Wednesday, September 14 - A Very Wet Day (CS, CO)

 

Monday we had Jackie and Tony over for drinks and dinner. We sat sat outside enjoying the beautiful weather. Our boys and Gucci were just walking around our site being really good puppies. As Jackie mentioned it is nice to be able to have our dogs off lease on our site here at Mountaindale, we will miss that when we move on.

I made a bean salad and roasted potatoes, along with marinated elk steaks for the grill. Jackie made savory corn fritters and watermelon along with marinated boerewors and peri peri chicken for the grill.

We enjoyed our meal and the evening with friends was really fun!!

Before the evening was over we made plans to go out for a late breakfast tomorrow.

Jesse had an appointment to have the car serviced at 8am and when he returned we were going to Sheldon Luncheonette in Colorado Springs.

We sat down and our server took our drink order, she was very direct and lots of fun. With the insistence of Tony, Jesse ordered a pancake along with scrambled eggs and potatoes. The pancake was HUGE. I took a picture but can’t get it to download from my phone.

Jesse egg selection also was a topic of discussion. He believes that 2 scrambled eggs is less to eat then 2 fried eggs. None of us understand his logic, but we listen and laughed.

From there we went to Sportsmen’s Warehouse. (They had never been) I think Tony enjoyed it very much and Jackie liked it better then I thought she would. We all walked around the store without making a purchase.

Our next stop was Penzeys Spices. Jackie was the only one who had been there before so the rest of us were just wondering through all the isles smelling. We did make some purchases there.

We came back home and we each went to our own small homes on wheels.

Jesse went out to work to pick up a few loads of rock. While he was gone I made a pasta dish for dinner.

Before long it started to rain and it rained really hard for most of the evening.

Today we had decided to go and have our drug screen for our employment at Amazon. After that we went to DSW shoes to look for comfortable shoes to wear for working there. Jesse found a pair but I did not.

I was really raining hard outside so we ran for the car. We went to Panera’s for a late lunch and it was yummy as usual. With the weather as wet as it was we decided to just go home.

It rained all the rest of the day and was still raining when we went to bed. A real soaker day!!

Sunday, September 11 - Lazy Sunday Remembering (CS,CO)

 

This week has gone by fast, which is surprising since work has been really slow.

On Tuesday we had to say see ya later to Ed and Marilyn as they left Mountaindale and headed home to their children and grandchildren in Hannibal, a few tears were shed.

Since the summer is now behind us our hours have been cut which was expected. I worked until Saturday and now I have the next 4 days off. I will work a few days next week, then that will end this summer at Mountaindale.

We will depart on the 26th and head to Coffeyville, KS to begin a 90 day commitment with Amazon.com filling orders for the Christmas season.

Today remembering 10 years ago, I also shed a few more tears watching the events on TV this morning. We all remember that day.

Jesse went down to the office to see if they needed anything and to empty trash. I decided to make us some waffles for breakfast.

I stripped the bed and washed the sheets. I also got cleaned up and then just got lazy. I sat in my chair watching TV and computering for the rest of the day.

I made a homemade pizza for dinner, then continued my laziness.

Saturday, September 3 - Visiting

It has been a quiet work week with kids back in school.

Wednesday we went to dinner with Ed and Marilyn to the Gooseberry Patch. Good home style food as always.

Friday afternoon the campers started piling in for the 3 day weekend. As usual we are full.

Saturday after Ginger got off work we headed to downtown Pueblo to meet Beth, Kim, Ryan, and Colt for pizza at Angelo's on the River Walk.

DJ could not make it cause he was guiding an antelope hunt in New Mexico, Adam couldn’t come cause he was working, and Kacie went to the State Fair with friends, and Gage was at his mothers.

We were all there within a few minutes of each other. Colt was in costume again. He likes to dress up.

We had garlic knots (garlic dough balls with marinara sauce), salad, and 2 different kinds of pizza. Kim had to leave after eating as she was working with the ambulance crew at the State Fair for the evening and Ryan left cause it is uncool to hang with Mom and grandparents on a Saturday evening.

So after we ate and Kim and Ryan left, the 4 of us took a boat ride around the River Walk. For your info the Arkansas river flows through downtown Pueblo. The River Walk in Pueblo is cute but nothing like San Antonio or Oklahoma City.

From there we took a walk around the shops downtown. We found a nice frozen yogurt shop for dessert.

After dessert we casually walked back to our cars. Beth and Colt headed home and we headed to Fire Station 1 to visit with Adam for a bit and to see their new fire truck.

Adam introduced us to his workmates and the Fire Chief and then gave us the nickel tour. This is the new state of the art truck Advanced Life Support rescue truck.

Pueblo’s moniker is "Home of Hero's" because Pueblos is home to four "Medal of Honor" recipients.

With our tour completed we headed home for a little computer and TV time.

It sure is nice being able to visit with the kids and grand kids while we do this work camping thing…but only 3 weeks left here.

Jesse