Nov. 11 week

Nov. 11 - our grandsons turned 4 today.  They had their party Saturday night, we were not present of course, but my folks and sister, Heidi, were there to help celebrate.  Katie and Jordan did their professional cake decorating again, "A Bugs Life" and "Sully" cakes.  We Face-timed with them Sunday and caught up on all the fun they had and presents they received.

Sully - "Monsters"

"A Bugs Life"

We worked overtime today (Monday) - it was a good day, we had steady work and the day went really fast.

Tuesday we drove to Owasso, OK for shopping errands.  A new Sam's Club opened there in October, it is now the closest one to us.  This was a good trip, all our familiar stores were there too, right at the same exit.  We went to Lowe's first to get more hot water heater plugs and other supplies Gary needed.  Then he dropped me off at the shoe store and went to get the oil changed in the Ford.  I had time to go through the shoe store, a "Ross" store and a Penneys.  Looking for black shoes or boots, nothing struck my fancy.  Then we stopped at the Walmart, I ran in and picked up other things I needed.  This Walmart is a little bigger and better than the one in Coffeyville.   (The captain took a nap in the car.)   Then to Sam's Club, picking up strawberries and a few staples.  Now to eat out! Pizza at Andolini's - a good choice, it was yummy. We really are missing Papa Murphy's, we will have to catch up on that when we are home in Sioux Falls.  Also, we filled up with gas in the car - Oklahoma gas is about 15 cents cheaper than Kansas prices.  We had a nice drive home.  The fall colors are pretty well gone now after the winds and the rains.
Back home, Gary plugged a heater in the water bay to prepare for the cold temps for the next couple nights - 27 and then 21 degrees at night.  We brought the water softner inside and stored it in the shower those nights - there really is no way to heat it so we can leave it outside and it is too big to fit in any of the outside bays and still be connected.

Wednesday - Saturday, back to work.  A little chilly the first couple mornings, Gary started the car early and scraped the windshield.  Luckily the roads were not slick at all.
Friday morning at beginning of the day at the standup gathering, the shift manager told me he was going to have me train on a new position, Cubiscan.  The cubiscan process is done on any new product that comes in to the warehouse, measuring and weighing it so the computer knows what box to pack it in and what postage to use when it is sent out. (Makes sense - that's how they know what box to use!)   So I stand at a station at the end of the receiver's conveyors with a computer, scanner and cubiscan machine and process each item that is sent down the conveyor.  The machine is will measure and weigh the product, I am supposed to watch the measurements to make sure they are all taken correctly and then retained.  The vendor has assigned measurements to the product, but they are not always quite correct for sending it to the buyer.
It is nice to do another job here, it's a little different than stowing every day.

Another sunset in Kansas, looking over the fishing pond at the campground.