If I can remember...Can I?

Tuesday was JIGS. Jefferson Iowa Girls (?) Hey, we were once!! Circumstances have kept me from attending for quite a while so I looked forward to it. All of us were part of the class of 1961. We have a standing meeting at the Casa de Oro restaurant in Jefferson and whoever can remember and is able can attend. I took my camera but had a devil of a time getting two people to not blink at the same time.

Janet

Sue and Mickey

Jayne

Carol

Donna

Pat looks like she found something in the bottom of her glass!

Last Wednesday we were off to our bi-weekly trip to Ames. This time to get the stitches out and find out the pathology from Butch's cancer removal. And the news was not as good as we would have liked. He has to have more done because it was not all clear in the biopsy. So he is scheduled for more on the 13th of July. Cross your fingers as we are getting impatient to have the trips done with for this season so we can plan some different activities. Something a bit more fun!

I have been doing trivia at the Elks Club and those attending have had a good time. It is a slow growing thing, much slower growth than at Magnolia Park last winter. I am hoping over time that it will pick up. As long as there are at least two teams playing we will continue. Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM if you happen to be in the vicinity and want to stop in, please do. Butch has been helping me with the math. Oh and if you are not an Elks member you can be our guest for the first time or two so do not let that stop you.

Thursday morning, very early, 6:00 AM we took our good friend Colleen to the airport for her return flight to Florida. She gave her accommodation in our MoHo a 5-star rating! The time flew by while she was here. Both of us are hoping for a longer visit next summer.
Since we were going to DesMoines and Costco we touched base with Myron and Susan and met up with them at The Machine Shed for a visit and breakfast. Both were top notch!

The heavens opened up with a downpour on our way to Costco and we waited in the car parking lot for what seemed like forever hoping it would let up. Once we got in there Butch talked to them about new tires and we had a most pleasant tire buying experience and drove away with 4 new tires on the car. They were reasonable, thorough, professional and efficient in all aspects.

We came home on our comfy new tires and I was able to catch a nap before HyVee trivia time. We always have fun no matter how we answer the questions. We did decide the guy who makes up the questions needs a vacation and our host Chris verified that yes he did. Despite the difficulty, we came in 3rd once again.
Moving on to Friday...remember that I needed to have more removed from my left ear because the biopsy did not catch it all for me either? Well, Friday was the day, so off to Ames we go to see our new best friend Dr. Poag.

Just as we are pulling out of Ames the hearing aid people called and said that Butch's hearing aids were back from the factory and ready for pick up so we stayed on highway 30, zipped right past Jefferson and ventured 25 miles further on to Carroll. Really it was not a big deal as the hearing aids were still in warranty and we were listening to a book that was interesting so
we were happily able to continue listening. The book is "Before We Were Yours"  by Lisa Wingate

About the book:
Two families, generations apart, are forever changed by a heartbreaking injustice in this poignant novel, inspired by a true story, for fans of Orphan Train and The Nightingale.

Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family's Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge - until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a Tennessee Children's Home Society orphanage, the Foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents - but they quickly realize the dark truth. At the mercy of the facility's cruel director, Rill fights to keep her sisters and brother together in a world of danger and uncertainty.

Aiken, South Carolina, present day. Born into wealth and privilege, Avery Stafford seems to have it all: a successful career as a federal prosecutor, a handsome fiancé, and a lavish wedding on the horizon. But when Avery returns home to help her father weather a health crisis, a chance encounter leaves her with uncomfortable questions and compels her to take a journey through her family's long-hidden history, on a path that will ultimately lead either to devastation or to redemption.

Based on one of America's most notorious real-life scandals - in which Georgia Tann, director of a Memphis-based adoption organization, kidnapped and sold poor children to wealthy families all over the country - Lisa Wingate's riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale reminds us how, even though the paths we take can lead to many places, the heart never forgets where we belong.

Moving on- Mickey had a ceiling fan she needed to have installed in her bedroom so once we arrived home and gathered up the tools we went to Mickey's. I have been wondering how she slept last night with her new fan.
We are in the middle of a heat wave. Record-breaking high temps with weather alerts about taking it easy in the heat. We are watching out for old people, children, and pets and you should too!

So here we are on Saturday and I can say I remembered most of the happenings for this week. This morning instead of biking or walking I decided to tackle the weeds around here while it was a
cool (?) 73 degrees at 7:00 AM. Didn't get them all by any means but I did make a dent and a sore back. Butch decided it was time to burn weeds, twigs, and, papers. We do not have a shredder but burn papers instead. We have a burn barrel and a long hose in case you were wondering about safety issues.

Miscellaneous pics from this week: