Dennis' News and Views

We finally have had a couple of days of warm weather and it has helped change everyone's attitude. It appears that summer may actually arrive this year. On Sunday, the whole family got into the lake for the first time this year. It was pretty darn cold. I got a close up look at our dock and decided it was time to get new decking put down. That is the project for this weekend. Even the Mariners have improved the last couple of weeks. A new manager has scared some of the players into trying harder. It's too late for this year, but it sure is a good lesson for the future. Sports players that have huge guaranteed paychecks can loose the incentive to work hard and improve. It takes a special type of manager to work with older, established players to keep them sharp. I would love to see the Mariners not totally embarrass themselves the rest of the season.
All year long, we put up with mediocre weather. It doesn't get really cold in winter. Spring and fall are mostly gray. When summer hits, we look forward to getting outside. Going on vacation in summer doesn't make much sense. We were invited to go to Las Vegas later this month. I can't imagine going there in July. Other than regular trips to Seattle to see the Mariners, we don't have any plans of getting out of town. On the other hand, the summer is a great time to have family visit us. Last week my in-laws were up from California. It was nice to have them visit and spend time with the family. The big activity we all participated in was assembling jigsaw puzzles. My brother-in-law Bob is coming up to visit next month. We look forward to having people here so that we have an excuse to go swimming, have bar-be-ques and be lazy. Keep on coming!
My son Jack is a trivia maven. I like to go with him once a week to a local establishment that has a trivia night. Once a month or so, Jack writes the questions and host the event. Last week, our whole family joined together to write the questions. I wrote a category on the Dodgers, my son Tom wrote questions on mythology and video games and my lovely wife Sheri wrote questions on short people. Jack wrote the rest of the questions on obscure topics I had no idea about. There was a good turnout of players and we all had a good time. It never ceases to surprise me how many people know lots of useless information.
I'm hoping to go see Wall-E in the next week or so. Any other movies that I have to see this summer?