We woke up this morning to the sound of gale-force winds and checked the report through the gorge. There are supposed to be heavy winds until maybe 10:00 tomorrow morning, so we made the safe decision to stay put another day. If you could pray about the weather, we’d appreciate it!
This morning, I finally got to see our surroundings in Brigham City, UT. It was beautiful!
Continue reading“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley,” or “the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” A line from a Robert Burns poem called “To a Mouse” seems appropriate for today.
Continue readingMark finally got his hotspot working. More on that later!
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Yesterday, the first of our Turkish kids to leave was Aleyna. We don’t know if she’ll be returning next summer or not. The others took her to the airport in Chicago and she flew back to Istanbul.
Continue readingIf I could have gotten down on my knees and kissed the ground when I got home, I would have. As it was, I kissed our address sign!
Continue readingThere have been some changes since Mark and Mom and I left Door County last fall, and I’m not just talking about COVID-19. It did feel weird to talk with my neighbor across the street and her yard from her, but that is perfectly understandable. There are other things that aren’t quite so easy. But first…
Continue readingThis morning, we had every intention of being home by tonight, but Mark had one more bit of fun left in him!
Continue readingI slept in until after 10:00 this morning. Mark had to come in and wake me up. He said I slept through a doozy of a storm last night with lightning that lit up the whole bedroom and crashing thunder. I didn’t hear a thing. When we go west, we gain two hours, but when we go east, we lose two hours. Add that to the late nights I’ve been keeping, and you can understand why I was so tired yesterday and last night.
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