Awake: 5:52am temp 52 sleep 6+03 cloudy overnight @ Miami, Oklahoma.
Thinking of our 38th wedding anniversary & no cell phone, woke me up pronto; so after breakfast & using our computer, I did a Google search for the nearest Sprint office & Joplin, MS was it (approx 35 miles).
I sprinted to the Newell office building, chatted with Cindy (receptionist) for a bit & revealed our broken cell phone with the need to make a few calls. She offered Sam's empty room, still loaded with phone, computer & miscellaneous stuff. I called the Sprint office in Joplin (35) miles & no answer even though their hrs advertised on Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Then finally my Japanese Nescafe Excella Coffee began to kick in: "why am I doing this" I asked myself? I don't want to drive to Joplin without knowing if Sprint could simply reprogram our other Samsong cell phone that has been idle for about (3) yrs & has a charged up battery.
The 1st tech support fellow I talked with @ Sprint told me right off: "Yes, we can reprogram your other phone if it's inactive." Hot dog! Let's get started.
In a round-about way, the 2nd Sprint guy, David, did the reprogramming to our inactive cell phone which is now activated with our same # & we are well pleased. Whew!
Now in the saved messages category, we found that Katrina had called early this morning with a "Happy 38th Anniversary" message. Nice going Katrina.
Next, we motored in the Suzuki (20) min to a place called: "Sandstone Gardens" for a celebratory lunch. Fourteen years ago, Vicki and Max Carr started Sandstone Gardens as a statue and fountain manufacturer. In 1983, they opened the Joplin, Mo., shop that retails plants and garden decorations in an aesthetic fashion. Merchandise, both indoors and out, is displayed in groupings to mimic "garden rooms" with English, Italian and French themes and more. The layout accomplishes two main goals. One, it gives shoppers design ideas for their own gardens and, two, it invites people to stay longer & casually find just the right items. About (5) years ago, they added the European style Bistro where we shared a "trio" of salad, lasagna, & a brownie sundae for dessert. After enjoying lunch, we perused the nearly endless items in the store for another hour.
I had inadvertently left our cell phone in the Suzuki during lunch & missed my Sister Corinne's "Happy Anniversary" call. Thank you very much, Sis.
En route to our coach, Joan of Ohio called & chatted with Kathy + gave us a H.A. message. She & Mark were driving back from Columbus where they did some yard work for their oldest daughter.
Light dinner: Ham & cheese melt.
Nick called while walking home from work in Seattle; using our split cord, we both chatted for (38) min. His work travels to Texas were quite encouraging he told us.
Melissa called late evening with Anniversary wishes. Using our split cord again, we were getting a good update on all the Foote activities until someone upstairs woke up & the rest of the story will probably vanish.
Evening movie: "Room at the Top" with Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears. Hermione Baddeley, Donald Wolfit, etc. Brilliant drama of Harvey sacrificing Signoret's love to get ahead by marrying factory boss's daughter. 1959. Great story with a good lesson to learn; add it to your list.
Lights out: 12:50am
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