Wednesday

It was sure cool today.  Fall is definitely in the air.  After breakfast and showers, etc., we went out to go bike riding.  The wind was pretty brisk as we went around the bike trail.  My sinuses were killing me!  The good part of riding, though, was that we didn't get hot!  We also had some errands to run.  It was 11:30 when we were about to head home, but Dave suggested we go surprise Kaylee at the Wild Carrot and eat lunch there!  We had a good time with her and her boss...in between customers!  We turned down dessert and then Dave suggested we head to Cedar Falls to Scratch Cupcakery to see if Sami Allison was working.  As it turned out, she was in W Des Moines...so we each had a cupcake in her honor!  Dave had a turtle cupcake and I had a cookies n'cream one.  Delicious!  Good thing we rode two complete laps around the trail!

Tonight Dave went out to help Bryan with a project and I stayed home to watch the Cubs annihilate the Reds!

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Tuesday

Dave went to put gutter guards on a lady's gutters (on 3rd floor).  While he was gone, I worked on my "list".  I also made another 6 Christmas cards and now I've lost count of how many I have.  I guess I'll have to count them again tomorrow.

I got some more email addresses for my Cyclone football players from 1975 or so.  I was able to send out invitations to the reunion to them.  I sure hope we have a good turnout.  I guess the only one who knows who all is coming is the guy who is collecting the cash.  I'll be anxious to see a list.

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Woohoo!

I got my tooth fixed this morning with very little pain involved.  The hygenist gave me my shots to numb me...never had that happen before.  I liked the dentist, too.  He came in and talked to me about my options and then when I decided to have it filled today, it only took him about 5 minutes of drilling and finishing up!  I like that much better than having to sit in a chair for 5 hours!!

I took a nap this afternoon - I think the numbing went to my brain!!  This evening, Dave and I watched DWTS and then the end of the Cubs game.  Cubs win 1-0 in 11 innings!!

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Sunday

Church was good again today.  The message today was about Jacob from Genesis.  After church we stopped at HyVee to get me some soft food.  I don't want to take a chance on breaking that tooth before I get it fixed.  Tomorrow I'll try to get a dental appointment.  I've got a PEO meeting tomorrow and if I can get an appointment at the dentist I may have to miss the PEO meeting.

Tonight we went to Bryan's for dinner.  I took Aidan some strawberry shortcake Goldfish!  He liked me, tonight.  He even let me help him walk around the house.  He'd really like to walk, but no one seems to work with him.  His other grandma tends to monopolize him, so I have to grab him when I can.  Don't get me started on that subject!

I hope you all saw the lunar eclipse tonight.  It was beautiful!

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Family day

Dave went out to help Bryan this morning.  They only had a few hours before Bryan and Erin were leaving for a wedding.  I made some more Christmas cards and tried to call my cousin, Alma Dell.  I've called numerous times with no answer.  So I decided I'd try to find her brother, Paul.  I found that he died in 2011...I think maybe I knew that, but I'm not positive.  I'll have to ask Bob if he knew that Paul had died.  If he knows, then I probably just forgot.  Anyway, I've got some pictures of Alma Dell's family that I want her to have.  So I guess I'll just mail them to her.  Her older brother lives in Fairfield (or used to anyway), but I can't find him...his phone is unlisted and the phone number I had for him no longer works.

I went to Carlos O'Kelley's and bought lunch for all of us.  I took it out to Bryan's so I got to see Aidan.  He's still leery of me, but he likes to play peekaboo with me!  Sometime during lunch, I guess, I lost a filling on a tooth that will be prepped for a crown in January.  Unfortunately I'm afraid I can't wait to have it worked on.  It hasn't hurt yet, but I'll probably find a dentist Monday and see if I can get it fixed.  Grrr.....

Later this afternoon, Dave and I went out to see Kyle & Cassie's new acreage.  Nice house, but really dated.  They're working on it and it'll be nice some day.  Blaise was at Linda & Al's while his parents and other grandma were painting his room.  So on the way home from their house, we stopped by to see Blaise.  He's just a riot.  He just runs around, throwing balls at me, and generally being busy, busy.  When we left, he gave me a hug and a kiss!  It's nice having family near by!

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Woohoo!

I'm so easily pleased!  Our new countertops are in and the plumbing is hooked up...the water filter is working and now our ice doesn't taste funny!  We also went to Lowe's and picked up some samples of backsplash tiles.  I think we got 6-7 samples and I've narrowed my choices down to 3.  Actually I think I can get rid of one more...and it's the most expensive!!  Yay!

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Thursday

We have new countertops!!  They are really pretty.  Now we have to go pick out backsplash samples so we can choose what we want for our kitchen.  Everything worked out for today!  The plumber came early, unhooked the old sink, etc.  Tomorrow he'll come back to hook up the sink and put in the faucet.  I sure hope he comes early so we have a usable kitchen sink.  Even if you don't wash dishes by hand, you still use your kitchen sink many, many times during a day!

Lunch with Marsha & Ron was good!  We met them at LJ's and after lunch they came back here to see our place.  Then Ron had a tee time, so they didn't stay long.  We'll see them in Florida the end of October. The second plumber rescheduled.  So it was a good day.

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