April 11, 2013

Rain greeted us this morning and hung around most of the morning.  Luckily, no tornados were predicted.  One hit Mississippi yesterday, but it wasn’t close to Brandon.

“Sara patrol” involved getting her up and making sure she stayed up.  All went well until Grandpa discovered her lunch didn’t make it into school with her.  He took it back to her.  We’ve become rusty at the school thing over these past few years.

Coleson had his colonoscopy this morning, and was groggy for part of the afternoon, but perked up later in the day.  They will get the results early next week, hopefully.

Sara and I went to Sonic for special treats after I picked her up at school.  Coleson liked the things we brought him...a watermelon slushy and mozzarella sticks.  He was a happy camper.

Bill and I went to Home Depot and purchased a refrigerator.  We’ll pick it up Sunday or Monday.  He also ordered the kind of inverter we will need to run the new frig.  It should be here by Monday.  Then Bill and Brent start the job of installing both new things.  That’s when the fun begins!

April 10, 2013

Still no storm...yet!

Today, Coleson was doing the prep for his colonoscopy.  As part of his “entertainment,” we watched a movie, Cars 2.  He spent quite a bit of time on the computer, too.

Tonight he came out to the MH and said he was starving.  I showed him some sympathy, but reminded him of the importance of the test he’s having tomorrow.  He said if he felt like it when he got back, could we go geocaching.  I said, “Absolutely!”

Bill and I will be on “Sara patrol” tomorrow.  We are to get her up and take her to school.  Depending on how soon Brent and Coleson get back, we may even fetch her home.  Everyone has cell phones so it is easy to keep in touch.                                                  

April 9, 2013

We had a little rain this morning, but some of the clouds cleared and then we had sunshine. In the afternoon a brisk wind started blowing some threatening clouds in.  Mississippi is kind of like many other places we visit...if you don’t like the weather, hang around for 10 minutes and see what comes up next.

Bill and I went several places this morning...Verizon, Penney’s, a pecan shop, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

Since we are no longer in In-N-Out country we decided to go to Five Guys.  They claim to be the best burger joint in the country.  Our burger was good and so were the fries, but not better than In-N-Out, and our meal cost nearly twice as much.

The only way to compare the two as far as business is concerned is to go to Yuma, where they are across the street from each other.  In-N-Out will be packed with customers and Five Guys will have only four or five cars parked there.  I rest my case!  In-N-Out is better!

Tonight we went to Robyn and Wesley’s house for tacos, etc.  It was a nice evening so we sat outside to eat, but before we finished eating a really strong wind began to blow.  So far, no rain yet though. 

April 8, 2013

April 8, 2013

This cloudy, kind of cool morning was a good day to do some refrigerator shopping.  

We went to several places, including Home Depot.  At noon, we were in the area of Miskelly’s, so we went to their snack bar for lunch.  In spite of the fact they don’t sell appliances, we were glad we went there because lunch was good.

Still no decision on the refrigerator project, but we’ll keep at it.

Brent took Coleson to the doctor today for his intestinal problems.  He had a cat scan and will have a colonoscopy on Thursday.  I’ll keep you posted.

Bill and I watched Dancing With The Stars tonight.  When it was over, we switched channels and watched the second half of the National Basketball Championship.  It was a close game which made it fun to watch.  

April 7, 2013

April 7, 2013

We didn’t see much of the sun today, but the temperature was mild, which was great.

We watched the NASCAR race today  It had some exciting parts.  Most of our favorite drivers did well in the race,  but we were most excited about Danica Patrick’s performance.  Because of an engine change, she started at the very back.  At the end of the race she was in 12th place.  She did a great job!

Brent cooked dinner tonight...Mexician food.  He made some kind of chicken and flour tortilla concoction.  It was really, really good.  He is absolutely amazing with some of the things he puts together.

Lori called tonight to tell us when JP will have his graduation ceremony from Sonoma State.  It will be on my birthday, May 11.  That will be two things to celebrate on that day.

May 6, 2013

April 6, 2013

It was a beautiful, sunny day in Mississippi when we got up this morning.  It would have been a great day for caching, but that was not to be.

Bill and I went refrigerator shopping.  Our refrigerator still works, but it is getting less and less efficient.  We want to put in a residential one which will involve a different inverter and some remodeling.  We’ll see if it all comes together!

At 4:00, we went to a crawfish boil at a neighbor’s house.  There were about 30 people there.  I have no idea how many pounds of crawfish were boiled, but it was a lot.  Plus red potatoes, corn on the cob, mushrooms, pearl onions, and Brussels sprouts were all cooked in the same huge pot with the crawfish.  In the second round of cooking, Italian sausage was added to the mix.  The third round had shrimp instead of crawfish.  It was really good.

Oh, yes! There was a strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting for desert.  We didn’t leave hungry!  Neither Bill nor I ate many crawfish, but there was so much else to eat that we left with happy tummies!

April 5, 2013

Bill was on the road at 6:30 this morning.  I was there, too, but asleep.  When we went across the Mississippi River into Sippi, Bill honked really loudly.  I roused enough to give a sleepy “yahoo.”  

We pulled into the Walmart parking lot in Vicksburg to eat breakfast, and then continued on to Brent’s in Brandon.

Willie was so excited to see us when we drove up in front of Brent’s house.  He ran to me and then to Bill and then ran in circles in the front yard.  He was as happy to see me as I was to see him.  I just didn’t run circles in the grass.

We got there in time to go to Ed’s for catfish dinner.  It was so-o-o good.  We hadn’t had catfish since we left here in early January.

At Ed’s, we saw Amy, one of Brent’s neighborhood friends.  She was having a cookout, with hamburgers and all the trimmings, and we were invited.  It was great to see all of Brent’s friends who are our friends, too.