We try to make it to the State Fait at least once each year. Today was opening day and the admission was only a dollar. Plus! We had tickets to go with friends to see Air Supply at the Grandstand to night!! So, Ron and I spent an evening at the fair. I picked him up after work and we drove all the way to the fair (Uh-what is that, 2 blocks??). We went in the "historic" main gate, and they had us park really close to the "new" main gate that comes in off of 65 hwy/South Limit, so that is where we bought our fair tickets and entered. Ron had not had much lunch so he suggested we get something to eat, first thing. He had a list fo all of the concession that were giving dollar day specials. First we had a hotdog and a drink-total $4. Then we walked towards the Midway area and saw aplace with dollar corndogs, add $2 -total $6 . Down by the Varied Industries building, another place had $1 Funnel cakes, now the total is-$8. We walked back up by the Grandstand as it was time to meet up with our friends, and the Fair parade was close to starting. Saw several different friends to visit with as we were standing there. Cory 'found' us and brought Maggy and Danielle over to stand with us to watch the parade. Dakota is in the Smith-Cotton band and they were at the front of the parade--right after the High patrol 'escort' cars and the color guard. Kevin was one of the 'spotters' that walked along with the band to help if there was some sort of need with/for the band.
After the parade, Ron headed to the Kettle corn stand for $1 bags to take into the concert with us. Now the total is $10. He picked up a bottle of water for us to share, total-$11.
The concert was WONDERFUL! They sang all of the songs we know and love, and 1 or 2 new ones. At one point, one of the guys went down into the 'track seat' area and the other came out the gate and into the Grandstand. He was about 3 rows away from us! I don't think I have ever been to a concert at the grandstand where anyone did something like that.
After the concert, as we were walking o our car we stopped and got $1 drinks again, so now the total is--$13. Add the price of 2 tickets for the concert and the whole evening totaled $33.00!! Hey! that was a pretty cheap date, don't you think!
We had a great time!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
One more thing...
Remember how excited I was because it looked like they were fixing the street? Well the part they DID fix looks great. All over town! But, when they oiled and chatted, or chip sealed, [what ever,] they did NOT do the whole circle. Just the part they evidently consider the 'traffic' area. Which leaves the rest , or 2/3's of the circle to finish. Hey, they ran the grader over the whole thing! Why didn't they chip and seal the whole thing????? Guess I will be asking that question when I pay the water bill!
Uummmmm! Yummy!!
Guess what we had for supper?!? Sliced tomatoes, and stuffed peppers. I must confess, Ron bought some tomatoes last week so part of them were from that. We had some sliced Roma tomatoes last week,too. If you slice them lengthways instead of across, you can get a fairly decent, 'meaty' slice . Especially if you are really hungry for tomatoes and that is all you have on hand. I like to slice them and drizzle a little Italian dressing over them. Danielle like Ott's dressing is the best.
I had 4 peppers that I brought in the house over about a week's time. I sliced them in half lengthwise and removed the seeds. Then I made up some ground beef like you do for meatloaf, mounded up the mixture in each half and laid them pepper side down in a shallow baking dish [sprayed with cooking spray]. Add about a half inch of water to the dish and bake for 3o-45 minutes in a 350* oven. I made the leftover ground beef mixtur into a loaf and cooked it at the same time.[ It cooked a little longer as it is 'bigger' than the peppers. You could make little individual meat loafs like Karen does for her family, too.
I picked 6 new peppers, today. I'll trim them and seed them tomorrow and put them into a freezer bag and freeze them for future use. There are lots more growing! I grow a sweet pepper called California Wonder that is from the pimento family of peppers. It does NOT have that bitter taste when cooked like a true bell pepper does. Sometimes they do not get quite as big as the bell pepper, but I like the taste so much better. In a few days, I will probably have enough tomatoes, mostly the Roma's, to make a batch of salsa, too. Yummy!
I had 4 peppers that I brought in the house over about a week's time. I sliced them in half lengthwise and removed the seeds. Then I made up some ground beef like you do for meatloaf, mounded up the mixture in each half and laid them pepper side down in a shallow baking dish [sprayed with cooking spray]. Add about a half inch of water to the dish and bake for 3o-45 minutes in a 350* oven. I made the leftover ground beef mixtur into a loaf and cooked it at the same time.[ It cooked a little longer as it is 'bigger' than the peppers. You could make little individual meat loafs like Karen does for her family, too.
I picked 6 new peppers, today. I'll trim them and seed them tomorrow and put them into a freezer bag and freeze them for future use. There are lots more growing! I grow a sweet pepper called California Wonder that is from the pimento family of peppers. It does NOT have that bitter taste when cooked like a true bell pepper does. Sometimes they do not get quite as big as the bell pepper, but I like the taste so much better. In a few days, I will probably have enough tomatoes, mostly the Roma's, to make a batch of salsa, too. Yummy!
Moving on...
This summer seems to be the one for moving for several in our family. The Lambs led it off by moving from Hutchinson Kansas to Medford Oregon. They seem to be settling in pretty well.
Now Kevin and Cory have bought a house in the country North of Sedalia. They moved into it this past weekend. They have a small acreage with a barn, a pond they can fish in, a fairly new garage/ workshop included with the house. They bought from a friend who needed to downsize and had bought a place in Sedalia. The house has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a large living room , eat-in kitchen, and garage on the top level. The walkout basement level has a BIG family room, kitchen, bedroom and bath,and a utility/storage room. There are several things they want to do to make it fit their needs/lifestyle a little better, but nothing that is a major concern right now. They still have a few things to get from the house they were renting, then they have a few things to do to it before the month is up to get it ready for the next renters. They had a deal with the owners concerning doing/finishing some updates to the home. So, they have some work to do on the floor in some areas and some plumbing issues to update/repair.
Robbie and Val are moving this coming weekend into their own house,too. They have been living in Clinton the past year while Val has been teaching at a high school about 15 miles away. The school district will give her an 'incentive' if she lives 'in-district' . Also, they spent a lot of time, both before and after school, at the school involved in one function or another. This way they might be able to 'go home' for a few minutes in between functions! The town they are moving to is: Lowry City. Val was so excited, after years of living in rentals (some not so great, either) to finally be able to buy her own place.
God's Blessing to all 3 families!
Now Kevin and Cory have bought a house in the country North of Sedalia. They moved into it this past weekend. They have a small acreage with a barn, a pond they can fish in, a fairly new garage/ workshop included with the house. They bought from a friend who needed to downsize and had bought a place in Sedalia. The house has 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, a large living room , eat-in kitchen, and garage on the top level. The walkout basement level has a BIG family room, kitchen, bedroom and bath,and a utility/storage room. There are several things they want to do to make it fit their needs/lifestyle a little better, but nothing that is a major concern right now. They still have a few things to get from the house they were renting, then they have a few things to do to it before the month is up to get it ready for the next renters. They had a deal with the owners concerning doing/finishing some updates to the home. So, they have some work to do on the floor in some areas and some plumbing issues to update/repair.
Robbie and Val are moving this coming weekend into their own house,too. They have been living in Clinton the past year while Val has been teaching at a high school about 15 miles away. The school district will give her an 'incentive' if she lives 'in-district' . Also, they spent a lot of time, both before and after school, at the school involved in one function or another. This way they might be able to 'go home' for a few minutes in between functions! The town they are moving to is: Lowry City. Val was so excited, after years of living in rentals (some not so great, either) to finally be able to buy her own place.
God's Blessing to all 3 families!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Sneaky Emily
Kirk, Stacy, and Emily came over from Eldon today. They worshipped with us at church, and then we met back at the house for dinner. They brought food from a cookout the night before with friends, and we had some from a dinner we had been to late last week, so we put it together for a "buffet" of sorts!
Emily[14 1/2 months] is eating 'table food' now so she enjoyed ham, some baked macaroni and cheese,etc. When she is through eating she lets you know by handing her plate back to you. Stacy cleaned her up and set her down on the floor to play. She headed, eventually, for the fan we have sitting on the floor and Stacy told her "No!". She backed away but in a few minutes was back again, bound and determined that this time she was going to touch it. Very stubborn about it, too! Finally, Stacy was able to convince her to seek something else to play with.
Later in the day we were all in the living room and she kept trying to get a CD that was on a shelf under the TV. When she was told "No!", she would go on to something else for a while but in a few minutes would be back at it again. Finally, when we were all looking the other way, she walked over and picked that CD up and ran as fast as she could into the kitchen. She thought it was a great game she was playing with us! It was all four adults could do to keep our faces composed !
Emily[14 1/2 months] is eating 'table food' now so she enjoyed ham, some baked macaroni and cheese,etc. When she is through eating she lets you know by handing her plate back to you. Stacy cleaned her up and set her down on the floor to play. She headed, eventually, for the fan we have sitting on the floor and Stacy told her "No!". She backed away but in a few minutes was back again, bound and determined that this time she was going to touch it. Very stubborn about it, too! Finally, Stacy was able to convince her to seek something else to play with.
Later in the day we were all in the living room and she kept trying to get a CD that was on a shelf under the TV. When she was told "No!", she would go on to something else for a while but in a few minutes would be back at it again. Finally, when we were all looking the other way, she walked over and picked that CD up and ran as fast as she could into the kitchen. She thought it was a great game she was playing with us! It was all four adults could do to keep our faces composed !
Karl is 39!
Ron and I and Kristopher drove over to St. Louis yesterday to spend the day with Karl to celebrate his birthday--which is tomorrow--Monday the 28th. He is doing pretty well, there are a few rough spots, but he is learning how to handle them and go on to something better! It was great to go out to eat together and take him shopping!
When Karl was born, we were not so surprised to know that we had another little boy in our family. He was the fifth one! Even when he was tiny he seemed to know when it was time for Daddy to come home from work. He would start getting fussy and would not be content until Daddy came in the door and held him a few minutes. He had a great smile--more like a grin--that made everyone happy.
He always liked the music --on the stereo, at church, in the car,-- wherever we were. I remember one Sunday morning when he was 3 or 4 hearing him sing while sitting next to me in church and realizing that--he was singing a harmony part!
God bless you, Karl! I'm looking forward to this next year for you and all of the good things that are in store for you! Happy Birthday!
When Karl was born, we were not so surprised to know that we had another little boy in our family. He was the fifth one! Even when he was tiny he seemed to know when it was time for Daddy to come home from work. He would start getting fussy and would not be content until Daddy came in the door and held him a few minutes. He had a great smile--more like a grin--that made everyone happy.
He always liked the music --on the stereo, at church, in the car,-- wherever we were. I remember one Sunday morning when he was 3 or 4 hearing him sing while sitting next to me in church and realizing that--he was singing a harmony part!
God bless you, Karl! I'm looking forward to this next year for you and all of the good things that are in store for you! Happy Birthday!
Monday, July 21, 2008
This seemed like my kind of 'Tag'Here are the rules:1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you.It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you! (Hey I figured out how to do it! Hope I remember how next time.)
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