Friday, September 28, 2012
Ooops...
Comes from not having dinner ready on time.... :-)
Somebody loves me...
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Actually, I had a basal cell carcinoma removed from my left chin last Friday. The surgical team could have left the wound to heal, but instead worked their 'magic' to conceal the wound. For four days, all my nourishment came through a straw! Oh, and NO talking!
I can eat most anything now - no corn on the cob; no Micky Dee's; still, nothing big. Toast and crackers are a bit of a challenge. The stitches come out Monday. We'll see what that looks like!
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Get Ready, Get Set, GO!
The Belcan Pinewood Derby competition was held today.
Fifteen cars were entered.
The competition was designed as a fund raiser for United Way.
John Deere #3 won and came in second in several heats, but was eliminated by the overall winner.
Next year!
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The interesting part, I thought, was that I got to listen to the race on the phone as it was in progress. The race was televised on Belcan's intranet to the other Belcan sites.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Welcome Kelsey Campers
Six bicycling couples meet at the Greene County Fairgrounds in September to ride the Miami Valley Bikeways.
The Ohio-to-Erie Trail, the Little Miami Scenic Trail, the Creekside Trail that goes to Dayton and the Xenia - Jamestown Connector all meet in Xenia.
Xenia - the Hub of it All.
Thursday morning, we started our early. We were on our own adventure to check out the Blueberry Cafe in Bellbrook. We headed south on the Little Miami Trail, then cut across country on Lower Bellbrook Road.
We rode up a hill out of the Little Miami River Valley - much like the hills I had ridden on the MS ride. Needless to say, we returned using a different, more rolling route!
I had scrambled eggs with swirly rye toast, artistically arranged. The leader of the adventure had biscuits and gravy.
We stopped to visit some friends who live in the Wright Estates, but as per usual, they weren't home. We left them a message.
Friday promised rain - sometime during the day/or all day. Once again, we started out early, this time with our friend, Ron. Ron's plan was to ride the Little Miami Trail north to Urbana - an almost 70 mile round trip. We rode with him as far as Springfield, watching the skies the whole way. At Springfield, we turned around, stopping at Young's Jersey Dairy hoping to meet up with the rest of the crew. We were too early, and the dark clouds were rolling in, so we headed home.
As it turned out, there was next to no rain, but much cooler temperatures. The rest of the crew DROVE up to Young's for lunch. Good Grief!
The 'boys' studying the A-Liner.
How DO they get everything in there?!?
Saturday, the crew decided to DRIVE to Lebanon for the Shriners' parade.
The weather was chilly as we headed west on the Creekside Trail towards Dayton.
We stopped at the Beavercreek Station before returning to Xenia.
Check out 'Bicycle Beaver.'
Xenia was hosting a street fair. Years ago, the street fair was called "Old Timers Days" with lots of antique machinery, bean soup and corn bread, arts and crafts.
The one redeeming feature of this years street fair was the bicycle rodeo and the helmets that were being given to the participants.
Saturday evening, the gals got together to prepare an Italian dinner extra-ordinaire! Spaghetti, assorted meat sauces with/without meatballs and sausage, salads. Oh, and pies and strawberry shortcake.
Sunday was still chilly, but the sun promised warmer weather. It was time for us to head on home.
A nice outing with friends, bicycles and good times.
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Saturday, September 08, 2012
Clinton County Corn Festival
The Clinton County Corn Festival has a variety of activities for all who attend. There are contests for children, 'tweens, men and women. And, of course, there is plenty to see throughout the fairgrounds.
The Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure camped on the Clinton County Fairgrounds Friday night, June 22, before riders returned to Hillsboro. The fairgrounds look a little different today.
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There were a variety of steam engines in the Power Club Demonstration Area.
The Huber was operating the saw mill.
The steam engines came in many sizes.
The Case was operating the threshing machine.
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On another note: we have had more rain in the first eight days of September than we had in all of June, July and August!
We walked around actual puddles and mud as we viewed the exhibits!
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Sunday, September 02, 2012
Birthday wishes
Monday is the birthday of the mother of our grandchildren. With the threat of impending storms and the holiday weekend, we celebrated a couple of days early.
When K.K. came home from school, I helped her make an oatmeal-scotchie pan cookie. The featured ingredient being butterscotch morsels. With chocolate frosting. What could be better?!?
I thought the twistie candles might be fun... not so much.
Happy Birthday to You! Happy Birthday to You!
We enjoyed the oatmeal - scotchie pan cookie with vanilla ice-cream.
We've enjoyed a delicious dinner at Gustavo's, eaten cake and ice-cream and we're just settling in for the night. Little Miss El is telling her grandfather about their trip to Los Vegas, the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam.
A nice afternoon/evening.
Some of the big people got to stay up to watch The Hunger Games.
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Oh, and the impending storm? This is Sunday evening and so far we have gotten 1/4 inch of rain.
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