I met Nicole at her house this morning around 9:45. We drove to Muscatine, Iowa to attend a viewing for Chris’s step dad’s father. His step-dad really appreciated Nicole coming to support him. We are having breakfast with him in the morning and then heading back to KC.
We made really good time getting here. We made it in less than 5 1/2 hours and we stopped to get gas and have lunch. Nicole drove her Dodge Challenger and it goes fast! We only got up over 90 once or twice. Sure has more power than my poor little Prius does. It is a fun car to ride in. I offered to drive part of the way but so far she hasn’t taken me up on that. Not holding my breath that she will either.
We had dinner at a little Italian place downtown. It was really good. It made up for the not so good lunch we had in Des Moines.
Got the playroom and another bedroom cleaned yesterday. Only two bedrooms, one bathroom and the great room downstairs to do when I get home this weekend. I still need to do the floors upstairs but that won’t take long. I’m glad I got a few rooms done as it doesn’t seem so over whelming to me now.
When we get to KC tomorrow afternoon we are going to Costco. Nicole and I went in together to get a membership and I need her to go with me so I can get my card. I need to price a couple of things for the retreat next weekend. There is a Costco in Wichita I can get some things I need for the retreat if the price is right.
I need so many produce items I am going to drive to Sprouts in Wichita next week to buy them there. They have a really good produce department and their prices are usually much better than Wal-Mart. I never know if the Wal-Mart in Emporia will have what I need.
Still waiting to hear if the newsletter I normally stuff for Pioneer Bluffs will be ready to be done when I get home tomorrow. If it is I will be busy doing that this weekend. If it isn’t ready until Monday I told them I couldn’t do it this time. I have too much to do to get ready for the retreat starting Monday.
This retreat has been a bit harder for me to get ready for as I haven’t been having retreats this year. Last year I had two or three a month so things were ready all the time for them. This one also has more people than I normally have. Feeling a bit over whelmed with it but trusting things will fall into place.
Enjoying my time with Nicole. The trip up here today went really fast. Trusting the trip home will go as smoothly and as fast. Grateful to Kathy for taking care of my critters so I could get away.