DROPPED CAKE ADVENTURE

I met up with Connie and her Mom at Fox Nursing home today.  Anne was just finishing up her lunch, and when she was done, Connie called a cab to take the two of them out to her place.  We did not really like the first A and D cab driver.  Connie had been told ahead of time that they could provide a driver who could help with getting the wheelchair and transfers, but this guy only had one hand!  And he was a bit on the unfriendly side.   Also, we were planning on a regular car (sedan) and instead we got a mini-van.  Neverthless, we persevered and Anne and Connie rode in the mini-van cab and I followed behind them with some groceries Connie had gotten that morning.

We had a bit of difficulty getting Anne and her wheelchair into Connie's trailer, but we managed.  Connie provided a really nice lunch of coldcuts and salad.  Anne told some funny stories and some of her favorite memories, including singing a few very VERY old songs!

When it came time for desert, we had a bit of excitement.  Connie had just taken the cake out of the box and set it on a plate and was moving from her counter to the kitchen table when the cake slid off the plate onto the floor.  You should have seen the look on her face!

I had missed out on taking a picture BEFORE the cake got wrecked, so I took one AFTER.  As you can see it was a marble cake with chocolate fluffy frosting.  Connie was able in a straight line and rescue the bottom part of the cake and we all had a piece along with some gourmet cookies, brownie bites and other assorted pastries from Hannafords.  

We called A and D again to ask for another taxi, and we requested specifically someone who could help us more.  Mike showed up in a sedan and he was SPECTACULAR.  I asked if we can request him the next time and he said we can.  He wheeled Anne and the wheelchair down the ramp and he was willing to take as much time as possible to get Anne and her wheelchair and the walker into the cab.  Connie felt so confident in Mike that she said I did not need to accompany them back to Oneonta!!!

Lunch and geocaching

old oil can, a photo by JuneNY on Flickr.

I had two free lunches at the PARKVIEW DELI between Unadilla and Sidney and I offered to treat Leslie to lunch today.

I got the free lunches by donating this old oil can and a bumper sticker for the North Pole (a theme park in the Adirondacks) to the owner a few weeks ago.

We had a nice lunch (free is ALWAYS nice) and then we looked for two geocaches, finding one of the two.

Austins and More

I met Linda in Oneonta where she was leaving her car to have some body work done.  We both had some free time so we decided to "hang out".  We went to the AUSTINS AUCTION HOUSE and previewed the items in their current auction and then to the AMISH BARN, and then we had a light lunch at Arby's.  We stopped by her Aunt Penny's house so she could clean one of Linda's DVD's.  And then she dropped me off (she is borrowing my Subaru).  I went into Oneonta to get a couple of items and to take a walk at FoxCare.

Judy

I stopped at SUBWAY and purchased a twelve inch sub and took it to Judy's place.  I spent the better part of the day with her.  We had planned to go to Elke's shop in Worcester, but when I called, I got an answering machine, so we figured she was closed today.

On the way back, I called Leslie to see if she could meet me at Neahwa for a walk.  Her Dad told me she was already at the park, but by the time I got there, she was gone.

Came home and started my annual spring "yard pick up".......worked for about fifteen minutes.

Monday April 1st: LASAGNA DINNER

Terry, Betty and I made arrangements to go to one of the churches in Unadilla for a lasagna dinner. At the last minute, Betty backed out.  Too bad, since Terry and I had planned a neat Aprils Fool Day joke to play on her!   The dinner was great!

Out and About with Joyce

On the way out to Sidney to get together with Joyce, I stopped at the Parkview Deli and donated a neat old oil can and a bumper sticker from the North Pole in the Adirondacks.  The owner gave me two free lunch passes!

Then I picked Joyce up and she suggested we eat at the TRACKSIDE DINER in Sidney.  I had been there a few years ago with Leslie.  I had a reuben which was pretty good.  Then Joyce wanted to show me a new clothing store next to Price Chopper.  Then she wanted to show me where she will be moving to in a couple of weeks, so we went there, and I asked her to show me her church, which was just down the road a bit.  I was on the way to take Joyce home when she mentioned that she has been trying to get her husband to take her to visit her mothers grave in Afton. I told her I would take here there.

On the way we stopped at the FROGPOND in Bainbridge, and I bought a few items and took several pictures of the spring and Easter flowers and plants they have on display and for sale.  When we got to Afton, I stopped at the Afton Inn and asked for directions to Glenwood Cemetery and then we located it, but the gates were locked, so we could not go in.

On the way back through Bainbridge, we stopped at PINE RIDGE GROCERY and I purchased a couple of items.  Once back in Sidney, Joyce mentioned a second hand shop NEW TO YOU, so we went in and looked around.  After I dropped Joyce off, I stopped at the old cemetery right on the river and took a few pictures:

March 28th, 2013 Pre-Easter Brunch

I landed too hard on my right leg last evening and must have stressed a big muscle, and woke up with a very crampy like feeling in the back of my lower leg.  I decided it would not be a good day to work on sorting, organizing, packing etc. since that involves walking either up or downstairs several times.  I decided it would be a good day to do some cooking.  I decided to make ham loaf and pineapple stuffing.  Then I decided to call my friend Connie and invite her to lunch.  She said yes, and I decided to prepare steamed asparagus and a new lemon desert I heard about on facebook.

It turned out to be a great meal and Connie and I both enjoyed it.