Awake: 6:03am Temp 44 sleep 6+52 partly cloudy overnight @ Nicktown.
Before breakfast, Kathy, Deborah & I exercised for (1.3) hrs @ the community center. It felt good to get our limbs a workout for a change.
Back @ our motorhome, Katrina returned our call from yesterday. 1st, we wished her a "Happy Birthday" & then we congratulated her on receiving over (70) "happy birthdays" on Face Book & perhaps many more coming from other sources.
She was driving (as usual) to attend her church in Red Rock, CO. She's been having a good month, week, week-end, etc, especially going to all the gatherings & parties that bring up her birthday! No question about our Katrina, she is a hard worker & a very popular gal!
Later my sister, Mary Jo, called us & finally...gave us the scoop on their son Matt's wedding. Without going into some deep detail, Mary Jo expressed herself so eloquently saying things like: oh, the weather was backyard perfect; Matt's bride-to-be was just beautiful...and her mother & father & their kids were all so nice & friendly. Everything was so organized & perfect. Actually it was heart rendering to hear my sister talk like that. We wish we could have been there.
Next, we changed our clothes to handle the cooler evening weather & motored to Indiana to go: "trick or treating" tonight. Matthew & Andrew each selected what they wanted to be wearing for the occasion, & just (2) weeks ago, let their mom & dad know what it would be. Then Melissa & Kevin went to work on the design & then the final product. Not to leave anyone out...except Gregory (who Melissa was busy putting to bed), & Nathan, who was the candy distributor @ the door tonight...
& Kathy as a backup. We (4) ....Kevin, Matthew, Andrew & I, walked around the blocks in town to find homes that had their porch light lit. This was Matthew's choice for Halloween: a computer. The cut-out door is where the candy will fall & the wires are difficult to see but Matthew ran all them himself.
Andrew's choice was to be a diesel engine; he too, played his part well save for the steps; Kevin had to lift him up & down as he didn't have room to move his legs that distance. Take note of the front lights on his engine.
These Foote kids received a lot of praises, compliments, wows, etc due to their costumes. It was a joy to hang out with them. Just look @ that woman's admiration & smile....
We covered quite a few blocks in the near vicinity of the Foote Castle and the candy bags were gaining weight. Trick or Treat time was from 6:00pm to 8:00pm...however, (50) min seemed to be enough time for the boys considering Matthew's candy bag had to be re-attached during the final minutes.
Inside the Foote Castle, Nathan seemed happy to see all of us again & he continued his delivering candy position until 8:00pm.
Kathy & I stayed later then usual due to the boys having been given a later stay up time. With that extra time, we joined the boys having some healthy snacks before delving into a few choices of candy.
We thanked them for the Halloween opportunity, then topped our Suzuki off with fuel, did a little grocery shopping @ Wal-Mart & returned to Nicktown.
Late evening movie: "Tortilla Flat" with Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, etc. Steinbeck's salty novel of California fishing community vividly portrayed by three top stars, stolen by Morgan as devoted dog lover. 1942. If you are a Steinbeck fan, you'll enjoy this story; otherwise I think not. Are we fans? Don't know do ya!
Lights out: 12:05am.
Before breakfast, Kathy, Deborah & I exercised for (1.3) hrs @ the community center. It felt good to get our limbs a workout for a change.
Back @ our motorhome, Katrina returned our call from yesterday. 1st, we wished her a "Happy Birthday" & then we congratulated her on receiving over (70) "happy birthdays" on Face Book & perhaps many more coming from other sources.
She was driving (as usual) to attend her church in Red Rock, CO. She's been having a good month, week, week-end, etc, especially going to all the gatherings & parties that bring up her birthday! No question about our Katrina, she is a hard worker & a very popular gal!
Later my sister, Mary Jo, called us & finally...gave us the scoop on their son Matt's wedding. Without going into some deep detail, Mary Jo expressed herself so eloquently saying things like: oh, the weather was backyard perfect; Matt's bride-to-be was just beautiful...and her mother & father & their kids were all so nice & friendly. Everything was so organized & perfect. Actually it was heart rendering to hear my sister talk like that. We wish we could have been there.
Next, we changed our clothes to handle the cooler evening weather & motored to Indiana to go: "trick or treating" tonight. Matthew & Andrew each selected what they wanted to be wearing for the occasion, & just (2) weeks ago, let their mom & dad know what it would be. Then Melissa & Kevin went to work on the design & then the final product. Not to leave anyone out...except Gregory (who Melissa was busy putting to bed), & Nathan, who was the candy distributor @ the door tonight...
& Kathy as a backup. We (4) ....Kevin, Matthew, Andrew & I, walked around the blocks in town to find homes that had their porch light lit. This was Matthew's choice for Halloween: a computer. The cut-out door is where the candy will fall & the wires are difficult to see but Matthew ran all them himself.
Andrew's choice was to be a diesel engine; he too, played his part well save for the steps; Kevin had to lift him up & down as he didn't have room to move his legs that distance. Take note of the front lights on his engine.
These Foote kids received a lot of praises, compliments, wows, etc due to their costumes. It was a joy to hang out with them. Just look @ that woman's admiration & smile....
We covered quite a few blocks in the near vicinity of the Foote Castle and the candy bags were gaining weight. Trick or Treat time was from 6:00pm to 8:00pm...however, (50) min seemed to be enough time for the boys considering Matthew's candy bag had to be re-attached during the final minutes. Inside the Foote Castle, Nathan seemed happy to see all of us again & he continued his delivering candy position until 8:00pm.
Kathy & I stayed later then usual due to the boys having been given a later stay up time. With that extra time, we joined the boys having some healthy snacks before delving into a few choices of candy.
We thanked them for the Halloween opportunity, then topped our Suzuki off with fuel, did a little grocery shopping @ Wal-Mart & returned to Nicktown.
Late evening movie: "Tortilla Flat" with Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, etc. Steinbeck's salty novel of California fishing community vividly portrayed by three top stars, stolen by Morgan as devoted dog lover. 1942. If you are a Steinbeck fan, you'll enjoy this story; otherwise I think not. Are we fans? Don't know do ya!
Lights out: 12:05am.
Leave a comment