This is where I go every chance I get. My Aunt Bus and my cousin along with her family live there in houses next door to each other. This is where I go when I need to get away from my life, it's a place where I know I'm loved and my company is welcomed. Don't get me wrong I also go there because I miss them and just want to spend some time with them.I should h
ave taken notes as we did things because now can't remember the order of things but...I do remember what we did. Madonna and I made jewelery, with her guidance I made a bracelet and earrings. It was really fun, though I can't wait to get better at it.We also shopped for plants. Every year I buy a couple of new plants to take back to my office, I like to buy them in Hematite. It's just fun to shop for plants with others who like to do the
same.This year they took me to a place called Bayers, wow they had EVERYTHING!. I did end up with several plants, not just a couple.
Can't forget Krispy Kreme, we always go there too when I'm in town. This time was a bonus. As we were getting ready to take pictures of each other there, this women offered to take one of all three of us. As we chatted with her we found out that she was the owner of the place and asked us to email her the picture and she would use it on their website. It was such a pleasant time, she ended up giving each of us a coupon for a dozen free donuts. YUM!
One day while I was there we hooked up with Crystal, she and her husband were in the city because he had some training to attend for his job. So, we picked up up and we all spent the day together. A few weeks before my visit they had asked me if there was anything special
I wanted to do while in the city. All I mentioned was to maybe get close to the Arch so I could take pictures. I had never been to the arch, I've only ever seen it from a distance. Well, we didn't get close to it. We went all the way up to it and underground to the shops and museums. Awesome! I took several pictures of the arch and some inside. It was neat actually touching the arch and having my picture taken right beside it.
I wasn't interested in going up in the arch but we did have our picture taken in one of the units that they take you up in. That's as close as I was willing to get.I took tons of pictures that day, too many to put here. We had such a great day that day, really fun spending time with Aunt Bus, Madonna, Crystal and visiting the arch for the first time in my life.
Some other things we did that week...browsed a Christian book
store and
bought t shirts for the 4th of July. Had lunch at Burger King, we sat outside at a picnic table. It was a really nice day and nice sitting outside for a change. Aunt Bus and I went to KFC for supper one night. We visited the nice new Library in Festus where I checked out two books (but that's another story.) .
As we prepare to spend the day in the city we put 4 boxes in the back of Madonna's van, 1 for each of us. We went to several Goodwill stores and found lots of goodies. The box on the right with the most in it? That's mine. The last picture is all the "booty" I came home with. Pretty good haul huh?
One of the things I love to do whenever I'm there and the weather is cooperating is to sit on the porch and read. So this trip I did that whenever AB had to work. It was nice and peaceful.
We also went to DQ for blizzards one night, had dinner at Cracker Barrell, put flags out for the 4th of July, watered flowers each night, rented a DVD from the Red Box, visited Primrose Place, checked out the YMCA, painted AB's front door and one day while
AB was at work I redid some pictures for her. On the 4th we had
enough food for
an army. Madonna cooked hot dogs, hamburger, chicken and pork steaks on the grill, I made potato salad and deviled eggs, AB made baked beans and pineapple cake and Madonna brought over several desserts and side dishes. It was all sooooo good.
At about 9:15 we headed over to the church to watch the fireworks, once we got there we were told that due to the earlier bad weather they had been postponed until the next night. When we finally got to see them they were well worth the wait. I was surprised that such a tiny town put on such an awesome fireworks display, they completely rivaled the ones in Rantoul.
Monday July 6th, time to end the vacation and head home but first we'll have our usual parting breakfast at Bob Evans.
As we prepare to spend the day in the city we put 4 boxes in the back of Madonna's van, 1 for each of us. We went to several Goodwill stores and found lots of goodies. The box on the right with the most in it? That's mine. The last picture is all the "booty" I came home with. Pretty good haul huh?
One of the things I love to do whenever I'm there and the weather is cooperating is to sit on the porch and read. So this trip I did that whenever AB had to work. It was nice and peaceful.
We also went to DQ for blizzards one night, had dinner at Cracker Barrell, put flags out for the 4th of July, watered flowers each night, rented a DVD from the Red Box, visited Primrose Place, checked out the YMCA, painted AB's front door and one day while
AB was at work I redid some pictures for her. On the 4th we had
enough food for
an army. Madonna cooked hot dogs, hamburger, chicken and pork steaks on the grill, I made potato salad and deviled eggs, AB made baked beans and pineapple cake and Madonna brought over several desserts and side dishes. It was all sooooo good.
At about 9:15 we headed over to the church to watch the fireworks, once we got there we were told that due to the earlier bad weather they had been postponed until the next night. When we finally got to see them they were well worth the wait. I was surprised that such a tiny town put on such an awesome fireworks display, they completely rivaled the ones in Rantoul.
Monday July 6th, time to end the vacation and head home but first we'll have our usual parting breakfast at Bob Evans.
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