Sunday afternoon Katelyn and I read our scriptures. Then she wanted something to fill the rest of her evening. I suggested a puzzle and, lo and behold, Katelyn found one on the shelf that had never been put together before and could also be done in an evening. I love making puzzles and totally enjoyed an evening with a real jigsaw puzzle.
Katelyn received a gift card for Kohl's for a graduation present. We took her shopping before after we returned to Kentucky. She was very careful and purchased a dress, T-shirt, black sweater jacket and a pair of jeans. I wanted her benefactor to see what fun she had and how well she used their gift. Katelyn graciously posed for a picture of her in her finery.
Monday Katelyn didn't work until the afternoon. Katelyn wanted to take cookies to Cindy so she baked cake mix cookies that had white chocolate chips and macadamia nuts in them. We read our scriptures some and then got our young charge off to work.
I had two visiting teaching appointments set up for Tuesday. I took Katelyn to work and did my first visit in the morning. Lois' cat had given birth to kittens. They were three weeks old. There were four of the cute little furry mewing handfuls of joy. I was suddenly grateful Katelyn was not with me. She loves little animals and big animals. I'm sure she would have wanted to bring one home with us. While, as her Gramma, I want to be sure she had a great summer, adding a pet to our family is not on my list of things to have her experience this summer.
I picked Miss Katelyn up at 1pm from work and we headed to Wendy's for a salad lunch. She and Cindy worked outside that morning and Katelyn was very happy with air conditioning and a great lunch. I had to assure her that dirty jeans were not a problem at the Pilot Truck Stop Wendy's.
Then we headed back to our home for her to change into cleaner clothes for my next visit. We got to Linda's home and she was not there. Turns out she had a doctor's appointment that ran late and that is why we missed her. We did leave some treasures in Linda's door and headed back to our home. Katelyn was amazed at the narrow roads in the back country of Kentucky. This one is so much better than some. They have actually widened it another foot with asphalt shoulders on either side of the road. These roads are so nice to ride on but you have to take your time and not be in any hurry so you don't run into someone as you round the bends.
In the evening I had my LDS Family Services bridge call training. This gave Katelyn and Claude time to catch up on their days.
Wednesday I was out of the house all afternoon and most of the evening. I went to Lexington to orient Julie Denison, a new Relief Society president in the Beaumont Ward. This is always a good experience.
After that I hurried back to Georgetown to sing with Papa and visit with Mimi. This was followed by my presidency meeting at the Georgetown meetinghouse. Then I hurried home for the rest of my evening.
Thursday Katelyn worked in the morning. In the afternoon Papa brought the missionaries out for lunch and another discussion with Katelyn. We invited Cindy to join us for lunch. Claude made Milano sandwiches for us and they were sooooooo good.
While Katelyn and Claude stayed upstairs with the missionaries, Papa and I headed to the basement. He had given me a cassette tape some time back of a conversation with Papa's mom (Gramma Duck) and his brothers. I had transcribed a bit of it. However, Gramma Duck was very old and her voice fades out and is kind of mumbly. Papa and I found that with my better ears and his better knowledge of this history we can get a good transcription. We'll keep doing this while Katelyn has her discussions until we get this tape typed all up for every one's family history. Then we have another one of the history of the Shreveport, Louisiana Stake to transcribe.
My new visiting teacher, Jessica Wilde, came after Papa and the missionaries left. She has two wonderful little girls, Morgan and Alexandra. We set them free with some toys and Jessie and I had a great visit. She brought me chocolate. Who would not enjoy chocolate candy treats?? I mean really!!
Friday we had a morning with Claude, Katelyn and me all free at the same time. It was a miracle. We determined to fill it with something we needed to accomplish while Katelyn was here. She had done her Internet research and found three potential laptop computers. We were heading into Lexington to see some computers first hand and do some comparative shopping.
Before we could go there was one little chore Claude and Sandi had to do first. We knew the Eagles were coming to a new arena being built in Louisville this year. I put in my Blackberry the day to watch for tickets. I did receive an eMail alert. Friday morning at 10am the tickets were to go on sale. Before heading into Lexington, we needed to check into purchasing Eagles tickets. Claude and I headed to the basement where my computer was. Katelyn followed. I got the Ticketmaster website on my computer and located my credit card information. The website did not have access to tickets. It was noted that it was 9:58am and they still had 2 minutes. At 10am I tried again. Cheers of joy went up as I found I could actually check on ticket. The first ones were too far at the back. We tried another round of waiting. These were a little better. Claude and I began the discussion about sitting on the floor at the arena. We've never had floor seats. We thought these might be harded to see from. Katelyn was watching her grandparents and being totally entertained. She found it amusing when a set of tickets would come up and we would determine if we should take those or try again. She found us giddy like teens instead of 60 year olds. Many chuckles were coming from our little peanut gallery. The 4th try was the keeper and they were seats on the floor. So we are headed to another Eagles concert this year. Yippee!!!
Our first stop was Staples. We were checking them out and narrowing down the ones we felt best about. A nice salesman came by and we started to ask him some questions. He was very knowledgeable and not one of those awful hovering types. We narrowed it down to the one we all agreed on and then decided to take a break and ponder on it before any purchases were made.
Pondering in our case meant lunch at BD Mongolian Grill. Katelyn had never been, we had a coupon. Need I say more? It was a great lunch.
Then we headed to Best Buy to see what they offered in lap tops. They had a much larger selection. We found a sales person. Again, very knowledgeable but a bit more hovering.
The decision was made that Katelyn really liked the red top on the one at Staples. It was about $50 more than the best price we could get at Best Buy or on the Internet. We determined that having a color on top like you really, really, really liked and not passing on any of the features you need for school was an important enough reason to head back to Staples.
Our little sales guy recognized us and, after confirming we wanted the one he showed us before, he headed to the back to get one. Claude headed with Katelyn to look for back packs. I headed to get BIG black markers to complete two signs I was working on for Sadieville's MusicFest.
Our salesman found Claude and Katelyn and told them where they could find good backpacks in the store for a bit less money than the ones they were looking at. They settled on one and we headed to the checkout. Here you have Katelyn and Claude at the check out counter with her very own new computer. She was one truly happy kid and felt even more like a prospective college student.
I picked Miss Katelyn up at 1pm from work and we headed to Wendy's for a salad lunch. She and Cindy worked outside that morning and Katelyn was very happy with air conditioning and a great lunch. I had to assure her that dirty jeans were not a problem at the Pilot Truck Stop Wendy's.
Then we headed back to our home for her to change into cleaner clothes for my next visit. We got to Linda's home and she was not there. Turns out she had a doctor's appointment that ran late and that is why we missed her. We did leave some treasures in Linda's door and headed back to our home. Katelyn was amazed at the narrow roads in the back country of Kentucky. This one is so much better than some. They have actually widened it another foot with asphalt shoulders on either side of the road. These roads are so nice to ride on but you have to take your time and not be in any hurry so you don't run into someone as you round the bends.
In the evening I had my LDS Family Services bridge call training. This gave Katelyn and Claude time to catch up on their days.
Wednesday I was out of the house all afternoon and most of the evening. I went to Lexington to orient Julie Denison, a new Relief Society president in the Beaumont Ward. This is always a good experience.
After that I hurried back to Georgetown to sing with Papa and visit with Mimi. This was followed by my presidency meeting at the Georgetown meetinghouse. Then I hurried home for the rest of my evening.
Thursday Katelyn worked in the morning. In the afternoon Papa brought the missionaries out for lunch and another discussion with Katelyn. We invited Cindy to join us for lunch. Claude made Milano sandwiches for us and they were sooooooo good.
While Katelyn and Claude stayed upstairs with the missionaries, Papa and I headed to the basement. He had given me a cassette tape some time back of a conversation with Papa's mom (Gramma Duck) and his brothers. I had transcribed a bit of it. However, Gramma Duck was very old and her voice fades out and is kind of mumbly. Papa and I found that with my better ears and his better knowledge of this history we can get a good transcription. We'll keep doing this while Katelyn has her discussions until we get this tape typed all up for every one's family history. Then we have another one of the history of the Shreveport, Louisiana Stake to transcribe.
My new visiting teacher, Jessica Wilde, came after Papa and the missionaries left. She has two wonderful little girls, Morgan and Alexandra. We set them free with some toys and Jessie and I had a great visit. She brought me chocolate. Who would not enjoy chocolate candy treats?? I mean really!!
Friday we had a morning with Claude, Katelyn and me all free at the same time. It was a miracle. We determined to fill it with something we needed to accomplish while Katelyn was here. She had done her Internet research and found three potential laptop computers. We were heading into Lexington to see some computers first hand and do some comparative shopping.
Before we could go there was one little chore Claude and Sandi had to do first. We knew the Eagles were coming to a new arena being built in Louisville this year. I put in my Blackberry the day to watch for tickets. I did receive an eMail alert. Friday morning at 10am the tickets were to go on sale. Before heading into Lexington, we needed to check into purchasing Eagles tickets. Claude and I headed to the basement where my computer was. Katelyn followed. I got the Ticketmaster website on my computer and located my credit card information. The website did not have access to tickets. It was noted that it was 9:58am and they still had 2 minutes. At 10am I tried again. Cheers of joy went up as I found I could actually check on ticket. The first ones were too far at the back. We tried another round of waiting. These were a little better. Claude and I began the discussion about sitting on the floor at the arena. We've never had floor seats. We thought these might be harded to see from. Katelyn was watching her grandparents and being totally entertained. She found it amusing when a set of tickets would come up and we would determine if we should take those or try again. She found us giddy like teens instead of 60 year olds. Many chuckles were coming from our little peanut gallery. The 4th try was the keeper and they were seats on the floor. So we are headed to another Eagles concert this year. Yippee!!!
Our first stop was Staples. We were checking them out and narrowing down the ones we felt best about. A nice salesman came by and we started to ask him some questions. He was very knowledgeable and not one of those awful hovering types. We narrowed it down to the one we all agreed on and then decided to take a break and ponder on it before any purchases were made.
Pondering in our case meant lunch at BD Mongolian Grill. Katelyn had never been, we had a coupon. Need I say more? It was a great lunch.
Then we headed to Best Buy to see what they offered in lap tops. They had a much larger selection. We found a sales person. Again, very knowledgeable but a bit more hovering.
The decision was made that Katelyn really liked the red top on the one at Staples. It was about $50 more than the best price we could get at Best Buy or on the Internet. We determined that having a color on top like you really, really, really liked and not passing on any of the features you need for school was an important enough reason to head back to Staples.
Our little sales guy recognized us and, after confirming we wanted the one he showed us before, he headed to the back to get one. Claude headed with Katelyn to look for back packs. I headed to get BIG black markers to complete two signs I was working on for Sadieville's MusicFest.
Our salesman found Claude and Katelyn and told them where they could find good backpacks in the store for a bit less money than the ones they were looking at. They settled on one and we headed to the checkout. Here you have Katelyn and Claude at the check out counter with her very own new computer. She was one truly happy kid and felt even more like a prospective college student.
Then we hurried back to Sadieville. We had the 2nd Sadieville MusicFest for the 2010 summer Friday evening. I was to make two directional signs to place on Highway 32 pointing the way to Sadieville. Claude purchased the sign stuff during the week on one of his trips to Lowe's. I now had the markers to make them with. So I set to making signs after we got home. I finished them and Claude drove me out to place the along the highway in the designted spots. Here are my signs...
I was really happy with how they turned out. Now we can use these over and over again.
MusicFest was a lot of fun. When Claude and I got there early to help with set-up, Katelyn was on the deck of the Depot (City Hall) potting flowers. A nursery donated to the city all these plants. Katelyn was diligently trying to put them in the existing pots on the deck. I sat at the picnic table beside her and dug up the old soil in the pots and gave them to her to fill with new stuff.
It was a delight to watch Katelyn fit in to our little community. She is learning people's names and really enjoying getting to know them. She teases with them, is not afraid to help with whatever is needed and just really participated great during the evening.
We had a raffle with some crabapple jelly I made from a crabapple tree in Sadieville, Sadieville T-shirts and a CD of Sadieville music. Katelyn asked Claude two times for a dollar to buy a raffle ticket. There were 4 of these sets of items to be given away. We sold raffle tickets unto 8:30pm. Then Merle did the drawing at the Pavilion where they were having the karaoke. Unbelievably, Katelyn won one. She was so very happy.
As we packed up and headed to the car at 9pm the karaoke was still going strong. Merle put on the song for the Cupid's Shuffle. Katelyn LOVES this song. She hurried over to the street and was doing the Cupid Shuffle quietly in the street. Merle saw her, stopped the karaoke, went into the street and pulled her into the Pavilion and had her do the Cupid Shuffle with him. I was able to get a few pictures of our teen dancing her night away in Sadieville. Katelyn was very happy to find she really enjoyed being in a small town with all this neighborly fun. She truly fit in and is just comfortable with everyone. Does a Gramma's heart proud and makes her very happy.
Friday evening Nissa, Todd, Aubrey and Paul arrived from Muskegon. Aubrey and Paul are to spend the summer with David this year. Tricia, David's sister, picked them up Saturday morning about 8am. They had a funeral service to go for David's grandmother on his mother's side. Tricia lives in Sadieville and was going to take them there and David would take them back to North Carolina with him after.
Nissa and family brought me a turtle wind chime. I can hardly wait to put it out to hear them. The chimes are hollow wood and make a really relaxing sound. They also brought the worlds most HUGE marshmellows. It was a really short visit with Nissa and family. Todd and Nissa headed back to Muskegon at 10:30am.
Claude, Katelyn and I were just done in. We gave in to our lazy sides and had a down day. The rain we had in the morning made cutting grass on a tractor on our hill impossible so we just all stopped and did nothing for the rest of the day. Claude's Father's Day gift arrived in the afternoon. I got him seasons 1 & 2 of Monk. We had a Monk Fest for the rest of the day. I have ordered seasons 3 & 4 also but they won't arrive until the beginning of July.
Now we will press onward to the next week in our Summer with Katelyn...
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