We received a phone call today we had been expecting. Gary's uncle passed away this am. He was more like a father to my husband. We had been able to visit him 3 times since we arrived here in April. What made is extra special was that he had been alert and communicative each time. When we talked to his daughter, she would tell us that the day before we visited,(all three times) he had been unresponsive and they thought that he was going to be gone before the next day. So my hubby was able to relay to unc how much he loved him and appreciated all his fathering. aThe last time we visited him at the hospice he actually looked better than he had for months. We haven't cried yet. Gary is remembering him fondly and thanking God for the blessing he was to him.
Mothers Day was really nice. We invited Gary's mom, his sister and her hubby and our youngest daughter over for grilled hamburgers and bratwurst, potato salad, baked beans, and pineapple upside cake(made by my sister-in-law.) I wasn't sure how we would all fit inside the rv as it had rained all the previous week and was very muddy outside. It worked out great. I love having company. Our daughter was so at home that she fell asleep on the couch for awhile. Just like the old days!!!
Gary continues to work in the barn, hanging plywood and doing electrical work. I worked in the gardens today, but became very tired after a couple of hours and so I've just hung out for the rest of the day inside on the computer. Last week, the day after Mothers day, Gary, myself, sister and bro-in-law, neighbors next door and neighbors on other side went down the road to a neighbors house and weeded her gardens and trimmed bushes. Her husband had passed away 3 days before and it was a way to bless her. Working with others, and blessing someone in such a way is what this is all about.
Just heard on the news tonight that the Superbowl is going to be played here in Indy in 2012!! Go Colts! What a boost to the economy here that will be. We aren't big football fans, but when the Colts played in the Bowl the past two years, we watched and cheered with the rest of you all. It really is (was) a great place to live.
We've been eating at home more, plus my sister-in-law has us for dinner about 3-4 nights a week. I think it is her way of thanking us for all the work Gary is doing here. But we keep telling her we are so grateful for being able to stay here that she doesn't have to do that. But she is and always has been so giving and good to us.
We got a call the other day that surprised us very much. It was from a collection agency. Apparently, we had charged some gas in Jan. on our Shell card. It had been sent to our old address and was posted as not living there. It happened twice. Well, we have not been at that address for almost 11 months and have had our mail forwarded since then. And we have gotten all our bills and several from them since we went on the road. As usual, you have to call more than one number before getting anywhere. Finally, we paid it over the phone. They are sending us a letter in a couple of weeks, and we will then call Shell back and try to get this taken off of our credit report as we had excellent credit and this could possibly effect it.
Well, I'm gonna try to retire earlier this evening. That means before midnight and it is now 11:19, so until nextime, we're just passing through....
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Merry Month of May
Spring is definitely here and beautiful. On the drive to Indy from Fla., we saw spring breaking out everywhere. The Wisteria were gracefully swaying from the trees and it made me want to watch Gone With The Wind again. We saw redbuds and tulips and many flowering trees and bushes. Then when we arrived in Indy, it was a bit chilly and we had to get some warm clothes out again. A few nights, it got in the low 30's. But finally spring came again! The redbuds are blooming. We picked some blooms from a lilac bush today and the fragrance is permeating the RV. The tulips have come and gone, and now the daisys, tiger lillies, and all the summer perennials are beginning to bloom. We have got to see spring 3 times this year already!! This is one of the blessings of this lifestyle.
We have really been busy this past month. At first, I was really getting very tired and would work a day and rest a day or two, but this week I think that is starting to let up a bit. We spent the day yesterday helping my husband's sister and her hubby(where we are parked) put up particle board in a room in their 3000 sq. ft. barn. She and I did all the anchoring of screws in the boards while Gary cut them. Then we put a wall up in the middle of the room. I hadn't been able to do that kind of work for quite a while and thought I would be really sore today. But I wasn't. I don't know why but am so grateful to be painfree today. We(Gary and I) were then able to go today and help someone with some gardening and mowing.
This past weekend we visited a daughter in Plymouth. She has started a new job there. So we took a tour of her place of business. We also got a private tour of the Pioneer Seed Production Plant. Her boyfriend is an agronomist there. We did not grow up on a farm or have any interest in such things growing up, but I find as we grow older, we like to learn of anything new to us. My thoughts were just that farmers grow corn, took it to the grain elevator, shipped it to factories, and we get it in products, frozen, fresh or whatever. It ain't that way no more. Well, maybe in small towns. It is a big business and the tour was really informative and interesting. This plant is the second biggest in Pioneers businesses. I won't be able to tell you the procedures or anything, but I want to tell you a funny thing that happened. We were in a certain building, and we were going to go up 4 floors. I'm short and overweight and a bit old and I didn't want to do 4 flights of stairs,( wasn't sure I was up to it!)So while boyfriend and husband took the stairs, my daughter and I took a service elevator. It was probably 4'x4',had an accordian type closure, and a windowed door had to be opened when landing to exit the thing. We went upstairs, took the tour, and re-entered the elevator to to down. Down, down , down, and then we got to the destiny-except we stopped it about 4 inches shy of lining up with the floor. We tried to open the door and-nothing! We couldn't open the door. So we tried again. Couldn't open the door. At least there was a window and so we could see the guys descending the stairs and hopefully coming our way. They step off of the stairs and started walking around!! No-come over here. We had to beat on the window to get their attention and they did turn around and come over. They of course wondered why we weren't out yet. So we told them the door wouldn't open. They tried and it wouldn't open. Now, one of my greatest fears is getting stuck in an elevator!!! And here we were!! I started to panic a bit. I could just see it on the news-mother and daughter stuck in elevator and the local fire dept. had to saw them out!! We pushed the up button and the down button, trying to get it to move or do something! NOTHING. The guys tried the door 7 or 8 times, we were hitting the buttons. Boyfriend kept saying that the door and the beam wasn't quite lining up right. Somehow, after much jiggling, we pushed a button, it went up a bit, then we were able to lower it so it was level with the floor. and got out!!!! It only lasted about 5 minutes, and thank God there was a door with a window, but it took me a few minutes to calm down afterwards. Oh, I was laughing, as were the others, but I realized how much we,(I) don't like not being in control! What would I have done if it was a regular elevator without a window? We aren't in control of anything in life really. I thought I learned that when I had cancer. That was one of the first things I realized is that we aren't in control, God is. Seems like I'm trying to take things back again. Anyway, it will be something we as a family will look back on and have one more thing to laugh at.
Two weekends ago we headed the other direction, went to Kentucky to visit the grandkids and daughter and hubby. Well, our 8 year old granddaughter was getting baptized and we wouldn't have missed it for anything. She loves the Lord and is such a compassionate child for her age. And the other granddaughter was having a birthday the next week, so we did a lot of celebrating. On Sat, they went to the zoo with some friends for a different child's birthday, so Gary and I took a nice drive to a little town that a gal told us of. First we took the Kentucky Scenic Byway to arrive at the town of Midway. The drive alone is worth it. Just miles of horse farms and quiet, beautiful roads. I had taken my camera that day, and got a few pics of the town, and then my batteries died. All along the way is wonderful old, stone fences. The horse farms have many barns and a lot of them are new. I just can't imagine the finances that are in these farms. Then we arrived at the wonderful town of Midway. It was built in the early 1800's on a railroad line. It was midway between Lexington and Frankfort on the railway, and hence the name Midway. The town was restored buildings, which housed coffee shops, restaurants, and the usual what-not stores. It is a little pricey, but you could just walk and enjoy the town. There were 2 churches we saw that were from the 1870's and the architect was beautiful. And driving through the town we feasted our eyes on some wonderful homes. There is also a small college(but we can't remember the name of it.) We just think this is one of those places that is unknown, but well worth the drive there.
I REALLY am going to try to write more often. I wasn't sure anyone would really like to hear our day to day doings since we are parked here for a couple of months, but as I read other RV blogs, I realize that's just what this is about and even if we are parked, people can get a sense of what living in the RV is like. Till next time,....just passing through!
We have really been busy this past month. At first, I was really getting very tired and would work a day and rest a day or two, but this week I think that is starting to let up a bit. We spent the day yesterday helping my husband's sister and her hubby(where we are parked) put up particle board in a room in their 3000 sq. ft. barn. She and I did all the anchoring of screws in the boards while Gary cut them. Then we put a wall up in the middle of the room. I hadn't been able to do that kind of work for quite a while and thought I would be really sore today. But I wasn't. I don't know why but am so grateful to be painfree today. We(Gary and I) were then able to go today and help someone with some gardening and mowing.
This past weekend we visited a daughter in Plymouth. She has started a new job there. So we took a tour of her place of business. We also got a private tour of the Pioneer Seed Production Plant. Her boyfriend is an agronomist there. We did not grow up on a farm or have any interest in such things growing up, but I find as we grow older, we like to learn of anything new to us. My thoughts were just that farmers grow corn, took it to the grain elevator, shipped it to factories, and we get it in products, frozen, fresh or whatever. It ain't that way no more. Well, maybe in small towns. It is a big business and the tour was really informative and interesting. This plant is the second biggest in Pioneers businesses. I won't be able to tell you the procedures or anything, but I want to tell you a funny thing that happened. We were in a certain building, and we were going to go up 4 floors. I'm short and overweight and a bit old and I didn't want to do 4 flights of stairs,( wasn't sure I was up to it!)So while boyfriend and husband took the stairs, my daughter and I took a service elevator. It was probably 4'x4',had an accordian type closure, and a windowed door had to be opened when landing to exit the thing. We went upstairs, took the tour, and re-entered the elevator to to down. Down, down , down, and then we got to the destiny-except we stopped it about 4 inches shy of lining up with the floor. We tried to open the door and-nothing! We couldn't open the door. So we tried again. Couldn't open the door. At least there was a window and so we could see the guys descending the stairs and hopefully coming our way. They step off of the stairs and started walking around!! No-come over here. We had to beat on the window to get their attention and they did turn around and come over. They of course wondered why we weren't out yet. So we told them the door wouldn't open. They tried and it wouldn't open. Now, one of my greatest fears is getting stuck in an elevator!!! And here we were!! I started to panic a bit. I could just see it on the news-mother and daughter stuck in elevator and the local fire dept. had to saw them out!! We pushed the up button and the down button, trying to get it to move or do something! NOTHING. The guys tried the door 7 or 8 times, we were hitting the buttons. Boyfriend kept saying that the door and the beam wasn't quite lining up right. Somehow, after much jiggling, we pushed a button, it went up a bit, then we were able to lower it so it was level with the floor. and got out!!!! It only lasted about 5 minutes, and thank God there was a door with a window, but it took me a few minutes to calm down afterwards. Oh, I was laughing, as were the others, but I realized how much we,(I) don't like not being in control! What would I have done if it was a regular elevator without a window? We aren't in control of anything in life really. I thought I learned that when I had cancer. That was one of the first things I realized is that we aren't in control, God is. Seems like I'm trying to take things back again. Anyway, it will be something we as a family will look back on and have one more thing to laugh at.
Two weekends ago we headed the other direction, went to Kentucky to visit the grandkids and daughter and hubby. Well, our 8 year old granddaughter was getting baptized and we wouldn't have missed it for anything. She loves the Lord and is such a compassionate child for her age. And the other granddaughter was having a birthday the next week, so we did a lot of celebrating. On Sat, they went to the zoo with some friends for a different child's birthday, so Gary and I took a nice drive to a little town that a gal told us of. First we took the Kentucky Scenic Byway to arrive at the town of Midway. The drive alone is worth it. Just miles of horse farms and quiet, beautiful roads. I had taken my camera that day, and got a few pics of the town, and then my batteries died. All along the way is wonderful old, stone fences. The horse farms have many barns and a lot of them are new. I just can't imagine the finances that are in these farms. Then we arrived at the wonderful town of Midway. It was built in the early 1800's on a railroad line. It was midway between Lexington and Frankfort on the railway, and hence the name Midway. The town was restored buildings, which housed coffee shops, restaurants, and the usual what-not stores. It is a little pricey, but you could just walk and enjoy the town. There were 2 churches we saw that were from the 1870's and the architect was beautiful. And driving through the town we feasted our eyes on some wonderful homes. There is also a small college(but we can't remember the name of it.) We just think this is one of those places that is unknown, but well worth the drive there.
I REALLY am going to try to write more often. I wasn't sure anyone would really like to hear our day to day doings since we are parked here for a couple of months, but as I read other RV blogs, I realize that's just what this is about and even if we are parked, people can get a sense of what living in the RV is like. Till next time,....just passing through!
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