Thursday, November 8, 2018

Thursday, November 8, 2018

It was a little cooler this morning with the wind, but we braved it and bundled up to walk again this morning.  After one lap through the park, and we were starting to shed gloves, hats and unzipping our coats.  Amazing how walking can warm you up!  The trees are still so pretty in the park - it won't be long though, and the leaves will be gone for this year.

It's supposed to start raining later today and we might even see a little snow, but it's not supposed to last or accumulate here.

We are moving tomorrow to son Brett's house.  We have electric and water there, but no sewer so we will be conserving the water usage since we'll be there a week, so I did two loads of laundry this morning.

I decided to take everything out of the storage area under our bed and go through it.  I keep most of our off season clothing here in a storage tub, another storage tub holds mostly paper products, and toiletries (items purchased when I see we are almost out of something), a suitcase in case we ever need to make a quick trip via plane while on the road, and several other miscellaneous items.  We also carry bottled water here when we need it.  I rearranged everything, eliminated several things, and I'm much happier with the arrangement.  I also have some open space if needed.  Going through all storage areas is one thing I wanted to accomplish while we are in Kansas - I'm getting off to a slow start.

When we were at the storage shed we brought back a vacuum sealed bag full of blankets, pillows and sheets that we are taking with us to Brett's in case they are needed for Matt's family to use.  One of the things in the bag was our heated mattress pad.  I put it on our bed.  It will be really welcome in the coming weeks while we are here in Kansas and the temperatures start to drop.  

I ordered some lunchmeat from G&W, and when I picked it up this afternoon I also bought two chickens and almost 5 pounds of hamburger that we will use this coming weekend/week to feed the bunch of us at Brett's....10 of us each day.   

We ate the last of our leftovers for dinner (ham and beans/cornbread).  While we were eating Misti called me.  She plays Bunco once a month with friends and they needed another person to fill in.  She wanted to know if I'd be interested in going with her.  I've always wanted to play it, so here was my chance.  She picked me up about 15 minutes later and we headed to Altamont (about 15 miles west of Oswego).  On the way, here came the snow!  I had no idea how long we would be gone, and was surprised that we were there less than an hour.  I loved playing.  I'm going to have to check to see if they play Bunco in the Valley at Val's, where we will head after Christmas.

It was still snowing when we left to head back to Oswego.  Fortunately, it was not sticking. Back home, I was happy to see my sweet husband did the dishes while I was gone.  He's the best!

Another wonderful day!