"Omigosh, did you see you got tagged on Glo's blog to do that "10 simple pleasures" meme thing?"

"Glo who? I don't know what you're talking about."

"Ha ha. Have you given any thought of who you're going to tag?"

"Nah, not really. I mean, Katie's an easy target, because she boldly claims that she does not do memes. Or maybe Cadiz, because she'd probably have good answers. But really, I love (1) breaking meme chains, so I probably won't tag anyone."

"Whatever. Well, if you're not giving any thought to this meme, why don't you go do some yardwork before it gets too hot outside? It may reach 90 today."

I liked that idea, so I went outside and started (2) mowing the lawn while (3) rocking to the beat of whatever song my iPod chose for me. Out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw some sort of small creature dash underneath my deck as I approached with the mower. "Damn voles," I thought to myself. Then I made a mental note to put a trap outside after I finished mowing, so that I can continue my plan of (4) eradicating all rodents from my lawn.

After I finished mowing and putting out the trap, I went back inside. There's nothing like (5) drinking a cold glass of anything other than milk after mowing the lawn. I plopped myself down on the living room floor, turned on the tv, and started (6) watching SportsCenter while waiting for the boy to wake up from his nap. Of course, as I was laying there, I had my laptop perched on my belly, as I can't let too much time pass without (7) checking my email or (8) surfing blogs.

Several minutes later, I was pretty sure that I was (9) hearing the boy singing the ABCs in his crib, so I went to get him. As I was changing his diaper, the wife came in the room.

"It's hot outside," she said. "I'm making an executive decision. We're (10) going out for ice cream!"

Smiles and cheers filled the room. We got dressed, hopped in the car, and went and got some ice cream.

(I'll stop here. I'm lactose intolerant, so the story QUICKLY goes downhill from this point, anyway.)