Saturday, June 27 - Rain Stopped Our Walk; Surprise Visitors; Downtown Fun; Working on a House Plan; Family Call
We haven't walked for nearly two weeks because we've had so much going on, so we wanted to get back to daily walks. We changed into our "walking" clothes, then headed to the city park. The skies were gray but The Weather Channel radar showed no rain here for almost an hour - so we decided to at least give it a try. As we turned on to the highway headed east - it was pretty dark and looked like it might even be raining east of us. We still drove to the park, but we could see the rain was coming from the west, so we headed back to Bentley.
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| As we left the park |
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| Taken near the overlook in the park. |
It started to sprinkle as we pulled up to Bentley. At least we tried! I barely walked inside when my cell phone rang. It was our friend Pam Horstman. She and Dennis were on their way to Oklahoma and wanted to know if they could stop by for a quick hello. Well, of course they could. About an hour or so later they pulled in. Fortunately, the heavy rain had stopped by the time they arrived, but with even a light rain, we headed inside Bentley. It was so good to see them and we felt so blessed they took the time to stop. They were making their way back home after a short visit to the area. It was fun catching up with them. Dennis and Pam are both woodcarvers. He recently made a beautiful urn for two of our RV friends. Phil subcommed to Covid in March, and while Janelle also had it she pulled through. Before they left Dennis showed us the beautiful urn he had handcarved for them. It was all one piece. Dean and I both assumed the beautifully carved legs at each corner were made and added, but that was not the case. He carved them. It was amazing! Phil enjoyed quilting and made some of the most beautiful quilts. In honor of that, Pam lined the inside with a small quilted pattern. On the outside Dennis carved a picture of their dog, Lilypup, and on the front he carved a picture of Phil and Janelle. It was absolutely beautiful! I am always amazed at the carvings these two have done when we visit their home. This was an extra special carving that will be a long lasting work of love to Janelle and their children and grandchildren!
One of our newer downtown businesses (Black Crow Trading Co.) had an outdoor event at their store. My son Marc set up a booth with a number of wood products he makes. He set up a booth across the street from the store, where a half dozen or so other vendors were set up. He sold more than half of what he brought. It was a good day for him. Dean stayed close, visiting with the vendor next to him, one of our former neighbors. I was able to peek at their baby girl. Dean splurged and bought some kettle corn which didn't last too long once we returned home. Marc recently set up a webpage with pictures of many projects he has completed. If you are interested in taking a look, check it out here
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| The family all showed up - Daughter Misti on the left, next Haleigh, Dean, Kamron and Marc. Jen and Jaxson were checking out things in the Trading Co. Jaxson came home with a big plastic Texaco boat. He was so proud, as he loves big boats, think the Titanic! |
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| Serving trays, catch all trays, charcuterie boards |
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| An hour later. He was very pleased with the effort of having a booth. |
We headed home at 2:30. We've been talking for months about drawing out some house plans. I suggested this afternoon we should work on it, and Dean agreed. We set down at the desk and spent the rest of the afternoon drawing plans. We borrowed my sister's house plans as we wanted something similar to their layout but with a few changes. We've decided what we came up with is just too big, so we will be cutting it back some. We rarely have everyone here at the same time - at the most once; maybe, twice a year. There isn't any reason to have a big house when it's just the two of us.
Dinner was another spinach, chicken and fruit salad. Years ago I never would have thought about serving this to Dean, but over the years, he's branched out and has "agreed" to try more things. When we finished eating, Dean was outside looking at the refrigerator, when my phone started ringing. It was Dean's brother calling in for their weekly family chat on Facebook Messenger. I was trying to answer it and talk to Dean at the same time. Larry, his brother and Joyce, his sister were the only two on the line besides us. We've been doing this every Friday evening, but they decided to change it to the 2nd and 4th Tuesday evenings of the month, in hopes it might work better for their two sisters and sister-in-law to join in as well.
For some reason my neck was really bothering me this evening and I ended up going to bed around 9. I'm sure it will feel better tomorrow. A good night rest will most likely make the difference!.
Fortunately, Dean is doing very well with his shingles. They are disappearing, except for a patch on his stomach, that sometimes is uncomfortable but not unbearable. He said they do not bother him much, so we are thankful for that.
Sunday, June 28, 2020 - Kamron's 8th Grade Promotion; Sisterfest; Spending Time with Dear Friends
Marc told me yesterday that Kamron's 8th Grade Promotion would be during Mass this morning at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Parsons. Dean and I arrived about 20 minutes early. Of course I headed to the restroom immediately. We then set outside waiting for Marc, Jen and family to show up so we could sit with them. Unfortunately, we missed each other. We finally went in and set on the back row. It was awhile before we finally spotted Marc and family, clear at the very front row. They had marked off a row for each graduates family. Afterwards they took several pictures inside, then we took a few more outside. Here they are:
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| Nana & Kamron |
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| Mimi (Jen's mom) & Kamron |
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| Papa, Kamron & Nana |
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| Dad, Kamron, Mom & Jaxson |
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| Kamron - top center & Her Classmates (minus one, who was unable to attend). |
At 1, I left for my sister Jody's house for our (not so) weekly sisterfest. We missed not having Crystal today. She had her grandson Dempsey for the weekend. Jody provided a wonderful dessert of peach soapapilla cake. Delicious! We have not been together for a few weeks, so it was a nice catchup.
I left at 3, to pick Dean up at Bently. Our good friends Donnie & Janie Allison were in town. Donnie's mother, Shirley Allison, passed away last week. This afternoon is the viewing at the funeral home, where we made our first stop to pay our respects. While there we visited with several family and friends, my cousin Lorene & husband Chester; Debbie; Sandy and her mom Charlene; Patty & husband Butch. It was great as I had not seen most of them in some time.
From there we headed to "The Harvest House", a beautiful older home that has been restored and used as an AirBNB for weekends. It is also open to the public for events through the week. Donnie, Janie and their son Jeff are staying here, and invited friends to stop by. Donnie's mom and dad were both originally from Oswego and of course, Donnie was too. Janie moved here at a young age so it's "home" to both of them. However, a few years ago, after Janie retired they moved to the KC area where their son, his wife and their three children live. They were our run around together friends for many, many years as Jeff and Dean's son, Jarred played many sports together from the time they were small, through High School. We've enjoyed so many wonderful times together. It only takes seconds, to fall back to all the fun times, full of laughter, and of course that happened again today. We were blessed to meet their friends from KC while we were there, a lovely couple - Doug and Roseanne.
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| Sun working it's way down this evening, as we left for our Subway sandwiches. |
I told Dean on the way back, I was not in the mood to cook dinner tonight. We finally decided to drive to Subway in Columbus, 15 minutes away. Okay, I have to admit what we finally ended up getting was pretty good, but between us we had to ask for 5 or 6 different sandwiches before they had the ingredients to make the two we finally chose. I've never seen that happen at a Subway before. Hopefully, it was due to a busy weekend! We decided to take it home and eat it in the comfort of our home.
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| My turkey & ham sandwich with all the fixings! |
I wanted to at least get these two posts written up before I went to bed, so I could proofread it this morning. It was too late to do that last night. It was a busy, but very good weekend with family and friends.
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