Awake: 6:17am Temp: 64 sleep 6+18 sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
"Happy Birthday" to Kathy; @ 68 yrs, she doesn't look a day over 50! On this special day, Katrina drove in from the Foote Castle & joined our KK for the 1st time. Quite a few of our guy members were absent today & Katrina was a little disappointed.
Not only did Katrina get to spend the day with her mother; she also got to join the ladies @ the church hall to help make noodles. How lucky can you get! So her KK time was shortened but her noodle time was lengthened.
After my brunch, I called Chuck & volunteered to work on his Quad-runner this afternoon. He was delighted! Chuck's Quad is about (12) yrs old now & like the rest of us, feeling its age.
Symptom: motor would crank but not start. So, 1st we replaced the old spark plug with a new one; then loosened the fuel line to confirm fuel flow & also cleaned the air filter. After that, we did get the motor to run but, while idling, it shut down & was a little contrary about starting up.
Meanwhile, the birthday girl & Katrina returned from noodle making & relaxed in our motorhome. @ this point, I thought perhaps I should join them but Chuck wanted to show his appreciation by both of us having a beer on his back porch.... & that was nice of him.
By the time I returned, Kathy & Katrina were about ready to leave & motor to the Foote Castle in Katrina's rental Cube. They both enjoyed their time together in the motorhome catching up on each other's lives & activities face to face. But before they left, I held a mirror so Katrina could see the (2) baby chicks resting in the nest.
Katrina enjoyed driving the Cube
I told them: "I will clean myself up & be a few minutes behind you." By the time I arrived @ the Castle, Kevin was close to finishing the grilling outside & my sister Corinne had arrive to help celebrate Kathy's special day.
By the way, have you seen how close Gregory is for walking?
Dinner: Grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, some with blue cheese inside, French fries, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, corn on the cob & a fruit dish with grapes..........another really good meal.
After the meal, Corinne had to leave as she continues to clean out her room in Lilly to be positively ready for a potential job transfer.
Maybe (1.5) hrs later, after the boys' showers, the dining room table sported a yummy, homemade ice cream birthday cake with candles made by Melissa & was ready for a song;
Note Matthew in the background holding a circuit board which he built that plays a "happy birthday" tune just for Gramma
Then blowing the candles out...they huffed & they puffed ....
but they just couldn't keep those candles from burning again
What a nice celebration for Kathy! And that birthday cake: crushed Oreo cookie bottom heaped with mint chocolate chip ice cream, covered with hot fudge, & topped with Kool Whip, worth every calorie.
Following a sugar high, it was bedtime for the boys. We enjoyed some adult talk time before heading back to our motorhome.
Meanwhile, Kathy received several cards in the mail for her birthday, quite a few phone calls & a few e-mails. Zack called while walking to work & Nick sent 2 or 3 messages & finally talked to Kathy late evening for us....as he was getting ready to board a plane in Beijing flying to Tokyo.
Lights out:12:47am.
"Happy Birthday" to Kathy; @ 68 yrs, she doesn't look a day over 50! On this special day, Katrina drove in from the Foote Castle & joined our KK for the 1st time. Quite a few of our guy members were absent today & Katrina was a little disappointed.
Not only did Katrina get to spend the day with her mother; she also got to join the ladies @ the church hall to help make noodles. How lucky can you get! So her KK time was shortened but her noodle time was lengthened. After my brunch, I called Chuck & volunteered to work on his Quad-runner this afternoon. He was delighted! Chuck's Quad is about (12) yrs old now & like the rest of us, feeling its age.
Symptom: motor would crank but not start. So, 1st we replaced the old spark plug with a new one; then loosened the fuel line to confirm fuel flow & also cleaned the air filter. After that, we did get the motor to run but, while idling, it shut down & was a little contrary about starting up.
Meanwhile, the birthday girl & Katrina returned from noodle making & relaxed in our motorhome. @ this point, I thought perhaps I should join them but Chuck wanted to show his appreciation by both of us having a beer on his back porch.... & that was nice of him.
By the time I returned, Kathy & Katrina were about ready to leave & motor to the Foote Castle in Katrina's rental Cube. They both enjoyed their time together in the motorhome catching up on each other's lives & activities face to face. But before they left, I held a mirror so Katrina could see the (2) baby chicks resting in the nest.
Katrina enjoyed driving the Cube
I told them: "I will clean myself up & be a few minutes behind you." By the time I arrived @ the Castle, Kevin was close to finishing the grilling outside & my sister Corinne had arrive to help celebrate Kathy's special day.
By the way, have you seen how close Gregory is for walking?
Dinner: Grilled hot dogs, hamburgers, some with blue cheese inside, French fries, sliced tomatoes, lettuce, corn on the cob & a fruit dish with grapes..........another really good meal.
After the meal, Corinne had to leave as she continues to clean out her room in Lilly to be positively ready for a potential job transfer.
Maybe (1.5) hrs later, after the boys' showers, the dining room table sported a yummy, homemade ice cream birthday cake with candles made by Melissa & was ready for a song;
Note Matthew in the background holding a circuit board which he built that plays a "happy birthday" tune just for Gramma
Then blowing the candles out...they huffed & they puffed ....
but they just couldn't keep those candles from burning again
What a nice celebration for Kathy! And that birthday cake: crushed Oreo cookie bottom heaped with mint chocolate chip ice cream, covered with hot fudge, & topped with Kool Whip, worth every calorie. Following a sugar high, it was bedtime for the boys. We enjoyed some adult talk time before heading back to our motorhome.
Meanwhile, Kathy received several cards in the mail for her birthday, quite a few phone calls & a few e-mails. Zack called while walking to work & Nick sent 2 or 3 messages & finally talked to Kathy late evening for us....as he was getting ready to board a plane in Beijing flying to Tokyo.
Lights out:12:47am.
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