Fri. & Sat. Dec. 15 and 16
From an overcast, but almost balmy MO,
Friday was a full day. The four of us walked about 7:30 and again did the slope on the west side of Morningside. Jim is amazed at how much easier it is for him than a year ago. After cleaning up, he headed out to join the second group of old men for breakfast and I headed out with the girls for stops at McDonald's and the post office.
We didn't do too much in the a.m., but left here again about noon to go to Piece of Cake where we again enjoyed a light lunch. I was due at the DAR judging at 1:00, but had a few minutes to spare to stopped for the first time at the Principal's Office - used to be in the old Adams Middle School at Trenton. I was intrigued with all that was enticing me, but went on to the meeting site for the judging.
We really whipped through the judging today. Of course each of us had already narrowed it down to three in each grade so we first saw what numbers overlapped, checked to see why maybe we hadn't included an essay, and then chose a winner on each grade level.
I was home around 2:00 so I "encouraged" Jim to go to the Principal's Office with me and he was equally intrigued. In the small child area, a lady from Trenton knits small, fluffy caps for children and then uses the same fluffy yarn to edge gloves - makes for a darling grouping of items.
I headed to the middle school a little after 3:00 with the Mexican roll-ups that I had made and of course enjoyed my time there. I think the junior high/middle school is the only building that invites retirees to their holiday get together. The items that everyone brought were delicious as usual - and unfortunately the scales reflected this when I weighed this morning.
Jim and I left here a little after 6:00 to go to the high school to see the second half of the junior varsity and then all of the varsity football games. Jim was about to reach for his nitroglycerine when Bailey Benson hugged him when we were leaving. She had already given him a big hug when she first spotted him and then gave him two while we were leaving.
This is always a fun time to go to high school basketball games as college freshman are returning and are seem so eager to see each other. Several sat in front of us (on the "visitor" side) and it was really a fun evening to watch them (probably more fun than the basketball game.) Bailey's folks had been classmates with Doug through elementary and high school and of course Jim had worked with her for two years when the family returned to Chillicothe at the beginning of her junior high - as she was one of the pole vaulters.
We had an excellent night of sleep and walked again this morning. After cleaning up, we headed to McDonald's (we get an egg biscuit) and then on to the post office. From there we delivered gifts to the Wheeler family (Jill and her family were just arriving). The Wheelers are having Christmas this weekend as the girls (Jill and Julie) are joining their father's family next week as their paternal grandmother is quite ill. Jill's boys are growing up so fast - doesn't seem possible.
From the Wheelers we headed out to the Willard household to deliver some popcorn - there we discovered their tin said Wheelers - so the Willard tin was left with the Wheelers- but no problem as both were the same.
Susie Wright (met her in August of 1965 in Belton) called this morning. She had called yesterday while I was at the middle school. She has had an up and down year - marvelous vacation in Italy in April, father died this summer, helped other family members decide on placement of mom in a nursing care facility (sounds like she is mentally where mom was in the early 1990s), had her husband break his leg this fall - and intermingled with all of this were trips to the San Francisco area to see her younger daughter's family - and to Richmond, VA to see her older daughter's family.
We watched the NWMSU football game and they ended up on the low end of the numbers, but not by much. We have a couple of local boys that are on the team.
Jim has gone down for a nap and the girls have opted to join him. I am going to try to stay awake until after supper, but the yawns are getting heavier and heavier. We are having a taco salad for supper tonight - haven't had one in too many days.
Our plans for Sunday include going to KC to see "Queen". We will probably include a side trip to Borders and of course eat out. We probably need to go by Sam's and get more trays as Velma will be needing more come early January - and who knows what the weather will be like at that point.
Be safe.
B.
Friday was a full day. The four of us walked about 7:30 and again did the slope on the west side of Morningside. Jim is amazed at how much easier it is for him than a year ago. After cleaning up, he headed out to join the second group of old men for breakfast and I headed out with the girls for stops at McDonald's and the post office.
We didn't do too much in the a.m., but left here again about noon to go to Piece of Cake where we again enjoyed a light lunch. I was due at the DAR judging at 1:00, but had a few minutes to spare to stopped for the first time at the Principal's Office - used to be in the old Adams Middle School at Trenton. I was intrigued with all that was enticing me, but went on to the meeting site for the judging.
We really whipped through the judging today. Of course each of us had already narrowed it down to three in each grade so we first saw what numbers overlapped, checked to see why maybe we hadn't included an essay, and then chose a winner on each grade level.
I was home around 2:00 so I "encouraged" Jim to go to the Principal's Office with me and he was equally intrigued. In the small child area, a lady from Trenton knits small, fluffy caps for children and then uses the same fluffy yarn to edge gloves - makes for a darling grouping of items.
I headed to the middle school a little after 3:00 with the Mexican roll-ups that I had made and of course enjoyed my time there. I think the junior high/middle school is the only building that invites retirees to their holiday get together. The items that everyone brought were delicious as usual - and unfortunately the scales reflected this when I weighed this morning.
Jim and I left here a little after 6:00 to go to the high school to see the second half of the junior varsity and then all of the varsity football games. Jim was about to reach for his nitroglycerine when Bailey Benson hugged him when we were leaving. She had already given him a big hug when she first spotted him and then gave him two while we were leaving.
This is always a fun time to go to high school basketball games as college freshman are returning and are seem so eager to see each other. Several sat in front of us (on the "visitor" side) and it was really a fun evening to watch them (probably more fun than the basketball game.) Bailey's folks had been classmates with Doug through elementary and high school and of course Jim had worked with her for two years when the family returned to Chillicothe at the beginning of her junior high - as she was one of the pole vaulters.
We had an excellent night of sleep and walked again this morning. After cleaning up, we headed to McDonald's (we get an egg biscuit) and then on to the post office. From there we delivered gifts to the Wheeler family (Jill and her family were just arriving). The Wheelers are having Christmas this weekend as the girls (Jill and Julie) are joining their father's family next week as their paternal grandmother is quite ill. Jill's boys are growing up so fast - doesn't seem possible.
From the Wheelers we headed out to the Willard household to deliver some popcorn - there we discovered their tin said Wheelers - so the Willard tin was left with the Wheelers- but no problem as both were the same.
Susie Wright (met her in August of 1965 in Belton) called this morning. She had called yesterday while I was at the middle school. She has had an up and down year - marvelous vacation in Italy in April, father died this summer, helped other family members decide on placement of mom in a nursing care facility (sounds like she is mentally where mom was in the early 1990s), had her husband break his leg this fall - and intermingled with all of this were trips to the San Francisco area to see her younger daughter's family - and to Richmond, VA to see her older daughter's family.
We watched the NWMSU football game and they ended up on the low end of the numbers, but not by much. We have a couple of local boys that are on the team.
Jim has gone down for a nap and the girls have opted to join him. I am going to try to stay awake until after supper, but the yawns are getting heavier and heavier. We are having a taco salad for supper tonight - haven't had one in too many days.
Our plans for Sunday include going to KC to see "Queen". We will probably include a side trip to Borders and of course eat out. We probably need to go by Sam's and get more trays as Velma will be needing more come early January - and who knows what the weather will be like at that point.
Be safe.
B.
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