I am finally back from PA and hope to be able to recount some of the previous week.
First off I managed to get up Tuesday 3/12 at 4:00 AM and get over to the O'Donnell house at 5:15 to catch a ride to the airport with Matt, his Mom and Jim. Carol and Jim were flying out about 2 hours ahead of me, but with Brad's bum leg it really wasn't practical for him to drive me to Orlando. I finally get on the plane about 9:30, a two hour lay over in Atlanta and finally get to Harrisburg about 3:00. My nieces Brittany and Alison picked me up at the airport, took me to dad's and hung out for about 20 min. until they had to get back to school for play practice (I think). I got a call from Karen and talked with her for about 30 min., then dad got home about 5:30 and off to the Brown Stone for dinner we went. At one point dad thought I was going to fall asleep in my plate, but I managed to finish my dinner then we headed home, watched some TV and off to bed for a good nights sleep.
We got up the next day and just had breakfast at the house, hung out for a while then headed over to have lunch with Lynne and Chris. We waited and waited and waited, then went to lunch without Lynne, but she did manage to come join us a little later. I then took Lynne's car and headed over to her house, unpacked, chatted with Rick and waited for her to call for a ride home. We were both still full from a large lunch, so we just had a snack for dinner, not a bad day and it was nice to see everyone.
Somewhere last night I talked with Shane and he asked me to take him to Pittsburgh to pick up his new truck (new to him). I didn't want to drive the jeep so I borrowed Lynne's car and headed over to his house about 7:30 Thursday morning. I picked him up, stopped got gas, a quick bite to eat and we were on the turnpike by 8:15. We get off at the Donegal exit, call (possum Rob's) mom and she met us at the McDonald's. After about a 30-40 min ride we arrive at the bank where they were not sure they would give us the title. That only took a few minutes to resolve, title in hand then off to the Notary. Things just didn't go quite as easy as we thought but about 2.5 hours later, we are headed back to Dillsburg, me in Lynne's car and Shane in his new truck. I got back to Lynne's and Shane showed up a bit later, first to show off his truck and second to help Rick move some things in the house. Lynne got home about 7:30, light dinner and a fairly early night for us all.
Friday Lynne and Rick are off to work and I slowly got ready to head over to dad's planning on spending the day with him. We headed out, stopped at the Credit Union, got Lynne's oil changed, and then off to one of the fun things we do together, the Hollywood Casino. We spent about 3 hours there, taking time out of people watching and playing the games, to have a slice of pizza for lunch. I then take him home, then back to Lynn's and out to the VFW for dinner. We hung out for a while then off to bed about 10:30, early morning planned (for a Saturday)
We got up Saturday morning, showered and out the door about 8:20. We are headed over to Rossmoyne to watch Chris and Thom in their 5K run, and Meghan in the fun run of 1 mile. It was a cold, rainy, snowy, miserable morning, but I was glad to see them all participate. Lynne, dad and I headed out about 11:00 for a bite to eat, then Lynne headed home while dad and I headed to the school to see Taylor's Volleyball game. The whole Brown Family was there, dad, myself and then Chris stopped in with Grady and Meghan. Some how Thom's cell phone ended up in Lynne's car, so they were meeting us at the school to pick it up.
Dad took me back to Lynne's about 3:30, and the next thing is Toni is coming over to spend the night. Great meal, Lynne made steaks and asparagus and Toni brought cheesy scalloped potatoes and muffins. We then played cards (Lynne and I lost) but we did have fun. Cards were over about 10:00, Lynne and Rick off to bed, then me, then Toni.....long cold day. Fun day, lots to do and then a good nights sleep.
We got up the next day and just had breakfast at the house, hung out for a while then headed over to have lunch with Lynne and Chris. We waited and waited and waited, then went to lunch without Lynne, but she did manage to come join us a little later. I then took Lynne's car and headed over to her house, unpacked, chatted with Rick and waited for her to call for a ride home. We were both still full from a large lunch, so we just had a snack for dinner, not a bad day and it was nice to see everyone.
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| Turnpike Tunnels |
Friday Lynne and Rick are off to work and I slowly got ready to head over to dad's planning on spending the day with him. We headed out, stopped at the Credit Union, got Lynne's oil changed, and then off to one of the fun things we do together, the Hollywood Casino. We spent about 3 hours there, taking time out of people watching and playing the games, to have a slice of pizza for lunch. I then take him home, then back to Lynn's and out to the VFW for dinner. We hung out for a while then off to bed about 10:30, early morning planned (for a Saturday)
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| Snow at the 5K |
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| Kaydence with Nana at the VB Tournament |
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| Lynne and Toni Card Night |
We got up Sunday and Toni left about 9:30-10:00. Lynne and I moved slowly and then headed up to the 'Old Sled Works' antique shop in Duncannon, she wanted to get a tin she saw a few weeks ago, but it was gone. Of course I did end up buying two S&P shaker sets and she even managed to spend some money.....how odd. Usually she talks me into spending money and she puts everything back, good day, didn't happen. Back home, dumped her off and I headed out to have dinner with Melanie and crew for Keisha's B-Day. Nice time. I got home, Lynne was resting on the sofa (eyes all but shut) watched some TV then I headed to my room. I think we all headed off to bed by 10:00.
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| March Snow |
Monday Lynne is off, but started working at 6:00 AM from home. I got up, showered and was calling the Notary service about getting the registration card for the RV. She had the check for 2 weeks but didn't do anything, was waiting for me to call.....duh. Lynne and I head down to the Notary place and 1.5 hours later.....no registration card, needless to say, I'm not a happy camper. We then headed up and met Shane for lunch, then off to Middletown. We stopped at the Fedex store for a box, Rite Aid and Giant, then over to Dad's. The snow started coming down pretty good, so she left about 3:00-3:30. Dad and I just hung out watching TV and chatting and then had dinner, burgers and left over potatoes for dinner. We cleaned up the dishes, watched 'Bones' and he headed to bed about 10:00 to watch the news while I got ready, watched the news in the living room and headed to bed by 11:00.
Tuesday we got up, headed to PennDot, where I was in and out within 10 min. to get my DL license (impressed).Then off to Giant for another bag of chips and pretzels (2 boxes packed and ready to ship to FL). Off to Rite Aid, lunch with Lynne where I got my jeans (which she had) and she got her office keys (which I had) and then off and running again. Lynne went back to work and Dad and I headed to Fedex to ship the boxes then off to the airport by 2:30. Dad parked and went in for a cup of coffee with me, then I headed through security, watching dad who was looking sad.... I get checked in and it's off to Florida. It was an uneventful flight, arrived on time and Brad actually drove over to pick me up, got lost on the way out of the airport, and finally got home home about 11:00.
Today I got up and started going through all the boxes of things that were ordered and delivered. Some got returned, some were kept. Cleaned up the RV, played Pokeno (did well), back home then off to Shawna's to return dishes and borrowed luggage. Stopped at Shari's (not home) then back home, dinner and blogging the rest of the night.
I'm tired, it is now 9:30, so I'll be back another day. Diane
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