Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - Breakfast at Circle L; Busy Morning; My Car is Ready!; Pics of New Grandson; Birthday Dinner

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 - Breakfast at Circle L; Busy Morning; My Car is Ready!; Pics of New Grandson; Birthday Dinner

After a great night's sleep I was awake at 4:30.  It was only 34 degrees this morning.  We turn the furnace down at night, so I turned it up to 70.  After my morning exercises and devotional, I started working on the blog post for yesterday.  Cindy called me and we visited for a half hour or so.  When I hung up I mentioned making a smoothie to Dean, but he suggested we go eat breakfast for his birthday!  

When I woke up I immediately thought of Dean's birthday, but he didn't get up until about 6-6:30 and I didn't think about it when he came downstairs.  I know....how could I forget?   I guess 26+ years later we are either getting forgetful or birthdays aren't such a big deal anymore because he did the same thing to me on mine.  


It was about 8 when we left the park and headed to Circle L Cafe, here in Oswego - Dean's favorite place to eat breakfast!  Two men came in and set down at a table near us.  We visited a bit and before long we were discussing relatives.  He had just moved to Oswego from Chetopa, and his friend lived in Chetopa.  They knew my dad, granddad and his brothers.  I found out he was an O'Brien and his friend's last name was Fritz.  It was fun to meet and talk with them.  Then Betty came in and we shared a hug and visited a bit, before Carol and her husband came in and more visiting ensued.  As we left, I had to stop to talk to one more friend Rick.  I love Oswego and our people!  By the way, breakfast was wonderful - as usual!

Back at Bentley, Dean soon left for the garage to work on the desk and I wanted to get some things done here.  I cleaned the bathroom and did a couple of loads of laundry.  Shortly before 12, Toyota called to let me know the part for the car came in today and they had it ready if I wanted to go ahead and pick it up today.  Wow...we sure were not expecting this, but I'm thankful I'll have it back sooner than we expected.  Cindy offered to take me over to get the car, and then she went by to visit with Larry & Verna.   I needed to get a few things at Walmart while I was there, so I made a quick stop - well, what was supposed to be a quick stop, but it was the day before Thanksgiving - what did I expect?  

It was about 3 when I returned.  I finished up another load of laundry and then I changed and got ready for a meet up with Brett and family.  We met Brett & Emilee uptown at 6:15 where they had 3D or 4D (I can't remember which it was) pictures taken of the baby.  They had Dacy, Tucker and Logen with them too.  The little guy should be here in 7 weeks +/-.  It's amazing what you can see with these pictures before the baby is even born.  

Afterwards we all headed to Mi Pueblo, our local Mexican Restaurant for Dean's birthday dinner.  We had a nice visit and some great food.  We sure went through the baskets of chips, salsa, cheese dip and guacamole.  Poor little Logen could hardly keep her eyes open by the time we left.  I bet she didn't make it far before she was out.

Before we headed back to the RV Park, I suggested Dean drive through the park so we could see the Christmas lights.  It looks great and I love that so many people come together to decorate a tree, and make a showplace of our beautiful park.

I love this new tree - beautiful color displays.

These are just a few of the things on display.  I'm sure we'll be through several more times before the end of the year.

Shortly before 10 we were getting ready to go to bed, when I heard Dean's phone ringing.  He was upstairs, so I ran to pick it up - what a wonderful surprise - it was our grandson Logan!  I answered and talked to him for a minute or two before I told Dean to come down here, we had a phone call.  We enjoyed almost an hour of visiting with Logan.  Gosh we miss that young man, and he misses all of us here too.  We are so proud of him.  It was just great to hear from him.  We are so thankful for his call on his Papa's birthday, and on this Thanksgiving Eve!  We have so much to be thankful for.