We went to Joplin MO yesterday for lunch. Kelly played in the pro-am with a guy who owned a BBQ restaurant and he gave Kel a card so we could come eat for free, so we did. It was good, great ribs. Then we stopped at a new liquor store Macdoodles. They had a tasting bar, my kind of shopping. There was a guy behind the bar making us little cups of everything. We bought some of our favorite wine, Frontera blend 6 big btls for $40. They had beers Kel never heard of, he was like a kid in a candy store. Kenneth wasn't much for shopping there and my Dad called while we were there to let us know he was almost to our RV park, so we wrapped things up and headed back. Some of Kelly's golf buddies stopped by and hung out for some beers. One of them Jeff Hill, just got acceppted to the next Big Break show on the Golf ch. Our other friend Zoran called to tell me his wife Robin and their girls Harper and Hailey were here too. The girls couldn't wait to see each other, so they came by after theyir dinner. Riley was ready to see a friend. She was crying yesterday about how she liked being with Daddy and we could swim at some RV parks but (crying started) there was no day care with friends. She lives for hanging out with friends (don't know where she gets that) and so far she hadn't seen one friend all summer. So when Harper and Hailey showed up they were all elatted. Robin offered to watch all the girls and let them swim at the hotel while I watch Kelly play. Not sure if I'm going to do that or play with them. Kelly is 2 over and he is already telling me that the course doesn't look right to him and you need your driver and irons to play this course and he isn't hitting either very well and and and. He is a piece of work, if I could kick his ass I would, he drives me nuts with his attitude. Y'all know him. We'll see what the day will bring, he tees off at 12 something. I'm going to make him a big breakfast to start his day with.

Okay, so it's been awhile. Kelly missed the Monday qualifier in Ft Smith after he hit it over the green on 18 and out of bounds. We are in beautiful Miami OK. We have moved to our third spot. First one was free beside a casino (looked like a bingo hall, metal shed ) in a field kind of scary and Kel didn't want to leave us there. Second place was Twin Bridges state park, beautiful, shade trees to keep RV cooler and a nice playground. The pit fall was they only have 30amp to plug into and we need 50amp. We blew the fuse at least 15 times and needed to move. We are now in a mobile home/RV park. There are people who live in trailers, 5th wheels and rv's smaller than ours. The one across the street had a 8yr old girl for my girls to play with. She lives in a small rv w/ her grandparents,her mom (scary toothless butch) and siblings. Sad. Her mom won't take her training wheels off and she is not allowed to leave her yard. She was not allowed to play after lunch and all the curtains were drawn shut. She did have fun w/ my girls for about an hour and they took her a bottled water and an ice pop. Maybe she can play again today. We are across from the laundry room so that helped since I had a week and a half of laundry to do. We didn't get hooked up to power until 3pm yesterday so the RV was hot again. Kenneth showed up and we booked him at the hotel right next door, he took the girls over there to swim and cool off while I finished the laundry and cleaning. We picked Kelly up after his pro-am and went to dinner. My dad and Kay should be here today and staying here in their RV.
It will be nice to see our dads for fathers day.

It's Sunday and a storm blew in this morning so tee times were delayed. Instead of 9 Kelly teed off at noon. We have to be in Ft. Smith AR tomorrow for a 9am tee time for a nationwide Monday qualifier. I hope he gets in. As of this morning Kelly was 5 shots out of the lead. The Hooters tour doesn't update regularly as I'm sure you all know, so not sure how he is doing now. We are going to head up there in a little while and see how he is doing. We went to a WalMart yesterday and saw some regular people, it was a relief. Dean came over for steaks last night. He tells some good stories. Besides being from S. Africa and living near an animal reserve, he has played with Tiger. Once was at the Nelson. It's good to see old friends. If anybody has Skype and a camera give us a call-grunydad on Skype. The girls and I are going to the outlet mall before we go check on Kel.

Thurs. Kelly had a 1 pm tee time, so we dropped him off at the course so we could have the car. We went to a cute little Pizza place, then to the River Park (pictured) then to Piggly Wiggly for groceries. Went back to RV to put groceries up and let dogs out, then back to the course to wait on Kelly. One golfer that I am friends with is here, Dean Pappas. He has been around since the 90's and he or his brother Brendon are usually playing were Kelly is, they played the Lone Star Tour with Kel when we were dating. We partied with Brendon in 07 when he got his PGA card. They are great S. African guys. Dean is the one that introduced me to a Catimba, half red wine and half diet coke on ice. Don't knock it til you try it. Very refreshing.
Dean played in the group behind Kelly, so we waited for him and all went in for a Catimba and to visit. We came back to a almost chilly RV and I made spaghetti for Riley and Kelly, Reagan and I had the noodles with diced chix and zucchini-very good if I do say so myself. Kelly and Riley got a couple of loads of laundry done while I cooked. We went to bed early since he had a early tee time this morning. He should be home in a couple of hours. Not sure what we will do tonight.

Well we figured out one reason the RV was so hot. We still had the vents open in the bottom pullout drawers. In Colorado we had to open them so heat could get to the pipes to keep them from freezing. We have those shut now and it has made a big difference. Dummies!
Wed. we still hadn't figured this out and the RV was warm, Kelly had a 1 pm pro-am, so I took the girls to the Hollywood Casino pool. I should of seen the red flag waving when I noticed more than half of the people swimming were in their clothes, not suits. Their were a couple of nice looking kids that my kids were trying to hang out with. I got out of the pool to relax and read my magazine. I noticed while I was swimming there were two boys that only had a older girl cousin as their supervision. All swimming in their clothes. The youngest one, 8 maybe, kept asking Reagan for her mask, and of course she would give it to him. Then he would be rude to her and she would splash him. Mean while his big brother is harassing other kids. So now I tell Reagan to not share her goggles, people have germs and he should of brought his own. So, Riley gives him hers. Which I make her get back (she may now have a case of pink eye, we are watching it) . So the two brothers start picking on the kids in bathing suits (white kids) the little one would beat his chest and make some kind of gang whatabe sign and tells everyone" don't mess with my Dog, Bitch." which he repeats over and over. So I'm ready to leave, but of course Riley just blew up her inner tube. So I say we can stay another 30 min. The older boy goes to the hot tub and starts splashing everyone that walks by with hot water. His cousin is talking to another clothed swimmer and the boys get ignored. The parents of the kids in suits are busy smoking and talking on cell phones. Yep, you can smoke in a indoor pool in the great state of MS. I'm truely surpised that between the smell of chlorine and smoke no chemical reaction happened in the air. So as I'm counting the minutes to return to the tranquility of my 86degree bus. Two 20 something guys from the hood decided to come and take the pool has there personal wrestling area. First of all you have to picture two guys with white wife beater tank tops, white pants below their knees, do rags on their head and full silver grills in their mouth playing in the pool. They are splashing, thrashing ,body slamming each other with no reguard for the little kids in the pool. I almost had to go rescue a 3 yr old with water wings holding on to the side of the pool were the two began doing flips into the pool right over her head. Right next to the sign that says NO DIVING. Her mom was busy smoking but did finally put it out to get her daughter. Then when the pair starting getting to close to my girls and splashing them, I pulled them out and we were leaving. We decided to go to the bathroom before our walk to the RV. I think it is a bad sign when you walk into a pool bathroom and the floor is bone dry. We were the first ones in their with wet suits and it was after 3. The thought of all that pee in the water made me sick, we went straight home and showered and scrubbed. I was so glad we have our own beds and pillows to sleep on.
Have I mentioned the greatness of the people here. When you tell someone ie. cashier, waitress, "Thank you" they either reply "all right" or " uh huh". I miss the fine ladies and gentlemen from Oak Cliff. I can't figure who is worse people who live in MS or the ones that vacation here. Where can they live that MS is better???

We are in Tunica. Kind of hot in the RV yesterday -84 but fans make it bearable. Yesterday Kelly went to golf course and the girls and I got things in order. Kelly had the bus out for 3 wks w/ another guy, then 3 wks in the shop. I had to vacuum and dump the bagless cup thing 4 times. Then go back w/ a spot remover and scrub spots. Floors mopped. The toilet and everything in that room had to be washed off with bleach. I cleaned the toilet with a q-tip in some spots. Gross high peeing men and your splatters. Toys organized in their drawers. Stove scrubbed and vacuumed under the range top. There is a lot of crap to clean on a 40 ft bus. Today Kelly went early to practice with an old friend who is back on this tour Mike McCaffery. When he returns we are going to check out the Hollywod casino resturants and the pool. That is were we are staying, they have a RV park beside the casino and it is only 5m from the golf course. Then tonight he has a mandatory meet and greet for the pro-am guys. The girls and I will hang out here and grill. Not a lot of kids. It seems to be a lot of older people but I'm not sure, noone leaves their rigs. We did see our neighbor. We were kind of surprised, the bus is a $500,000 Prevost and a little old man with suspenders came out. Can't judge a book right? Riley has swimmers ears in both ears, one worse than the others. Hope she feels better soon and she is mad she can't swim later, may let her in and not get her head wet. The animals are right back into the RV life. Next week Kel is going to try and Monday qualify for the Nationwide event in Ft. Smith AR. cross your fingers for him to get in. Then the girls can see some of their friends and I will have 2 to 4 days of day care.

the last day of school

June 3 was the last day of school. We are getting ready to hit the road this Sat. the 6th. Can't wait to be on the road again.