WE CELEBRATED 52 YEARS OF MARRIAGE AUGUST 31st. HAD AN AWESOME TIME. It soaked in. Hubby surprised me by making arrangements to stay a night at CLOVER CLIFF RANCH in the LINCOLN SUITE.
On our way, there was a major detour to get there. It was a GOD SEND as I had wanted to visit Marion where we married on our actual wedding anniversary. The detour caused us to go there. What a sweet blessing. We actually were in Marion, KS on our actual wedding anniversary. THINKING OF THE DAY WE MARRIED. August 31, 1974. It was a cool day with overcast skies. It had rained in the morning and we exchanged vows around 6 in the evening. The sun came out and the birds were singing. All was well.
After we played in Marion, we drove to Council Grove for a late lunch at the 1857 Hays House Restaurant. I had a good 'ole fashioned 🍔 hamburger with 🍟 French Fries.
Drove over to Clover CLIFF RANCH to stay in the Lincoln Suite. Magical. Lovely suite.
🛁This suite has a bubbling jacuzzi. I had dreamt of taking a long soak in this device. So I did. Climbing into the tub was a bit of a challenge as I was nervous about my knees getting injured as it is a very deep tub. Climbing out of it wasn't as difficult since I have a technique of turning on my side, rolling over on my knees, grabbing ahold of the side of the tub and climbing out of it. Like clockwork it worked for me this time. We stretched out on the bed and watched some television until night fall.
🛏You will sink into the mattress which is super soft with poofy pillows. We woke to the fragrance of Breakfast. 🍽 Breakfast was gourmet, if you ask me.
🫖Stopped off in Marion and had a treat at THE SIT DOWN coffee shop in an old Victorian House. Relaxed.
After we said our goodbyes, we drove back to Council Grove to visit the Dustie Shelf again. Looked at a piece of jewelry that did not fit. We had a change of plans and stayed in town at the COTTAGE HOUSE INN in the Wedding Suite! Loved it. We skipped Breakfast to eat lunch at the Hay's House again in Council Grove.
We caught the FLINT HILLS BOOK STORE open that's in an old Bank.
📖📚Jennifer Kassebaum runs this really neat shoppe. We have not been able to catch the store open before until today and it was a real treat. Very nice book store with an oversize painting by Jak Barnes.
🌡🤒We drove HOME afterwards and took a well deserved NAP. I woke feeling so very tired. It must be the heat. 108 in the shade this morning. Slowly, it cooled off some. This evening it's 84.
Gosh, we had a wonderful HOLIDAY celebrating number 52 and blessed to still be married.
🍁🍂Tomorrow, it's going to be just as HOT as the HEAT RING continues. By the end of September, AUTUMN will be so welcomed. So far I have not guessed well how the weather is going to be in certain months. Our September is hellishly HOT for a September where I thought it would be cooling down like Autumn meant business.
🌞OUR ON GOING PROJECT of getting settled in our retirement HOME has been so different than I predicted. In my mind's eye, I was thinking that the temps would cool off making it pleasant weather to clean out the 3rd storage unit. We started in June at cleaning out the 2nd unit that took until August to finish. Weather and health did not go as planned. At the rate we're going, cleaning unit 3 will not happen quickly. We'll have to switch gears and work at 6 in the morning to get right conditions to be out in it. The weather AINT cooperating.
👁THURSDAY. Honey had an eye appointment. While he got his eyes checked, I stayed in the lobby and looked at eyewear for myself. I was not impressed with their inventory. Yuck. I want a pair with spring hinges and they had so few to choose from where I liked the frames. What am I to do? I'll check SAMs next week and see what they have.
👀Hubs appointment went really well with the doc saying his eyes looked good for a 71 year old. Good news!!!
🌷We went to the VINTAGE TULIPS in Wamego and right off the bat inside the door were some old Victorian pieces that Hubby blessed me with for our Anniversary. An old metal water pitcher and butter dish with dome. A miniature coffee pot cute as can be went in my basket as I begin a miniature collection. Some jewelry!!! What a fun day.
🪺Off to Manhattan to pick up a few items in the heat. Horrible temps. Target was first for tea. Short visit. We had to stop at the Eclectic Charm on our way HOME. $15 for a large container holding 5 BABY Aloe plants was too good of a price to pass up. They sell Farm Fresh Eggs and I was in need of some eggs so we left with a huge container of Aloe plants and 2 dozen Farm Fresh Eggs.
🥣Tired by now and ready to journey HOME. Quiet time and rest. It'll be cold cereal for SUPPER. Ready, set, go.
💪Our plans for FRIDAY are to get up really early, disassemble the muscle rack then go to the storage unit making room for it to sit. Set her up and start filling the shelves with Christmas decor. Lord, I pray we can get this far or further. Need to make progress. Oh wait...our PT Cruiser needs cleaned out as it is holding STUFF from the unit that needs placed in the garage. Hopefully, we'll get this done. Might be Saturday when we get the muscle rack taken care of.
We've been busy over the Summer, but I am in a hurry to get to the end of this project. The finish line behind us on this one. My patience is gone. Oops and a half. I relax when away from the mess, but when I walk amongst the projects, I turn into someone I don't like very much. grrrrrr.
