She came on Monday and she left today. We wanted everything to be perfect for Celia's visit. We even bought a new rug for the TV room, to make it cozy. Phil took off early and we went to Ft. Dodge to pick her up, we were early but she was already there, walking across the parking lot, waving at us. We thought we would go to the Sports Page for dinner, but once we got there, had a few beers and some snacks we weren't hungry, so we drove to Humboldt. We vegged the rest of the evening. Monday we took our time getting going, the one thing we did was take a long bike ride around Humboldt. Up to the bike trail in Dakota City, over to Born Free where we stopped to say hi to Phil. Over past the saussage factory and the beautiful white house that is for sale. Down past the hospital, over to the dam, and down along the Cottonwood Trail along the river, then back home. It felt great, but I suffered the next two days!! Tuesday was "ladies who lunch" day. Celia and I met the Tuesday Morning Coffee group at Ampride and sat and talked until noon, then we headed down to Lomita's and had the buffet. The ladies were really nice to Celia, asking her about her life and talking. It was a good day, but we didn't get home until around 2!!! That night we. . . .hmmm I don't remember what we did. Wednesday we got up, dressed, went to breakfast at the Backseat and headed to Des Moines and the fair. We got lost in Des Moines but asked some people and they steered us in the right direction. Once at the fair we parked for $5 and walked to the pig barn where I held a cute little piglet. Then over to see the worlds biggest pig, steer, watched them trim sheep, looked at horses and cows. Then got some corndogs on a stick, Celia got a pork sandwich, I got a porkchop on a stick, Celia got a deep fried Milkeyway. I got ice cream, we got a few beers in between to cool us off. We saw the 4H stuff, the antique stuff, we rode the sky ride (I went alone and was sooooo scared). Celia and Phil went down the big slide. We looked at chickens and roosters and Celia and Phil had a backstage tour. We saw a guy get tarred in feathered with syrup and wheatchex. We watched some kids dance, we watched Vocal Trash, we saw the Pork Queen. My legs gave out at around two, so I flipped out and went to sit and watch some stuff while Celia and Phil walked around some more. We got there at around 11 and headed home at 5, it was a nice time and a good day. On the way home we stopped at the Best Buy in Ames where Celia bought her IPOD with all the gift cards she got for her birthday. Well, that made her soooooohappy. I went to the Border's Book Store and that made me sooooooohappy. We got home, ordered a pizza (can you believe we were actually hungry?) and went to bed. Thursday it rained so we didn't do much, that evening we had Celia's Birthday dinner, chicken on the grill and a cesar salad. We had DQ Blizzards for her "cake". Friday it rained again, we goofed around, I took Celia to the Western Shop, and to Shoppers. We played games. Saturday we went to the Backseat again, then down to Ft. Dodge where Celia got a new outfit at Cato and then over to Target where Celia got some stuff for her IPOD, and I got a book. We came home, Phil cut the grass, Celia and I went for a bike ride, then Celia and Phil took the grass over to the big pile and stopped at Vinny's for dinner. Sunday we got up and went kayacking at Brushy Creek where I slipped on some slime and fell----something I always do when Celia is visiting. I really hut my leg, fell on a pipe and now I have a round bruise. We had a really nice time on the lake, then we rode around, looking at the wildflower growing area and over to another lovely park in Ft. Dodge called Dolliver. Then we stopped at the Sonic and had lunch delivered to our CAR. After that we stopped at the new Humboldt Aquatic Center and Celia and Phil went down the slides, Celia liked that. Home again we played games, Skippo and Phase 10, Celia took a bike ride, Phil played 9 holes of golf with Arley. I made spaghetti and tomato salad and we had a nice dinner. I went to bed at nine and I heard Celia and Phil downstairs playing XBox. Today we got up, Celia packed. The dogs knew something was up, they understand suitcase. I drove her to the airport, her plane leaves right now, at this very minute, she had to be there an hour early. She cried when she left, I miss her already.
