Today this happy little guy turned 14!
What a delight it has been to watch him grow into manhood! He’s smart and kind, helpful and funny, and handsome and tall. (Yes, another grandchild has grown taller than me) Happy 14th Birthday, Noah! You’re our favorite 14 year old on the planet. We love you so!
These youngun’s are celebrating their 53rd anniversary today!
We’ve re-upped for another year – so we’ll see how it all goes! (still with that goofy grin!)
We started work today at Camp Nathanael! We are the only SOWERs this month, but there are lots of other volunteers here all getting ready for the Pioneer Days/Outdoor Education program which begins on Thursday here at the camp. Looks like this month my days will be filled with cornbread, quilting and kids! I’ll let you know how it all pans out!!
So it’s been a pretty good start to the month! Family celebrations, interesting SOWER activities ahead, and the part for Lizzie has been ordered!! There is so very much to be thankful for, isn’t there?
Thanks for stopping by!
So many of you expressed concern about Gary and his trip to the ER earlier this week – thank you! With a clear report from the ER doctor (who did suggest that it might be the beginning of shingles, which we thankfully have NOT seen!), Gary has had a good week – riding that big ol’ mower!
He did develop one more symptom, though –
Sunburned knees!
Remember the laundry room?
Now I’ll confess that I am generally considered a “Party Worker”. Let me tackle a job with a group of friends, and the day goes quickly and the job gets done. While Gary is in his element working alone, it’s not my favorite. But I have to say, working all by my lonesome in that nice clean laundry room was quite the pleasure! I plugged in my earbuds, caught up on some podcasts, and then sang along with my favorite Pandora station (Keith & Kristen Getty and Andrew Peterson). Oh, the sweet harmonies we made! Before I knew it – everything was washed, dried, and folded!
There was an added bonus too – all that folding (essentially arm waving, right?) tricked my Fitbit into thinking I had walked over 8000 steps. Without even leaving the room!
Yep, it was a good couple of days!
Have a great weekend,friends!
We’ve had a lot of ‘first day on the job’s in the last 20 years. Yesterday was, technically, our first day on the job here at Heartland. But instead, we started our first day here –
Yep – it was an early morning trip to the local ER. He was having some weird symptoms over the weekend, and it just seemed wise to check things out. As ER visits go, it went pretty smoothly. Our longest wait was for the results of the CT scan (all negative, thank you, Lord), and we were back at the RV before lunch! In fact, Gary went right to work upon our return! Of course, his job this month will mostly involve this –
He kept his day short, but I think he felt good getting started at least a little bit on time!
My boss told me to take the day off, so I started today. And just like there is lots and lots of grass for Gary to mow, there’s plenty of job security for me too!
I don’t know if I’ll be in the laundry the entire time, but it is a job I am fully qualified to do!
So while it was bit of a different “first day on the job” for us, all is well! We may never know just what was going on with Gary – but I’m thankful we were able rule out anything serious.
And the project continues…
After a family-fabulous July, we are settled in at our August SOWER project at Heartland Conference Center in Marengo, OH. It’s about 45 minutes from the Marysville crew and about 45 minutes from Daughter (in the opposite direction, of course!), who are, of course, 45 minutes from each other!
It’s a family triangle!
We’re working alone again this month – but that will make it easy to carve out some good time to spend with the kids and grands!
And it might even give me a chance to share some of that Family-Fabulous July!!
turned 14!
are celebrating their 53rd anniversary today!
(still with that goofy grin!)
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