Wednesday, November 13, 2019
With coffee in hand, I set down at the table to see when we could schedule our dentist appointments for May. We have some rallies and an 8th grade graduation next May that were not on my calendar yet, so I wanted to check those before setting a date, and I called them after 8 to get a date scheduled.
My daughter-in-law Jennifer called this morning to let us know Jaxson's school was having their Thanksgiving lunch Friday, November 22. We are invited to attend and I told her I would be there. I'm excited to attend. I know Marc will be there and possibly Jen's mom (Mimi to Jaxson).
It was only 25 degrees outside this morning. I went out to warm my car at 7:15, so I could pick Haleigh up and take her to school. Brrrr!
When I returned I asked Dean to try on the clothes we bought him yesterday to make sure they fit - trying them on at a store is not going to happen with him! LOL! Well, they are all going back when I return to Joplin in a few days.
At 9:30 I headed to Bible Study for a couple of hours. I love spending time with these ladies.
When I returned home, I noticed the trailer across the road from us, had water coming out of a water outlet on the side of their trailer. No one was there, so I told Dean. He went over and turned the water off at the faucet outside, then he called Todd to let him know. I never did hear what the issue was but there was a pretty good pool of water around the RV. Eeek!
We left at 3:25 to pick Haleigh up and take her home from school before we left for Garnett.
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| The fields are so pretty with the sun hitting it - and there's the shadow of our little car! |
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| Glorious Sunset as we approached Garnett. |
We are meeting Dean's siblings for their monthly dinner tonight at the Mexican restaurant there. His brother Larry called him to let us know he wouldn't be there as he wasn't feeling well, but his two sisters and sister-in-law will be. We stopped at Larry's to visit with him and Sandi for a short time before we met the others at the restaurant. I chose a "Vegetarian meal", that included a cheese enchilada, and a chalupa, served with rice, beans and guacamole. It was pretty good.
We enjoyed our drive home. We saw deer both driving up and back but they stayed out of our path and we are very thankful for that.
We are so thankful for our families!
Thursday, November 14, 2019
I was up at 5 this morning as I have my well women exam this morning in Joplin. I had my breakfast smoothie, showered and left at 7:45 for my 8:45 appointment. I knew I had some time between my doctor appointment and my mammogram. I stopped to check how much time between them, thinking I might be able to run an errand in between. That's when I realized I had the time for this appointment mixed up with another one next week. Oh no, I was not going to be able to make it on time. I called their office, but since I could not make it within 15 minutes I had to cancel and reschedule it. I should have double checked that time last night. I don't think I've ever had this happen before and it was embarrassing and frustrating. Since I had errands in Joplin, I drove on over.
My first stop was at Kohl's, where I selected a different pair of jeans for Dean and some sweatshirts that ended up costing me much less than the ones I had purchased at Sears on sale. I was able to buy three sweatshirts and the jeans for nearly $30 less and he liked them, so I was relieved! I guess those 30% coupons really do pay off sometimes.
Next I went to Sears to return the clothes we bought last week, and while the Mall doors were open, the stores were not. I needed a little exercise anyway, so I walked from one end of the mall to the other to have something to do. I knew people walked there but I had no idea how many. What a great place to be able to walk when it's cold or hot outside.
I headed home after that stop and I was back in Oswego before noon. Haleigh is in a Junior High/High School Musical. Today they are having a performance at 1, so I joined Misti there to watch it.
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| My niece Dani letting the audience know of the trial about to take place for the Big Bad Wolf. |
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| Haleigh making her entrance to represent the Big Bad Wulf - her part was the Evil Stepmother, that's her stepdaughter (Cinderella) on the floor cleaning --- she hurriedly left upon her Stepmother's arrival. |
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| Haleigh to the left. |
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| Kaitlen was the entertainment at intermission telling lots of jokes. She did a fabulous job! |
Misti wanted to leave her car for Haleigh to get home, so I took Misti home before heading back to Bentley. I made a number of phone calls - the dentist; our friend Janie to see how she was doing; my friend Carolyn to touch base on our lunch date tomorrow; and sister Cindy. Finally I sent a text to a friend of ours that is currently at Val's, where we go for the winter months. I had called the office almost a week ago at Val's to talk to them about our arrival, and no one had returned my call. She let me know the office's winter hours, so I'll call them tomorrow or Monday.
While I was gone this morning Dean was going to take the tires off to have new metal valve stems put on, as we've had problems with the rubber ones leaking, as well as the one that had failed us entirely as we were leaving for Yellowstone back in August. When he took the first two off, he noticed that one of the wheels had a crack in it. Well, that resulted in a change in his plans for the day. He took several pictures of it, then headed to Chetopa to visit with Deryl at Chetopa RV. Fortunately, the wheels have a lifetime warranty, however the style has changed a bit. They will send us two new wheels at no cost, so that match each other. We can choose to purchase two more at half price if we want them all to match as the design had changed slightly. We decided not to purchase the two extra.
We called the company to find out what was needed and got the process started on getting the tires sent to us. In the meantime, we also took time to register the various tools Dean has acquired in the last 30 days. That's done!
After dinner, we watched part of the Country Music Awards that we had taped the night before. Country Music just isn't what it used to be. Other than a few songs and entertainers I was disappointed. However, it was good to see Loretta Lynn and Willie Nelson, even though they both look frail.
We are so thankful for all of our grandchildren who constantly amaze us with their talents. We are so very proud of them!
It looks like a great couple of days! Love watching the children and grandchildren in plays like this. I much prefer it over sports.
ReplyDeleteKids learn so much from being involved in school activities, and fortunately both schools have great teachers who push them (lovingly) to participate.
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