A week of on the go but what did we do. For those of you who are retired have you noticed that if there is only one thing during the course of the week that you had to schedule a specific time to be there for it just throws your whole week off? It’s like you can’t do a thing the rest of the week because you have this event or appointment on your “schedule”. Heaven help us if we end up having two or the unthinkable three or more things that we need to remember for that week. Well we had such a week. First we needed to be at the grandson’s track met (which also included a sleep over at our house), then I had a nail appointment, a visit with our attorney was in order, spending time with our niece from Albq., a parade in our town, toss in a wedding and the kids come in from Cleveland. It’s going to take two weeks to recover from all these commitments. How did we ever work 40+ hours a week and get anything else done, it’s beyond me.
Darrius’s track met was long but we enjoyed it. I think the total length of time he was actually in an event was less than a minute but total time we were standing and watching other events and waiting was over two hours. He got 1st place again in the 70m race and this week he signed up for the 200m. I’m not really sure what happened here. In watching the race it was very clear that he was first over the line. But when they went to get his award he was given 2nd place and was told the award was given for the overall event for all racers times. As you can see in this picture he wasn’t buying this at all and not happy. The 3rd place was for Broad Jump.
Our niece Marcey flew in from Albq. Friday morning (for the wedding) and we were able to spend some time with her and Nadene that afternoon. Due to other commitments her husband and kids weren’t able to come with her but hopefully we’ll see them soon.
Our town has an annual event called Yankee Doodle Days which lasts about four days. Lots of things going on and of course a parade is always held. Was a little surprised that our high school band wasn’t in it, they have always been in the pass. Wondering if the new band directors aren’t as in too these things as the retired ones were. There were plenty of other things marching down the street so it was still good. Unfortunately our town Fire Dept. who are always at the end of the parades wasn’t able to be there. Just a few hours before the parade they were called to a house fire just a few blocks off main street. The home was a total loss, parents gone and kids had a campfire in the back yard night before and didn’t get the fire all out, spread over the grass and to the back of the porch. Luckily everyone got out of the house.
Our little great-great niece Delilah came to our house with her gr-grandma Diane after the parade. Here she is enjoying her sucker with Pepper waiting in hopes of it being dropped.
Last night was our great nephew Jeremy and Courtney’s wedding. What a beautiful bride and handsome groom. And oh they looked so young. Here’s a picture of them with his parents our nephew Mike & Julie.
Renee’ and Brian were in town this weekend so we decided to meet for breakfast. Sent a quick last minute email out to family if anyone was available to join us and we ended up with 17. After breakfast some came back to the house and we sat on the porch for a while and visited.
So that was our week. Next week is going to be a busy one too. Our annual garage sale (that was only supposed to be one time) is Friday. I think there’s eight of us who have some valuable treasures to offer for sale. Should be fun and hopefully we all make a few dollars and get rid of some junk (I mean treasures)
Till next time ……………………
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