Monday, September 21

I slept well last night, and we were up by 6:30 so I could get ready to go to water aerobics. The sun shone brightly in a cloudless sky this morning, but it was humid. A ribbon of fog lay among the treetops on the hill near the campus, with the steeple on the college's chapel, and the bell tower on the business building peeking through. Already, the leaves on some trees are turning autumn colors.

Water was added to the pool since last Friday, so it was nippy. And the dressing room was frigid, again. But these discomforts are worth it for the pleasure of swimming and doing water aerobics, as well as for visiting with friends.

After I got home and ready for the day, Hubbie and I ran errands...to a local radio station to exchange tickets for a Branson. The Sinatra show we had tickets for closed for lack of attendance. We'd purchased the tickets inexpensively last summer at a promotion event held by the radio station.

The station was very willing for us to choose another show (in fact, we were told we could choose two shows to replace the tickets we had), but that was easier said than done, since a couple of the ones we looked at had also closed, and others were not scheduled to perform until November or December. We will be going in October.

Finally, though, we did find two musical shows that we will enjoy. We were given two tickets to each show, with each ticket admitting two people (we need only three admittances...one for Mother). Besides those, the lady at the station threw in two (admits four) tickets to a comedy show, and four tickets to a military museum. All this entertainment should keep us busy while we're in Branson.

From there, we went to the pharmacy to get a prescription changed from a name brand to a generic one. I have always taken the $4 generic brand, but for some reason this month, the pharmacy filled my prescription with a name brand. I really don't know if this was a mistake of the pharmacy, or of the doctor when she renewed my prescription.

Anyway, it took two forevers to fill the prescription. While we waited, I noticed a couple of shopping carts filled with little bags of goodies. I talked with one of the staff, who said he was filling the bags to be given to kindergartners that were to visit and learn about apples. Apparently, this is Johnny Appleseed week, and the kids are learning about the fruit by visiting this grocery store. About 300 kids will visit during the week. They will sample two kinds of apples...a Granny Smith, and a sweet one, and they will receive an apple in their goodie bag, along with a pencil, erasers, and other fun things. The staff member said he has been doing this for five years. I think it's a nice thing for him and the store to do, and I told him so.

While I waited, I also noticed bags of bananas at 39 cents a pound, and grapes at 99 cents a pound, so I grabbed those. I like to take a variety of fresh fruits on our camping trip to have for breakfast with Mother's quick breads, or with whole wheat bagels and cream cheese. This trip, we'll also take along a loaf of the delicious whole wheat bread that I bought in Corsicana during our Texas trip.

It was noon by the time we got things squared away at the radio station and the pharmacy, so we headed home for a lunch of leftover spaghetti. Then we set out again, this time going to the farmer's market for tomatoes, and to the WDCS for a few grocery items.

Back home, I ironed the clothes that Hubbie and I will wear on our camping trip to the capital city this week. Mother came over later, and she I went into the yard so I could take a picture of her holding a basket of peppers that she picked from the garden (see previous blog). After that, I spent the rest of the afternoon gathering stuff for the trip.

Supper tonight was leftover autumn stew, with bread and butter. After that, we settled in for an evening of TV, as usual.We started with a movie called "A Friendship to Die For," from the Lifetime Movie Network. A couple of female friends want money enough to murder for it.

After that, we watched the premiere of the new season's "Dancing With the Stars."