Tuesday, June 30, and Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Tuesday morning was a busy one for Nanaw. It was cleaning lady day, and she spent most of the morning getting the house straightened up. Her helper Chase took out the trashcan so she didn’t miss the garbage pickup like she did that other week. The cleaning lady’s company called to ask if Nanaw could leave her front door unlocked because the cleaning lady had left without a key. Chase was having a great time during the morning talking to Tucker and playing games on the computer. He planned to talk to Tucker when they got to Chase’s house but Tucker had to go somewhere so they couldn’t do that. Around noon, Chase and Nanaw went over to his house. He played VR for a long time downstairs, and then Nanaw heard him talking on the phone with Tucker, and there was a lot of laughing. Mama and Daddy came home from work a little early, and Nanaw visited with them for a while because the cleaning lady still wasn’t done. Finally, Nanaw got the text that the cleaning was done. But instead of going home she went grocery shopping at Walmart. One of the things she bought was a loaf of soft French bread because Chase wanted to make cheese garlic bread tomorrow, On Thursday, Chase had a workout in the morning. During the workout, Nanaw went back to Columbia to get her newspaper. Then she came back to the workout place and did a crossword puzzle until Chase was done. He was sweating a lot because it was so hot in the workout place, and he asked Nanaw if she would dry his clothes, which she did. A little while after they got home, Chase started working on his cheese garlic bread. Nanaw was his sous chef or helper and his clean-up person. He did a great job of slicing the loaf of bread in half longways. Then he put together the butter, minced garlic, seasonings, parsley flakes, and Parmesan cheese mixture that he spread on the bread. Then he placed slices of mozzarella cheese on the bread and sprinkled more parsley flakes on it. He baked it in the oven and then broiled it for a few minutes to brown the top. He ate one half of the loaf and said it was really good. Later in the afternoon, he said he thought he ate too much and his stomach hurt. Tomorrow, Nanaw will only let him have half of what’s left. They measured, and weighed him and he weighs 119.1 pounds and is 5 feet 6 inches tall. Mama said he’s catching up with her (she’s 5 feet 8 inches). She wanted to know what he weighed in January, and Nanaw told her 5 feet 4 ½ inches.