A beautiful day........I had my French Roast coffee as I sat outside and enjoyed watching the Osage flow by TheHowserHouse. Soon the 1st Lady joined me with her tea........made from the artesian well water that is available here at Riverview Campground. She said it tasted sooooo much better.
Our appointment at the title company was for 2:30pm today.....and so after a very leisurely morning, including a 30 minute power walk around the cg oblong circle(is that possible?).....and then we left about 11:30 to have some lunch. WOW..........we have eaten at this French bistro before, but today's lunch was just outstanding!!!!!
We went to "On the Rise"......a breakfast and lunch bistro in the French style. SUCH a wonderful menu and then.......GREAT food!!!!! I ordered the Crispini......a very thin and crispy type of pizza that was cooked in a wood fired open oven: it was covered in a creamy spinach, topped with prosciutto slices, portobello mushrooms, caramelized onions, and feta cheese!!! WOW......what an incredible lunch....such a great layering of flavors on the thin crust.......soooo good!!!! The 1st Lady had a Lobster Bisque in a pastry lined bowl and it, too, was just wonderful!! My highest recommendations for the "On The Rise" French bistro!!!!!!!!
Then we hit a couple of shops before meeting my sister at the title company and then we joined our realtor in one conference room and the buyers and their realtor met in another conference room. After almost an hour of signing various documents and having them then taken into the buyers room.........we were given our checks for the house, a gift bag of some wonderful "goodies" of sauces and other foodie stuffs from our realtor from 1st Choice Realty in Eldon, MO. She also just happens to have been a student of mine in band when I taught her there in the '80's.
We returned to TheHowserHouse and changed clothes into some more comfortable rags to go see a movie. We watched "The Kingdom".....and yes, it IS action packed. Not as good or intense a movie as I had anticipated from all of the hype that it has been given, but it was enjoyable. A few things bothered me, though........the use of the FBI girl who went to Saudi Arabia, the use of the children in this rather gory and bloody scene.......and, while it is true and has been for centuries and centuries.......the battles that have occurred because of nothing more than people's religion's clashing beliefs! A discussion of this by me would take mucho time and I do not want to get into that at this time.........as we are going to Egypt and Jordan next month for a much anticipated tour.......of which I will be discussing in lots of details and pictures.
SO!!!! We are back and comfy in TheHowserHouse by the River for two more nights and tomorrow. As I said at the beginning of this, summer seems to have returned and tomorrow it is predicted to reach 90 degrees at this end of the first week of October!!! Will it ever end.......will summer ever give up and disappear??????? Hmmmmm............surely, surely........
And so.....a wonderful day with outstanding food for lunch, the sale of my mother's house completed and closed with a check in my pocket, and an entertaining evening at the movies! But...of course......
LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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