Stuff and Nonsense?

First...I apologize for not putting any text with the pics last post. They are shots of Meredith's new digs. She is doing well there, Lori and I visit just about every day. I have sent the cell phone back to AT&T and spent over an hour dealing with canceling that service. AT&T could use a primer on how to care for customers. I did manage to avoid one set of 'customer service' representatives. The CSR I was talking to could not get the 'cancellation team' to answer their phone, so I didn't have to tell Meredith's story a third/fourth time. I was getting tired of re-explaining the situation to every new CSR I had to talk to. But that is said and done, thank goodness.

This has been a busy week...We have started every morning having coffee at McD's. I have to get my caffeine level high enough to function. We had intended to spend some time this week in Thompsonville MI, playing music with Ken and Judy. Ken could not find anyone to milk his cow Monday, so that fell through. I can understand that, for sure. I had lots of cows for over 30 years, and many plans got changed and canceled because I could find no one to milk.

Ken figured if he had a horse trailer he could haul the cow with him, 175 mi. Plenty of food and water at the Homestead. I discovered a couple for sale near here. Ken bought the best of these trailers Monday afternoon. We accompanied K&J during the 'looking' stage. Monday evening the four of us got together and played music about 4 hours. Ken and I took turns playing Dobro, guitar, and singing. Lori played fiddle and Judy was on bass. We had a ball! The evening got over too soon.

Tuesday we played music at Thornapple Manor, and at the Grange. Lori and I spent quite a lot of our time at the Grange dancing. We do enjoy dancing!

Meredith needed some transportation to a 'seasoned citizens' picnic Wednesday. Lori and I attended with her. Good food, and fellowship. We played the games somewhat reluctantly, but I decided we should represent Meredith. Lori kept me from taking last place. We took Meredith on a tour of a garden (flower) and then we did a tour of the old property. In the evening we three attended the concert in the park by the Hastings City Band. Good music and the mosquitoes were not too vicious.

Today...music at Skip's. We will finish getting ready to go to the Dulcimer festival in Evart tomorrow. Evart features hours and hours of music, and parking lot picking extraordinaire...the highlight of the summer for Lori. (Actually the third or fourth highlight of this summer! Our visit to TN was terrific!)