It was pretty cold, overcast, and windy. None of us felt like doing too much, but our backdoor deadbolt isn’t working properly, so Tobey and I took it off and Kathy took us to the hardware store. First stop was Home Depot and they didn’t have what we needed. Kathy and I did have fun looking at all their Christmas trees and displays. Our next stop was Menards and they had something that might work, but we didn’t want to take a chance, so we will wait until we get home. They had a much larger Christmas display, so that was fun to see.
Back at Kathy’s we had lunch, then everyone took naps – even Penny! The sun finally came out around 3, so we took Penny to the dog park and she got to chase tennis balls and was a happy dog. Tobey,Kathy, and I played cards and visited the rest of the afternoon.
Our friend, Carolyn, came from Marshalltown and brought Zeno’s ham pizza. We had fun eating pizza and catching up on what is happening in Iowa.
On Sunday, Kathy, Tobey, and I went to Marshalltown and met Carolyn at the movies. We saw The Judge, with Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duval. It was really good!
After the movie we all went to the Maid-Rite for lunch. I was having a little bit of Heaven! If you have never had a Maid-RIte loose meat burger and malt, you haven’t lived.
Well, maybe not everyone would agree, but if you grew up in Marshalltown, you would certainly understand.
It is almost like a cult following, the ritual of going to the Maid-Rite when you are in town. Taylor’s Maid-Rite has been owned by the same family since 1928. Even though my family owned a restaurant when I was growing up in Marshalltown, we still went to the Maid-Rite for sandwiches and malts! http://www.maidrite.com/maid-rite_history.html
We drove by my old high school on our way out of town. They are building an addition to the gymnasium, “the Round House”.
It was pretty innovative when they built it way back in 1965 and I was happy to see they are keeping the integrity of the round house with the addition.
We barbequed chicken and burgers back at Kathy’s for dinner, then watched the Broncos football game. We were happy with the win – 42 to 17 against San Francisco. Being in the Central Time zone made it a late night! Tomorrow we have an early start as we head to Lincoln, Nebraska to have lunch with another friend on our way home.
We drove by my old high school on our way out of town. They are building an addition to the gymnasium, “the Round House”.
It was pretty innovative when they built it way back in 1965 and I was happy to see they are keeping the integrity of the round house with the addition.
We barbequed chicken and burgers back at Kathy’s for dinner, then watched the Broncos football game. We were happy with the win – 42 to 17 against San Francisco. Being in the Central Time zone made it a late night! Tomorrow we have an early start as we head to Lincoln, Nebraska to have lunch with another friend on our way home.
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