A few more things occurred to me
which took place during my time here but weren’t recorded for posterity, including Linda and I
having lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings on Tuesday before Ladies’ Bible study. I
ordered the fried dill pickles to share and had chicken sliders as my entrée.
Linda had the pulled pork, I believe. Oh, that Bible study is something else
and when it was done that day, my second time attending this visit , I said to
Linda, “I envy you…” because it is such a good, in-depth study. They are
looking at II Samuel covering the decline of Saul’s reign and the ascension of
David into the role of king over Israel. Kathy W., the leader, uses the notes
made by her late husband, who was a pastor and missionary. No dozing off in
this class or you’ll for sure miss something!
On Wednesday the weather was at last
decent enough (i.e. not too cold!) for Mom, Lynn, and me to get our pedicures.
It was too cold in December/January when I was there to have them done, Mom’s
birthday treat to me, and we were running short on days this time, too. We had
to suck it up and do it! Not exactly flip-flop wearing days but we muscled
through. The place they like to go at ShopKo Plaza is called Sassy’s. Not a busy
place but at least 10 chairs and no waiting for us. While we three were being
worked on, the Travel Network was on, showing restaurants around the US whose
specialties were Italian foods. Oh my goodness! I wonder if I get this channel
on my TV. Our mouths were watering at the sights and sounds of Italian food
being prepared, served, and enjoyed.
We went then to ShopKo so I could
look at the shoes. They always have such cute ones there and I did find a
couple pairs I liked. Sadly, only one of the pairs I liked came in my size,
marked at $10 on sale. Cool beans! When I got to the register, they rang up at
only $6.43, as there was another discount on top the sale price. More cool
beans! That’s only a bit more than $3 a shoe! Mom was not successful in finding the right
type of shoe for her feet, as she needs a strap on them to secure her them to
her feet. She is fixed with sandals but is always in search of better or
different church shoes. Even though it snowed a couple times while I am here,
the spring line of shoes brings more sandal-styled footwear. Mom will keep
looking though.
At one point during our outing, Mom
lost her sunglasses from her coat pocket. After the three of us ate our lunch
at Panda Express, Lynn and I retraced our steps in search of the missing
eyewear, inquiring at the stores we shopped in and where we had our pedicures,
without success. Mom was devastated at the loss because Lynn had bought them
for her as a gift, plus they did the trick in keeping the brightness in check.
But, at least we tried to locate them.
That night was Lenten worship and
the soup ‘n sandwich supper following the service (that’s a lot of S’s there!).
The service begins at 4:00 pm which works great for the students of the school
to attend, as well as their parents, with the evening meal taken care of. The
next service begins at 6:30 so folks can come to eat before the service as
well. We tried having a meal at GS on Ash Wednesday one year but it didn’t go
over very well. This one at FG certainly does with various ‘groups’ in the
congregation sponsoring it each week. A free will donation is taken which helps
toward covering the costs and members donate desserts. This last time I had a
giant chocolate frosted rice krispie treat with peanut butter in it for
dessert, and I couldn’t even finish it!
In these two weeks of my stay in Manty, I didn’t make as
many meals as I’d done over the Christmas
visit. I did make Mom and I grilled cheese sandwiches with blackberry jelly
one morning for breakfast, plus prepared a pork roast Jill provided for dinner
one night. Also made spaghetti and meatballs which we had two nights for dinner
plus one meal of pork chops with au gratin potatoes. We must have had more
meals at home but right now, I can’t think of them. When they come to me, and
they are noteworthy, I can add them in!
