It has been a beautiful week as far as weather is concerned...a few days of storms or cloudy cooler days and some rain....but otherwise it seems like fall is coming soon!
The past couple of days have been just gorgeous and the clouds have cleared away and the its so nice to be outside in the morning and evening's. Hope they stay that way for a couple of months actually!
We have worked our 4 days the past couple of weeks and have made a trip to Topeka last weekend for Lauren's 1st birthday. It's hard to believe she is 1 already and almost walking around. She is so happy and loves to crawl and trying to walk... just not quite confident yet about taking those first steps.... she can really go hanging onto something but not by herself! We left Sat.morning and got to Topeka by noon. Saturday afternoon was getting the party ready.... Ryan smoked some pulled pork and it was delicious! Everyone brought something to go along with that so we had a great dinner and then the cake! Lauren's babysitter makes their cakes as a gift to her so Lauren had her own birthday cake and she had made a butterfly cake and a flower....she did a beautiful job and Lauren dug into her cake with both hands ! She was so funny and loved the cake! That little girl got a whole winter wardrobe in gifts! She shouldn't need any winter things!
We left Sunday morning after church to go to Megan and Jeff's. We hung out with them all of Sunday and left Monday morning to go back to Topeka. We had lunch with our friends Bob and Jackie and then began our trip back to Wichita. We had a great weekend with the kids.
This weekend begins the "sports season" for the boys.....Brayden has a football game tomorrow and Bryson is playing soccer this year.... they have a couple of Saturday's that they both have games... that could prove interesting how they will manage both!
So we will be going to Topeka tomorrow for the day to watch Brayden play flag football at noon. We will come home tomorrow evening as we have to work Monday and Tuesday.....
Bill has been working here at the park doing some odd jobs like weed eating and also began to caulk the windows of the office. He is going to paint the office sometime when in the next couple of weeks.
Well, that about catches us up for this time...... we have been taking it easy some days and of course always running to Walmart for something! Exciting huh?????
Until next time!
BJ
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Tuesday evening
Today was just a gorgeous day! I thought when we walked this am it was going to be a cloudy cool drizzly day but it cleared off and was so nice and comfortable all day.
The park has slowed down some and so last Saturday at work was kind of slow but steady. It was quiet in the evening with no late arrivals...... like it when it is like that.
Sunday we went to church and then met John/Patsy at Jimmie's Diner for breakfast. After that we came home and just hung out here for the day. Jimmie's Diner is an old Wichita establishment.... looks like a 50's building. The help all dress in poodle skirts and hair tied back with chiffon scarves. The food is excellent and they ALWAYS have a crowd there....all day long. Just a neat place to go.
Monday was laundry catch up day here. It rained some in the morning and a loud thunder storm went though about 9. In the afternoon I finished Lauren's quilt so it is ready for her this weekend.
Today we went for a walk in the morning and sat outside and relaxed a bit before going in and having some breakfast and getting ready for the day. I loved sitting on the deck at our house after walking and drinking a cup of coffee before the day began. We had some errands to run this am.... I found a used book store and so I took several books to trade and found a few I was looking for. More to read! :)
This evening we went to eat Mexican with John/Patsy. After eating John drove us around some of the downtown areas of Wichita. We sure have enjoyed their company this summer.
We have tomorrow off yet and I need to finish getting Lauren's gifts ready to go for the weekend. Not sure what else will happen tomorrow....
Stay tuned!
Until next time!
BJ
The park has slowed down some and so last Saturday at work was kind of slow but steady. It was quiet in the evening with no late arrivals...... like it when it is like that.
Sunday we went to church and then met John/Patsy at Jimmie's Diner for breakfast. After that we came home and just hung out here for the day. Jimmie's Diner is an old Wichita establishment.... looks like a 50's building. The help all dress in poodle skirts and hair tied back with chiffon scarves. The food is excellent and they ALWAYS have a crowd there....all day long. Just a neat place to go.
Monday was laundry catch up day here. It rained some in the morning and a loud thunder storm went though about 9. In the afternoon I finished Lauren's quilt so it is ready for her this weekend.
Today we went for a walk in the morning and sat outside and relaxed a bit before going in and having some breakfast and getting ready for the day. I loved sitting on the deck at our house after walking and drinking a cup of coffee before the day began. We had some errands to run this am.... I found a used book store and so I took several books to trade and found a few I was looking for. More to read! :)
This evening we went to eat Mexican with John/Patsy. After eating John drove us around some of the downtown areas of Wichita. We sure have enjoyed their company this summer.
We have tomorrow off yet and I need to finish getting Lauren's gifts ready to go for the weekend. Not sure what else will happen tomorrow....
Stay tuned!
Until next time!
BJ
Friday, August 14, 2009
Friday again!
This month is just zipping by..... I keep thinking about school starting and realizing it this will be "4 "school years" since I have had to really "think" about school stuff!
We haven't been doing a whole lot here this past week really. Our days at working have been busy and it makes the day go by much faster. We had several of the "Wichita Open" golfers here this past week. A couple of them had been in the office when I was and were very nice to visit with. So we have been watching them in the paper. Not bad earnings for a weekend of "play"...hahah!!!
A group of construction workers are just about to finish up their job here and are so anxious to get out of here and either go home or onto another job. They should find out today if they leave or stay another week...... I know how they feel about being ready to leave and have to stay!
We are down to about 9 weeks left here and Bill and I are really getting anxious to get on the road and do something different! I KNOW I am!
The owner has 2 little kittens or now becoming terror cats that are in the office and they are a mess! I can't stand the cat hair all over and flying around let alone them crawling all over the desk and in my face and the customers faces! I am embarrassed when they do that and they are not my cats! I have never been a cat lover and have tolerated these cats and our friends cats but these cats need to learn some "manners" dealing with customers! Ok...I have vented and I feel better ...... One of the other workkampers lets them roam all over and feeds them so when I work or one of the other couples work they have to learn all over again!
We made a day trip to Hutchinson on Tuesday to get a pan handle or knob for my pots and pans that I have had since the early 80's. It is a lifetime waterless set and I have most of the pans stored but the slow cooker is what I use quite a bit and the handle had desingrated..... so we contacted a man here who used to sell the sets but he called the place in Hutchinson where it started. So we found the place and got a new handle for nothing! We stopped for lunch and then went back through Yoder to a neat little quilt store there and then back home. Nice day for a little trip.
I have been working on our granddaughter's quilt this week and finally got the binding on it and now to finish it up before her birthday next week! Can't believe she will be 1 year old next week! She now has 4 teeth that have finally came in and I can't wait to see her and the rest of the kids next weekend. One good thing about this job is that we are able to see the kids quite regularly even though it is a 2 hr. drive yet.
Most of our Newmar friends are either traveling yet from the rally or heading home soon.....anxious to visit with some of them and hear all about the fun time they had last week at the International Rally in Goshen, Indiana...... maybe next year we will be able to go too.
We only worked 3 days this week and they have been spread out all week...beginning with last Sunday and Wednesday and this Saturday...... kind of nice to have day between but next week we will be working on Thursday and Friday and then off for several days.
Enough rambling for this time!
Until next time!
BJ
We haven't been doing a whole lot here this past week really. Our days at working have been busy and it makes the day go by much faster. We had several of the "Wichita Open" golfers here this past week. A couple of them had been in the office when I was and were very nice to visit with. So we have been watching them in the paper. Not bad earnings for a weekend of "play"...hahah!!!
A group of construction workers are just about to finish up their job here and are so anxious to get out of here and either go home or onto another job. They should find out today if they leave or stay another week...... I know how they feel about being ready to leave and have to stay!
We are down to about 9 weeks left here and Bill and I are really getting anxious to get on the road and do something different! I KNOW I am!
The owner has 2 little kittens or now becoming terror cats that are in the office and they are a mess! I can't stand the cat hair all over and flying around let alone them crawling all over the desk and in my face and the customers faces! I am embarrassed when they do that and they are not my cats! I have never been a cat lover and have tolerated these cats and our friends cats but these cats need to learn some "manners" dealing with customers! Ok...I have vented and I feel better ...... One of the other workkampers lets them roam all over and feeds them so when I work or one of the other couples work they have to learn all over again!
We made a day trip to Hutchinson on Tuesday to get a pan handle or knob for my pots and pans that I have had since the early 80's. It is a lifetime waterless set and I have most of the pans stored but the slow cooker is what I use quite a bit and the handle had desingrated..... so we contacted a man here who used to sell the sets but he called the place in Hutchinson where it started. So we found the place and got a new handle for nothing! We stopped for lunch and then went back through Yoder to a neat little quilt store there and then back home. Nice day for a little trip.
I have been working on our granddaughter's quilt this week and finally got the binding on it and now to finish it up before her birthday next week! Can't believe she will be 1 year old next week! She now has 4 teeth that have finally came in and I can't wait to see her and the rest of the kids next weekend. One good thing about this job is that we are able to see the kids quite regularly even though it is a 2 hr. drive yet.
Most of our Newmar friends are either traveling yet from the rally or heading home soon.....anxious to visit with some of them and hear all about the fun time they had last week at the International Rally in Goshen, Indiana...... maybe next year we will be able to go too.
We only worked 3 days this week and they have been spread out all week...beginning with last Sunday and Wednesday and this Saturday...... kind of nice to have day between but next week we will be working on Thursday and Friday and then off for several days.
Enough rambling for this time!
Until next time!
BJ
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Wednesday August 5
Saturday morning found us driving to downtown Wichita to the famer's market at "Old Town". It is an older part of Wichita which is downtown. They have a square blocked off for people to bring their produce to sell. We were pretty disappointed in that there wasn't much there at all. Late Saturday afternoon we drove over to our Newmar friends home for a great BBQ dinner and a game of Joker. The guys won but we had a great visit with Lynne and Dale.
Sunday after church we went out to eat breakfast and then came home. We spent the rest of the day at home and Bill fixed "Beer butt chicken".....it was really good. We have not had that for quite a while. We also made a Walmart stop and Sam's.
Monday I cleaned the house really well and finally got my laundry done. Bill worked around the park doing some painting and helping out there.
I cut out some squares to make Lauren a small K-State quilt for her birthday. I made the other 2 boys one for their birthday's.
Tuesday, we got up and around and drove over to Independence and Coffeyville to check out the area. We stopped at Express Pro Employment agency to see if anyone was there. It so happened that Mark the manager of the Agency was there and so we got to meet him and visit with him about the upcoming job. For lunch we drove into downtown Independence and found a restaurant called, "Uncle Jack's."..IT was very good. It must have been an old dress shop of some kind in its day. The ceiling was the old tin decorated sheets. We sat on a "balcony"..... aka.... the showcase area in the front of the store. Kind of a neat and different atomsphere.
Today Bill and I ran some errands and he is now outside doing some weedeating around. Me..... I think its time to sew! :)
Until next time!
BJ
Sunday after church we went out to eat breakfast and then came home. We spent the rest of the day at home and Bill fixed "Beer butt chicken".....it was really good. We have not had that for quite a while. We also made a Walmart stop and Sam's.
Monday I cleaned the house really well and finally got my laundry done. Bill worked around the park doing some painting and helping out there.
I cut out some squares to make Lauren a small K-State quilt for her birthday. I made the other 2 boys one for their birthday's.
Tuesday, we got up and around and drove over to Independence and Coffeyville to check out the area. We stopped at Express Pro Employment agency to see if anyone was there. It so happened that Mark the manager of the Agency was there and so we got to meet him and visit with him about the upcoming job. For lunch we drove into downtown Independence and found a restaurant called, "Uncle Jack's."..IT was very good. It must have been an old dress shop of some kind in its day. The ceiling was the old tin decorated sheets. We sat on a "balcony"..... aka.... the showcase area in the front of the store. Kind of a neat and different atomsphere.
Today Bill and I ran some errands and he is now outside doing some weedeating around. Me..... I think its time to sew! :)
Until next time!
BJ
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