Sept. 25-Oct. 4
From another gorgeous fall day in MO,
The past few days have been rather active for two old geezers.
Two Fridays ago, we made the trip to St. Joseph Benton to watch our Hornets in action. The game is usually well fought there, but we ended up on top. John and Sandy rode over with us, ate at Whiskey Creek, and then John drove home after the game.
We semi-slept in on Saturday a.m. and left at about 9:30 to head towards St. Joseph again. We stopped and had an excellent breakfast/lunch at Perkins and then headed towards Atchison, KS. One of my younger first cousins had a son getting married on Saturday in what turned out to be a small Catholic church - setting in either a bean or corn field. The church was filled with people with actually a good representation by our side of the family.
Afterwards, we headed south to Leavenworth to locate the site of the reception - turned out to be a renovated depot overlooking the Missouri River. We were early (as usual) and spent the upcoming time driving around Leavenworth. There are marvelous old homes there and of course Fort Leavenworth as well as the federal prison. We left after the buffet and cake cutting to head home - arriving about 9:30.
I had the computer work on Monday for Mobile Meals (do envelopes each Friday) and it turned out to be much longer than usual as somehow one whole column of data had been deleted - of course turned out to be the "diet" requirements - and since I am not real good at a data base, it took me some time to figure out how to add a column - later had to add some width - and eventually got the data retyped. I did call the hospital kitchen to let them know and I think they found only one significant goof, but at least they were alerted to double check me. Naturally this was the most difficult column as you have to be sure to indicate if diabetic, salt requirements, food dislikes and preferences, etc., etc. Most individuals are rather easy, but there are one or two that I wonder what they actually eat as their dislikes are so lengthy - and they are not diabetic.
Jim saw his prostate cancer doctor on Wednesday (at least here in Chillicothe) and discovered that the Viadur implant for his arm is no longer made so he is back on having to take a shot every four months - which in the past has caused a lot of "hot flashes" which he is not looking forward to having to deal with. The Viadur seemed to reduce the intensity of the flashes.
John and Sandy went with us yesterday (Friday) to Maryville. First we stopped at Whiskey Creek to eat in St. Joseph - J & J enjoy the Amber Bok (spelling) there and of course the BBQ is quite good. The pulled pork seems to be our favorite - however Jim gets a Cuban/Reuben sandwich which he really likes.
The game was a cliff hanger!!!!!! When the time eventually ran out - we were ahead by 28-27! There were many good plays by our guys and we are guilty of yelling especially loud for Clint - one of the pole vaulters that Jim has enjoyed working with. Both teams had been undefeated this year with Maryville being ranked 2nd in the Class 2 division and Chillicothe ranked 2nd in the Class 3. There really are very few students different in the two schools so they are really evenly matched. We arrived back in Chillicothe about midnight.
Jim rousted me from bed this morning a little before 9:00 with the promise of going to Nick's for breakfast. I am not sure what was going on there this a.m., but the place was packed - and they had run out of biscuits and gravy - which I have temporarily sworn off as I really need to try to get some weight off. I have also temporarily sworn off the hashbrowns - with gravy added.
We did a few errands afterwards and will probably be home the rest of the day. Laundry has been done, the vacuum has been operated, and some minor dusting has been accomplished (should have been major.) I put some small lima beans on to soak last night when we got home and they have been in the crockpot since about 10:30 - adding some ham and onions. This will be our first meal of ham and beans this fall. I have some Marie Callender corn bread mix - so this will finish off supper.
We make a trip to Liberty on Tuesday as Jim has a year check-up with his orthopedic doctor. We have started a list of things that we can do in Liberty so as to save another trip.
Homecoming is this coming weekend with the football team of 1978 (state champions) being recognized. I am not sure who is doing the organizing, but hopefully the whole team has been contacted and many will be here. Doug was a sophomore (meat squad) on this team.
Other than Friday football games, we then should have a rather uneventful rest of the month. On November 1, we are going with friends to Kansas City to see "The Lion King". This should be a marvelous performance. We are going to the matinee which will be much easier on these two old codgers.
Be safe.
B.
The past few days have been rather active for two old geezers.
Two Fridays ago, we made the trip to St. Joseph Benton to watch our Hornets in action. The game is usually well fought there, but we ended up on top. John and Sandy rode over with us, ate at Whiskey Creek, and then John drove home after the game.
We semi-slept in on Saturday a.m. and left at about 9:30 to head towards St. Joseph again. We stopped and had an excellent breakfast/lunch at Perkins and then headed towards Atchison, KS. One of my younger first cousins had a son getting married on Saturday in what turned out to be a small Catholic church - setting in either a bean or corn field. The church was filled with people with actually a good representation by our side of the family.
Afterwards, we headed south to Leavenworth to locate the site of the reception - turned out to be a renovated depot overlooking the Missouri River. We were early (as usual) and spent the upcoming time driving around Leavenworth. There are marvelous old homes there and of course Fort Leavenworth as well as the federal prison. We left after the buffet and cake cutting to head home - arriving about 9:30.
I had the computer work on Monday for Mobile Meals (do envelopes each Friday) and it turned out to be much longer than usual as somehow one whole column of data had been deleted - of course turned out to be the "diet" requirements - and since I am not real good at a data base, it took me some time to figure out how to add a column - later had to add some width - and eventually got the data retyped. I did call the hospital kitchen to let them know and I think they found only one significant goof, but at least they were alerted to double check me. Naturally this was the most difficult column as you have to be sure to indicate if diabetic, salt requirements, food dislikes and preferences, etc., etc. Most individuals are rather easy, but there are one or two that I wonder what they actually eat as their dislikes are so lengthy - and they are not diabetic.
Jim saw his prostate cancer doctor on Wednesday (at least here in Chillicothe) and discovered that the Viadur implant for his arm is no longer made so he is back on having to take a shot every four months - which in the past has caused a lot of "hot flashes" which he is not looking forward to having to deal with. The Viadur seemed to reduce the intensity of the flashes.
John and Sandy went with us yesterday (Friday) to Maryville. First we stopped at Whiskey Creek to eat in St. Joseph - J & J enjoy the Amber Bok (spelling) there and of course the BBQ is quite good. The pulled pork seems to be our favorite - however Jim gets a Cuban/Reuben sandwich which he really likes.
The game was a cliff hanger!!!!!! When the time eventually ran out - we were ahead by 28-27! There were many good plays by our guys and we are guilty of yelling especially loud for Clint - one of the pole vaulters that Jim has enjoyed working with. Both teams had been undefeated this year with Maryville being ranked 2nd in the Class 2 division and Chillicothe ranked 2nd in the Class 3. There really are very few students different in the two schools so they are really evenly matched. We arrived back in Chillicothe about midnight.
Jim rousted me from bed this morning a little before 9:00 with the promise of going to Nick's for breakfast. I am not sure what was going on there this a.m., but the place was packed - and they had run out of biscuits and gravy - which I have temporarily sworn off as I really need to try to get some weight off. I have also temporarily sworn off the hashbrowns - with gravy added.
We did a few errands afterwards and will probably be home the rest of the day. Laundry has been done, the vacuum has been operated, and some minor dusting has been accomplished (should have been major.) I put some small lima beans on to soak last night when we got home and they have been in the crockpot since about 10:30 - adding some ham and onions. This will be our first meal of ham and beans this fall. I have some Marie Callender corn bread mix - so this will finish off supper.
We make a trip to Liberty on Tuesday as Jim has a year check-up with his orthopedic doctor. We have started a list of things that we can do in Liberty so as to save another trip.
Homecoming is this coming weekend with the football team of 1978 (state champions) being recognized. I am not sure who is doing the organizing, but hopefully the whole team has been contacted and many will be here. Doug was a sophomore (meat squad) on this team.
Other than Friday football games, we then should have a rather uneventful rest of the month. On November 1, we are going with friends to Kansas City to see "The Lion King". This should be a marvelous performance. We are going to the matinee which will be much easier on these two old codgers.
Be safe.
B.
posted by News from Chilli | 11:06 AM
2 Comments:
Check with your Urologist. Their is a product on the market that replaced Viadur. Vantas
www.vantasimplant.com
I trust Jim has been following the Missouri Tigers. They seem to be hanging in there quite nicely this year. Maybe it will be an MU/USC national title game! Bro in Cal
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