Author: Sassy

Wife, Mother, G'ma, Catholic, Conservative

02.11.2024

67°F overcast WNW17 SR0716 SS1820

Morning Offering given

Pleasanton peaceful

Coffee good… made it myself

The man sleeps in

It will be a lazy morning for us. Late afternoon we will head to B’s mom’s for a superbowl gathering.

How goes the friendship with Jesus? My Lenten read arrived before we left. I chose the GKChesterton one. He always makes me think. In actuality if one just added prayer to their life Jesus would be happy. We get so busy we sometimes think he can wait. He’s been waiting for a long time now. It really is time for us to get serious about our salvation. Lent begins on Wednesday.

Know you are prayed for.

Vacation2…Day #5

Pleasanton, Tx…

Birthplace of the Cowboy, home of the Longhorn Muesum, where Willie Nelson was a DJ, and where Sen. Pete Flores comes from.  Its motto is “City of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks.”  I can attest to the motto being true.  It was one of the first things we noticed.

Sprinkling here today.

The smell of freshly mowed grass hangs heavy in the air at the Velario Station at the jct of 37 & 59.

Beeville, Tx… Albert T. Bontrager’s Combination Store, nice visit with Albert and Simon. Fresh picked 🍅 coming back with us along with Frog Jam and Raspberry Jam.

Whataburger with H&H

River Park

We’ll top off our day with Shaved Ice from Poppy’s.

Then the man and I will crash for the day.

The man off to mass. I’ll catch it @ 7am.

02.10.2024

68°F cloudy SE8mph SR0717 SS1819

Morning Offering given

Pleasanton is busy this morning

Coffee good (the man picked up a drip pot at the thrift store yesterday)

Sleep was elusive last night up and down 5xs which hasn’t happened for ages

Looking forward to spending time with H*H shaved ice is on for the afternoon

We are totally enjoying this town.

Could visit here a lot.

Know you are prayed for.

Vacation2 Day#4

Finally found the red door

The Red Door

My gggggg grandfather, who was good friends with Chief Falling Rock, lived in a cabin on the bluff in the woods overlooking the river. Or so that’s the story told for years to our children on car trips. Mainly to keep them searching for the door while we drove.

I am sooo glad we came here! Church St. Andrew’s, IHOP, Whataburger, and a shaved ice stand. How could a retired person want more?

Found an absolutely wonderful resale shop (Bluebonnet Exchange) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078723072406 friendliest people behind the counter. I knew immediately it was my kind of place when the clerk mentioned I probably had to keep my eyes on the man. She read him like a book.

Lunch at Texas BBQ and supper at IHOP

Vacation #2… Day #3

Interesting cloud formations in the Choctaw Nation @ Calera, OK. Shaped like a long cigar.

Pot is legal in OK. Weed shops appear to out number grocery stores and gas stations.

Anna, Tx… no lower fuel prices here. Unleaded 2.79 diesel 3.87

Madisonville, TX… great lunch with Richard. It had been too long. “Buc ee’s” is going to be so fun in DeForest, WI. Love the one here.

Whizzerville really??

Pleasanton, Tx… we have arrived. Mom & Pop Motel close to D&B’s. We’ll be here till Monday morning. Will be nice to be in one spot for a couple days.

Vacation#2… litter in the road

Trash and road debris in OK is as bad as it was in Kansas City. I do not understand how/why anyone would not be embarrassed for their city/or state. When one enters a state, the condition of the roadway lends impression to the condition of the state. Slipshod, uninterested, lazy, uneducated, and unconcerned are words that come to mind when I see highway trash piled this high.

Our state is not perfect in the trash department, but NOTHING like this. In comparison, we are pristine.

On to finding solutions…

Work teams, clubs, groups, families, inmates, companies, and individuals could be challenged to help with clean up. Street crews could be called out by enforcement for large items. Half a roadway shutdown for cleanup may just get people interested in getting it done. There is nothing like being at a snail pace to recognize an issue… ticketing/fining of litterers.

Perhaps just common sense… increase in licensing fees with the increase noted as road clean up. Educating the young and old ref litter may also help.

Guess I have spouted off enough.

02.08.2024

60⁰F clouds SSW13 SR0713 SS1801

Akota is fairly quiet

No coffee

Good sleep

Looking forward to having lunch with old friends in Madisonville. We will wind up in Pleasanton tonight at ds#4’s.

Updates… Cpap, going well. Intermittent fasting, still struggle getting water and step goals met. Otherwise, all is well.

Know you are prayed for.

Vacation #2… day 2

Bethany Mo… Road sign “Be alert, look out for Winter.”

Cameron, Mo… Bobcat, walking in the ditch.

S169 somewhere in KS back of semi after he finally passed me.

Either get the b…s to pass or get off my a..

Cherokee Nation towns and their meaning

Nowata… Welcome…no water

Talala… red headed woodpecker

Oolagah…red horse fish… cloud

Finally, I got my whataburger in Owassa.

Made it to Sessi’s in good shape. They moved into their own place in Bixby, OK. Both seem excited to start this new adventure.

Atoka is where we will spend the night.

02.07.2024

42⁰F cloudy SSE17MPH SR0719 SS1740

Morning Offering given

Lamoni quiet

No coffee

Awake too early, forced myself back to sleep

Again, I ask why motels… 1) use children toilets, 2) place them too close to the wall, 3) use tiny pillows, 4) have no blankets, 5) have loud bathroom fans, and the list goes on. The answers, I am sure, are all cost related.

SB continues. Who knows where we will end up today.

Thoughts of stopping in Chillicothe, MO to visit the Hughes (G’ma Katheryn’s maiden) side of the family cross my mind. But we will probably pass on it. Although it is only 73 miles from here and in the right direction.

Know you are prayed for.