Saturday, February 28, 2009

A Home Town Tradition

Thursday of this week was a unseasonably warm day. We took it upon ourselves to get some outside work done. The side of our house that doesn't get much sun was showing signs of mildew and some mold was forming. We pre-determined to get that cleaned up on the next nice day we had.
Since we have a two story house we had to use a very long ladder. Which meant waiting for sweetheart to come home as one needs to stabilize the ladder for the one that is scrubbing.
I mixed up some bleach and water and filled up one of those garden/bug sprayers with the solution. Sweetie climbed up, up, up! It didn't take us more than 30 minutes to get the side of the house done! It was fun actually.
We had gotten a quote to get the side done. $100! Well, we just saved. I was able to get bleach for .76 cents each in three gallon containers. We only used one! That mold/mildew mixture rinsed right off.
As it was now nearing 6:30 pm and I had been outside helping I didn't have dinner ready. Sweetie and the boys didn't want to wait on me to fix anything either so they collectively decided to go out to eat.
I had a treat in mind. Sweetie and our middleschool son had never been to Johnny's Big Burger. Clarksville icon, right? For those of you who aren't familiar, Johnny's is a college kid hangout/burger institution as it is located across from Austin Peay State University. Many famous folks have eaten there as they were told this was a "Clarksville must do". The most famous thing there is the burger of course, but also the honeybun with icecream! Grinning from ear to ear our youngest son and I couldn't wait to introduce them to Johnny!
Johnny has all sorts of things to choose from, you can get breakfast, a shake, burgers, ect. You get the picture. As you enter the diner, you immediately see the grill and the big bar and the bar stools that many a person has graced over the years. There is a jukebox in the corner crooning out tunes, over to the left is a sitting area with some booths, and a few videogames. Mrs. Pac Man anyone? Also one can pause for a moment and check out the old photographs of the many athletes that have visited and left there mark here.
We sat at the bar. Somehow I can't bring myself to sit in the back. All the converstaions happen in front of the grill. Tonight the topic of conversation was about the basketball game between APSU and Mississippi. Last time they were here, APSU lost, so they were ready to bring it on again tonight! One of Johnnys waiters took our orders of cheeseburgers and crinkle fries. We then took the time to look around and get involved in conversations with the others at the bar. How fun! Quick as a whip our food was ready. MMMMM! We dove in! Once finished with that, the boys got chocolate shakes and Sweetie and I shared a honeybun with icecream. Johnny takes a honey bun and puts it on the grill so it gets nice and warm! Then he scoops out a big blob of vanilla icecream and puts it on top of the bun! YUMMY!
What a great way to spend an evening!

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