It took us all day to leave the parking lot behind the church. Mark got up at 5:15 am and pretty much worked through the day on breaking camp down, packing the outer compartments, and getting the motorcycle in the truck and the truck connected to the RV.
Continue readingThe youth minister, Dustin, and his wife, Jill, in my church down here have been trying for a number of years to have a baby, and they were recently preparing to go for their third attempt at In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) when Jill got pregnant. They had been through several miscarriages before, so they kept it hush-hush until they passed the point of no return. Just in the last few weeks, they learned what the gender of the baby is so they decided to have a Gender Reveal party in the church parking lot last night.
Continue readingSince I don’t have a job to go back to, I have been giving some thought to starting an online fabric store for quilters. Today, I took a small step in that direction…
Continue reading…64! Yikes!
Thank you to all of you who sent birthday greetings on Facebook and through email and the mail. I’ve been well celebrated!
Continue readingLast week, I got word that my job at the Ellison Bay Visitor Center isn’t going to be happening this year. The economy in Door County is based on tourism, but events that involve fifty or more people gathering have been canceled for this summer. My boss at the visitor center is going to man the center by herself because there probably won’t be very many questions about events or things to see and do.
Continue readingThis morning Mark and I got up and had breakfast and went outside to do some more yard work. I had another bush I wanted to tackle and Mark was pruning some trees. We started around 8:30 hoping that it would stay cool long enough for us to accomplish something.
Continue readingThis morning, Mark covered all the windows in the RV and we turned the air conditioning on. We had planned to do yard work while it was cool, but it was never really cool. The temperature got up to 97 degrees today!
Continue readingLauren Daigle is my favorite young Christian singer. She wrote this song originally about God. In this version, she and her musician were taped in separate locations for social distancing. Under the circumstances, her words take on a different meaning…
Continue readingSeveral days this week were hectic with people calling to ask about the stimulus check and coming in to sign their returns and pay so that their returns could be filed in time to qualify for the stimulus payment. After a short flurry this morning, the office got really quiet. Today was my last day at work.
Continue readingMy mother sent me a couple of humorous new parodies and I thought I’d pass them on to brighten everyone’s day.
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