Free Cherry Pie

No, it isn't a Washington Birthday special, just the free pie Wednesday at the Village Inn here in Tucson.  They give free pie slices away with a purchase on Wed from 10am to closing.  I really am addicted to the cherry pie and always order it as my reward.  We bring the pie home with us and then see how long we can resist finishing it off.  Last night was not a record for waiting.

I prefer a table so they usually put us in a section with a waitress we are familar with.  Last night they much have been short a waitress or two since ours had about 10 tables to wait on and she was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.  She is very efficient and good, so service was fine, but I bet she was worn out at the end of her shift.

Earlier we went shopping for a housecoat for me to use while I am in the hospital along with some other required items.  Have any of your bought a robe lately?  Like everything else they have really gone up in price.  I wish I had brought my robe from the cabin, but in the hurry to get out of there it was left behind.

We also stopped by Med Tech to see what some other recommended items are going to cost.  Whew!  Ka ching, ka ching.  I am going to wait and see what I really need before buying out the store, so that will be a task for Gerry to perform one day while I am still in the hospital.  Then the question becomes, what good are these things after all the PT is over and I am well again?   If I get the other knee replaced soon, then I will be set for that, so we will have to find someplace to store all this stuff in the motorhome.  Easier said than done.

Cassie called last night and we setup a video chat with her which last about an hour after talking to her for 30 minutes.  It was good seeing her nice smile and catching up on events in her life.  It was after 12:30 AM when we got off the video chat with her.  It was time for her to fix Jack's lunch since he would be leaving in an hour or two for work.  I think someone is a night owl.

By the time we got off the computer with her it was too late to even think about a blog.  I am still dating this one as Wednesday just to keep it in order.

After reading Jerry's reply in the comment section about his day, I don't think I will ask "how was your day" for a while.  

Have a nice day.      

Recognition for Charlie

There are a number of work campers here in the park and while they all do a good job, one worker goes beyond the call of duty on a daily basis.  Charlie is one of the hardest working people I have seen in a long time.  He spends long hours on the job and always has a cheerful outlook.  A few people here at the park decided he should be rewarded and took up a collection.  While I don't know how much was collected, I assume it was a nice amount.  He deserves it.

Aw shucks!

As usual, when they were ready to give him the card and such, he had left the building on some errand or something.  It was coffee and donuts time so everyone sat around and waited for him to return.  Then he went into the closet and was working on something there and they had to call him out for the presentation.  He never stops.

We tried to get there early and get a seat near the front, but these people at the park must get up at 5am in order to be there early.  We did manage to sit at the same table as Judy & Steve and catch up on what they have been up to lately.   

Gerry went to her sewing group and I had a couple visitors.  Ron C came by with the paper and was on his way to Harbor Freight to pick up some needed tools.  While he was here, Dimone & Dick came by as expected since I had agreed to help Dimone set up her blog page.  We worked on that for a couple hours and now she is on her way to being an expert blogger.  Welcome to the club.

It was a pleasant day, but a little cool outside.  We hung around the MH in the afternoon and finished up a few chores.  We were rewarded with a beautiful Tucson sunset.

 

That was our day, how was yours?  Good night.

Welcome Griffin

Our oldest grandson, Ryan and his wife Dee made Gerry and me proud great grandparents this morning.  Henry Griffin Hagadorn entered our world at 9:46 am Eastern Time.  Everyone is excited to hear of his arrival and I know he will be spoiled by his grandmother, Barbara.  He was less than 10 minutes in this world when the photo below was taken. 

He is 19.5 inches long and weighs 6lb 9.5 oz and has all his fingers and toes.  Whew!  Mother and dad are doing fine.  More to follow.

Ryan & Griffin share a tender moment.  Ryan sure does look like the proud papa and Griffin is doing what babies do best, sleep.

 

Still Here

We haven't been doing much other than doctor and dentist visits.  I am sure you all aren't interested in hearing about them in detail, so I won't bore you with that.

Gerry, Sharon, Al and I went to Guadalajara Cafe Wednesday night to celebrate Sharon's birthday and Al & Sharon's wedding anniversary.  We always enjoy the visit to Guadalajara Cafe, but the salsa made at our table wasn't up to the usual high standards that we are used to.  My mild salsa was tasteless and Gerry's medium wasn't much better.  The rest of the meal was fine and as usual the beer was nice and cold.  

There was a large party of diners at the table next to us and they had a young boy of about 3-4 who decided to start to scream and wouldn't stop.  Nobody paid any attention to him at their table but he sure made it uncomfortable for others who had to hear him.  This seems to be the way things are with the younger parents not taking care of the problem.  I am surprised the restaurant managers don't say something, but I guess they don't want to offend them.

 They had a chuck wagon dinner at the rec center tonight and we went up there for the meal and company.  The meal was ok and the company great.  After dinner a Bluegrass Band called The Dusty River Boys played for a couple hours.  We've heard them before and enjoy their music and comedy skits, so we stayed until the end.  Very entertaining group and well worth listening to.

We stopped by Steve and Judy's for a couple drinks and visited for a while.  We haven't seen them much lately due to them having company and us with our medical appointments.  Steve had some special beer set aside, but I couldn't talk him into sharing a bottle with me.  I will work on him more and maybe get one before he drinks it all.

Happy Anniversary Jane & Larry Jr.

This is another of those "my how time flies by" moments for us.  I had the opportunity to take a new position in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1982 and accepted the job after talking it over with Gerry and Larry Jr.   Jr was 11 years old and thought it sounded interesting so he agreed to go with us.  That was good, since I was committed to the job by that time anyway.

He did really well until it was time to get on the plane from JFK to Paris and that is when it hit him.   NOOOOOOO  I don't want to go.  Fasten your seat belt, we are on the way.  He had a rough 1st year there at the school since they gave him a test the 2nd day after his arrival, and the teacher was surprised he failed.  The fact that he hadn't had that subject yet never entered her mind since there wasn't a lot of space there. 

One thing that made the transition easier was that he met this beautiful young girl there who he hit it off with from the beginning.  She and her family were there for her father's job with the Embassy and the young ones became fast friends.  Since he was 11 years old at the time, he didn't see any reason to talk to his parents about his friends, but he did talk about her.   Oh Oh, our boy is noticing girls.

We went to visit one of the many US Navy ships that put into port in Abidjan and managed to capture the picture shown below of the two of them.  No, can't touch a girl yet.  Icky.

Jane & Larry Jr on right - Abidjan 1983

Larry Jr. wasn't much for writing letters, but he did keep in contact with Jane after her father was transferred to another post.  He did mention her a number of times over the years and kept in touch with her via letters, emails, phone calls, mutual friends, etc.

He received a call from her in 2005 and by then she had been married and divorced and had a son, Grant.  One thing led to another and he invited her to Maryland to go on a Jeep Rally with him.  Jane, being the adventuresome person she is, said why not.  She didn't know what she was getting herself into.   She visited him and then he traveled to Oklahoma to visit her and finally moved out there to be with her.  They were married on Jan 23, 2006 in a civil ceremony and then later at the Dahlgren Wedding Chapel in Boonsboro, MD on June 23, 2006.

Jane & Larry Jr.

   Today is their 7th wedding anniversary and they are still in love as much as when they were younger.  This past weekend they were at the baby shower for grandson Ryan & his wife Dee.  Henry took this photo and as you can see they are still a happy couple.  Grant is in the photo and has readily accepted Jr. as his dad.

Jane, Grant & Larry Jr.

  

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 

& 

WE WISH YOU MANY MORE.