Welcome.....
To my world of the weird, the strange, the unexplained.........
no, I'm just kidding, this is a happy place......OK, maybe I am just a little weird.
Some of the girls of '67 met for lunch at Pizza Man today, about 17 of us, had a great time! It's always so wonderful to see our old friends. Cindy Stanford Dice brought some of our old school newspaper, the Broadcaster and some old Salem Times-Commoner's, wow, brought back lots of memories. We didn't leave until 2:00, we are a chatty bunch! I hope you all had a good day
too.
We took the moms to Bandana's in Mt. Vernon for some awesome smoked pork.this evening. We had a nice visit as well. It's been a good day, got lots of things accomplished and found out that the Amish have a bakery now opened in St. Peter., yum....got a cherry pie and fresh donuts....relaxing now with some coffee. I hope you've all had a good day!
Good Morning, friends, as you can see we are back from Branson. Had a great time! There's so much to do and so much to eat! Bill took me to the Covered in Chocolate Desserts & Deli for lunch yesterday for Mother's Day. It was very good, as always, and then we went to Hazlet State park and took a nature walk, he knows I like nothing better than to be outside with Mother Nature. The purple martins were building their nests, it was interesting to watch them. It's so wonderful to see everything come alive again. It was a nice, relaxing day and as always, never a dull moment with Bill. I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!
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| The first thing we did was buy crocs....! |
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food was great, but the fun part was listening to the waiters and
waitresses singing our favorite songs. Really enjoyed the '50's theme. |
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| This
museum was wonderful, full of actual Titanic items, and information.
When you enter the attraction you are given a card with a passengers
name on it and their story. At the end of the tour you can see if your
person survived or not... — at Titanic Museum. |
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| No photos could be taken inside of the ship, so we took a few outside by the iceberg. — at Titanic Museum. |
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| My
favorite thing inside the museum was the re-creation of the ships deck
on the night the Titanic sank. When you step out onto the deck you can
see how dark it was that night, as there was no moon, and the deck was
the same temperature as it was that night, 28 degrees....very chilling
in more ways than one! |
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| Just a big chicken! |
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| A
shop of beautiful Victorian dresses, embellishments, jewelry and more.
We weren't allowed to take any photos, but the nice lady that worked
there took this picture of us |
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| A giant black marlin behind the bar at Arnie's Barn. (as in Arnold Palmer) — at Arnie's Barn. |
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| Food in a beautiful setting and what a view out of those windows. — at Arnie's Barn. |
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| Some prehistoric bones, at Arnie's barn |
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| A
beautiful church for private weddings, the back of the church is all
glass, so we were told. It wasn't open yet when we were there. |
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| Linda honoring her heritage. |
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| Top of the Rock lodge |
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| Me and my new boy friend at Branson Landing. |
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| A cool steam punk balloon ride! |
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| Mickey Gilley Theatre where we were entering to watch SIX....Amazing group. |
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| The SIX after their performance. |
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| Each brother that was a member of SIX had their own color coordinated car outside the building. |
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| Hollywood wax museum |
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| An old time 5 and 10 cent store...lots of familiar items from our childhood there...especially candies. — at Dick's Oldtime 5 & 10. |
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| Thought this was an interesting sign. |
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| Of course, this was the Frankie Valli tribute...it was great! Lots of memories for us older girls. — in Branson, Missouri. |
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| This
is a fantastic place to eat and buy gifts...these ladies were wearing
their red noses to help feed the poor...they were such good sports... — at Sybill's Saint James. |
Our old ice cream shop in Farina is again under new ownership, so we
stopped in tonight to get a blizzard and visit with the new owner, Katy.
Then we sat at the park and watched the kids play ball and then drove
to Forbes State park where we met up with some friends. We sat around
the campfire and had a great time and lots of laughs, it has been a good
day. The sunset was so vibrant and beautiful. I hope you all had a
great day!
I forgot to post a picture of my re-purposed Altoid tins...boy they are
really small, my eyes are crossed from putting tiny things on
them.....kind of fun to use up some of the things I have around here
though.
I'm off to Country Creek Treasures
with a bunch of oatmeal, raisin, walnut cookies. Think I'll stay a
while and visit, hope you all can stop by. Whatever you do, have a
great Saturday!
