Fri-Mon. (4/25-4/28)

Friday.  We've been busy and I am behind on my blogging so I'll try to do a quick update, starting with Friday.  Today is my granddaughter's 13 birthday, sure miss seeing her and celebrating with her.

I had a meeting today with what is now the Reunion Committee for my class's 50th high school reunion next year.  Toni Holmes, Barbara Holscher, Nancee Truelove and Brenda Nowaski joined me at La Fiesta and we had a great time.  We laughed about high school days and made the beginnings of a plan for next year.  I look forward to working with these girls during the upcoming months. 

Saturday.  Today was our Terre Haute day.  We first stopped and visited our ex-babysitter, Audrey Williams, who is doing very well after having double knee replacement surgery during the past year.  We had a very nice visit, then her two grandsons showed up so we got to visit with Walker and Luke too.  We have seen Luke the last couple of years during our visits, but it's been a long, long time since we had seen Walker.

From there, we headed back across town to grab a few White Castle hamburgers for lunch.  Joe was thrilled to have his favorites again.

Would you believe they sell a scented candle there.  I probably should have bought one so Joe can enjoy the smell of those onion-hamburgers, but I figured it would just increase his cravings so I didn't get him one.  Also, they were $15.00!!!  But they do look exactly like the boxes those little burgers are served in.

Next, we drove over to Brazil and visited with my ex-coworker, Diane Braden, for a while.  We always have a good time together.  I will have to say she has the only garage I've ever seen that has wallpaper border all around the walls.  Diane always was the decorator of our group.

Saturday evening we met Ed and Nancy Williams for dinner in Terre Haute.  They drove over from Indianapolis.  Our planned meet was at Texas Roadhouse, but it was Prom Night and there was an 1 1/2 hour wait there, so we moved on to Red Lobster.  There were also a few prom couples dining there, but we only had about a 30 minute wait there.  It was fun seeing the girls in all their prom finery, though.

We did see a little wildlife today -- one wild turkey, and 2 deer.  Oh, and a live possum (we usually only see roadkill of the possums).

Sunday.  Today we celebrated First Communion for Jaclyn's boy, Jayden, at St. John's Catholic Church.  That was the first one of those Joe and I had ever attended, and our first time inside this church.  The service was very nice and the kids did a great job.

Jayden barely survived all this, and the tie was just about more than he could endure -- not to mention smiling for any pictures.  He did willingly get his picture taken with Great Grandma, though, and he held up his little sister as well.

After the service, we all had barbeque at Quabache Trails Park, and Jayden got to open some pretty spiffy presents -- lots of $$, a scooter, and a fishing pole, just to name a few.  We finished the picnic just in time -- a thunderstorm rolled in and drenched the park.  Thanks to my friend Barbara, who was calling me with weather updates, we made it to the car about 5 minutes before the storm hit.

We got back out to the house, and Billie and Marcy stopped by for a brief visit.  Joe and I got drafted into making burritos for dinner, so we had that underway.  At supper time, we had a housefull -- the 4 of us, Mike and Rachelle with Clayton and Mallory,  Jaclyn and Adam with Jayden and Adalyn, and Fred and Judy -- 14 in all.  It was a marathon day by the time everyone left.

Monday.  Today was packing day.  We are leaving tomorrow, so Joe and I made a quick trip to town and I got my hair cut.  Dixie had started the laundry, and together we got that finished, while Joe filled up our water tank, then drove the RV up the road and got it fueled ($3.839) and the propane tank filled ($1.99/gallon).  He parked it out front in the old driveway, and we began loading.  It takes lots of trips, up and down the stairs.

We had dinner plans for one last get-together with friends.  We met Mike and Donna Carter, and Barbara and Maurice Holscher for one last pizza at Bobe's.  I believe we finally got our fill of pizzas this time.  Then it was back home to take another couple loads to the motorhome. 

We still have a few things to load in the morning, but we hope to be on the road by noon.  And we hope the storms are ALL GONE.