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| Easter Dinner in the new Schram House. |
We got Kevin and Lori all moved. Whitney and I fixed 
Easter dinner for the workers. We will stay out at Rocky Point for the time being.
April - Ken was to have cataract surgery in Colorado April 10th. Whitney and her two boys came with us and we stopped in Cheyenne. She and I will do some Wyoming Arts Alliance business and just generally do a little shakedown. Are'ya with me here?? Ken and me = 2 + Whitney = 3 + a 2.5 year old and an 6 month old infant + 5. Oops! Dad came down for the weekend =6. Hey! It worked out just fine, thank you very much. The table that Ken made to fit over the steering wheel and extending across the front was a life saver. There room enough for Ethan in his carrier and a spot for each of their clothes. We put the cover over the step; blew up a queen size mattress (yes it fits.) for Whitney (and Travis when he visited) on the floor. KaCe had a little cot in the kitchen and Ethan slept between Grandad and myself. Did I say that Cheyenne is early April was just like March in Gillette? Cold, wet & rainy. However the sun came out one weekend and I said - OUT with the washer/dryer. I know, I know there are many that think I'm nuts; but it's my peanut tree! So Whitney and I helped push, pull, groan and moan and the three of us got that sucker outahere! Now it will become Ken's closet (upper 1/3) and more storage for me (bottom 2/3). I love it. The next morning we awoke to 5" of snow, windy and did I say cold? Solution? Call grandson Erick and say, can we come early? He lived in Fort Collins, Colorado. Sure Grams, was the answer so when it warmed up a little we hitched up the pkp and away we went to a milder climate. Did I tell you it's my new favorite CO city in the winter? Great little town. Ken's surgery turned out well, we fed Erick's horse and dog while they went to MN for a weekend. (yup girlfriend Vanessa is now the wife. Great gal!) I rearranged the basement twice in April. As my friend Kathy would say, "Bins are your friend." And THAT was April.
May - We hooked it back to the DIL/SIL's house for sale in Gillette to ward off spooks and such.
Ken had to work on the Elk's books some more with Carla. The audit is due pretty quickly. We took a side trip to SD for Tyke & Kelle Conroy's daughter's wedding. Hannah was a beautiful bride and her brother Thomas, cleans up great too. So since it was warmer over in SD we decided to stay a little longer - besides we didn't have our DSN from Direct TV yet and I wanted to watch "Dancin' With The Stars!" Besides I could rearrange the basement again after we visited Menard's and Lowe's in Rapid City. We went back to Gillette in time to help celebrate granddaughter Kim's graduating from Casper College! Yippee! I rearranged the basement again on a warm day when the air was scented with the lilac's at the "House For Sale". And then the RAIN came......
June - I attended the Wyoming Arts Council Board meeting in Sundance and Hulet and managed to not drown in the water............rain, rain, we love rain. We mushed down to Casper so that Whitney and I could go to Denver June 9-14 for the National Performing Arts Convention
Labels: And so it begins
7/29/08
by pc
O my ever-loving duck! I hope I get this figured out before the next century... Let's get this finished up so we can move on. Oh yeah, forget the "purple type" thing...........it will be 2110 before I get this harnessed.
OK so Ken took care of Ethan in TB and I have it on good authority they never left TB the whole week. They had a blast! KaCe stayed with Nana Kathy. Whit and I learned a LOT and got on the Denver volunteer base with a couple of cool event organizers. Whit left two days after we got back for Philadelphia. We took care of the two babes in TB! Moved back to Gillette in late June to get ready for Elks initiation for the Escapees group and start the RV Rally at CAM-PLEX. During that time we found out that we were successful in getting a grant to tour the state of Wyoming visiting as many bergs, towns, spots as we can to rally support for a statewide arts advocacy effort through Wyoming Arts Alliance. That little "part time" job is turning into a much bigger deal for both Whitney and myself. However, it is only time and it is fun. Escapees Escapade began June 25th (for us) and ended July 4th. It was great and I didn't even have time to rearrange stuff in the basement. lol a lot
July - We started the statewide tour with a bang! We have traveled down the entire eastern side of the state. We have seen some wonderful sight and met some awesome folks. For instance: 1) there are donation RV sites at most of the small towns down the east side. They are sponsored by the city (mostly) and you show your appreciation by leaving a donation. Most have 30A service but Torrington has 50A service.
2) on I-25 near Douglas is Ayre Natural Bridge. So beautiful. <
Hartville, Wyoming the oldest incorporated town still in existence.3) Lusk is such a beautiful, peaceful town. We want to spend more time here.
4) the next time you are through Torrington go visit the winery. They get grapes from all over the state. Swede Ekberg in Gillette even grows grapes for the winery. We bought some SOB. 5) don't show up in Cheyenne during CF Days - you might have to go to Ault and visit your grandson to find a parking spot
and 6) there are a lot of crops grown in eastern WY - reminding us of the rolling hills in SE Washington on the OR/ID/WA border.
And now we are at exit 335 on I-80 watching the traffic go by. It's 8000' here and the view out the south in beautiful.
It's like we are on top of the world. It is so fun to watch people come and go. We will drop into Laramie tomorrow morning - today was a computer/phone catchup day. I figure that for every person I call on I have about 45 minutes of computer work to do to get them in the system and up-to-date. AND NOW I SHALL HIT PUBLISH AND see if it works.
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