Awake: 6:52am Temp 33 sleep 6+20 sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
K & I join the Koffee Klub @ 8:30am; the hot topic today was: ants. The rest is classified.
Then we & some of our members attend the 9:30am children’s Mass. Afterward, we talk with my 1st cousin Florentz & his wife Anna.
Back @ our coach, Zack calls while taking the bus to work; he reports that his classes @ U-W are going well; KT’s classes via computer are going well also & the (4) cats & (1) dog are getting along better. We both enjoy hearing from Zack more regularly.
Mid afternoon, I visit the Krumenacker Hardware store in town. Would you believe, I found a filter canister that will work as a replacement for my portable filter unit. All the searching I’ve done elsewhere & it’s found just up the street. I am so excited; I can’t wait to get started on the renovation project immediately. My project is ½ finished when this fancy white van drives up; the Footes have arrived, minus Kevin, & this time, we are ready & they are ready.
They bring kites, flimsy ones that don’t fly well but our breeze is good & that helps. After quite a few “go fly a kite” trials & errors, I introduce the balsa wood airplane to the boys.
A correct launch is tricky & neither Matthew nor Andrew has figured it out yet, but that’s ok. With a good breeze, we had some high flying machines. Matthew wanted to build his own airplane as he watched me put the parts together to build our 1st one & he thought he could do it. Well, I just happened to have another one still in the package with instructions. Being very careful, Matthew separated the wing, vertical tail, horizontal tail & pilot + cockpit from the thin balsa sheet. The main fuselage was one piece with slots to slide the other parts into.
I was coaching Matthew as gently as possible….but, not gently enough as Matthew broke the wing into two pieces trying to slide it into the fuselage; his big eyes focused immediately to see my reaction. He didn't know that I’ve been trained by FDX to remain calm in the aviation environment so I merely told him; "we’ll tape the wings together." You should know: his plane flew better than the one I put together; go figure.
Kathy, Melissa, Andrew & Nathan took turns inside & outside the motorhome, playing & talking. Matthew came in for snacks which Melissa brought; of course, he had to get his insulin shot first. Kathy had made some meringue cookies which are considered a diabetic free food, tho very sweet with Splenda, & Matthew gobbled them down after his snack of apple, peanut butter & honey sandwich. Andrew enjoyed them also.
The Footes leave around 5:00pm. Having some outdoor activities of interest, plus some nice weather, sure keeps those boys smiling; we had fun.
Dinner: ham & asparagus strata & a mixed salad.
After dinner, we watch the Democratic candidates: Hillary & Obama verbally duke it out for over an hr. No movie tonight.
High temp=69 Lights out: 11:33pm
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