Today was a very nice day after a few days of chilly weather. I enjoyed the warmer temps immensely. Today I saw many people on the roads, walking, jogging or biking after days of what seemed to be a ghost town around here. I was one of them and glad to be there. Today I played pickleball with my husband and my son and I lost every game I played. But I had fun. Pickleball is addicting. Today I went for a nice run before and after going to the rec center. I took the long way ar...
Sometimes I just like to write about stuff. You know stuff? Here's some stuff I've been thinking, doing, complaining about or loving lately. 1. Amanda just sent the latest baby pictures. She sent Christmas and a day out with the family pics and I'm now having Baby Ethan withdrawals. What a cutie he's turning out to be Amanda. I'm still trying to figure out why there was a pic of him way down the street all by himself. Hmmmmmm? Inquring M-i-l wants to know.....lol. I can't wait u...
Have you ever opened up a gift and went....."what the heck?" I have. I've gotten some doozies over the years. Gift cards seem to be the latest rage lately. I'm thinking it's a good idea. Find a shop or quaint little restaurant that one on your gift list likes to frequent and surprise him/her with a card for a future visit. You can even wrap a small token gift appropriate for the card along with it. For instance, if you know someone who just loves Starbucks or Dunkin Donu...
Tomorrow will be four weeks in our new home. We are loving the weather but missing our friends. We are starting to make new friends and I find myself seeing old friends and aquaintences in these new faces. I say to my husband, "Doesn't so and so remind you of ______ back home?" Sometimes he sees it too. It's funny how certain people remind you of others. Today I was talking to a lady named Peggy Sue and all I could think of was that she reminded me of my sons' teacher in elementary...
I called David to see how things were going and he told me a weird story from Liberty. It seems as tho there was a very unusual act of violence incident there this past week. A girl claims she was stabbed in the hand in the girl's bathroom by a college boy. Evidently this boy ran from the bathroom never to be found again. Lots of rumors abound that she was pretty badly hurt but we're not sure, only hearing the scuttlebutt around campus. This is the weird part. They did a c...
Yes, Virginia there is a place called Okahumpka and it's in sunny Florida. Say it slow with me.....OKA-HUMP-KA. When my husband came home to tell me we were invited to a Christmas Party I was surprised it was so early. He'd only worked there two days. So I asked what every wife on the planet would ask......."How dressy is this party?" and of course, "Where is it?" He didn't know so he went back the next day to get the scoop. He came home laughing. Maybe I should say he got th...
It's been a very busy few days. Heck, it's been a very very busy 10 days or so. We just barely got moved in when Bobby and his girlfriend came to visit for the holiday. They drove 12 hours to get here. I haven't seen him for almost a year. It's great to see him again. I did serve a full turkey dinner yesterday for the four of us. Not as full as I usually do but with only four of us I figured I'd skip a few things. We had turkey, stuffing made with sausage , mashed potatoes, sweet...
Today was my first Black Friday experience ever. My son is here visiting with us and last night we both decided to give it a try. Never done it before so it was mostly just to see what all the hubub was all about as we egged each other on to actually do this. So after going to bed after midnight last night we arose at 5 am. I can't believe I did this. I AM NOT a morning person. We got up sleepily and left the house at 5:15. His job was to come in and shake me which he did. I q...
An interesting thing happened today. Very interesting. In fact, to us it was quite unbelievable. Well, not really, because we know who's behind all this. God is funny how he arranges things. We were definitely "set up." We were going to attend our friend's church for our first Sunday here, but a miscommunication arose. That, and the fact I'm slow moving in the morning made for a change in our plans. Since we were not going to make our friend's church in time, we decided to check...
Ok, so I didn't actually drive it, but I helped where I could, and I totally owned a few anxious moments especially on our first day. A few times I had to jump out and do some directing making sure he didn't hit anything he wasn't supposed to. We finally landed in Florida on Monday afternoon after driving for three days. It turned out to be a 31 hour trip from Maine to Florida. It was a pretty scary first leg. We've never driven a truck like this before. We had a 24 foot truck with ...
Another chapter ends. Tonight was sports awards. It will be my last at least here at the Academy. As I sat at the head table along with all the other coaches looking out at all the parents, I got a bit sentimental. I know alot of the crowd that filled those bleachers. I looked at all the familiar faces, some not so, but so many people I've come to know these last 10 years. Between the school and the church I must know thousands here in just 10 years. What will the next ten bring wi...
I was in a hurry today. Ha! That's not all that unusual. I'm always buzzing about town. In and out of the car faster than a speeding bullet half the time. Today I went into town to do a bunch of errands, meet with the gals for the last time, hug their necks and take one out to lunch. Then off to the laundromat to get that big quilt washed, off to get my corn chowder ingredients (for Saturday) then then to the Post Office and x-country practice and with picking up boxes at the local ...
Two Weeks In two weeks we'll be moving. We're maybe, half packed. I still have a garage full of stuff to sell. We lowered the price of the house by alot. We are now told we have the best deal in town. It's a dead market, so you have to do what you have to do. We don't want to be sitting on this house all winter. The house is all prepped, painted, swept and looking fine. Isn't that the case? It's never looked so good. Now we just need a buyer. I still have to do at least one...
We had a short opportunity to host a Chinese family this past weekend. Well we didn't exactly know we would get a whole family when we offered to help but that's who came. Gaofeng, Jingjing and Luke (Xiyu). An email went out earlier in the week requesting homes for about a dozen or so Chinese visiting from Boston. So since we had two vacant bedrooms I said I could take at least two. I didn't even hesitate which is kind of funny with the packing and yard sale stuff going on but r...
It finally happened! I had words with one of our runners and it wasn't pretty. I was told to "chill" by a 15 year old girl. I wasn't pleased. Not by a long shot. In fact, I was steaming mad to say the least. Chill? Not happening! Nope. Too steaming mad for that to take place. We have a master manipulator on our team. She's one of our top three runners and one with attitude. It was bound to come to a head given the circumstances the last few weeks. We had a meet yes...