Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - Catching Up

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Tuesday, November  6, 2018 - Catching Up

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Thursday morning I woke up to the sounds of rain, so we did not walk today.   Other than doing a few things inside.... laundry, cleaning, paperwork it was a pretty humdrum day.

I did make a trip to see our chiropractor, Dr. Frisbee.  My left shoulder/neck area has given me a bit of trouble the last week or so, and of course the day it hurt the worse was the day his office was closed.  I'm glad I went because I feel better but overall I was in pretty good shape.  I believe the exercises I've been doing are really helping.

Son Brett and grandchildren Dacy and Tucker came over around 4pm.  They brought the Blue & Gold sausage we ordered a few weeks ago.  Dean, Brett & Tucker left to go to our storage shed so Brett could get our old grill.  Dacy and I had a good visit while they were gone.  I ordered a pizza before they arrived.  When the guys returned, Dacy and I ran up to pick up the pizza, and made a stop at G&W for a bottle of Pepsi.  When they left a couple of hours later, Brett was able to take almost all of the baby stuff Jarred sent with us for Matt & Megan when we were in Wichita.  



Friday, November 2, 2018

What a beautiful morning and we took advantage of it to walk this morning, logging just over 2 miles.  We stopped at Circle L for breakfast afterwards, where we enjoyed visiting with Danny & Becky.  I enjoyed seeing our friend Betty and getting a big hug from her.  It's always so good to see friends when we are back in our hometown.

We spent most of the day at Bentley just getting more "stuff" done.  

Dean picked up my package from Amazon that was dropped off at the office here in the park.   Here's what I ordered:

A bluetooth 10 key pad to use with my Chromebook. 

I was glad we had leftovers (meatloaf, mac & cheese) as I didn't feel much like cooking this evening.  About 7 or so, there was a knock on our door.  It was kind of funny.  I was upstairs and Dean was in his chair.  He yelled can you get that, I can't get out of my chair - with the power, it takes a few seconds to get the footrest down enough you can easily get out of the chair.  First time we've realized that and I had to laugh a bit.

I opened the door and it was our friends Bill & Marilyn.  They arrived at the park today and were parked next to us.  Earlier today I had to run an errand and as I left the park I noticed there was an RV parked at the office.  A lady was standing at the office entrance reading the sign Todd has hanging there.  When I came back they were set up next to us, but they were gone.  When Cindy, picked me up around 1:00, we met them coming into the park as we were leaving.  I recognized Bill, but when we returned later, they were gone again.  In the meantime they had returned home but we didn't realize it.  We were really glad they stopped by.  We had such a nice visit with this couple that I first met while working for the city.  Bill and Marilyn, thank you for stopping by.  



Saturday, November 3, 2018

Elmer, Cindy's husband, called Dean to see if he wanted to golf this afternoon at 1 and of course Dean took him up on it.  He's not played golf but once since he had his surgeries and that was while we were in New York visiting Matt.  He's been itching to get on the golf course again. 

A picture I took in downtown Oswego this morning.  The trees are so pretty right now and it looks like we might get a change in the weather with these clouds.  

I called Cindy to see if she wanted to run to Parsons with me while the guys were golfing.  At first she said no, but she called me back later and said she had changed her mind.  She decided she needed to pick up a few things at Walmart - which is part of the reason I was going.  I needed a few things I couldn't get here, and I want to see Marc and his family.

Misti sent me a text message about 11:30 and I was ecstatic to get it - it was a copy of Logan's first letter since he left.  He sent it to family and friends and asked Misti to share it with everyone.  It was so good to hear from him.  I got all teary eyed reading it.  

I was going to take Dean to the golf course and drive the truck to Parsons, but after Cindy changed her mind she offered to drive and I took her up on it.  We stopped at Marc and Jen's first.  Jaxson was on a roll today showing us his planetarium.  I have to admit it was pretty cool.  There was a light inside it.  When he turned it on you could see the constellations.  He placed it against the wall and the constellations reflected to the wall. 

He also told us about a meteor they saw in the sky the night before.  They all noticed something flying through the sky.  Shortly after that it exploded, falling with a red flame behind it.  They saw a report about it on the news later that it was indeed a meteor.  Jaxson was so excited telling us about it.  This was right up his alley!  Such an exciting time for them all.

We had a great visit.  Kamron and I selected a date to go shopping together while she is out of school for Thanksgiving holiday, and we are excited about spending the day together.  

Cindy and I made our stop at Walmart's and headed home.

After Dean returned from golf, we went to Misti's to help her move a couple of things and drop Haleigh's birthday card off.  We enjoyed spending some time with her and Haleigh.  Misti has been so busy with school.  When she's not in class, she's studying and we hate to take her away from that.  This week and for the next two weeks, she is doing her first of three sets of three week clinicals, at a physical therapy unit.  While she still has some work to do outside of class, she's also had some time of her own at home, which was much needed.

And, Dean was able to connect my Chromebook to the printer today, by using Google Cloud.  I was happy!



Sunday, November 4, 2018

I had planned to go to church at Sherman this morning but it rained most of the night and was still raining when I got up this morning.  The roads can get pretty muddy, so instead I went with Cindy to the Baptist Church.  Her granddaughter Dani was playing the piano and singing for their special music this morning.  It was really good to hear her and to see several folks I haven't seen in awhile.  

Today is my Sunday to host our Sisterfest and since the Chiefs are playing (means Dean will be watching the game in Bentley), Cindy offered her house for our visit.  I made the dessert of peach crisp with ice cream on the side.  Cindy's daughter Nikki also joined us.  Love getting together with my sisters and family.

And, Dean also was able to connect both of our phones to print through Google Cloud as well!  



Monday, November 5, 2018

I never left the RV all day, just working on various things.  I did some cleaning, laundry, continued working on our RV travels for 2019, and made a few phone calls.  

I also made a pot of ham and beans.  It's been a long time since we've had these.  I'm so glad Dean likes this meal as much as I do.  It's one of my favorites, with fried potatoes and cornbread.  Yummm!

Misti stopped by around 5 or so, and shared 4 more letters she received from Logan in her mail today.  It is just so good to hear from him.  He's doing well and is settling in.  We are so proud of him.

Not much else to share.



Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Dean played golf this morning, so I made use of the time here by myself.  Laundry, defrosting the freezer, cleaning the RV, finishing up inputting information in our October budget.  It was a very productive day.

We did walk a little over 2 miles this morning and it felt good to be doing that.  We do miss our walks.  A few pictures I took this morning.

Along the tennis courts

In Riverview Park

Taken from the overlook looking upstream of the Neosho River

Taken from the overlook looking downstream of the Neosho River

Here are a few more pictures of beautiful trees around town on our way back to the RV Park.

The sky was beautiful this morning.

Beautiful sky behind the Post Office, with our downtown water tower in the background.

This afternoon we went to City Hall to vote in the general election.  

Afterwards, we drove to the storage shed to pick up a few things to take to Brett's while Matt & Megan are visiting.

What a great month November has been so far!