Staycation - Day 1

I started my day with a dentist appointment -- I just had a crown put on one of my molars.  The dental assistant said, "It's a very beautiful crown."  I responded that it's too bad that no one will see it in the back of my mouth.  It was a pretty easy procedure.  I guess all of the hard work was done at the last appointment when they put on the temporary.

As the dental assistant was finishing up, my cell rang in my purse.  Of course, I could not answer, but I check my message as I was leaving.  It was Stephan telling me about Joseph's birth.  He said they also had a favor to ask, so I called back right away.  Stephen had left his cell phone charger at home and they wanted to know if I could get it and bring it to him at the hospital.  Of course, I had to run home and get my camera first, but taking care of this little errand gave me the privilege of being the first in the family (apart from the proud parents) to get to see little Joseph.  He was under a heat lamp as they were a little concerned about his body temp, so I wasn't able to hold him, but I did get a couple of good pictures. I am very frustrated that, although I was able to post pics on Face Book, I have been unable to post them here or email them.  Grrrr.

I didn't stay at the hospital long as Stephen was sleeping.  I did go immediately and make prints of my pictures so that I would have them to show around. 

After lunch, I went out to Prairie Oaks Metro Park for a nice walk in the beautiful Fall weather.  I had gone to Darby Creek Metro Park yesterday and thought it would be fun to try to visit a different park each day of my Stay-cation. I took several pictures at the park, but I'm not even going to try to upload anything else since my computer is giving me such fits about attaching pics.

This evening we had our annual Quilt Group end of the year dinner.  I know that September does not equal the "end of the year" for most people.  However, our Quilt Group measures time according to the Church Festival, which is the last weekend in August.  After the festival is over, we take a few weeks off to recuperate, have dinner to congratulate ourselves for surviving another festival, then start the whole process again in October.  This year it was really nice because the ladies treated me to dinner (which I did not expect) and gave me a card and a gift for what I do as Quilt Group Chair.  I never really thought that I do that much, but it does feel great to be recognized!