Today is our granddaughter Haleigh's birthday. She is 17 years old. She is our second grandchild, and first granddaughter. I can still remember how excited I was to see the red fuzz on her little head when she was born. I was hoping she would be born on my birthday, but she was stubborn and wanted a day of her own, arriving one week later. She still has a mind of her own today. Happy birthday Haleigh!! We love you!
Close to 8am, Jarred and Emerson stopped by to drop off the infant car seat so we would have it for Matt's little guy Sam when we pick them up on November 10th. The entire backseat of the truck is now full of baby paraphernalia. We both got one last big hug from Emerson and Jarred before they left.
We did not rush to get around this morning and it was 10:00am before we pulled out of Maple Village RV Park. It was really overcast this morning at 60 degrees, with a little wind. We flew through Wichita since there was little traffic on US400. On Saturday when we returned from Winfield after Abram's game, traffic in the eastbound lane was backed up for a half mile or so due to construction on US400 near I-235. Dean remarked we needed to think of taking an alternate route when we head back to Oswego. We never thought of that at all this morning and traffic never slowed once on our way out of town. We were very thankful for that.
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| We love the artwork and beautiful landscaping along US400 through Wichita. |
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| So many colors in this picture. |
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| It seems like you see forever in front of you at this point on the road. |
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| The reflection in the pond is so pretty. |
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| So open |
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| Love the clouds and this stand of trees. |
I love the moodiness of the clouds, the beautiful browns, golds, reds in the trees, the grass and the reflection of the skies in the pond of the one picture. No matter the weather, this area of Kansas is always beautiful.
We hit both rest stops on US400 on the way home - at Beaumont and just outside of Cherryvale. We pulled into Hillside RV Park at 1:20pm, into the same site we were in before. We will be here for the next 10 days and look forward to visiting with family members and friends during that time.
Once we were parked and had Bentley setup I went in to find this:
No, it's not supposed to look like this. So which one is the correct one?
If you guessed the one on the right - you are right!
The globe on the left came unscrewed from the panel, and evidently was swinging around and broke the middle globe. We have had problems with the middle globe loosening up but we've never noticed any problems with the other two. I guess we'll be trying to find some new hanging lamps next time we are in Joplin. I really liked these globes and hate to lose them, but compared to many other things that could go wrong - this is small.
Dean grabbed the vacuum and together we got the mess cleaned up - glass was on the floor, in the sinks, on the counters, and the table. Thank goodness we did not find any glass on the new chairs. Then he had the job of getting the remaining glass off of the middle light fixture, and rescrewing the light back into the light panel above.
It was about 4 or so and I realized that Haleigh had not responded to the birthday wish I sent her this morning, so I called her. She told me she was just getting ready to call me to see if we could take her to Columbus to meet her mom. Misti is doing her first clinicals in Miami, OK this week. Misti and Haleigh had plans to have dinner and go to a movie tonight in Pittsburg for Haleigh's birthday, so of course we said we would take her over.
It was around 5:45 when Misti arrived. After they left, we talked about what we were going to do for dinner. I didn't have anything laid out, so we decided to drive to Chetopa and eat at the Hornet's Nest. We walked in to find one of my high school classmates, Jamie and her husband Kenny there as well. I ordered and while Dean paid I stopped to visit with them for a few minutes. It was great to see them.
Once we returned to the RV Park, we had barely walked in the door when the rain started. We were so glad we made it inside ---- but it was only for a few minutes ---- and then it stopped! It is supposed to get down to 49 degrees tonight and only get to 55 degrees tomorrow. That's still not too bad - good sweatshirt weather!
It's good to be back in Oswego for awhile. We'll get the chance to spend time with our kids in the area, and to see my sisters and other family members. Plus I use the downtime here to get caught up on projects I need to do, and I have a list!
It has been another great day!
If you guessed the one on the right - you are right!
The globe on the left came unscrewed from the panel, and evidently was swinging around and broke the middle globe. We have had problems with the middle globe loosening up but we've never noticed any problems with the other two. I guess we'll be trying to find some new hanging lamps next time we are in Joplin. I really liked these globes and hate to lose them, but compared to many other things that could go wrong - this is small.
Dean grabbed the vacuum and together we got the mess cleaned up - glass was on the floor, in the sinks, on the counters, and the table. Thank goodness we did not find any glass on the new chairs. Then he had the job of getting the remaining glass off of the middle light fixture, and rescrewing the light back into the light panel above.
It was about 4 or so and I realized that Haleigh had not responded to the birthday wish I sent her this morning, so I called her. She told me she was just getting ready to call me to see if we could take her to Columbus to meet her mom. Misti is doing her first clinicals in Miami, OK this week. Misti and Haleigh had plans to have dinner and go to a movie tonight in Pittsburg for Haleigh's birthday, so of course we said we would take her over.
It was around 5:45 when Misti arrived. After they left, we talked about what we were going to do for dinner. I didn't have anything laid out, so we decided to drive to Chetopa and eat at the Hornet's Nest. We walked in to find one of my high school classmates, Jamie and her husband Kenny there as well. I ordered and while Dean paid I stopped to visit with them for a few minutes. It was great to see them.
Once we returned to the RV Park, we had barely walked in the door when the rain started. We were so glad we made it inside ---- but it was only for a few minutes ---- and then it stopped! It is supposed to get down to 49 degrees tonight and only get to 55 degrees tomorrow. That's still not too bad - good sweatshirt weather!
It's good to be back in Oswego for awhile. We'll get the chance to spend time with our kids in the area, and to see my sisters and other family members. Plus I use the downtime here to get caught up on projects I need to do, and I have a list!
It has been another great day!
Enjoy your time in the Oswego park. It will be nice to relax and visit while there.
ReplyDeleteToo bad about the lights, hmm, get the ladder out!
Hope you get some things crossed off the list. Thankfully we've left the 55F temps behind for now!
Patsy, I find it is always very busy when we are "home" in Oswego. I love it, but find I don't always have the time I think I will have. It's okay though because it's because we are usually spending time with family which is always GREAT!
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