Kathy and I decided to do our cemetery drive this morning. There is a possibility of a storm this evening so wanted to be home before that happened. We each took a dog for a walk and then we loaded up and left.
We stopped at the Dollar General store in Cottonwood Falls for flowers but they didn’t have any left. Decided to go to Marion and take a chance there instead of driving all the way to Emporia and back again.
I stopped at the gas station on Highway 50 to fill the car with gas but the card reader wasn’t working and I didn’t want to go inside.
I drove us to Marion and found the Dollar General store there. Kathy has an eagle eye and spotted some artificial flowers up on a top shelf when we first walked in the store. Grateful she did as they only had one flower where they belonged. I pulled down the boxes Kathy spotted and found 15 of them. I also needed two big bottles of Diet Coke for Tuesday so got those.
The clerk that checked us out was busy but she worked quickly and we got through the long line. She scanned a coupon of some sorts for us that gave us $5 off my order. That was nice.
We then stopped at a gas station in Marion and I filled the car up. I avoided the Casey’s in both Cottonwood Falls and Marion as last time I filled up at Casey’s they put a $150 hold on my checking account that stayed there for several days. That was in addition to the $45 worth of gas I had purchased. I don’t like when a company does that so unless I have no other option, I will no longer buy gas at Casey’s.
We went to the Hillsboro cemetery, then we went to Florence and came home via the Chase County Fishing Lake road and stopped at the Cottonwood Falls cemetery. We left 15 flowers today.
Came home and then we walked up to the old grade school building. They are having a car show and other things going on today. We did a quick tour of the going’s on and then came back home. I had taken some cash in case I wanted to get a hot dog but then decided to take my sweater off before we walked. I had put the cash in my sweater pocket and neither one of us had any cash on us. I ate a quick lunch when we got back home and then laid down and took a nap.
Found out the family reunion that is held annually is still on for Monday. I had forgotten about it and hadn’t heard for sure if it was a go this year. Don’t know if I will go or not. We have my aunt’s funeral Tuesday and most of the people that will go on Monday will go on Tuesday. Not sure I have it in me to go two days in a row. The lunch is at 12:30 and I have to be in Emporia Monday at 2:00 for exercise. I guess I could use that as my excuse to slip out early. Not sure it makes sense to only go for an hour though. I won’t be able to eat as I can’t eat before exercise. We shall see what I decide to do.
I still need to do some house cleaning today. Tomorrow I want to start making some of the desserts I am taking Tuesday. When Uncle Jack died a year ago I took some chocolate covered peanut butter balls that everyone liked so thought I would make those again this time. I can make them a day or two in advance and they stay good. Most of the other stuff I will make on Monday.
I think I am going to paint the dining room and living room this week. After Tuesday I have a fairly free week ahead of me and have plenty of time to get it done. The rooms aren’t very big and the thing that will take the most time is moving things out of the way to paint. If I remember, I will stop and pick up some paint when I am in town Monday if the stores are open. If they aren’t open, I will get it Wednesday when I go in for exercise.
Looks like the storm should be here late evening tonight. We are in a heightened tornado possibility for the evening. We have bright blue skies now so hard to think that in six to eight hours we could be getting severe stuff rolling in. Maybe we will get lucky again and it will go around us again. We could use more rain but sure trust we don’t get the hail and tornadoes with it.
Tonight is the alumni banquet in Hartford. I’m not up to going and I think Kathy has decided not to go too. With the bad weather coming in, it doesn’t make sense to get out in it to go. Sitting and having small talk with people I am not great friends with sounds painful to me. Yes, I knew these people over 50 years ago but things have changed and I don’t really know them now. I hate small talk and the setting is a large crowd where it is hard to go deep with anyone. Just not my bag!
It was a beautiful day for a drive through the Flint Hills today. The hills are a brilliant shade of green and lots of wild flowers blooming as a result of the rain we have gotten this month. Felt good to see wide open spaces away from the trees today. We were one of the first to visit the graves this year. It always brings back a lot of memories for us when we go. I wonder who will visit the graves after Kathy and I are gone?
Grateful for the memories of loved ones from the other side today, grateful for lazy afternoon naps, and grateful for another beautiful day on the prairie today.