HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

Well, we have had a good time this past few days. Sat we didn't do a whole lot. We visited with our friends Mike and Denise in the morning. Then they went to the store before Denise went to a wedding and Mike took a nap. We had a nice dinner of steak and fried potatoes that I cooked on the grill in foil. It was a very easy meal to prepare and it tasted good also. After the dishes were done Rick went over to talk to Mike and I did my nails. I made the cherry fluff that Cathy Montgomery gave me for our dinner on Sunday. Sunday we got up and got ready to go to church. This was the first time back at our home church since we left Ohio the first of Sept of last year. It was so good to see old friends again and it was good to listen to the pastor with his message of the end times must be close by. A lot of people were gone for the holiday weekend so next Sunday we will see more of our friends. We then went over to Rachel's for dinner. We had ribs, baked potatoes, jello, deviled eggs and cherry fluff salad. JT went out to ride his bike after dinner. It was a gorgeous day to be outside, finally. Rachel came out and I made JT stop riding his bike so I could get a picture of both of them. I can't believe he is almost as tall as her. He is 12 and will be going into the 7th grade this fall. After visiting a while, we went to see Rick's parents. Now Rachel had asked Rick's mom if she was planning anything for Sunday and she said no. Then on Friday she called Rachel and said she was having everyone over about 2-3 for a cookout. Well, Rick called her on Sat and told her that we had already made plans with Rachel and we would be over after we had spent time with her and JT. So anyway, we took JT to his parent's house and Rachel would come later to pick him up. This is Rick's mom and dad. Dad has dementia and his mom has cancer. She is to start on chemo pills today. Rick's sister Rose said that they should know by Wed if she will be able to continue taking the pills or not. In the past the chemo has been what has almost killed her. She did not know we took this picture. She will not let you take her picture at all. Dad is getting worse and is falling down a lot. He should be wearing oxygen all the time but refuses to do so. We left there and went over to Rick's sister Roses' house to see her remodel on the kitchen. The new floor looks great. And when the new counter tops get put in, it will really look great. They plan to put it on the market next year. We then came home and went over to Mike and Denise's to sit by the campfire. We took hotdog's to cook over the fire and Denise had marshmallows. We sat and talked and realized that Denise and I had as much in common as Rick and Mike. Mike got up to get some more wood for the fire and said the trash dumpster was on fire. Well, since he is the Fire Chief of Mansfield and Rick is the retired Acting Fire Chief of Vermilion Township, they both went over to see what was going on. We had someone call 911 and then Rick came and got our 100' hose that we were not using at the time and someone else brought another hose and they started dumping water into the dumpster. Rick was in seventh heaven. It has been almost 2 years since he has fought a fire. He had to come home and take a shower before going to bed. By the time the Fire Dept got there, the fire was out. They made the comment that we didn't need them and Rick told them that they can do the report. (He hated doing the reports to the state.)Come to find out a couple of kids started the fire on purpose. What is the world coming to? We continued our visit. After a while we decided to go home to bed. Realized that it was almost midnight. Came home and watched TV for a little bit and then went to bed. The people across the way decided to stay up and outside and be real noisy. At 2:00 a.m. Rick called security to come and tell them to be quiet. Now I know why we like the 50+ parks. This week should be fairly quiet as most people only show up on the weekends until school is out. We got up today and said goodbye to Mike and Denise and to a few other people in the park and we have just been relaxing and watching TV.