Friday, November 15, 2019
The Chevrolet dealership in Parsons called on Wednesday to let Dean know the parts to repair the back passenger door and the DEF heater were in. He scheduled the work for today and we are to have the truck there by 8am. Dean left at 7:30. I picked Haleigh up and dropped her off at school, then headed to Parsons to pick him up, since it will be a few hours before they complete the work.
Back at home, I got the morning chores out of the way, made a few phone calls, and somehow my laundry basket was getting full again.
Dean and I worked together to get the claim filed on the cracked wheel. After a little trial and error of figuring out how to post pictures of the wheel and the bill of sale of when we purchased the RV into their warranty form, we finally got that completed. Amazing how quickly you can forget something when you haven't done it for awhile.
I made plans to meet my former classmate and good friend Carolyn for lunch today. Even though we both are here in Oswego we don't see each other too much. We do visit via Facebook or text messages, but it was time to change that. We met at the Mexican restaurant here in Oswego. We enjoyed a nice lunch and visited for almost two hours before I had to leave to take Dean back to Parsons to pick up the truck.
Before we could leave Misti stopped by for awhile to visit. It's so good to have her do this. The past year or so has been so busy while she was attending college full-time, studying and keeping up with everything else she needs to do. I am thoroughly enjoying seeing and spending more time with her and seeing a smile on her face after passing the test and obtaining her license. She has been doing PRN (as needed) work for a few different physical therapy businesses and it has been keeping her pretty busy, but she is much more relaxed. I love seeing a smile on her face!
After she left, we headed to Parsons to pick up the truck. When we returned we immediately got ready to head to Columbus, KS. Tonight we are going to watch our grandson Tucker in the Columbus High School Jazz Musical. He plays trombone in their jazz band plus he has a part in the musical as well.
First we met Brett and family at the Mexican restaurant in Columbus for dinner. Yes I had Mexican food Wednesday night and it's my second Mexican meal today. It's a good thing it's one of my favorites!
We had some time to kill before the play started. We drove around for a little bit, then we parked at the school. We didn't have to wait long before someone unlocked the door near our parking spot so we headed inside since it was a very cool evening to be outside.
While we were waiting for the play to start, Marc called me. He is scheduled for lithotripsy, a surgical procedure on Tuesday morning where they use shock waves to break up a kidney stone, allowing the patient to pass them. He called to tell me he passed one this evening. I'm not sure how he managed it as it was a full centimeter in size. They had told him there was no way he would be able to pass it because of it's size and weight; that it was setting low in the kidney, and therefore too heavy to move. Hmmmm!
Tucker did an amazing job as well as all of the students participating in the Columbus High School Jazz Musical. While Tucker originally played the trombone in band, he now plays tuba, but tonight he played the trombone except for the last song. In the musical itself he participated in several scenes.
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| Tucker is 4th from the left. |
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| Tucker dancing to one of the songs. I apologize I cannot get the video to load where you can watch it. He and his partner were great. |
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| Playing with slinkies. |
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| With their stick horses singing "Don't Fence Me In" |
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| Taking their bows at the end of the show |
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| Group cast picture |
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| Proud Papa right here! |
Saturday, November 16, 2019
I started my morning visiting with a couple of my sisters Cindy and Crystal. Crystal is going to the Oswego school musical with us this evening and she needed to know when we would pick her up, plus we are going to see our stepdad tomorrow after church. It's her Sunday and she has had two busy days so I offered to make a snack to take with us. We agreed I'd make some brownies.
Dean had filled the water tank yesterday as Todd notified us he would have the water off in the park to work on one of the water lines today, so I was still able to do some laundry this morning.
Dean left for the garage and I spent the morning going through all of our drawers, cabinets, under the bed, etc. and gathered up several things to take to storage. It's not a lot but anytime we can take something out it just means less stuff to deal with. Since we've just purchased some new clothing we are exercising the RV rule of - one thing in, one thing out.
When Dean came back for lunch he told me he'd tried out the new chainsaw he purchased last week. He loves it. It sure makes it much easier for him to cut the smaller trees/brush he has had to cut with a saw. He's only cutting the smaller trees. At some point we'll cut a few bigger ones down, or let someone cut them for the wood.
I visited with our granddaughter Kamron on the phone after lunch. We are trying to plan a shopping day and I think we finally decided on one. It is such a busy time of the year.
Dean left for the garage after lunch and worked on the desk project. He has all of the drawers built now. He's to a point he needs the wood that will be the desk/table itself.
I finished up some laundry then showered and got ready to attend the last night of the Junior High/High School musical tonight. At 6:15 we left to pick up Crystal and Misti before heading to the high school. As we pulled into the parking lot, Marc and his kids pulled into the parking lot across the street. We had a good time visiting with each other until the play started. My niece Amy set with us, as well as Misti and Marc's Aunt Rhonda and her husband Brian.
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| Haleigh interrogating the "Three Little Pigs". |
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| Jaxson enjoyed the play....most of the time. |
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| I was focusing on Jaxson here, but son Marc, daughter Misti, Jax and Kamron are included. |
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| Mr. Wolf, and his attorney The Evil Stepmother (Haleigh) |
The Seniors were honored at the end of the play and afterwards we enjoyed visiting with family and friends, before heading home.
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| Seniors being honored. |
It was about 8:45 by the time we returned to Bentley and I can say we were both beat. We headed to bed a good 30 minutes before our normal time and I think we both slept well. This entire week has been busy but it's been a wonderful one!
Sunday, November 17, 2019
It was a typical morning getting things done before we left for church. Jim had a good sermon this morning. Back home we ate a quick lunch before Crystal picked me up to head to Joplin for our visit with Larry, our stepdad and his wife Verna. Cindy and Jody met us in Chetopa, and then we headed east.
We had a nice visit with Larry and Verna. Verna also made brownies - peanut butter brownies with chocolate chips in them so we had a browniefest! She always has a pot of coffee on for us as well.
After our visit, we drove back through Chetopa. Cindy left her car here on our way to Larry's. She went on home to help Elmer finish making his deer jerky - it's been a two or three day process, while Crystal, Jody and I attended a Celebration of Life for Roberta Bentley here in Chetopa. Roberta's son Deryl is our RV dealer, and was part of the reason we named our blog "Travels with Bentley". (Just a note for those of you who may not know the reason for that: Our Heartland Big Horn was new when we bought it. In the past we've owned other RV's, that were much older and had no special features like our new one did - and I made the comment to Dean that it's like going from a VW car to a Bentley; and since our dealer's last name was Bentley, we thought it was a perfect fit for our blog name.)
I first met the Bentley family many years ago, when their family moved to Chetopa. Jim and I were schoolmates during the seventh and eighth grade; Deryl was only a year ahead of us; and our younger siblings were in grade school together. Several years later Jim married Diane, a friend I went to school with in Chetopa from Kindergarten through 8th grade. Shortly after my 8th grade year, my family moved to Oswego. Several years later, JIm and Diane married and eventually moved to a house in Oswego about two blocks from where Dean and I lived when we first married. Dean's youngest son Jarred and Jim/Diane's oldest son Brandon became good friends. They were back and forth between our houses quite a bit during their school years and often Brandon's younger brother Derrick tagged along. Jarred often spent time with Brandon and his family at their grandparents (Gary and Roberta's) house or Jim and Diane's at Grand Lake over the years. Dean and I would also see them occasionally as we all owned a place in the same vicinity (Horse Creek) at the lake. In 2013, after we retired we started looking at RV's. After looking at many units, we chose to purchase our RV from Deryl at Chetopa RV. At the time of the purchase, Deryl and his wife Stephanie were our next door neighbors, and ironically, they actually bought the house from my parents. Last fall Roberta bought my Honda van, when we decided to sell it. Their mom Roberta and her husband Gary owned a wholesale RV supply company, and Bentley RV Repair in the past. She had worked along side her family for years in the RV business. My stepmom and stepdad both worked for Roberta's brother Bob Coons who owned Huntsman RV in Chetopa. I even worked there one summer when I was in High School. Roberta's brother Bud Coons owned Diamond Coach in Oswego. The family has a very long history of RV manufacturing and is well known in the industry for their efforts. If you visit the RV Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN you will see her brother Eldo J. (Bud) Coons served on the RVMH board and was instrumental in its formation.
Anytime we visit a gathering in Chetopa we always see friends we haven't seen for awhile and it was no different today. My sisters told me before we went in that I needed to keep it short. Now, what do you suppose they meant by that? I kept an eye on them and made sure I made it back near the entrance door about the same time as they did. Lol!!
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