MORE OF ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA

I WAS BACK IN THE ROUTINE OF WALKING AGAIN AND FOUND ME A CHURCH TO ATTEND.

WE FOUND A FARMER'S MARKET AND WERE GOING TO THAT ALMOST EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.

MARLEE CELEBRATED HER 8TH BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 18.

SHE LOVED  HER NEW BALL AND  STUFFED TOY!

IT FELT GOOD TO BE  SETTLED. WE HAVE TRAVELED ALL SUMMER, ONLY STAYING FOR ONE OR  TWO WEEKS AT A TIME.

I BOUGHT ME SOME MUMS....THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!!

I STARTED  SEWING THE QUILT.

JACOB INVITED US TO GO OUT AND WATCH HIM RIDE HIS MOTORCYCLE. HE PROMISED TO NOT RIDE DANGEROUSLY. SO, ONE SATURDAY MORNING WE FOLLOWED HIM OUT TO THE MOTOCROSS TRACK.

WE ENJOYED WATCHING HIM RIDE, IT  BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES.

MOTORCROSS RACING WAS HIS FIRST LOVE AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO WATCH HIM DO SOMETHING THAT HE TRULY ENJOYS.
WHILE WASHING CLOTHES ONE DAY IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM, I MET JOHN, A WORKAMPER FROM ARIZONA. WE GOT TO TALKING AND HE INVITED US TO A POT LUCK.  SOMEONE IN THE PARK HAD GOTTEN A LOT OF CORN ON THE COB  AND THEY WERE GOING TO COOK IT UP.

WE EACH BROUGHT A DISH, THESE FOLKS WEREN'T ALL WORKAMPERS....SOME WERE SEASONAL FOLKS. WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE EVENING AND GOOD FOOD!
ON AUGUST 26, WE TOOK M AND M IN TO BANFIELD EARLY SO JACOB COULD CLEAN THEIR TEETH.

JACOB CALLED AT NOON, HE HAD JUST FINISHED WITH MAGGIE, HE HAD TO PULL NINETEEN OF HER TEETH! HE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. I HAD BEEN WORRIED ABOUT HER FOR A WHILE, SHE JUST DIDN'T ACT LIKE SHE FELT VERY GOOD.  NOW, I KNEW WHY. HE WAS GOING TO START MARLEE, HE WAS HOPING THIS WOULD BE A BETTER OUTCOME. IT WAS! MARLEE ONLY HAD TWO BOTTOM TEETH PULLED.  MEANWHILE, JAN AND STAN, FRIENDS THAT WE MET IN WESTPORT WASHINGTON WERE IN THE AREA AND STOPPED TO SEE US.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM, IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME! JAN AND STAN WENT WITH US TO PICK UP MAGGIE AND MARLEE  AND GOT TO MEET JACOB.

THEY WERE VERY GLAD TO GET HOME, MAGGIE HAD PAIN PILLS. MARLEE  JUST  WANTED SYMPATHY.