Lunch out with friends!

July 29 – I was definitely bushed last night and didn’t wake until 9 this morning.  Way out of the norm for me.

Bill went for a bike ride while I made scones, bacon and fruit for breakfast.  After breakfast he loaded our cans, bottles and plastic in the truck and did some outside chores. Then we cleaned the floors of the RV and I did a load of laundry.  We showered, dressed and left at 1:00.  We stopped for gas and then met Rich and Diane at El Tapatio for lunch.  They live in Greenville, about 70 miles from us.  He has been Kerry’s and my tenant in the apartment for the last 8-9 years. 

It was great to see him and get to know Diane better.  It ended up being about a 2 hours lunch.  We are planning to meet over in their neck of the woods in August.  I think they are now leaning towards getting a small Florida place once she retires from developing software.

With a great lunch and visit behind us, we stopped at Younkers to check any price reductions!  I got FILA sneakers for $21 and we got some Christmas things for the kids.  It’s starting to look a lot emptier than our first stop there.  Bill wanted to stop in another store in the mall for a t-shirt and I just waited in the truck.  Time for our grocery stop at Wal-mart.  They have can recycle also and a longer line so Bill waited while I did the short list.  Timing was great as he finished just as I did.  Sadly, our total today says we didn’t work very hard this week.  Only $8.70.  It’s an incentive to do better next week!  We need some more beer drinkers who are not recyclers!

We forgot Sam’s closes at 6 on Sunday so we’ll try to catch it again later.  Just went home and put our purchases away.  The park looks super empty now.  I had a glass of wine and later Bill finished off the chicken noodle soup and I had the salad and some pasta casserole.  We shared the last of the gingerbread.

Tomorrow we are visiting a high school friend of Bill’s in Lansing area.