Hi all. I’m soooooo tired that this won’t be long, but I thought I should write something. It is haying season, and you all know the saying – gotta make hay while the sun shines!
Marlys Johnson was in the area for some reason so she stopped by to peach. She told a lot of cute, funny stories, but she did have a good word on six faces of pride (six ways that pride shows its face) to us.
We’ve had nothing but rain for days and days and days. It’s been miserable trying to get laundry for my family hung and dry before the rain would come back. Everytime we get some hay ready to bale, the rain would come again and it would rain for days. We did get in two wagonloads one day of last week. Yesterday the sun came back out for a long time. Tonight we were able to put up six wagonloads of hay. The sky looks clear still so hopefully tomorrow, we will busy still. I just talked to Tony; he said we put up 1,195 bales of hay today and could easily do that much again tomorrow.
Jo has been caring for her nephews for the last couple of days – Logan and Hayden, belonging to Serena. Hayden is only three and is the cutest little guy! Logan is close to ten, so he’s not a little guy anymore. They went home tonight.
Nic VanderHart stepped on a nail a couple of days ago. Since Nic’s foot was still swollen, Ann took him to the Dr. today. I don’t know what became of that.
JonLeo, Debs son, and his cousin, Emily, were playing together today when they got tangled. Emily fell and cut open the skin on her chin. Jeni took her in so the Dr could glue the skin flaps down. J
Hannah Davis had been having trouble with her pregnancy – cramps, bedrest, etc. Tonight, they took the baby by c-section. I think the baby was 33 wks along. Owen Charles Davis was born at 4 lbs 13 oz, and he is breathing well on his own. Good news!!!!
Pat and self came back from an 8 day stint in Kansas City. Pat attended a PTG national conference and convention. Piano Technicians Guild. I was invited and thoroughly enjoyed myself with the wives who have their own club going. We toured the city sights while the husbands labored away plunking on pianos and such…interesting stuff..ha!
In the evenings Pat was free and we spent some time together, mostly working out in the gym…awesome machines! HOW ROMANTIC IS THAT! haha…and swam in the luke warm pool water…ugh…during the day it was so hot that the water was like warm bath water... and the cement burned my feet so I gave up on that one…spent most of the hot part of the day in the cool atmosphere of the hotel…which was a 5 star luxury hotel. Very nice, except for the fact that it was also going through the 30th. anniversary of the horrible skywalk tragedy at that same hotel in 1982, that killed and maimed a bunch of people. Very comforting...NOT!
THE HYATT AT NIGHT WITH CENTER FOUNTAIN LIT UP
The hotel was not celebrating of course, nothing is mentioned per se, no plaques or stuff like that, but outside the news crews were dragging it all out again with survivors of the victims…pretty macabre... I understand that they had to pay out like $ 140,000,000 and the lawyer who won the case against them became a millionaire and retired!
...otherwise it is a top notch hotel.
One of the highlights of things we saw was the World War I Liberty Museum. An amazing structure with one of a kind WWI memorabilia. The only one of its kind in the nation I think.
you can actually go into a replica of a trench (complete with water, mud and stench of decaying bodies) and experience what the soldiers did, with actual voice recordings...they have gone to a lot of expense and detail to make this an amazing re enactment...
IMAGINE FLYING IN THIS TIN CAN!
UNION STATION MUSEUM
LOOK AT THOSE ARCHES AND MARBLE FLOORS!
FROM THE 28TH. FLOOR WHERE WE WERE LOCATED AT THE HYATT. NICE VIEWS AND I COULD TELL WHEN THE POOL WAS EMPTY OF PEOPLE...like at 6am...haha
PTG!!
NEVER SEEN
SO MANY NICE PIANOS AT ONE TIME !
KANSAS CITY IS KNOWN AS THE CITY OF FOUNTAINS, SECOND ONLY TO ROME!
THE WIVES OF THE RPTS (REGISTERED PIANO TECS) HAVE THEIR OWN CLUB AND WE WENT TO VISIT THE CITY SITES!
VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL AT LEFT
UNION STATION FOUNTAIN
My sis Karenza drove 8 hours from TX to MO. I was very impressed since she has not driven much. Brave soul! We spent a very nice day and a half with my sisters in MO and the Burgess family. My nephew Benj
and his wife Jeshua have a child, Charlize - she is the cutest thing...only 3 but already knows how to work the charm...haha. Karenza got her a ballerina outfit and she was twirling around non stop.
CHARLIZE - 3 - (SAN'S GD) IS A SWEET PEA!
LES HANSON GIRLS SANS MARINA
DON AND ALEJANDRA (HANSON) BURGESS
My flowers were at full bloom by the time I got home. Everything looks green, because of the rains. Now we need some hot sunny weather to get our hay in and the garden produce. I hear the canning ladies have been canning tomatoes, peppers and greens non stop. PTL, although I do enjoy tomatoes right off the vine...ha! putting up stuff for the long winter months is a must though...
No more for now, trying to get the house in order after 10 days of absence...the little things...ya know
HAVE A GREAT WEEK END!
grib
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