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Dave & Buster's

I flew to Pittsburgh last Thursday to spend a long weekend with my sister Rachel, her husband Pete & my niece Abby.




We ate at FuddRucker's. They have really good hamburger's and I had a delicious strawberry shake.












We had a great time at Dave & Buster's. We found a game where you are a jockey and Abby loved riding the horses. We played a trivia game, where 8 players compete, it was a fun way to get a lot of tickets. We used the tickets to get a battery operated bunny that hopped around and a bear for Abby.

Happy 4th of July!

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Irritating

It's been one of those days, I don't know if it is the heat or just what. But, it was an interesting day. I had a call from a lady who was having trouble getting connected to the internet, now to me, a "normal" person would call their internet provider first to make sure things were ok on their end. But, she didn't want to call them. She told me she had internet thru AT&T and that they just deducted her payment out of her account, that she never saw a bill and wouldn't know what number to call. I asked her if she had a phone book. She must have gotten it figured out, because she didn't call back.

Later in the day I got a call from a guy who has called me once a year for about 5 years. The first year he called he said that our ad was about to expire and needed an ok to go ahead and renew it. I said yes, which I shouldn't have done. It turned out it was a scam, it was something we'd never advertised in and we got bill after bill, before they finally got the hint that we weren't going to pay. But, about once a year, I get this call...Hi this is so and so and it's time to renew your ad, my line has become I'm not interested and if you call me again I'll turn you into the Attorney General. They hang up right away.

Estes Park Colorado

I took a few days off to head to the mountains. I left last Friday afternoon and spent the weekend in Fort Collins with relatives. On Monday, my Uncle Den, and I drove to Estes Park and spent time working on my Grandmother's vacation rental home. There was plenty of work to do on the house, power washing, then brushing the wood. Then we started priming, which took two coats. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to stay and help with the actual painting, but we got a lot done. We also took time to do some fun things, like eat out and walk the streets of Estes Park. On Tuesday afternoon we went into Rocky Mountain National Park and walked around Bear Lake. If you are ever planning a trip to Estes Park and looking for a place to stay, here is the link to the house

Having fun at Grand Lake in N.E. Oklahoma

I had a great time at Grand Lake. We went out on the 25' boat and Boogie Boarded, and Tube'd. We tried out a couple of jet skii's Sunday morning and Niles wound up purchasing this one.

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Me boogie boarding....sort of

The owner of Cobalt Boats' home...

My cousin Brett boogie boarding

My Uncle, Niles, works for Cobalt Boats in Neodesha. The owner of the company had him come to Grand Lake to work on 3 of his boats. He had a 25', 30' and 45'. This is the 45'.

Royals Game

So, it wasn't that long ago (ok over 20 years) that the Royals won the World Series. They have had their struggles since then, but it is still really fun to go to Kauffman Stadium and watch a game. We enjoyed stadium food, including $6.25 Polish Sausage's, Nachos, Popcorn and Sunflower seeds. That's what we got to do last Saturday night. Coming into the game, the Royals had lost 12 in a row. But, we saw them win 4-2! I believe having us there helped them win, that's what fans are supposed to think, am I right?!!