Kansas City Visit

I had a great time visiting my Mom and Brian in Kansas City last weekend.  I arrived at nearly midnight on Friday night. Mom and I stayed up talking until 2 am, when we figured we should probably turn in. We did a little of this and that on Saturday, including some computer maintenance and creating some ringtones for Mom's iPhone. If you are using a PC and not a Mac with your iPhone, iRinger is an easy application that turns your music into ringtones for free. A couple of her songs gave us trouble, so I made them into ringtones using Garage Band. Easy Peasy.

We celebrated Mom's retirement dinner at Piropos. Their Argentinian cuisine was delightful, and we ate a ton of food. Mom had a great time catching up with a former co-worker, while I had fun visiting with people I hadn't seen for a while. The evening was a great celebration of my Mom's accomplishments at AT&T (formerly Southwestern Bell) for 31 years.

We spent a few hours at the car show at Bartle Hall on Sunday, then walked around a dealer lot to look at cars more closely. The time and research paid off -- Mom picked up a new car yesterday. Her 11-year old Escort is up for sale, with a potential buyer lined up already.

We enjoyed time together shopping and having lunch on Monday before I spent a few hours with Melissa. It was definitely a girls day! We especially enjoyed exploring Sephora's offerings. Mom loved the Hydrating Perfection Powder (foundation), but at $59 (!!!) we had to look at each other in confusion. I guess people spend that much on makeup, but not us two people!

I had a wonderful visit with Melissa and really enjoyed seeing her 4 year-old Serena and her new baby, 2 month-old Tiernan. What a happy and loving family! She and I spirited off for a couple hours of girl talk. It was really nice to get to spend time catching up in person.

I ate like a little piggy for my entire visit so I will be on the treadmill and stairmaster for the forseeable future -- especially after eating so well with Dad and John in Arizona!!! As much as I enjoyed my trip, it sure was nice to be home in my own bed last night, all snuggled up with Michael.






Have a happy day!