Friday 25 June 2010

Awake: 5:53am    Temp 57    sleep 5+24    sunny    overnight @ Nicktown.

Out of towners, Bob & Marilyn from Alabama, joined us @ our KK meeting this morning. Bob was a local guy years ago & Marilyn was raised in Pittsburgh. This young couple usually visits Nicktown twice a year. Bob's Mother & sisters are all living close to Nicktown.

Today, Kathy motored to the Foote Castle & joined Melissa & the boys on a walk to 12:10 pm Mass @ the St. Thomas More University Parish. From the Castle, the walk is about (1) mile, but they left early enough for the boys to look @ anything & everything along the way. Kathy wanted to spend "grandma" time with them!

After Mass, they ventured over to the university commons area & enjoyed pizza made by Melissa & grapes for lunch. Then the real fun began...play time in the BIG sandbox; actually, a sand floor volleyball court that is not used at this time of day. They built sand castles with motes & flags of twigs, leaves, & flowers collected from the nearby area.

Oh, but the fun wasn't over! Melissa announced she would treat all to ice cream at a recently opened shop; three boys, three varieties...(1) chocolate, (1) vanilla, (1) swirl.  Melissa & Kathy also had some. It was a hot day & a real challenge to eat the ice cream before it melted; unfortunately, the melting was faster than Nathan's eating & he was a chocolate, sticky, but tasty, mess. The stroll back to the Footes was highlighted by rock & other treasure collecting.

They got back to the Foote Castle @ 4:00 & Kathy did some shopping in Indiana before returning to Nicktown.  Kathy enjoyed her "grandma" time & will probably do it again!                         

Meanwhile, I did my regular Friday workout @ the community center, walked back to the motorhome, had brunch & then mowed the inner circle (2) hrs, & the west side + (2) paths; another (30) min.

Next, a good shower & then a x-word puzzle. It's rare that I take a nap but late afternoon, I succumbed to my tired eyes for about (50) min. My side-kick was missing & having to wheel the wheel-barrow & dump the grass into the woods, plus the community center workout; that's what did me in. 

Kathy returned about (15) min later & we took turns sharing our individual activities.

Dinner: Italian sausage, peppers & onion stoup.

Evening movie: "Life with Father." We watched 1/3.

Lights out: 12:13am.