We were waiting to be assigned a couple of J-1 students, some have yet to arrive, when I went to Piggly Wiggly and started a conversation with my Jamaican cashier. I asked if she was signed up for an American Connection family and she said she had just registered but she didn’t know what it was about. I explained what American Connection families do for the students who arrived here, and she asked if we’d be her family.
Continue readingOur reception here at the Mt Rushmore KOA isn’t very good, so I wasn’t able to download many pictures, which is probably just as well since I’ve been staying up late to process all the ones I’ve published.
Continue readingGoing through Montana today reminded me of the train trip Mom and I took from Portland to Wisconsin several years ago. We were in a sleeper car, and a woman in the next room to us came to our door as we were crossing Montana and said, “Are we ever going to get out of Montana?” It seems to go on and on forever!
Continue readingHappy Palm Sunday everyone! In my pastor’s prolog to the pre-recorded service this morning, he included a video of his 2-year-old twins playing with palm branches — running around with them, dragging them on the ground, standing on them. It was adorable!
Continue readingIt’s funny what a big difference a few miles can make. When we were on the train going through Montana up near the border of Canada, everyone onboard started getting bored with the monotony of it after Glacier National Park. We’re just a little further south, and it was a much more interesting landscape going across today. The weather was perfect; almost balmy even! Continue reading
I wasn’t able to write last night because I spent the night with my sister and she has no internet. I know… It’s crazy isn’t it? But she and I have our own fun. Continue reading
I spoke with Mark this evening. Here are the highlights of his day: Continue reading
This is just a quicky about grocery stores. I had mentioned that the Pioneer Store is probably the closest to us, but it’s not big enough to have all the things we need so we never go there. We’ve been going to Piggly Wiggly. I hadn’t been in one of those since I was growing up in Vancouver, WA. That and Shopko (which is more a department store than a grocery store) have been our stores in Sister Bay since we’ve been here. When we’re down in Sturgeon Bay we go to Walmart. Continue reading
Mark has been wanting to buy me a new sewing machine for several years. Every time we walked into a fabric store (yes, he comes in with me) he goes over to look at the sewing machines. I wasn’t convinced I needed one until a few days ago when my bobbin winder broke. Continue reading