Trip to the DMV

 We headed out to the DMV just before 10... hoping that this time would be pretty quiet. It wasn't... The room was pretty full  We signed in and waited for a text saying we were next. More people came in having signed in and were sitting in their cars.

Most people were not getting their driver's license renewed or replaced. Ten people in the queue in front of us.  My turn took a little over 5 minutes... eye test, sign recognition test, questions, picture, payment. We left the DMV a little over an hour later!!

Next month it will be Bob's turn.

My teacher daughter teaches the older kids on Thursday and Friday.  Many of them are fasting for Ramadan. She set up a spot in her classroom so that the kids could read or do art projects during lunch while the non-fasting kids eat. My daughter decided to fast with them today. She said everything went ok except not being able to have a caffeine drink ... The kids understood and were happy she tried!

 

 

My daughter's Kindergarten= First grade Code class will not be meeting next week...they don't have school because the teachers have  something . They said they didn't care... they wanted to come to Code! Nothing she could do but the kids did make her happy!!

Last night's weather was something else. Not much for the eastern part of KC south of the Mo. River... but hail the size of small baseballs to the west and north!!

We did have small pea sized hail which melted right away... the temp was 63 F .. and LOUD thunder and lightening!! Turned off the computers...  

Bob had a cardiologist appointment today... all went well! All set for 6 months.

The elephant is finished but today was too gray to take pictures... tomorrow...Though around 10 we are headed off to the DMV so I can renew my driver's license. I have the necessary "stuff" ..my special driver's license ( the one I had to get in order to fly), the Missouri reminder card and two pieces of mail with my address. Fingers crossed it won't be too busy!

Wow!

When we left on our errands Bob suggested I add  a jacket over my light sweater...It was way too much. The temps reached 80 F !! Here's hoping tomorrow will be as nice!!

We finished our errands. Our habit of combining errands will hold us in good stead as gasoline prices jump higher !!

One of the errands was to return a library book... "The Correspondent" . Bob really liked it and our daughter decided to borrow it too... putting it on hold. Well the list ahead of her was over 400 people.  Mid-Continent Library has many branches and will be buying more copies of the book... wonder how long our daughter will have to wait?

Our cul-de-sac has many little flags poked into the ground on our front lawns... plus lots of symbols spray painted in the road. They are adding Google Fiber... we already have AT&T and Xfinity. Can't see them dropping the cost with three now!

 

 

Spring??? Money??

The weather is on a sunny upswing for the moment ... much appreciated. I started noticing that my neighbor's magnolia tree has a few flowers... daffodils are sprouting... and grass is getting green All this is encouraging Bob to start getting rid of what leaves are left from last fall!!

As for money... going through Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle  paper's site Bob came across the NYS  unclaimed money site. He found two listings for his parents and filed a claim... and received a horrendous 6 page file he has to fill out. I won't tell you what but it asks for relatives four generations worth! Also death certificates for both parents...!

KCI .. the Kansas City Airport is investigating a purported bomb threat !! Partial evacuation.. FBI there..

I am working slowly on another thing for the April online show... this time it is an elephant. BTW .. the cat left for Ohio yesterday!  The little elephant is an unusual fabric... green fur with a blue backing. I'll have to make some tusks from polymer resin!

We have a round robin of errands tomorrow plus an estate sale! 

 

Interesting day... yesterday

Weather arrived... rumbling thunder and loads of rain off and on all morning  !! BUT by early  afternoon the sun came out and the temps rose to 70 F !

Then our teacher daughter called... with car problems. She took it to a local garage and they said it was a coil pack in #2. She and her husband picked one up at O'Reilly's and with Bob's overseeing things  ( in our driveway) they replaced it. Still a problem...so this morning my s-i-l and grandson came back having bought new spark plugs and  coil packs for all cylinders... The driveway became the place to work again....The one bought yesterday will be returned as defective.  Bob says new spark plugs were needed. 

No one has called so fingers crossed all is good!!

But it is much colder today... currently 44 F 

Received a text... it worked.  Hooray! 

Foggy

We were warned last night that things would be really foggy this morning ... and they were right!! But now... later on.. it is just hazy and 50 F.

We have been planning our Easter get together... it will be a different one... LOL...A thing we remember and  our kids remember  is white hot dogs at Bob's parents ( and their grandparents)... A summer staple at the cottage ( Seneca Lake; Finger Lakes, NY).

Bob's father was a district sales person for Tobins/ First Prize and the hot dogs were something they sold. Tobin's closed in 1975 at the plant in Rochester and  1981 at Albany.

So when we discovered on a trip back to Rochester that Zweigle's now makes white hots  ... we had them each trip. Now we will be having them on Easter! Plus other comfort foods as sides.

My grandchildren have never had them!! So it will be a first for them... May have to buy some regular red hots, just in case!!  Though their Mother assures me that they will love them.

 

 

WalMart remodeling

 The Walmart we go to is a neighbor hood one and they are remodeling... won't be done till the end of April.  Everything is somewhere new... what a challenge. I was there today with my list. The store clerks answered my "where" ! with a smile. I would guess they must have MANY such queries!

Many many more self-check out lanes... no cashiers today... lots of flowers. The non-grocery store items were way in the back... not sure where they will be now!!

Plus prices have risen with the moves!

While I worked my way round WalMart... Bob went to Ace  which is nearby for more bird food  ... and put out lots on the deck. When I looked out the kitchen window a squirrel was eagerly stuffing himself!

Finished the white cat and took a picture for the possible buyer