Friday, May 22, 2020 - Kamron & Jaxson Come to Visit; Exciting Card Game & Wahoo!

Friday, May 22, 2020 - Kamron & Jaxson Come to Visit; Exciting Card Game & Wahoo!

It was raining when I woke up this morning and it continued most of the early morning.  Fortunately, it did clear up around 9-10.  After the rain we had yesterday it was pretty wet, but not muddy.  The site we are in now has a higher elevation than where we were.  While we liked the location we had, now that the temperatures have started to rise, I think we will be happier here, where the sun is not on our back window any longer.

Last night before I went to bed, I brought the hamper downstairs.  It was FULL, so I wanted to get started on it right away.  After starting the coffee pot, I put the first load of clothes in the washer, then set down to work on the blog - I'm behind.  Hopefully I will have it caught up before the holiday weekend is over. 

We were not able to walk yesterday and now we won't be able to walk today either.  After our shakes, Dean headed to the garage - and I continued getting things done before I left to get Kamron and Jaxson about 10:30.  When I arrived Kamron had just woke up - my little sleepyhead - so I visited with Marc out in his shop while she got ready.  It was nice to have some time with him and see how much he's done with the setup in the shop, since they moved in.  He made a paintroom - a wooden frame with heavy plastic over it.  He included airflow as well.  In time he'll improve it, but this works well for now.  He lost over a week in work time due to the move and then getting the shop set up the way it needed to be.  He's now back pushing things out on a regular basis.  I enjoyed looking at the projects he is working on.

I loved this charcuterie board he made out of some scrap lumber.  He sells things like this on his Etsy page.

It was 11:10 or so when the grandkids and I left for Oswego.  I asked them if they wanted pancakes for lunch, but they declined today.  I guess they've had too many at Nana's lately.  Instead they wanted to know if we could get a pizza.  I pulled over in an empty lot before we left town and ordered pizzas at Pizza Hut on my online app.  It is so convenient.  By the time we arrived in Oswego, it was ready to go.  

After lunch, we played cards, visited, watched a movie and they both helped me make a cake that I will take to my sister Cindy's later this evening.  Dean and I are going over to play cards at 6.  

Playing games on their computers.

I used the same carrot cake recipe I made that before was so "DRY", but this time I added a can of crushed pineapple, and instead of 3 oz of cream cheese for the frosting, I used 4.  It was much improved.  I might have cooked it a few minutes too long.  It wasn't quite done so I put it back in the convection oven.  I probably should have just done 2.5 minutes instead of 5.  It had good flavor but needs to be less dry.

At 4 I took Kamron and Jaxson home and visited with Marc a little more before heading back to Oswego.  Dean and I ate the remaining pieces of leftover pizza before leaving for Elmer and Cindy's.  Cindy always has the table set up with coasters at each setting, the cards and shuffler ready to go, as well as paper and pen for me to keep score.  We visited for a few minutes before we got started.  Cindy and I had no luck tonight, they guys won all three games, but we had fun and that's all that matters.  It was still fairly early, so we deicded to play a game of Wahoo.  I enjoyed it - maybe because after I got all of my "marbles" in first (heaven knows I need a few marbles), then I helped my partner (Cindy) get hers in and we won this game!  It was fun!

We visited for another 30 minutes or so before we headed home.  I suggested to Dean we set up for a few minutes so we could relax before going to bed.  I just needed to wind down after the excitement of cards and Wahoo.  We laugh alot...and I do mean alot!!!

It was another great day!