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16 June 2010

Report on Spa Week 2010 aka Girls with Powertools

Lady K and I have returned from Kansas and this year's Spa Week 2010, what we now call our mini fam reunion of our little clan. We meet at Dad's in Ottawa, Kansas to work on this year's project. Mom comes up from Fort Scott and does the cooking. My sister brings her two boys out from Glenview,IL. And Lady K and I come out from Denver burbs.
We started bright and early Sunday morning with a 6 mile walk (just Seester and I partook of this). Each morning afterwards was a four mile walk for me and six mile run for Seester. Then it was on to building the arbor behind Dad's pool. He needs shade big time out there in humid eastern Kansas, so the arbor will help do the trick.
We also mowed his 2.5 acres, saw IronMan2 and Prince of Persia (both hellah good), went to Fort Scott to the feed store, hardware store and sale barn (where livestock are bought and sold for those not in the know) and check on Mom's garden. We received copious rain, so we didn't really have to worry, but it's always fun to check in with the hometown.
Made one trip to DQ and several trips to Hawaiian Shave Ice booth at night and a couple of trips to Daylight Donuts where I located a new sensation called a Pinecone (YUM).
A good week of working hard, eating well, having fun in the pool....it's why we started calling it Spa Week..... Lady K doing her part in the above photos....keeping the tools straight and the frogs entertainedSeester and Dad work team And the lovely mostly finished product....Dad will put up trellises on two sides for wisteria vines to climb and cover the roof for even more shade and we will put in a wood floor if Dad wants to next year