Up around 7 a.m. and did a treadmill session and resistance exercises after breakfast. Once I was ready for the day, I spent the rest of the morning and some of the afternoon washing load after load of laundry. I wonder why there is so much more laundry after a trip than on an ordinary stay-at-home week?
Mother came over mid-morning and cut up and boiled zucchini for making a casserole for supper, while I uploaded camping trip snapshots to my social network page. The uploading tool is frustratingly slow, so it took forever.
While I waited for each batch of photos to upload, I did some filing in my office, and went downstairs to do minor chores.
Hubbie spent the entire day, and all of the evening until dark time working in the yard. It's always his method to half kill himself trying to get the yard in order in a single day. I had to go out finally and insist he come inside. It's not like there isn't another day to work. He came in sunburned and exhausted.
Later, for supper, we had the zucchini casserole (thanks Son and Daughter-in-Law for the bag full of squash), baked sweet potatoes, corn-on-the-cob, and garden salad.
Mother went home after supper, Hubbie went to the yard, of course, and I busied myself catching up on my blog posts.
When Hubbie came back in, around 8:30 p.m., we finished the evening watching a few one-hour shows on DVR.
Note: at one point today, Hubbie ran an errand to a home improvement store to buy several bags of mulch. He said there was a terrible accident near the entrance to the store. Seems someone in a small car exited the store parking lot and was rammed from behind by a large four-door truck. Hubbie said it looked like there were serious injuries, and he thinks he recognized the woman driving the car, though he couldn't remember her name.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6
We were up around 7 a.m., and I did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. I really needed the session after having missed five days of exercises.
Once I was ready for the day, I spent the rest of the morning doing laundry and other chores related to getting things back in order after a trip.
Around 11:30, my dental surgeon's office in the capital city called to say my appointment for Tuesday was cancelled, because the hygienist was sick. Drat! Daughter had taken two compensatory days off, so she could make the two-hour drive up here to stay tonight, and then be here with Mother and Shih Tzu, while Hubbie and I made the trip to the capital city.
I immediately tried to call Daughter to save her the trip. But she didn't answer her cell phone, so I left a message. When she hadn't arrived before 1 p.m., I figured she must have gotten the message.
So I spent my time right after lunch reviewing the tutoring lesson I would present to my student at 2:30 p.m., while Hubbie spent his afternoon in the yard.
Around 2 p.m., Daughter showed up. She hadn't gotten the call, because the cell phone I left the message on was in the hands of Great-Grandson, while Daughter was using Granddaughter's cell phone. Phooey.
About 2:20, I went to the college library to meet my student. While I was gone, Daughter decided to head back to her town, because she was having a problem with her car that needed to be dealt with.
Today's student session went well. I was glad to have the English/Spanish dictionary on hand, so that the student could read and record definitions for several words that were new to her like fail, vale, view, safer, saver, and veal.
Tonight, we also practiced sentences using the information question "which," as in "I have a red pen and a black pen. Which one do you want." The student was also asked to transform statements into information questions: "Ann is reading the Spanish book," to "Which book is Ann reading?"
She also learned how to add "-ing" endings, as in fish to fishing, sing to singing, etc., and to count to 100 by tens.
We finished the session with reading a simple story, after which I asked her questions like, "Where is Mrs. Hill?" to which the appropriate response is "She's in the kitchen."
I was back home about 4:30. For supper, we had Long Soup with biscuits. The soup was leftover from last week that we'd put in the freezer. It was an easy meal that kept us from having to plan or cook, since we were too pooped to make much effort.
Mother went home after supper, and Hubbie and I relaxed and caught up on reading last week's and today's local daily newspapers. Then we watched the 2006 Lifetime Movie Network feature, "Last Exit." This is an action-packed, tense suspense movie about two women who are stressed out with their lives, and who manage to cross each other's paths on the way to work, and one of them cuts off the other in traffic.
The woman who was cut off spirals out of control when she loses her job, is about to lose her handicapped child to her remarried husband, is unable to buy her son a birthday gift because her credit card is maxed out, etc. Later, she runs into the other woman again, when her car stalls and the other woman starts honking her horn. Everything goes downhill from there. Pretty good edge-of-your-seat movie.
Once I was ready for the day, I spent the rest of the morning doing laundry and other chores related to getting things back in order after a trip.
Around 11:30, my dental surgeon's office in the capital city called to say my appointment for Tuesday was cancelled, because the hygienist was sick. Drat! Daughter had taken two compensatory days off, so she could make the two-hour drive up here to stay tonight, and then be here with Mother and Shih Tzu, while Hubbie and I made the trip to the capital city.
I immediately tried to call Daughter to save her the trip. But she didn't answer her cell phone, so I left a message. When she hadn't arrived before 1 p.m., I figured she must have gotten the message.
So I spent my time right after lunch reviewing the tutoring lesson I would present to my student at 2:30 p.m., while Hubbie spent his afternoon in the yard.
Around 2 p.m., Daughter showed up. She hadn't gotten the call, because the cell phone I left the message on was in the hands of Great-Grandson, while Daughter was using Granddaughter's cell phone. Phooey.
About 2:20, I went to the college library to meet my student. While I was gone, Daughter decided to head back to her town, because she was having a problem with her car that needed to be dealt with.
Today's student session went well. I was glad to have the English/Spanish dictionary on hand, so that the student could read and record definitions for several words that were new to her like fail, vale, view, safer, saver, and veal.
Tonight, we also practiced sentences using the information question "which," as in "I have a red pen and a black pen. Which one do you want." The student was also asked to transform statements into information questions: "Ann is reading the Spanish book," to "Which book is Ann reading?"
She also learned how to add "-ing" endings, as in fish to fishing, sing to singing, etc., and to count to 100 by tens.
We finished the session with reading a simple story, after which I asked her questions like, "Where is Mrs. Hill?" to which the appropriate response is "She's in the kitchen."
I was back home about 4:30. For supper, we had Long Soup with biscuits. The soup was leftover from last week that we'd put in the freezer. It was an easy meal that kept us from having to plan or cook, since we were too pooped to make much effort.
Mother went home after supper, and Hubbie and I relaxed and caught up on reading last week's and today's local daily newspapers. Then we watched the 2006 Lifetime Movie Network feature, "Last Exit." This is an action-packed, tense suspense movie about two women who are stressed out with their lives, and who manage to cross each other's paths on the way to work, and one of them cuts off the other in traffic.
The woman who was cut off spirals out of control when she loses her job, is about to lose her handicapped child to her remarried husband, is unable to buy her son a birthday gift because her credit card is maxed out, etc. Later, she runs into the other woman again, when her car stalls and the other woman starts honking her horn. Everything goes downhill from there. Pretty good edge-of-your-seat movie.
Camping Trip, Day Five
Sunday, June 5: We were up reasonably early this morning and took our time having breakfast and getting ready for the day.
Our only plan today was to pack up and head home. Once the camper was hooked up, we all set out...Sis to her town, and we to ours. One of the granddaughters left a backpack behind, so Sis offered to take it with her and try to contact Granddaughter and arrange for her to pick it up.
The trip was uneventful, and we arrived home around noon. We brought in lunch items, and then after we'd eaten, Mother went to her house, and Hubbie and I spent quite a while unloading the camper.
It was another incredibly hot day, so we were glad to get done with the unloading chore, and finally just veg in front of TV.
We watched a 2005 Lifetime Movie Network film called, "Gone But Not Forgotten," starring Brooke Shields, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Scott Glenn. An attorney (Shields) defends a man (Glenn) accused of killing his wife and young daughter, because she is convinced he is innocent. But her conviction begins to dissolve as she learns more about him.
The second feature we watched was another Lifetime Movie Network feature, the 2002 film, "Determination of Death," starring Marc Singer, Michele Green, and Veronica Hamel. In order to get out of debt, an abusive husband and his wife plan to fake his death. The plan goes awry, though, when someone shoots the guy, and then he goes missing.
Our only plan today was to pack up and head home. Once the camper was hooked up, we all set out...Sis to her town, and we to ours. One of the granddaughters left a backpack behind, so Sis offered to take it with her and try to contact Granddaughter and arrange for her to pick it up.
The trip was uneventful, and we arrived home around noon. We brought in lunch items, and then after we'd eaten, Mother went to her house, and Hubbie and I spent quite a while unloading the camper.
It was another incredibly hot day, so we were glad to get done with the unloading chore, and finally just veg in front of TV.
We watched a 2005 Lifetime Movie Network film called, "Gone But Not Forgotten," starring Brooke Shields, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Scott Glenn. An attorney (Shields) defends a man (Glenn) accused of killing his wife and young daughter, because she is convinced he is innocent. But her conviction begins to dissolve as she learns more about him.
The second feature we watched was another Lifetime Movie Network feature, the 2002 film, "Determination of Death," starring Marc Singer, Michele Green, and Veronica Hamel. In order to get out of debt, an abusive husband and his wife plan to fake his death. The plan goes awry, though, when someone shoots the guy, and then he goes missing.
Camping, Day Four
Saturday, June 4: Two great-grandsons had birthdays today. Happy Birthday three-year-old Great-Grandsons!
We got up early this morning, so we could have breakfast and get ready for the day before family visited.
The first group to arrive was Daughter, Granddaughter, Great-Granddaughter, and Great-Grandson. They were hungry, so some opted for bowls of cereal, while others settled for fruit.
After breakfast, we adjourned to the yard to visit. Naturally, the first thing the kids wanted to do was go to the playground. So I grabbed my camera and off we went. I got lots of cute shots of the kids, before we all got hot enough to return to the camper.
Soon Son, Daughter-in-Law, Grandson and his friend arrived. When it neared lunchtime, Sis and I brought out deli turkey and a variety of cheeses for sandwiches on a choice of regular sliced bread or bread rounds. We also heated the baked beans, sliced tomatoes and onions, and set out the potato salad, macaroni salad, and coleslaw.
Everyone was on their own to choose what they wanted to eat and take it to the picnic table outdoors. We adults enjoyed all of it, though the kids, in typical fashion, were more selective in what they agreed to eat.
Son, Daughter-in-Law, and family left shortly after lunch, because they were on their way to the capital city to enjoy a Willie Nelson concert in the evening. They planned to stay overnight before returning home.
Presently, another granddaughter and her two children arrived and enjoyed lunch. Granddaughter's son, my great-grandson, is in a body cast after suffering a serious broken bone. The cast is horribly heavy and awkward, but Great-Grandson manages to walk in it anyway, even with his legs spread so far apart.
Once they had eaten, I grabbed my camera again to take some individual and family snapshots. There is an interesting rail fence at the campground that makes a good setting for photos.
In a little while, Niece and her husband and three children arrived. Great-Nephew brought along his violin and banjo, and entertained us with several Bluegrass numbers. I grabbed my camera again and did snapshots of Great-Nephew and Great-Niece, though the younger Great-Nephew decided his hair wasn't right for a photo shoot.
Mother and Sis thought they had asked the family if they were ready for lunch, but hadn't gotten an answer. Around 3 p.m. I asked, and they indicated they were plenty ready to eat. I guess we nearly starved them before we offered food again! Embarrassing.
The day had been extremely hot and sultry, which sapped us all, so after Niece and family left, we decided to nap for a while. We slept longer than we planned, but we were more refreshed after our snooze.
I had a hankering for ice cream, so Hubbie and I went to the WDCS to buy some. There weren't a lot of choices at the store, so I settled for a sugar-free, lower-fat, Neapolitan variety, while Sis requested orange sherbet. They were wonderfully cooling desserts that hit the spot for all of us.
After enjoying the ice creams, we played several games of Skipbo. Since we'd napped so long, we played cards late into the evening, before finally winding down enough to hit the sack.
We got up early this morning, so we could have breakfast and get ready for the day before family visited.
The first group to arrive was Daughter, Granddaughter, Great-Granddaughter, and Great-Grandson. They were hungry, so some opted for bowls of cereal, while others settled for fruit.
After breakfast, we adjourned to the yard to visit. Naturally, the first thing the kids wanted to do was go to the playground. So I grabbed my camera and off we went. I got lots of cute shots of the kids, before we all got hot enough to return to the camper.
Soon Son, Daughter-in-Law, Grandson and his friend arrived. When it neared lunchtime, Sis and I brought out deli turkey and a variety of cheeses for sandwiches on a choice of regular sliced bread or bread rounds. We also heated the baked beans, sliced tomatoes and onions, and set out the potato salad, macaroni salad, and coleslaw.
Everyone was on their own to choose what they wanted to eat and take it to the picnic table outdoors. We adults enjoyed all of it, though the kids, in typical fashion, were more selective in what they agreed to eat.
Son, Daughter-in-Law, and family left shortly after lunch, because they were on their way to the capital city to enjoy a Willie Nelson concert in the evening. They planned to stay overnight before returning home.
Presently, another granddaughter and her two children arrived and enjoyed lunch. Granddaughter's son, my great-grandson, is in a body cast after suffering a serious broken bone. The cast is horribly heavy and awkward, but Great-Grandson manages to walk in it anyway, even with his legs spread so far apart.
Once they had eaten, I grabbed my camera again to take some individual and family snapshots. There is an interesting rail fence at the campground that makes a good setting for photos.
In a little while, Niece and her husband and three children arrived. Great-Nephew brought along his violin and banjo, and entertained us with several Bluegrass numbers. I grabbed my camera again and did snapshots of Great-Nephew and Great-Niece, though the younger Great-Nephew decided his hair wasn't right for a photo shoot.
Mother and Sis thought they had asked the family if they were ready for lunch, but hadn't gotten an answer. Around 3 p.m. I asked, and they indicated they were plenty ready to eat. I guess we nearly starved them before we offered food again! Embarrassing.
The day had been extremely hot and sultry, which sapped us all, so after Niece and family left, we decided to nap for a while. We slept longer than we planned, but we were more refreshed after our snooze.
I had a hankering for ice cream, so Hubbie and I went to the WDCS to buy some. There weren't a lot of choices at the store, so I settled for a sugar-free, lower-fat, Neapolitan variety, while Sis requested orange sherbet. They were wonderfully cooling desserts that hit the spot for all of us.
After enjoying the ice creams, we played several games of Skipbo. Since we'd napped so long, we played cards late into the evening, before finally winding down enough to hit the sack.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Camping Trip, Day Three
Friday, June 3: We were up fairly early this morning again. Sis arrived soon after we'd had breakfast, but was ready to enjoy a dish of mixed fruits with buttered raisin bread.
Again today, Sis stayed at camp with Mother and Shih Tzu, while Hubbie and I went shopping. Our goal was to go to a bicycle shop to look for a new bike for me as a belated Christmas gift from Hubbie. However, apparently the shop has gone out of business, because we couldn't find it, and when we called the business number, it was no longer in service.
Oh, well, since we couldn't shop for a bike, Hubbie decided to browse a home improvement store, where he used a couple of gift cards to purchase some yard tools.
We returned to camp after that, but set out again as soon as we'd had lunch and saw to Shih Tzu's needs. This time, we shopped at clothing and shoe stores. One item I was looking for was a white polo shirt for Mother, because we discovered that she had left most of her clothes hanging in her bedroom at home. So other than the clothes she wore on the trip, and one more outfit, she didn't have anything to wear for the weekend.
Luckily, I found a white petite size polo shirt (the only one on the rack) at one of the stores, and it was on sale for only $8.65. I had no luck at the shoe store, but I found a suitable three-quarter sleeve black cotton shirt, with gold and white patterns, at another clothing store. The shirt will be fine over white capris for an art gallery summer celebration later this month.
We returned to camp after that, where we found that Daughter and Niece had arrived. This niece is a daughter of my deceased brother. Niece is having some medical problems, and she is very thin, but she assured us she is on the mend now.
Before Daughter and Niece left, Niece sprayed a trail of ants that were invading the picnic table area and beginning to march up the side of the camper.
Today, Daughter packed barbecue sandwiches and salads for her supper at work later. She took enough for Great-Grandson, who would be on the college campus (where daughter works) to watch a college baseball game.
For our supper, we had rotisserie chicken, which Hubbie and I had picked up at the WDCS earlier, with microwave baked potatoes, and garden salad.
After supper, Hubbie and I went to visit my younger son and his wife. We were anxious to see how his home and the neighborhood where they live looks following a devestating April tornado.
Son and Daughter-in-Law's home and property looks wonderful after the clean-up, and their garden is beautifully thriving. In fact, they are getting so much zucchini squash that they were able to give us a big sack full of it.
They also have chickens that lay more than enough eggs for the family. So Son sent a dozen and a half of tiny banty chicken eggs to Mother.
I snapped images of the rest of the neighborhood on our way out of the housing addition. There are still many homes too damaged for repair, but much of the destruction has been cleaned up and is in huge piles designated either for brush or for household stuff. Wide expanses are now stripped of trees and houses. It's a sad sight.
We visited for about an hour and a half before returning to camp. At camp, we played several games of Skipbo before heading to bed.
Again today, Sis stayed at camp with Mother and Shih Tzu, while Hubbie and I went shopping. Our goal was to go to a bicycle shop to look for a new bike for me as a belated Christmas gift from Hubbie. However, apparently the shop has gone out of business, because we couldn't find it, and when we called the business number, it was no longer in service.
Oh, well, since we couldn't shop for a bike, Hubbie decided to browse a home improvement store, where he used a couple of gift cards to purchase some yard tools.
We returned to camp after that, but set out again as soon as we'd had lunch and saw to Shih Tzu's needs. This time, we shopped at clothing and shoe stores. One item I was looking for was a white polo shirt for Mother, because we discovered that she had left most of her clothes hanging in her bedroom at home. So other than the clothes she wore on the trip, and one more outfit, she didn't have anything to wear for the weekend.
Luckily, I found a white petite size polo shirt (the only one on the rack) at one of the stores, and it was on sale for only $8.65. I had no luck at the shoe store, but I found a suitable three-quarter sleeve black cotton shirt, with gold and white patterns, at another clothing store. The shirt will be fine over white capris for an art gallery summer celebration later this month.
We returned to camp after that, where we found that Daughter and Niece had arrived. This niece is a daughter of my deceased brother. Niece is having some medical problems, and she is very thin, but she assured us she is on the mend now.
Before Daughter and Niece left, Niece sprayed a trail of ants that were invading the picnic table area and beginning to march up the side of the camper.
Today, Daughter packed barbecue sandwiches and salads for her supper at work later. She took enough for Great-Grandson, who would be on the college campus (where daughter works) to watch a college baseball game.
For our supper, we had rotisserie chicken, which Hubbie and I had picked up at the WDCS earlier, with microwave baked potatoes, and garden salad.
After supper, Hubbie and I went to visit my younger son and his wife. We were anxious to see how his home and the neighborhood where they live looks following a devestating April tornado.
Son and Daughter-in-Law's home and property looks wonderful after the clean-up, and their garden is beautifully thriving. In fact, they are getting so much zucchini squash that they were able to give us a big sack full of it.
They also have chickens that lay more than enough eggs for the family. So Son sent a dozen and a half of tiny banty chicken eggs to Mother.
I snapped images of the rest of the neighborhood on our way out of the housing addition. There are still many homes too damaged for repair, but much of the destruction has been cleaned up and is in huge piles designated either for brush or for household stuff. Wide expanses are now stripped of trees and houses. It's a sad sight.
We visited for about an hour and a half before returning to camp. At camp, we played several games of Skipbo before heading to bed.
Camping, Day Two
Thursday, June 2: We were up early today. After breakfast and getting ready for the day, Mother and I went outdoors to enjoy the weather before the temperature got too warm.
Sis came mid-morning, and stayed with Mother and Shih Tzu while Hubbie and I traveled about 30 miles south to shop at a wholesale store. At one point, I decided to call Mother to make sure I was choosing the right grocery item that she wanted.
During our conversation, she said that the electricity to the camper had gone off. So I let Hubbie talk with Sis, so he could suggest solutions to the problem. Nothing Sis tried worked, though.
So Hubbie and I quickly finished our shopping, and stopped by a home improvement store to buy a default switch for the camper. Back at camp, we were greeted by the camp host, who asked if we'd been told that the entire county was without power. Well, no, we hadn't been alerted to that fact. But we were relieved that the problem wasn't with the camper.
Sis had opened all the windows and the screen door to the camper to keep it from getting too hot for the three caged cats inside. But we relaxed outdoors while we waited for the power to return. After a while, the camp host stopped by to say the power was on again.
Unfortunately, the power went out twice more again during the evening, caused by a faulty breaker this time. So Hubbie visited the registration office to report the problem. Before too long, a park maintenance guy came by and replaced the breaker. Problem solved.
While Hubbie and I were at the wholesale store, Mother and Sis had boiled potatoes and eggs, and cut up veggies for potato salad. Fortunately, they had finished this chore before the power went out, so the gas stove didn't heat up the camper before the air conditioner stopped.
When I got back to camp, Sis and I prepared the potato salad. Actually, we prepared three...one without eggs for her, one without dill pickles for me, and one with everything in it for everyone else. Sis also boiled a pot of macaroni, with which Mother made macaroni salad. She also made dressing for slaw.
Since there was plenty of afternoon left, I decided we should try out a new game...the "Conflict" card game I recently bought at our local museum. This Civil war is similar to "Go Fish." It is divided into several colors, and each color represents a certain population: townswomen, townsmen, politicians, Union generals, and Confederate generals. Each card features a picture and information about that person. Seven cards are dealt to each player, and the object of the game is to switch out cards until all seven are the same color. It is done by asking for cards from an opponent, or drawing from a reserve pile. The first player to reach 100points wins. We played several games, but not enough for anyone to reach 100 points.
Later, Son and Daughter-in-Law joined us for a supper of the salads, plus barbecue sandwiches and baked beans. As it turned out, Son was unable to eat, thanks to a flare-up of diverticulitis.
We had a good visit before they needed to leave. Sis left, too, with a promise to return tomorrow to spend the rest of the trip camping with us. She fixed a couple of barbecue sandwiches and helpings of salads to take to Nephew, though.
After that, Hubbie, Mother, and I opted for an early bedtime.
Sis came mid-morning, and stayed with Mother and Shih Tzu while Hubbie and I traveled about 30 miles south to shop at a wholesale store. At one point, I decided to call Mother to make sure I was choosing the right grocery item that she wanted.
During our conversation, she said that the electricity to the camper had gone off. So I let Hubbie talk with Sis, so he could suggest solutions to the problem. Nothing Sis tried worked, though.
So Hubbie and I quickly finished our shopping, and stopped by a home improvement store to buy a default switch for the camper. Back at camp, we were greeted by the camp host, who asked if we'd been told that the entire county was without power. Well, no, we hadn't been alerted to that fact. But we were relieved that the problem wasn't with the camper.
Sis had opened all the windows and the screen door to the camper to keep it from getting too hot for the three caged cats inside. But we relaxed outdoors while we waited for the power to return. After a while, the camp host stopped by to say the power was on again.
Unfortunately, the power went out twice more again during the evening, caused by a faulty breaker this time. So Hubbie visited the registration office to report the problem. Before too long, a park maintenance guy came by and replaced the breaker. Problem solved.
While Hubbie and I were at the wholesale store, Mother and Sis had boiled potatoes and eggs, and cut up veggies for potato salad. Fortunately, they had finished this chore before the power went out, so the gas stove didn't heat up the camper before the air conditioner stopped.
When I got back to camp, Sis and I prepared the potato salad. Actually, we prepared three...one without eggs for her, one without dill pickles for me, and one with everything in it for everyone else. Sis also boiled a pot of macaroni, with which Mother made macaroni salad. She also made dressing for slaw.
Since there was plenty of afternoon left, I decided we should try out a new game...the "Conflict" card game I recently bought at our local museum. This Civil war is similar to "Go Fish." It is divided into several colors, and each color represents a certain population: townswomen, townsmen, politicians, Union generals, and Confederate generals. Each card features a picture and information about that person. Seven cards are dealt to each player, and the object of the game is to switch out cards until all seven are the same color. It is done by asking for cards from an opponent, or drawing from a reserve pile. The first player to reach 100points wins. We played several games, but not enough for anyone to reach 100 points.
Later, Son and Daughter-in-Law joined us for a supper of the salads, plus barbecue sandwiches and baked beans. As it turned out, Son was unable to eat, thanks to a flare-up of diverticulitis.
We had a good visit before they needed to leave. Sis left, too, with a promise to return tomorrow to spend the rest of the trip camping with us. She fixed a couple of barbecue sandwiches and helpings of salads to take to Nephew, though.
After that, Hubbie, Mother, and I opted for an early bedtime.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Camping Trip, Day One
Wednesday, June 1: Today is Granddaughter's birthday. Happy Birthday, Granddaughter!
We were up around 7 a.m., and spent a couple of hours after breakfast finishing packing the camper for a trip to a campground about two hours south.
We left town around 9:30. This trip, we took our three cats, but left Mother's cat at home, because she fights tooth and claw when Hubbie attempts to cage her. Mother decided that she would be happier at home, where she was comfortably provided for with several dishes of food, water, and plenty of litter pans. Mother also left on lights and the TV.
We arrived at the campground around noon. After we set up camp and had lunch, Hubbie and I went to the WDCS for a few items, and then to a hobby store, where I took advantage of a 50% off sale to buy three punches, using grant money from Extension Homemakers. The punches will be used to make greeting cards for Caring Hands Hospice. I also picked up card stock and adhesives for scrapbooking.
Back at camp, Mother said that Daughter had come by right after we left (we probably passed her on the road), and stayed until just before we came back. Daughter packed a pimento cheese sandwich and homemade cookies to take to work for her 8 p.m. supper break. Daughter loves Mother's homemade pimento cheese, as well as the cookies she bakes.
After a supper of leftover lasagna, with cottage cheese and garden salad, we played a couple of games of Skipbo, before calling it a night.
We were up around 7 a.m., and spent a couple of hours after breakfast finishing packing the camper for a trip to a campground about two hours south.
We left town around 9:30. This trip, we took our three cats, but left Mother's cat at home, because she fights tooth and claw when Hubbie attempts to cage her. Mother decided that she would be happier at home, where she was comfortably provided for with several dishes of food, water, and plenty of litter pans. Mother also left on lights and the TV.
We arrived at the campground around noon. After we set up camp and had lunch, Hubbie and I went to the WDCS for a few items, and then to a hobby store, where I took advantage of a 50% off sale to buy three punches, using grant money from Extension Homemakers. The punches will be used to make greeting cards for Caring Hands Hospice. I also picked up card stock and adhesives for scrapbooking.
Back at camp, Mother said that Daughter had come by right after we left (we probably passed her on the road), and stayed until just before we came back. Daughter packed a pimento cheese sandwich and homemade cookies to take to work for her 8 p.m. supper break. Daughter loves Mother's homemade pimento cheese, as well as the cookies she bakes.
After a supper of leftover lasagna, with cottage cheese and garden salad, we played a couple of games of Skipbo, before calling it a night.
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