With Mark using the truck for work every day and my friends now working, I have maybe a week to a week and a half to be a housewife before my job starts (hopefully). Continue reading
Making a house a home
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Shopping!
I had saved about $600 from my pay at H&R Block with which to get furniture. I figured it might be enough to get me a dining room table and chairs, and hopefully a small dresser as well. I asked my friend, Judy Boldt, a thrift shopper extraordinaire and the president of my Wisconsin fan club, to take me thrift shopping. She has spent the last two days taking me to thrift stores from Sturgeon Bay to Sister Bay. Continue reading
Our first visitors, and remodeling begins!
Oh, what a day! It started with going to Community Friends Church in Sturgeon Bay this morning… Continue reading
Good day, Sunshine!
We don’t have a bed in our bedroom yet, so we’ve been sleeping on the hide-a-bed in our living room. This morning when I opened my eyes, I looked out our dining room window and smiled… Continue reading
From Ellison Bay, WI
We’re ho-o-me!
From Oshkosh, WI
Having started the morning in an area that Mark had fond memories of, we did a little sight seeing. Continue reading
From Atlantic, IA
It took us three days to get out of the mountains, but we started out today in some very hilly country. Continue reading
From Kimball, NE
We are again ahead of schedule. I had planned for us to be in Buford, WY tonight, but Mark pointed to Buford as we passed by. It was basically a gas station. Continue reading
From Brigham City, UT
Today was a day of vehicle problems… Continue reading
From La Grande, OR
My last day of work was on Tuesday, the 18th, and Tuesday evening Mark and I began to pack the accumulation of furniture and clothing that family had given us into the back of our truck. Wednesday morning, I took Mark around with me to say goodbye to Mom’s neighbors whom I’d gotten to know. We left Mom’s house and stopped in Vancouver to have lunch with Mark’s mom. Then we headed up to Lynden, WA to get the rest of our stuff out of storage. Continue reading