October 28, 2012

  • End of the 3 day weekend

    I don't even know where to begin...

    Hannah sent me a photo of her as Honey Boo Boo (she made the outfit for Halloween).  Will the real Honey Boo Boo please take a bow.

     

    Thursday was a rather quiet day at work.  It was mostly a 1st quarter rewards day, with movies and special treats. I dashed home after work and helped Dennis with the last minute trip preparations.  Lucas was at Groom & Room, the van packed, and we were on the road by 5 PM.  It was raining and 42 degrees.  Killing freeze predicted for our area Friday & Saturday nights. 

    It was 9:30 when we arrived at Patty & Bob's house.  They'd waited on  us to eat.  Patty had a wonderful Mexican chicken type soup & cornbread. We ate and chatted til after 11 PM. 

    Friday we went to Crystal Bridge, the art museum in Benton Arkansas. It was amazing. It has American artwork from the 1700's to present.  I was amazed at the quality and depth of the collection.  It takes several hours to go through the museum, so they conveniently located a cafeteria in the middle of it.  It served very good food. We all had hamburgers.

    Saturday we checked out the Fayetteville Farmer's Market which was still going strong. Patty and I also did some shopping at "the Attic"--a resale shop.  For $1.25 I got a nice knit Halloween vest with the tags still on it (never worn).  I plan to wear it tomorrow and then again on Halloween.  We also went to Hancock Fabrics where I got a Simplicity "vintage 40's" pattern that had a 6 gore skirt, pants, blouse & jacket for $1.95, and the brown twill I got for the skirt was 40% off.  Zipper, thread and button included, the total was less than $20.  Unfortunately after the Halloween vest, the skirt seemed rather "pricey", plus I have to make it.  

    Saturday night we went to West Fork and attended the "Little O Opry"   It was going on when we lived there 20 years ago and is still going strong.  The musicians were good and the atmosphere fun.  There was frost on the ground when we left.  

    We stopped by to see Sara & Jax on our way home. Sara shared a photo of Jax with his first pumpkin.He now has one top tooth barely poking thru the gums and was a bit suspicious of Mimi & Pepe.  We played with him for a while but he always kept an eye on his mom (who was trying to get a bit of laundry done, and some cleaning).  

    It was dark when we got home so I'm not sure how much damage the freezes did while we were gone.  The cold seems to have settled in for the next several days.  It looks like Sandy is living up to all the dire predictions of a powerful storm.  I hope things don't get too bad for the New Jersey cousins.

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