that, he’ll play golf with Daddy. The sleepover at Drew’s house has been moved to Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, Chase and Nanaw are going to Gibault for the technical setup of his laptop. 

Friday, July 24, 2026

Chase had a workout session at 10 a.m. on Friday morning. On the drive there, Chase told Nanaw that he’s going to have a sleepover at Drew’s house next Monday night, he thinks with the rest of the guys of the crew. He asked Nanaw if she remembered where Drew’s house was, and then asked if she’d be able to come pick him up on Tuesday morning. Nanaw told him yes, she remembered where Drew lives – you make a right turn at the street where you turn left for the workout. Then she said yes, of course, she’d be able to pick him up on Tuesday morning. Nanaw is so glad he’s getting together with the crew before school starts. She thinks the only one he’s seen this summer is Brady so this will be fun for him. Tonight is the Demo Derby in Waterloo, and usually Chase, Mama and Daddy go with Brady’s family. But they weren‘t going this year because both Mama and Chase said they weren’t feeling it. Also, Chase said he’s golfing with Elias tomorrow, and Nanaw assumes that means he didn’t want to stay out late. He’s really looking forward to seeing Elias. Chase didn’t do his Python course this afternoon but Nanaw will see if she can get him to do it every day next week. She’ll make sure to do her lessons with him when he’s doing his; that will help keep him on track. Nanaw isn’t going out to the little house till Saturday morning. She was tired and didn’t feel like doing the long drive on Friday evening. 

Thursday, July 23, 2026

This morning, Nanaw asked Chase where he and Brady went to play miniature golf last night, and Chase said it was the course by the driving range. Uncle Mike came over today and did lots of chores for Nanaw. He glued some brackets on a chair; straightened out the counter stools that Papaw made for the new house in 1998; put up one of the blinds in the vertical blinds; put together the sparkly lawn decorations Nanaw got from Amazon; and stored a lot of boxes in the basement up on the shelves. Nanaw was very grateful for all that he did. For lunch, Chase had the Ramen Noodle soup thing. Uncle Mike said he eats them too, and likes them. In the afternoon, Chase did his Python programming course just like he promised yesterday that he would. He’s doing well with learning the coding, and that makes Nanaw happy. Maybe it would never be a career he would be interested in but at least he’s learning something new this summer instead of just watching YouTube videos and playing games on his phone and computer. And Nanaw is having fun learning Python. Chase and Daddy won’t be spending the night at Elias’s house over the weekend because there’s not enough room for them but at least Chase will get to play golf with Elias and do other things together. The last two pictures are of the sparkly things Nanaw bought from Amazon for the front of the house.

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

For lunch, Chase had a new Lunchable – a nachos one. He said he liked it, and Nanaw thought it looked good. He had a workout in the afternoon and didn’t get so hot and sweaty like he usually does. The weather has cooled down, and it’s really nice after the hot weather we’ve had the past few weeks. Once again, on the way home from the workout, Chase talked a lot to Nanaw. They talked about golf and how Chase likes it. He says the only sport he doesn’t like is volleyball. Again, he said he thinks he’ll play baseball for the Gibault team. They talked about the trip they took several years ago to the Smokey Mountains, and how they played so much mini golf and went on those things that swung around in the air. Chase said it was a good trip, and he really liked it. He said that if Florida didn’t work out sometime, they could go there again. Nanaw’s going to see if she can find some streaming golf tournaments for Chase to watch because he seems to like golf so much. Mama texted Nanaw that Chase and Brady played miniature golf this evening after Chase got home from Nanaw’s. She didn’t say where so Nanaw will have to find out. 

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Chase had an interesting morning, afternoon and evening. He ended up saying it was a really good day. Then he said maybe it was going to be a good week, especially if he got to have a sleepover with Elias this weekend . In the morning, he told Nanaw that Brady couldn’t play golf today but he wanted to come over and visit him today. So they arranged for Brady to come at 11. Chase wanted to go to Walmart to get some practice golf balls so Chase and Nanaw went Telegraph Road Walmart. Chase got his golf balls, plus some Baked Lays potato chips. Nanaw got lots of Lactaid cottage cheese. Telegraph Road Walmart carries it now. Nanaw took Chase over to his house at 11 to see Brady, and told him she’d be back at 3 p.m. to get him. At 3, she went to get him so he could have his turkey soup for lunch. They dropped Brady at the ICS church, where his Mama works as the church secretary. After eating his turkey soup, he did his Python computer-coding class. He’s being really good about doing it, with little complaining, making Nanaw happy. Before Nanaw took him home, he told her he had texted Daddy to see if they could go to the driving range tonight and take Brady with them. Daddy said yes, and Chase was very happy about that. Mama was having dinner with a friend so they were on their own. 

Monday, July 20, 2026

This morning, when Chase got to Nanaw’s house, he showed her the medal he got yesterday at the Bears baseball tournament. Chase’s team won second place. Nanaw took the picture below of Chase and his medal. Later in the day, there was a mishap involving candy powder and Nanaw’s laptop. Somehow,, Chase spilled candy powder all over the keyboard of Nanaw’s laptop and the dining room table. They got it cleaned up but both Chase and Nanaw were worried that it messed up the laptop. But so far, it seems okay. Nanaw may have Chase eat his meals and snacks at the kitchen counter so something like this doesn’t happen again. Chase said he had a good time at his workout this afternoon. On the drive home, he told Nanaw he will probably play baseball at Gibault this year because he’s not playing golf. He also said that he’s excited about seeing Elias this weekend, and he hopes that he and Daddy are spending the night out there. Mama is spending the night at Uncle Mike’s house, after the driveway adventure. Chase said that thinking about spending time at Elias’s reminds him of the time he had the best week ever. Unfortunately, he can’t remember when that week was or anything about it except that maybe Elias was involved. Later in the afternoon, Chase did his Python computer coding, which made Nanaw happy.

Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19, 2026

No baseball rainouts this weekend! Chase played shortstop this weekend instead of second base or pitching. I think he doesn’t like pitching anymore because of the pressure. After the two games on Saturday, Mama wanted them all to go to Wally’s with Tucker and his family but Chase didn’t want to go despite always wanting to go before. Mama said he was hot and tired, and they came home instead. Nanaw was there when they returned home, bringing back Chase’s shoes. He’d left them at her house on Friday, under the dining room table so they weren’t easy to see. He had texted Nanaw Saturday morning about them, and she told him she would get them and take them to his house when she got home from the little house. He hadn’t told Mama about the shoes so she was surprised to find out they hadn’t made it home. Nanaw was happy to see Chase unexpectedly on Saturday. Chase had four baseball games this weekend; unfortunately, they only won one game and that was on Sunday but they came in second in the tournament and got medals.  For Chase’s Monday lunch, Nanaw got turkey soup out of the freezer. Nanaw also put lunches on the weekly calendar. Plus, she texted Mama that the sunflowers are blooming in North County and did she want to take Travis (her Traverse) on a road trip to see them. They  haven't had much luck seeing the sunflowers these past few years so Mama isn't sure she wants to try again.