THE ABILENE, KANSAS BROOKVILLE HOTEL CLOSED. Not good. It started out in Brookville, Kansas and later set up in Abilene in a new structure. It was magnificently decorated and upscaled. The last time we ate there, burned out light bulbs had not been replaced leaving a warning that it wasn't being kept-up.
NEWS ABOUT THE BROOKVILLE HOTEL CLOSING had me gathering their awesome recipes for corn, ice cream, biscuits and coleslaw. Not sure if it will reopen by some other name. Their corn IS THE BEST I have ever eaten. THE BEST. I could drink it and be contented.
ONLY MEMORIES NOW. After 150 years of service, it's a wrap.
ON THE PRAIRIE......
THURSDAY. THE TRASH TRUCK WAS RUNNING THIS MORNING LATER THAN USUAL. Thursday mornings are greeted with the low rumbling sound of a trash truck being mechanically operated. The trash can is lifted to the body of the truck and the week's worth of trash we placed in black trash bags goes away. We then have an empty container left at the curb.
Rolling the container to the back yard takes some effort as we are aging and the body is slowing down.
Tuesday and Wednesday, we made the most of being in Manhattan. Because of not being able to do as much as we could 20 years ago, we had to make two trips to Manhattan to get all that we needed done. TODAY, my plans are at a minimum. Laundry is cleaning my blue jeans so I have to wait to get dressed in work clothes for the day then I hope to walk to the Post Office to mail a couple of small yellow envelopes to family containing photos of my Mom's 94th Birthday Party we had for her a few weeks ago.
A few days ago we mailed Mom's Mother's Day card filled with these photos. Hopefully she'll get this before Saturday. My Sister and Brother will get theirs probably after the week-end. Sis has a wedding anniversary and Brother has a birthday so their pics are included with their cards. Postage has gone up like everything else.
The postage required to mail the little bathing suit I mailed to my Great Granddaughter made my eyes bug out. WoW. You can tell I'm getting old, because I gawk at today's prices being so high. It seems we are moving backwards when it comes to the mail being more like the PONY EXPRESS DAYS. I must be spoiled. 🐎
Tuesday and Wednesday required a lot of traveling here and there. Back and forth across the town. There was no method to our madness. We got everything accomplished that we had planned including my 5th chiropractic treatment. I was released. 5 treatments and I feel so much better. I still have challenges, but I am walking so much better. One of my legs was shorter than the other when we began. When shopping, I had absolutely no pain. It was like it should be. PRAISE THE LORD.
As the week progresses, we hope to go see one of our grandchildren race at the KSU Track and Field Meet. I had to go get a purple T-shirt and cap for the big event. Hit the THRIFT SHOP first as I knew they had LOTS of KSU t-shirts and tops. Found a couple. Went ahead and purchased a t-shirt from Academy as GOODWILL didn't have any that Hubby could use and then when we were at WAL-MART, we purchased a couple of caps.
HOSTAS as well. These will go along the side of the house.
I've got to run to the storage unit and take a peek at how things wintered and shuffle some items to get a curio cabinet out and the dinette table with two chairs. We're getting rid of one of the curio cabinets and the table set-up will go into our tiny Kitchen. One of my goals is to have the dinette set HoME by the end of the month! Let it happen. Let it be.
Getting our small COTTAGE in order is an on going adventure. I do believe it is my HOBBY.
Time to get outside and get my hands dirty.
~d
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