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2018 September 15 Saturday in Grimes Iowa 66° and clear The gang (Sandy and Francis, Keith and Jean, Sue and Stoney, and us) gathered at the Cafe this morning. Saturday and Sunday the cafe opens at nine and us now closed all other mornings of the week. After we had solved all the world’s problemsContinue reading “2018 September 15 Saturday”

2018 September 14 Friday in Grimes Iowa 68° and cloudy again at the start of the day. Once again we meet with friends at the clubhouse for coffee. Sandy and Francis, Keith and Jean, and Ella and I had some peanut butter pretzel bites and cashews with our coffee today. For lunch at the seniorContinue reading “2018 September 14 Friday”

2018 September 13 Thursday in Grimes, Johnston, West Des Moines, and Urbandale Iowa 62° cloudy to start the day and reached a high of 83°. We had coffee with Keith and Jean, and Sue and at the clubhouse this morning. Ella had an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon who told her that, because of theContinue reading “2018 September 13 Thursday”

2018 September 12 Wednesday in Grimes and Johnston Iowa 62° and hazy to start the day. It reached a high of 82°. We received the following email last night: Cutty’s Store will be open: Friday 3pm – 7pm Saturday 9am – 7pm Sunday 9am – 3pm Cutty’s Store will be closed Monday through Thursday. TheContinue reading “2018 September 12 Wednesday”

2018 September 11 Tuesday – Patriots day – in Grimes Iowa* 61° and clear sky. It reached 80°. Two minute sunrise We were the only ones to go to the cafe for coffee today. A county nurse was at the senior center today testing blood pressure and giving flu shots. Ella’s and I got theContinue reading “2018 September 11 Tuesday”

2018 September 10 Monday in Grimes Iowa Nearly cloudless and 56° to start the day and 72° by noon. More than just coffee at the cafe this morning. I had a mini breakfast pizza and Ella had the breakfast burrito. Sandy and Francis, Sue and Stoney, Keith, and Ella and I were there. Since theContinue reading “2018 September 10 Monday”

2018 September 09 Sunday in Grimes and Des Moines Iowa Started at 68° and crawled up to 72°. Union Park UMC online bulletin said that church started at 10:00. We arrived at 9:30. The service started at 10:30. That gave us plenty of time to visit with people we hadn’t seen for a while. AfterContinue reading “2018 September 09 Sunday”

2018 September 08 Saturday in Grimes, Urbandale, and West Des Moines, Iowa Good news, no rain! Scrambled eggs with shredded chicken and cheese sauce for breakfast. Then a normal morning at the cafe with Sandy and Francis, Sue, and ourselves. The only change is that the cafe hours have changed from 8 a.m. through 9Continue reading “2018 September 08 Saturday”

2018 September 07 Friday in Grimes Iowa 59° and rain again. Yesterday, since it was still raining, I didn’t empty the gauge. It had one inch yesterday morning. An inch and a half this morning. And almost 1 3/4 inches at four o’clock this afternoon. Seriously we have mushrooms growing in the yard. That didn’tContinue reading “2018 September 07 Friday”

2018 September 06 Thursday in Grimes, Grainger, Madrid, Woodard, and Moran Iowa It stopped raining! Yay! A chilly 59° and cloudy start to the day. I kicked the furnace on the take the chill out this morning. There Was a Wii bowling tournament planning session this morning at the Grimes senior center. That’s why itContinue reading “2018 September 06 Thursday”