Mark and I had saved up a bunch of errands we needed to run down south for, and today was our day to do them. We are exhausted, but we accomplished a lot. I won’t bore you with the details. Continue reading
Long day; long drive; short tempers
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Birch Bay and the birds
After spending a good part of the day today looking for work, which I won’t bore you with again, Mark and I drove back to our place along the bay. There was a bit of sunshine and the tide was out, so we stopped and Mark grabbed our camera and started shooting pictures. I stepped down onto the beach for a bit and looked for shells. While I was doing that, a brown seagull landed fairly close to me and stood there looking me over. I told him or her that I was safe and the seagull sat down just as comfortable as you please! Continue reading
A Sunday drive
Conversation heard at 2nd Christian Reformed Church between two attractive young women this morning: “I was wearing my tights and some snow boots because it was cold, and my dad was watching the guys around me and he told me to change because he didn’t like the way they were looking at me. I said, ‘Dad, it’s just the fashion!’ and he said, ‘I don’t care. They aren’t looking at the fashion.’ So I figured, he is my dad and I changed.” I haven’t heard that anywhere else we’ve been, not even in the Bible belt! Continue reading
All sorts of good reports
This morning my Aunt Marg came and picked me up and took me to her home for the day. Mark had called me last night and told me that my doctor’s office had left a message on his phone for me to call them. When I got to Marg’s house I called the clinic and they told me that lab results they had taken last week came back normal. I have been fighting an illness for several months and it seems I’m finally well! Continue reading
Snap decision
This morning, Mike from Mark’s church came over to get our resumes. He said he already knew of three truck driving jobs Mark could do if he had his CDL straightened out. Continue reading
Home again, home again, jiggety-jig!
Yesterday we rented a U-Haul truck and emptied out our storage unit in Oregon. Last night we had two dinner invitations, so Mark went to Vancouver to have dinner with his daughter, granddaughter, and mother (and their spouses). I went out to dinner with my dad and stepmother. We both had good visits with our respective families. Continue reading
Back to Oregon
Last night we left our kitties with Aunt Marg and this morning we got up early and headed south in our car. We have to get our stuff out of storage in Oregon and take it up to Lynden. Continue reading
We’re official now
We’ve been busy the last two days. Yesterday we rented a storage unit, so now we sort of have property in Lynden. Today we went and got new drivers licenses. While we were there they signed us up as Washington voters, so we are officially Washingtonians now. Continue reading
New Years Day from Lynden, WA
This morning my sister fixed us breakfast and then Mark and I prepared to embark on today’s journey. When we were finally ready, Sherill and Fred and Mark and I got into a huddle in the middle of her street and had a prayer time. Continue reading
Christmas Eve, from Milwaukie, OR
Merry Christmas, everyone! We had a wonderful visit with my younger sister’s family in Klamath Falls, OR. They showed us Rob’s and Nate’s school and the little theater where their family all performed in It’s a Wonderful Life. Then my sister took us to the Dollar Tree so Mark and I could do our traditional $10 hunt for gifts for each other. We don’t need much and we have fun hiding from each other in the aisles where we’re picking up little things so we have something to open from each other on Christmas. We ended the day along with Lauryn and Rob watching the original black and white version of A Christmas Carol. Continue reading