$2.99 Gas in Eldon!!!

As I was driving in to the Eldon Food Pantry, I saw that Northshore was at $2.99 for regular gas!!  Eldon is the same. 

We had seen $2.95 at one station at 435 and Front Street in KCMO on our Thanksgiving Day journey to E & A.  Most stations were still over $3 but we did buy at $2.96 at the Roadway MiniMart, LaMonte, but this is cash only, otherwise it was $3.06.

Come on down to Missouri for some more reasonably priced gasoline!!

Thanksgiving at E & A 2011

This was supposed to be the last photo to show Aaron leaving for the night shift about 8pm.  Yep, he was out protecting KCMO in the Central Division.  I forgot to add and now it is the front photo. 

We arrived about 11:30 and Grandma Carol held the happy girl before she even took off her sweat shirt.  We drove in rain from Rocky Mount with heavy rain at Sedalia and finally it stopped east of Lees Summit and then the north wind took over.  Brrrr

 We can be serious at times and really like the jumpy chair with leaps and squeals!!

 The table was set with decorative touches and the food did it proud!!  Yum Yum.  Note there are no pictures of food, cause we were tooooo busy chowing down!!

Someone got a deco bow and some milk for dinner.

Yep, the kitchen was full of cooks!!  Kristi finally shooed us all to the TV room.

Ayden, Aaron and Rae

Does the shoestring go over then under???

I'm not sure if I like this guy??

Ava and her new winter hat.  It is bright and reminded Carol and I of the Peruvian musicians who played in Boston when Carol and I first met Wemerson.

Hey, I'm happy and I think I'll cut a tooth one of these first days, cause I like to chew on my thumb or anybody's finger!!

Thanks Erin and Aaron for a wonderful weekend.

Eldon Food Pantry Thrift Store

The Thrift Store is just south of the community center (& library) at 312 E. 2nd in Eldon, MO  The hours are Mon, Wed, Sat from 9-2.  A website is

http://www.eldoncommunityfoodpantry.com/

573-392-8380

A center hallway between the two "buildings" leads to the food pantry which distributes each Monday and the 1st and 2nd Wed of the month from 9-2 to eligible families.

The first day of the month usually has over 200 families, the next open date will have about 150 and then 70-100 families the rest of the month.  The shelves are virtually EMPTY this month and donations are really needed.

Funds raised by thrift store sales will be used to buy more food items as needed.

Just to the west of the main thrift store is the "annex" where the overflow and larger items are kept.  It has been converted to a Christmas room this year and sales have been pretty good for so early in the season.

The view from the door as you enter the room.

View from the west wall back to the east wall by the main door.

Yes, we are rushing the season!!!

I have been helping with this room and getting stuff ready in the back rooms for displaying and selling in the main store.  We had all volunteer help for the last 10 days as Rosanne, the thrift store manager, went to California to visit family.

Auction Time in November

Tuesday nights is the TriCounty Auction which starts at 5pm.  I like the action in "the barn" which is where a lot of "garage sale" stuff is sold.  The gentlemen in the "cowboy" hat is the auctioneer who uses a portable microphone system.

Another view from the "east side" of the "barn".  I usually stay a couple of hours and have been buying remainders of "lots" for a $1 which I take to the thrift store.

On this day the sun was setting and I hoped I could get a shot of the fire red we saw last week.

I thought the sky was just going to fade away.

And then it finally appeared and lasted for about 3 minutes!!

Brasilian Wedding

Wemerson's brother, Adriano (Dri or Dree) finally weds.  He is older than Wem.

Handsome Max escorting a young lady down the aisle.

Proud Mom, Sara, and Max with a very serious look!!

The wedding was on Saturday Nov 5.  On Sunday Nov 6 Wem and Dree's maternal grandmother who has had Alzheimers for several years finally dies.  The families traveled to the state of Rio for her funeral on Monday.

Finke Theater Sunday Nov 6, 2011

Patty plays in the California band/orchestra and they had their concert in the Finke Theater.  The opera house/theatre was built in 1885 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

The performance started at 3pm and lasted til 4pm with about 8 selections from marches to a Lion King medley.  I liked the circus march the best.

Patty plays the bassoon and is the white hair just below the conductors left elbow.  We sat near the back and this is the best of several photos I attempted with a cheapy camera.

There were 17 members playing and about 70 in the audience.

Halloween at Kim & Shannon's

The group that dressed up for the combined October birthdays and Halloween soup and sandwich feast at Kim and Shannon's on Sunday, Oct 30, 2011.

Race car driver #1 (Vanna), swordsman (Alec), Orange race car driver #2 (Shelby), blue man (Kristi), pumpkin (Rae), catsup (Aaron), mustard (Erin), bumblebee (Ava), ghost (Ron), rainbow hair (Pat), bright eyes (Gary), spiderman (Ayden) and getting out of picture blue person (Kim)

Primary colors - red, blue, yellow, white and black

Signage on backs -  forgot to get photo of mustard and catsup which listed their ingredients!!

The little pumpkin.

Thanks for the birthday cards and lottery ticket (with no winnings!!)