Another fantastic day

Bob, our daughters and I will head out sometime this summer back to Rochester to visit with Bob's brother. Bob and I decided that maybe staying in a hotel ,again, was not the best idea. So we have been walking our fingers through VRBO rentals.  

It has been fun. We have "saved" some interesting ones...looked at google maps discovering neighborhood areas such as Swillburg" and seeing just what our old home area looks like now. 

We haven't had much time to be tourists during our previous visits ... but we will this time. I think a stop at the Strong museum would be fun... our last visit was 50 or so years ago when it was VERY new. When Margaret Woodbury Strong's duplicate dolls, toys etc were auctioned off to provide funds for the museum it threw the collecting world in a tizzy.

Maybe the  George Eastman museum?   Highland Park with all its many lilacs ( there's been a lilac festival for 128 years)?... Memorial Art Gallery?

Back to my book... Stephen King's "Talisman". I finally finished it and feel a little guilty about all the time spent on it... just a little. 

My daughter and I went to our friend's 95 th birthday... fun time... the room at her retirement home was packed! Cake and ice cream and lots of visiting with outh attendees.

The day was great... but it has dropped temperature-wise to 45 F and windy. It will be cooler tomorrow and then jump back up to 90 F Wednesday... Crazy Missouri!

another gorgeous day

Today is gorgeous out...lots of sun and blue skies... and little wind. So it was nice to head out to the Greenwood craft show. We hadn't been to Greenwood for a year or more so it was interesting to see what changes had happened.  

Out trip took us south on 7 hwy and then west on 150 hwy.  Lots of new houses and a big Q Trip at 7 Hwy and 50 Hwy .

The places to park were pretty full but we managed to find one! A big outdoor popcorn stand was at the door to the show... Bob said "no' because we still have loads from the Boy Scouts. A taste at the winery booth convinced me a bottle would be nice. 

I found a cute Easter bunny display piece for a friend's birthday party tomorrow. She will be 95 ! Amazing!!

Bob found some yummy cookies and I found some plant sticks with cute sayings. 

Afterwards we went upstairs and looked at all the antique booths. 

Made a batch of creamy tortellini soup for dinner... recipe was slightly different from one I had used before. Biggest difference was 8 oz. of tomato puree. 

BTW... the house is at 80 F. I turned on my bedroom ceiling fan hoping to cool things down at bedtime. 

Today... not much different

The morning started with stop at Aldi's for things one can't find elsewhere such as eggs for $1.66/ dozen!

And I did find a few things for my Easter loving grandchildren ( 19 and 23)  ...did I say chocolate? Deviled eggs?

We decided to go to our church's ( St. John LaLande) fish fry this evening... fried fish, french fries, mac and cheese, green beans, cole slaw  and a table full of deserts. It was being held by the Knights of Columbus.  Each table had a flyer for the women's auxiliary for half a pig raffle. We didn't buy one.. no freezer to keep all that pork!!

More de-cluttering and reorganizing up in the attic.

The temperature hit over 80 F... maybe a record. Warmer tomorrow... 

Tomorrow ... Greenwood's craft show 

 

Things we did yesterday and today...

Yesterday we headed out to Target for two prescriptions that were waiting for me and then off to the neighborhood Walmart with a huge grocery shop list. I had waited till we really needed loads of groceries. We are still doing a "where is it now" as Walmart continues its remodeling!! Just about everything is somewhere new!

Bob brought everything in from the car trunk and I put things away!! Good thing we went early. Our neighborhood was full of "ditch witches" digging holes  just inside the curbs for wi-fi stuff. One of the vehicles even spent time in our driveway. No way for us to leave!! Things were so  congested that the mail person didn't make it at all.

Today I finally went to the hairdresser... where she "trimmed" inches off!   Bob went with our daughter as a support person at the dentist... both things at the same time!!

The weather is on its upswing...currently in the 70's... tomorrow in the 80's and maybe 90's on Saturday... then typically Missouri the temps will drop somewhat. Tomorrow will be a great day for a big craft show in Greenwood. Afterwards we may hit Greenwood's antique shops!

I have been reading but when I started feeling a little guilty I decided to spend some time de-cluttering my work room. I have had some things for bear accessories way too long. Time to donate what I will never use. 

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 Well.. according to ancestry.com I don't have a drop of Irish in me...but Bob's great-great grandfather came over from Ireland in the 1840's ! I did enjoy our visit to Ireland in 2014... we stayed in Dublin and Galway and visited the Aran Islands. We squeezed lots into our short one week stay.

 

 .....The pictures are from InnisMoor.... I still love the horse one. She followed us along the "road " we took to go to the oldest church on Innis. I fed her black berries growing alongside and when we went into what was left of the church she put her head through the window.  Second picture ... We had tea and cakes here!

Spent the rest of the afternoon reading a new Dana Stabenow  ( Kate Shugak) book... and being cold. The temp wasn't bad but the wind was.

My grocery list for tomorrow is lo-o-ng plus I need to pick up my prescription from Target so we will be heading out. 

 

 

 

  

Back into cold...

 I am looking out into our circle's backyards... a dusty of snow, loads of sun and cold temps ( 16 F). Nothing like what the weather people had predicted!!Except for the cold temps.

My daughters are still at home... working of course. One is modifying her non-profits website. The other is doing something online with the school ( kids didn't have school though they did have work to do on their tablets.

So far I am doing a puttering type of de-clutter, finishing a light pink bear and reading on my Kindle. 

Bob is puttering around on his computer and  found that the weather predictions mention an 80 F next week! Maybe it will be nice enough to spend our Easter get together out on the deck!! That means clearing off all the winter debris! We've been feeding the birds out there all winter... won't they be surprised?

 

John Knox Craft show

We went to John Knox's craft show today. Hadn't made it to many lately... but decided it would be fun. Bob went along. 

John Knox is a large retirement complex and the event center makes a great place for all sorts of shows. It is about 20 minutes away in Lee's Summit.

This time there was lots of different vendors and many of the ones that had been duplicates were gone.

 We came home with a large jar of salsa.The vendor has a commercial place and lots of Kansas and Missouri tests done.. and expensive ones too. He has four regular salsas with different heat levels and ones made from tomatillos. Got to try them all.. all except the really hot ones!

Found a vendor with stained glassed and fused glass items. Came home with two pieces for gifting.

Another vendor makes the most gorgeous cupcakes... almost too pretty to eat. Took a card and may have to order special ones for a birthday or something.

Tried samples of sweet non-yeast breads. The non-gluten were not for us- too dry and grainy, But the regular ones were great and we bought a loaf of banana pecan with a crunchy topping.

Spent time talking with a pair of basket makers... one of them is buying a scrapbooking and craft shop and will be offering different classes... In Blue Springs. We will have to go and check it out! 

Bob found his primary care doctor at a table offering honey products. He and his son have loads of hives and are getting more!

Two youngish vendors had lead pipe and plumbing parts lamps.. assembled or kits. Bob bought two..I see gifts in the future.

Last but not least was a table of nuts.. coated.. almonds, cashews , pecans .

LATER 

Both of us were a little tired and I didn't feel much like cooking. So a pizza was ordered and picked up. Love that the pizza places all seem to be having sales!