dual personalities

Our roadtrip adventure this weekend took us all the way to Marion, Illinois. We had planned to stop in Mt. Vernon, but we got sidetracked looking for various “antique malls” in various cornfields and lost our way a little bit.

Check out that cornfield!

Check out that crocheted tire cover!

Our antiquing was a total bust, but we had a hilarious time, not to mention a lovely lunch in Johnston City (pop. 3500) at Andreson’s Cafe.

This is the kind of place where the regulars hang out and when strangers from out of town walk in, they know it, and some nice old lady doesn’t hesitate to come and ask you from whence you hail. We had a nice lunch (and a piece of pie!) and I would recommend the cafe to anyone passing through Johnston City.

Aren’t I lucky to have two friends who agree that this is, indeed, a fun way to spend a Saturday?

I made up for my lack of luck on Saturday by striking gold at an estate sale on Sunday. The OM and I had to borrow the boy’s pickup truck to haul home the bookshelf I found just down the road in Webster Groves. This involved driving out to the boy’s store, taking his giant raptor-mobile and driving very carefully to the house where the estate sale was, loading up the truck, driving home, unloading the bookshelf in the garage, driving back to the store, and then–finally–going home in my own Mini.

The wee babes and their parents came over for our Sunday night barbecue. The boy carried the bookshelf from the garage to an upstairs bedroom. Now I will have the fun of rearranging a room and a lot of books.

I wish I had another day off to recover from my busy weekend, but it’s back to the salt mine today. Have a good one!

*Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson