Flying the Friendly Skies

Little Kat arranged the dates when he is going to visit his dad this summer. That allowed us to plan another trip for him. Little Kat is going to spend two weeks visiting grandma and pop pop. During that visit, he also plans to be hanging out with his uncle as well.

The family visited grandma last Christmas. Little Kat felt he did not get enough time out there. So now he is going to spend two more weeks this summer in the midwest. I found some nonstop tickets for Little Kat to fly out and back. They were expensive. But it is a good investment.

The airline detected Little Kat as a young traveler. He will not be an unaccompanied minor. But he is also not a full adult yet. This should not be a problem. Little Kat has been flying by himself for a while on the airlines. Little Kat assured me he would have no problem unless he had to switch planes anywhere.

TGIF

We celebrated some birthdays this week. One of which was Kat Kat's. Momoko allowed Kit Kat to choose a restaurant of her choice for dinner. We almost went to Pizzaria Unos. But it was expensive and far away. Therefore we ended up going to TGIF.

I am not a huge fan of Fridays. However they had some specials going on. We arrived during happy hour. Too bad the happy hour discounts only apply to the bar side of the restaurant. We did find some "two for" deals. I got a two for $12 which actually turned out to be a two for $10.

Little Kat got a two for $16. We traded appetizers. He got the crunchy green beans. I got the spinach dip. I was the lone guy with the chicken finger entree. Everyone else got sizzling chicken and shrimp. After dinner, we headed home to open gifts for Kit Kat and sample the cake Little Kat made her.

Easter Dinner Minus Two

Kit Kat was away at her dad's house this Easter. We decided to invite my dad and brother over for an Easter dinner. Little Kat took the lead in cooking. We got what we thought was a small ham. It was cooked. He just needed to warm it up.

The oven thermometer said the ham center was cold. The thing had been in the over for an hour and a half. Maybe the over is broke. We got the ham hot. My brother came over in time for dinner. He said dad decided to stay at his home. His tooth really hurt so he could not eat.

Little Kat did pretty good. The instant potatoes were surprisingly good I thought. I liked the oversized croissants that got baked. Carving the ham and disposing of the mess in the pan was a lot of work. The only help was that the ham was mostly precut.

Next step is to cook another big meat in the over to test whether it can heat correctly.

Exxon Mobile

Today was the last day of our vacation. We went to Sonic for a delicious breakfast. Then we searched around for an Exxon gas station. I decided we should head home, looking for Exxon. We saw Tom's gas. And there was Sheetz and Royal Farms. Did not see Exxon.

Half way though the trip, we saw our first sign for Exxon. I got off the highway. There was no sign of Exxon. Momoko used her iPhone to locate the nearest Exxon. The directions took us through some narrow back roads. We got to see some mansions in the woods. Never found Exxon.

One time, way back when, Momoko tried another gas station with her previous SUV. The car died shortly after. Coincidence? We were not taking any chances. We always like to fill Momoko's car up with genuine Exxon fuel.

7B for 7B Details

Cast:

• Ruth
• Jeb
• Nathan
• Daniel
• Mrs. Hoallum
• Ephraim
• Sarah
• Mr. Hoallum
• Alice
• Zeke
• Adam
• Dorcas
• Preacher
• Caleb
• Gideon
• Frank
• Luke
• Milly
• Joel
• Matt
• Benjamin
• Liza
• Martha

ACT ONE

Scene 1: Pontipee Farm

Bless Your Beautiful Hide
Gallant and Correct

Scene 2: Town Square

Bless Your Beautiful Hide (Reprise)

Scene 3: The Pontipee House

Wonderful, Wonderful Day
I Married Seven Brothers

Scene 4: Pontipee House

Scene 5: Pontipee House, The Next Morning

Goin' Courtin'

Scene 6: Harvest Social

Challenge Dance
Cut-In Dance
The Fight

Scene 7: Pontipee House

Love Never Goes Away

Scene 8: Pontipee Barn

Sobbin' Women

INTERMISSION

ACT TWO

Scene 1: The Town

The Kidnapping

Scene 2: Echo Pass

Where Were You?

Scene 3: Pontipee Barn / Pontipee House

We Gotta Make It Through the Winter
We Gotta Make It (Reprise)

Scene 4: Pontipee Trapping Cabin

Am I Stubborn?

Scene 5: Pontipee House

Glad That You Were Born
Love Never Goes Away (Reprise)

Scene 6: Dense Forest

The Chase

Scene 7: Pontipee Farm

Wonderful Day (Reprise)
Wedding Dance

7B 4 7B

Little Kat, Momoko, and I went to a dinner theater tonight. It featured Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (7B 4 7B). We arrived just as the buffet was being served. This was a well attended event. We only had a few tables to choose from. Momoko decided to sit up front.

The front turned out to be a good idea. A wagon prop was used many times in the play. The wagon was right in front of us. The buffet food was nothing special. I was happy they had a salad bar. I got a plate of salad twice.

The musical was pretty good. One actor had an arm brace. Another actor almost tripped when on top of a table as he failed to jumped over an axe he held in his hands. I bought Little Kat a drinking glass from the dinner theater.

Candy Factory

Today we went to visit a candy factory. It was a long drive from the hotel. There were a lot of people at the factory. We did get a good parking place. Little Kat and I left Momoko in the gift store to rest. Then Little Kat and I went into the free ride.

The ride educated us on how they created the candy. The ride was made for younger kids. I enjoyed the ride. I looked forwad to another outdoor tour of the city. I went up to the ticket desk, but found out that all tours had sold out for the day.

Momoko was very thirsty from our large breakfast. We zipped over to Sonic for half price drinks during happy hour. Then we went to a military surplus store Momoko and I visited the last time we were here. The store had moved down the street from where we last visited.

The military store was a lot smaller now. They sold off a lot of the cool old fashioned items they used to stock. The new store was nothing special. We left without buying anything. It was a long drive back to the hotel. Rush hour traffic did not help any. We spotted a local CarMax auto store on the way back.