I just got up a few minutes ago and took my monthly Boniva pill.
Today is food pantry day at church. They gave out 100 turkeys yesterday to people who had registered at the last food pantry. Today will be the normal pantry-type foods, although I think they were able to get more canned vegetables and sweet potatoes this time. The Food Bank has been stressed with the great needs of the current economy and nearly ran out of food. They have been advertising and having food drives to get donations.
Sis isn't working this week so she will be helping at the pantry today. One of the other churches has a weekly quilters group that meets on Tuesday mornings and she went to that last Tuesday and yesterday. It turns out to be any kind of craft they want to get together and visit while they do. Sis and some of the other ladies crochet. Some work on quilt projects, and she said one lady just comes and watches and visits. They all enjoy it. She said there were 15 of them there yesterday which was a pretty good group. A couple of the ladies are in the monthly bunco group that meets at our church.
I just checked the weather online and it is 43 degrees. I left my jacket in the car yesterday as it had gotten up into the 70's during the day, so I'll have to get it out and wear it this morning. Tomorrow or Friday is expected to get down to 38. We may get our first frost soon.
One lens kept falling out of one pair of my glasses so when I went to Wal-Mart to pick up my prescriptions yesterday afternoon, I took it to the vision center and they told me the frames were warped. I bought new frames and they put the lenses in them and it is so much better now.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
sat, Nov 6, 2010
We went to the church around the corner this morning and looked at their rummage sale. We didn't find anything we wanted, but bought two cups of coffee and two donuts for $2. Later we went back and bought two of their chicken barbecue plates for $6 each.
Then we went to several rummage sales in the area. We didn't buy anything at any of them.
We went to the gas station and filled up the car, then went to New Braunfels. This is the last weekend of Wurstfest there. We parked for $5 and walked about a mile to the main part of town and looked at the tables set up for the arts and crafts show. Then we walked back and stopped at the arts and crafts building opposite the grounds where Wurstfest is being held. There we got two pulled pork sandwiches and two cups of coffee and looked at the arts and crafts tables there.
Then we walked back to the parking lot and drove back to San Antonio.
I took a nap after we got home.
It was chilly when we got up this morning (41 degrees), but warmed up into the 70's by this afternoon.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
On November 1st, the Corredor volunteers who planned and manned the Pumpkin Patch and Fall Festival celebrated the end of the pumpkin/festival season. There were several parties going on as you can see from the links provided below.....
Ray, Betty, Cindy, Brenda and Donna all decided to kick up their heels a bit.
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/EeBshUpwsMTi5xai
John and Janice, because they live all the way out in Hondo, had their own celebration at home.
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/72Nkpf3O5eriiegN
Vergie, Phoebe, Mabel and Joanne all danced gleefully shouting “Don’t you tell us the Corredor can’t do this because we know we can-can!”
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/r3TsXW3yBjDt5W9Q
Nell and Nancy started spinning the idea of going for the gold in the pumpkin Olympics
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/RNabsrVIzJ3hiM91
And the pastors of the Corredor couldn’t contain their joy over having such amazing volunteers!
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/V3CUJAXavKwn6VDQ
Ray, Betty, Cindy, Brenda and Donna all decided to kick up their heels a bit.
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/EeBshUpwsMTi5xai
John and Janice, because they live all the way out in Hondo, had their own celebration at home.
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/72Nkpf3O5eriiegN
Vergie, Phoebe, Mabel and Joanne all danced gleefully shouting “Don’t you tell us the Corredor can’t do this because we know we can-can!”
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/r3TsXW3yBjDt5W9Q
Nell and Nancy started spinning the idea of going for the gold in the pumpkin Olympics
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/RNabsrVIzJ3hiM91
And the pastors of the Corredor couldn’t contain their joy over having such amazing volunteers!
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/V3CUJAXavKwn6VDQ
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Pumpkin Patch
Our tri-church group had 680 pumpkins delivered to one of the churches last Saturday. Every afternoon this week they have sold pumpkins. Sis has helped with the sales each afternoon and evening. Today they will hold a harvest festival with lots of activities for the children as well as the adults: face painting, cake walk, story telling, games, etc. Sis will be helping today as well. She baked two cakes to take to it.
A busy week at work
This has indeed been a busy week at work. On Monday the air conditioning company brought a huge crane and lifted the worn-out air conditioner off the roof and and hauled it away. There were rusty spots all over it and it looked like it had seen better days.
Early Tuesday morning the roofing company arrived and worked the rest of the week replacing the roof over all of the original building but not the newer section that holds the offices and sanctuary. The parking lot was pretty well filled each day with their trucks and equipment and even a porta-potty. By yesterday morning they had enough done that the a/c company could come again with their crane and hoist up the new air conditioner/heating unit. Their people and the roofers were all running up and downstairs all day.
The roofers still have some work to do, but I think the a/c people may be finished with their part.
The capacitor on my air conditioning here at the house went out (again), so I called the same company and they sent someone out yesterday afternoon to replace it. This is the third time this has happened. The last time was May 28th, so they didn't charge me this time. The man said they have now changed suppliers since they've had to replace so many of them all over the city.
Early Tuesday morning the roofing company arrived and worked the rest of the week replacing the roof over all of the original building but not the newer section that holds the offices and sanctuary. The parking lot was pretty well filled each day with their trucks and equipment and even a porta-potty. By yesterday morning they had enough done that the a/c company could come again with their crane and hoist up the new air conditioner/heating unit. Their people and the roofers were all running up and downstairs all day.
The roofers still have some work to do, but I think the a/c people may be finished with their part.
The capacitor on my air conditioning here at the house went out (again), so I called the same company and they sent someone out yesterday afternoon to replace it. This is the third time this has happened. The last time was May 28th, so they didn't charge me this time. The man said they have now changed suppliers since they've had to replace so many of them all over the city.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Our trip to Branson, MO
Monday, September 27, 2010
We left home this morning at 7:15 by taxi and went to the Wedgewood apartments to meet the tour bus for our trip to Branson, MO. We were scheduled to leave there at 8:05 a.m., but two of the passengers hadn’t shown up and didn’t answer calls to their cell phones, so the bus driver waited nearly 45 minutes before leaving without them. Then he found out that they had gone to New Braunfels, TX to meet the bus there (without calling and telling him).
We eventually made up the lost time. We stopped for lunch at the Collins Street Bakery in Waco, TX. We each had a large chicken salad sandwich and a bowl of fire-roasted vegetable soup.
We arrived at the Choctaw Casino Resort and Hotel around 4:30 p.m. We don’t gamble, so we ate supper at the Blue Moon Café and then went to our rooms for the night. We had catfish, baked potato and cole slaw with coffee. It was delicious.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
We had breakfast at the Blue Moon Café. That was included in our tour package. We started out again on our bus trip about 8:45 a.m.
We had lunch at Queen Wilhelmina State Park in Arkansas. It was a buffet lunch, also included.
Our tour bus
Thomas Martinez, our tour bus driver
Sis in front of the bus
Me in front of the bus
Queen Wilhelmina Lodge and State Park where we ate lunch on Tuesday, Sep 28th, 2010
Sis outside the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge
Me outside the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge
Then back on the bus and on to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where we checked into the Motel 62. That wasn’t such a great experience. It isn’t nearly as nice as the other places we stayed on our trip. The water wouldn’t turn off in the bathtub and right away we had to call the office for help. They got it nearly stopped, but it trickled constantly.
We had dinner at the Forest Hill Restaurant (included). That was nice. Then we attended the world famous Passion Play from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. That was good.
Then back to our rooms where we did get a good night’s sleep.
We were sitting at the top of the stadium and looking down at the stage of the Passion Play.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
We had a “continental” breakfast at the motel of coffee, yogurt and donuts.
We picked up a local tour guide there. His name was Joe. He got on the bus with us and took us on a brief tour of Eureka Springs.
Our tour guide, Joe and one of the others in our group, Maggie
We went to a glass chapel in the woods called Thorncrown. It was very beautiful. The architect designed it to blend in with the surrounding wooded area. A woman there gave us the story of it and gave her own personal testimony which was very moving. We bought a CD of her singing.
After that we stopped to see the “Christ of the Ozarks” statue.
This is part of the park by the Passion Play and is near the statue of Christ of the Ozarks.
Our guide went on to Branson with us and stayed with us until Friday morning. We had lunch and entertainment on the Branson Belle Showboat. It was a delicious lunch of beef and chicken, potatoes, vegetables, rolls, and a frozen cheesecake dessert. There was entertainment on stage while we ate. It was a variety type show of singing and dancing. The boat cruised while we ate.
Me on the deck of the Branson Belle
Sis on the deck
Both of us on the Branson Belle Showboat
The Savannah House Hotel
At 3:00 p.m. we arrived at the Savannah House Hotel and had a little time to relax. Then at 5:30 we went to the Uptown Café for dinner. I had jumbo shrimp, slaw and baked potato. For dessert we had small sundaes. A husband and wife sang while we ate. The woman had worked for Charley Pride for some years before settling in Branson when he moved on.
From 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. we attended “The Clay Cooper Music Express.” We enjoyed it very much.
When we got back to the hotel, complimentary desserts and refreshments were available in the hospitality room. We each had coffee and blackberry cobbler with ice cream. Our rooms were very nice. We stayed there until Friday morning.
Thursday, Sept 30, 2010
We had breakfast in the hospitality room at the hotel. They had a wide variety of breakfast foods.
From 9:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. we attended the Hughes Brothers Show.
Then we went to Grand Village Shops (a small mall) for lunch on our own and some shopping. We ate at Mel’s Hard Luck Café. Pricy but good. Phoebe had a footlong hot dog and a bowl of cheesy potato soup. I had a cup of the soup and I don't remember what else. Some of the waiters walked around through the dining area with microphones and sang for the diners as they ate. We were told that they have to audition before they get jobs there.
We wandered around the mall and had our pictures taken sitting in a huge rocking chair.
Sis and me
Me sitting at an outdoor table in the mall
From 2:45 until 5:15 p.m. we attended the Jim Stafford Show.
Then we had dinner at McFarlain’s Restaurant. That was an interesting experience. The people at the table next to us were laughing and as we watched, their table got higher and higher. Finally a waiter came along with a booster seat and asked if any of them needed it. It was a trick table.
From 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. we attended the “Shoji Tabuchi Show”. That was very good and they go all out with the music and special effects. The bathrooms are world famous. They have gold fixtures and are very fancy.
Then we went back to the hotel where complimentary desserts were again available. We couldn’t resist having more blackberry cobbler with ice cream and coffee, but by now we were so tired that we took it to our room.
Friday, Oct 1, 2010
After having breakfast at the Savannah Hotel this morning, we went to the Brett Family Show. The audience was much smaller than at most of the shows we’ve attended, but it was a very good performance.
Brett family mother and daughter
Brett family father and the guitar player
One of the Brett family greeting us at the bus. I think this was the son.
Joe, our travel guide, left us at this point.
When we left there, we went to Springfield, Missouri where we had lunch at Lambert’s Family Restaurant. The meal was very good and they really do throw the rolls at you. I had chicken salad, cottage cheese and a roll. The coffee cups and cold drink cups were huge.
Then we drove to the Precious Moments Chapel and gift shop near Carthage, Missouri. A docent was explaining all the pictures on the walls and ceiling of the chapel when we got there. It is beautiful and it is hard to imagine how the artist laid on his back on scaffolding for hours at a time to paint the angels on the ceiling. The walk from the gift shop to the chapel is beautiful too.
Me, walking back from the chapel
Sis on the walkway between the chapel and the gift shop
The Precious Moments Gift Shop
Around 7 p.m. we got to our hotel near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The rooms were very nice and as we were so tired, we didn’t go down to dinner but relaxed in our room and went to bed early.
Saturday, Oct 2, 2010
We had breakfast at the Wild Potato Buffet at our hotel this morning, then left around 9 a.m.
Leaving the hotel near Tulsa where we had stayed Friday night.
We traveled on to Oklahoma City where we had a short stop at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Park. It was a very moving experience.
Both of us at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
Both of us in front of the tour bus.
From there we went to Norman, Oklahoma, where we had lunch at Jason’s Deli. They have a wonderful salad bar and we really enjoyed it.
Then back on the bus and heading toward Texas. I slept through part of this, but we stopped a couple of times for rest breaks. One woman in our group had got off in Oklahoma City. Another got off at Georgetown, Texas and three or four more at New Braunfels, Texas. Then we went on to San Antonio, where we got off with several others at the apartment complex where we had started our trip last Monday.
A couple from church who were also on the trip took several of us home in their van. It was about a quarter till ten when we got home.
Our cat, Calvin met us at the door and was very glad to see us home. He had been well cared for by a friend from church while we were gone, but I’m sure he was lonely without even the dog around for six days. Precious stayed at the kennel while we were gone and we had to leave her there until Monday as they are closed on Sundays.
We left home this morning at 7:15 by taxi and went to the Wedgewood apartments to meet the tour bus for our trip to Branson, MO. We were scheduled to leave there at 8:05 a.m., but two of the passengers hadn’t shown up and didn’t answer calls to their cell phones, so the bus driver waited nearly 45 minutes before leaving without them. Then he found out that they had gone to New Braunfels, TX to meet the bus there (without calling and telling him).
We eventually made up the lost time. We stopped for lunch at the Collins Street Bakery in Waco, TX. We each had a large chicken salad sandwich and a bowl of fire-roasted vegetable soup.
We arrived at the Choctaw Casino Resort and Hotel around 4:30 p.m. We don’t gamble, so we ate supper at the Blue Moon Café and then went to our rooms for the night. We had catfish, baked potato and cole slaw with coffee. It was delicious.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
We had breakfast at the Blue Moon Café. That was included in our tour package. We started out again on our bus trip about 8:45 a.m.
We had lunch at Queen Wilhelmina State Park in Arkansas. It was a buffet lunch, also included.
Our tour bus
Thomas Martinez, our tour bus driver
Sis in front of the bus
Me in front of the bus
Queen Wilhelmina Lodge and State Park where we ate lunch on Tuesday, Sep 28th, 2010
Sis outside the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge
Me outside the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge
Then back on the bus and on to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where we checked into the Motel 62. That wasn’t such a great experience. It isn’t nearly as nice as the other places we stayed on our trip. The water wouldn’t turn off in the bathtub and right away we had to call the office for help. They got it nearly stopped, but it trickled constantly.
We had dinner at the Forest Hill Restaurant (included). That was nice. Then we attended the world famous Passion Play from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. That was good.
Then back to our rooms where we did get a good night’s sleep.
We were sitting at the top of the stadium and looking down at the stage of the Passion Play.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
We had a “continental” breakfast at the motel of coffee, yogurt and donuts.
We picked up a local tour guide there. His name was Joe. He got on the bus with us and took us on a brief tour of Eureka Springs.
Our tour guide, Joe and one of the others in our group, Maggie
We went to a glass chapel in the woods called Thorncrown. It was very beautiful. The architect designed it to blend in with the surrounding wooded area. A woman there gave us the story of it and gave her own personal testimony which was very moving. We bought a CD of her singing.
After that we stopped to see the “Christ of the Ozarks” statue.
This is part of the park by the Passion Play and is near the statue of Christ of the Ozarks.
Our guide went on to Branson with us and stayed with us until Friday morning. We had lunch and entertainment on the Branson Belle Showboat. It was a delicious lunch of beef and chicken, potatoes, vegetables, rolls, and a frozen cheesecake dessert. There was entertainment on stage while we ate. It was a variety type show of singing and dancing. The boat cruised while we ate.
Me on the deck of the Branson Belle
Sis on the deck
Both of us on the Branson Belle Showboat
The Savannah House Hotel
At 3:00 p.m. we arrived at the Savannah House Hotel and had a little time to relax. Then at 5:30 we went to the Uptown Café for dinner. I had jumbo shrimp, slaw and baked potato. For dessert we had small sundaes. A husband and wife sang while we ate. The woman had worked for Charley Pride for some years before settling in Branson when he moved on.
From 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. we attended “The Clay Cooper Music Express.” We enjoyed it very much.
When we got back to the hotel, complimentary desserts and refreshments were available in the hospitality room. We each had coffee and blackberry cobbler with ice cream. Our rooms were very nice. We stayed there until Friday morning.
Thursday, Sept 30, 2010
We had breakfast in the hospitality room at the hotel. They had a wide variety of breakfast foods.
From 9:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. we attended the Hughes Brothers Show.
Then we went to Grand Village Shops (a small mall) for lunch on our own and some shopping. We ate at Mel’s Hard Luck Café. Pricy but good. Phoebe had a footlong hot dog and a bowl of cheesy potato soup. I had a cup of the soup and I don't remember what else. Some of the waiters walked around through the dining area with microphones and sang for the diners as they ate. We were told that they have to audition before they get jobs there.
We wandered around the mall and had our pictures taken sitting in a huge rocking chair.
Sis and me
Me sitting at an outdoor table in the mall
From 2:45 until 5:15 p.m. we attended the Jim Stafford Show.
Then we had dinner at McFarlain’s Restaurant. That was an interesting experience. The people at the table next to us were laughing and as we watched, their table got higher and higher. Finally a waiter came along with a booster seat and asked if any of them needed it. It was a trick table.
From 7:15 to 9:30 p.m. we attended the “Shoji Tabuchi Show”. That was very good and they go all out with the music and special effects. The bathrooms are world famous. They have gold fixtures and are very fancy.
Then we went back to the hotel where complimentary desserts were again available. We couldn’t resist having more blackberry cobbler with ice cream and coffee, but by now we were so tired that we took it to our room.
Friday, Oct 1, 2010
After having breakfast at the Savannah Hotel this morning, we went to the Brett Family Show. The audience was much smaller than at most of the shows we’ve attended, but it was a very good performance.
Brett family mother and daughter
Brett family father and the guitar player
One of the Brett family greeting us at the bus. I think this was the son.
Joe, our travel guide, left us at this point.
When we left there, we went to Springfield, Missouri where we had lunch at Lambert’s Family Restaurant. The meal was very good and they really do throw the rolls at you. I had chicken salad, cottage cheese and a roll. The coffee cups and cold drink cups were huge.
Then we drove to the Precious Moments Chapel and gift shop near Carthage, Missouri. A docent was explaining all the pictures on the walls and ceiling of the chapel when we got there. It is beautiful and it is hard to imagine how the artist laid on his back on scaffolding for hours at a time to paint the angels on the ceiling. The walk from the gift shop to the chapel is beautiful too.
Me, walking back from the chapel
Sis on the walkway between the chapel and the gift shop
The Precious Moments Gift Shop
Around 7 p.m. we got to our hotel near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The rooms were very nice and as we were so tired, we didn’t go down to dinner but relaxed in our room and went to bed early.
Saturday, Oct 2, 2010
We had breakfast at the Wild Potato Buffet at our hotel this morning, then left around 9 a.m.
Leaving the hotel near Tulsa where we had stayed Friday night.
We traveled on to Oklahoma City where we had a short stop at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial Park. It was a very moving experience.
Both of us at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
Both of us in front of the tour bus.
From there we went to Norman, Oklahoma, where we had lunch at Jason’s Deli. They have a wonderful salad bar and we really enjoyed it.
Then back on the bus and heading toward Texas. I slept through part of this, but we stopped a couple of times for rest breaks. One woman in our group had got off in Oklahoma City. Another got off at Georgetown, Texas and three or four more at New Braunfels, Texas. Then we went on to San Antonio, where we got off with several others at the apartment complex where we had started our trip last Monday.
A couple from church who were also on the trip took several of us home in their van. It was about a quarter till ten when we got home.
Our cat, Calvin met us at the door and was very glad to see us home. He had been well cared for by a friend from church while we were gone, but I’m sure he was lonely without even the dog around for six days. Precious stayed at the kennel while we were gone and we had to leave her there until Monday as they are closed on Sundays.
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