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~Marion, Kansas High School 2011 Spring Prom Night on a pleasant evening~

Dear Ones...How was your week-end?
Mine was really pleasant.  Needed this!
Friday evening after supper we made a dash to Manhattan to do some late night shopping.  We had decided to go to Marion on Saturday where my Parents live to celebrate my Mom's 79th Birthday early.  So needed to get some last minute supplies for the week-end.

On Thursday I visited with her on the phone and thought we should go to see my Folks.  Mom said she had been losing weight over the last half year.  This was a first I had heard of this!
She has had skin cancer and thyroid cancer before...when people begin to lose weight without trying...it's not a good sign.  Life is precious.  My Mom.

~Mom and Dad~

I didn't have the time to bake a cake, so we bought one from a bakery.  Saturday morning a Pot Roast was cooked in the crock pot with veggies.  In the afternoon it was a pleasant drive from our place to theirs.  Was like a Spring Day!  Beautiful.

The little town of Marion was having their High School PROM so we went and watched the kids promenade in this lovely weather.  Though I didn't know any of the kids I wanted to go see the kids all dressed up in their finery.  Curious what the fashions are these days in a small farm town.  The girls did wear some beautiful evening dresses WITH beach flip flops.  I suppose it was comfy.....grins and a half.

Afterwards,  my daughter (almost 31), Mom (almost 79) and myself (55 and proud I'm an old Lady) DRAGGED Main Street.  Hehehe.  There isn't much of a Main Street to DRAG so we repeated this ritual several times.  Dragging Main Street means riding in your car up and down the town's main street honking and waving at those you know or want to get their attention.

Simple pleasures.  AND while you're doing this...there is no discussion at how expensive gasoline for the car has gotten or if it's a waste of natural resources.  It's entertainment and sometimes you've got to spend some money to be entertained.

This is a tradition in the mid-west...I remember dragging main in my home town of Liberal, Kansas as a teenager.  Fun.  Innocent fun...part of the maturing process as a young girl learning to drive and have some freedom.

~Four Generational Picture~

We had supper and sang happy birthday to my sweet Mom.  Ate some birthday cake and visited.

Mom made a surprise birthday cake for my daughter who will turn 31 on Tuesday.  Mom's amazing...she heard we were coming and made an angel food cake.  So there was no shortage of Birthday CAKE.

There was enough left-over Pot Roast with veggies for Sunday Lunch.  Also CAKE.  I know I have got to eat more veggies.  Have to.  I have a difficult time believing that I am so heavy.  It's terrible.  My next Thyroid appointment will be in June.  Okay....I will strive to shed some weight.  I NEED to lose weight...Mom doesn't need to.  Have some more cake, Mom.

 ~Pot Roast browned in Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Onion 

then slowed cooked in water with Potatoes, Baby Carrots and Italian Green Beans

seasoned with salt and pepper~

~The cole slaw was made mostly of shredded broccoli instead of cabbage~

SIMPLE PLEASURES  seeing the 2 Red Mouthed Gals.  Mom put red lipstick on her GREAT Granddaughter.  Lil Miss LOVES her Great Grandma.  All smiles. 

My Brother David has painted for years.  Like this oil painting of Dad's Cash Register from his Service Station that closed long ago.  Though painted in 1990, this was the first time I saw this oil painting.

~My brother David on a good day~

We got caught in a Kansas hail storm on the way home.  On Friday and Saturday it was like a beautiful Spring day.  We needed air conditioning on Sunday...HOT SUMMER DAY cooling off in the evening which caused Thunder Storms with hail.

~If you look real close you can see 

the streaks of silver which is small Kansas hail~

We made it home safe and sound.  Got a good nights rest.  Makes for a happier Homemaker that's making HOME a happier place.


Sweet Spring Blessings to you,
~Deanna~

PS Will post pics from the promenade soon.

Hope you'll tell me what you think.