It’s the first Friday of June, a good time to stop and remember the best parts of the last week with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story.
1. Lunch out with the family. Jim suggested going to Texas Roadhouse after church Sunday with Jason, Mittu, and Timothy. The food was great and we enjoyed time together. This particular location was very loud, though, which was uncomfortable. Jim had bought extra ribs and let me have some of his leftovers the next day. 🙂 Plus we had extras of their rolls and butter, which are some of their best features.
2. Memorial Day. I always like to watch the National Memorial Day concert on PBS the Sunday night before Memorial Day. they always include a few stories of those who have given their lives in the battle for freedom, reminding us what this day is all about.
We went with Jason, Mittu, and Timothy to a picnic area near Douglas Dam for lunch Monday. Timothy is greatly interested in dams, and I am amazed at the details he knows about the different locals ones and how they work.
In all honesty, I wasn’t exactly thrilled about driving 40 or so minutes for a cookout. But it was fine, and I enjoyed the day. I thought the place would be packed out on Memorial Day, but it wasn’t. We had our picnic area mostly to ourselves. Jim got the food and supplies ready for the outing and cooked burgers there. We took the RV so we had cooking supplies, shelter if it rained–and a bathroom. 🙂 I had found a game on sale at Hobby Lobby and brought it–it was kind of like corn hole, except it used rubber balls and had a small trampoline-like stretchy frame where we were supposed to bounce the balls on before they went into the pockets. That turned out to be fun, and Timothy enjoyed setting it up in different areas.
Jim and I had never been to this dam before, and saw directions to an upper and lower area. We turned to the lower. We drove to the upper area afterward and decided that if we ever went again, we’d go the upper route–there was a lovely view of the dam, river, and hills.
3. A regular dentist cleaning went well, much better than the last one where some significant damage was found under a bridge. I still need to decide what to do about that tooth–neither the dentist or endodontist can give me clear direction about whether to pull it or retreat it, so it’s basically up to me. But at least no new damage was found. The hygienist even complimented me on my oral care. 🙂 Plus, last time I had a severe occurrence of vertigo, so I was especially praying that would not happen again. Thankfully, it didn’t.
4. An Audible coupon. I received notice that I had earned a $10 gift coupon with Audible during their promotion. I had not even known this one was going on. The next audiobook I wanted to listen to was $10.99, so that worked out nicely.
5. Jesse’s trip to RI to visit Jeremy. He got home safely, and they both said they had a great time. We’re getting together Saturday to hear more about it and see pictures.
Bonus: After a grocery store excursion this week, I got to thinking about some of the supply issues we had during and after the pandemic. Thankfully, we never lacked anything we seriously needed during all that time. Sometimes it took stops to two or three stores to find things, or we had to order them online. What we couldn’t find, we could live without. But now it seems like things are back to normal in that regard.
How was your week? Hope you have a good weekend.
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Your picnic sounds like a lot of fun. I love the pictures of the dam. Good score on the audible coupon. Texas Roadhouse has good food and is a fun place for sure, but like you, I usually find it way too loud for my comfort level. An overall positive visit to the dentist is always a good thing! So glad you had a nice week. Enjoy the weekend!
Yum, love the TRoadhouse rolls!! Timothy is at that great age where kids often pick an interest and become so good at it/”into” it. I love that! I wish the dentists weren’t kind of putting you in charge of having to make the decision on your tooth. I’ll pray for wisdom. Now I’m just going to scroll up and look at those cupcakes again 🙂
Love the photos of the dam and picnic area and how fun for Timothy to have that game! the cupcakes look scrumptious.
YAY for a good dental visit. I get a bit of anxiety at the dentist although he’s wonderful so i find that I repeat scriptures in my head during my visits. hahahah. It does calm me.
YAY for coupons and sales.
I’ve never been to Texas Roadhouse but i hear from friends who do go that it’s always so noisy there. (We don’t eat beef so……I’m assuming they might have other options though? ).
I hope you have a relaxing weekend.
I agree — it’s been nice to see shelves mostly stocked. Glad you had a nice time at the dam. I like the corn-hole-like game. Looked like it was more portable. Mittu’s cupcakes look terrific.
I’m sorry you hadn’t gotten any guidance from your dental team. At least the cleaning went well. And no vertigo!
Those cupcakes are so pretty! I had to go to the dentist too and had a cavity and cleaning. Thank goodness I have insurance. I just got a corn home game for my grands.
Fun week
The picnic sounds like a lot of fun, and the view of the lake is gorgeous!
In reading your comment about the issues we went through getting supplies, I’d almost forgotten already. We still find there are things that aren’t as plentiful, but not many. We’re so fortunate, aren’t we? Thank you for the reminder.
It’s ages that I have done a picnic ! sounds fun ! The area looks beautiful too, I think i’ll do little day trips in the future then have such bad surprises with airplanes !