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Have you noticed?

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This often happens in February, so I thought I’d give it a shot.  You know, that doing a blog post everyday thing.  You also may have noticed that previous to this month, I haven’t been very present in the blogging world lately.  Truth be told, I’ve been puzzling over whether I should keep this blog going or not. I mean, if a blog is called RV There Yet, but there isn’t much RVing going on – maybe we are there.
But are we?

Since we’re still trying to fine-tune the ‘what’s next’  for us – guess I’ll keep the blog going for a while yet! And I’ll keep on trying to do a post every day for the rest of the month, though the last week I’m helping with some kid care of those four Waco boys, so that week might be a little sketchy. Maybe I’ll have some guest writers!

Thanks for stopping by! Whether this is your first visit or you’ve been  joining in the fun for years – I appreciate you all!  What do you think? To blog or not to blog?

Steph

 

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October in Review

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We started October in North Carolina and ended the month in South Carolina – and in-between it was all goodness!
We were inspired by missionaries –
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We spent time with our SOWER family –
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We spent time with family we’ve loved forever-
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And we spent time with family we’ve known for less than a year –
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Just this past weekend we met up with Gary’s ‘new’ brother and his daughter –
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We enjoyed the Fall colors in the beautiful North Carolina mountains
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and now we’re enjoying a more “Low Country” feel –
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Oh, we’ve wielded paint brushes and power tools and made some massive amounts of chicken salad.
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But mostly we’ve been blessed beyond measure to see God at work in this beautiful part of the country and in our lives as well. Thanks for coming along this month – These “post-a-day” months are a bit challenging for me, so I hope they haven’t been too challenging for you!

See you in November!
Steph

 

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February in Review

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Well, we made it!! It was a pretty good month, right? We celebrated three family birthdays, watched chicks hatching to new life, and learned a thing or two about what kind of volunteer work we do here at ALERT Academy. We were honored as the longest-married couple in the room at a lovely banquet(and we give God all the glory for that!). We wore our winter coats and walked with our hands in our pockets. Then we pulled out our sandals and turned on the A/C. The umbrella came out a little too often for our liking, but I know the earth was thankful for the nourishment. We had snuggles with the Waco grandboys and had long talks about hopes and dreams with our grown son and his lovely wife.
In Texas, the end of February means the beginning of Spring. The tulip tree (aka saucer magnolia) has bloomed, the redbud is busting out and the lawns are dotted with tiny spring flowers. Yes, it’s spring in East Texas – and it’s feeling pretty good!

But life is about to move into warp speed around here. By the weekend our SOWER family of 4 will have grown to 26! Quiet afternoons in the sewing room will be swapped out for painting and preparations for the big SOWER rally (200+ people!) that is scheduled at the end of the month here at ALERT. (Did I mention that Gary & I are the co-chairs of that committee??). I’ll do my best to stay on top of this little corner of the internet, but I hope you’ll understand if it’s a little quieter here than it’s been for the last 28 days!

Thanks for coming along for the February Flurry of Words!
Steph

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Sometimes…

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…when you’ve made a personal commitment to post something on this blog each day of February, you get to day nine and you come up empty. So I took a stroll through my phone photos to see if anything caught my eye. I found the cool almost-sunset picture above and on a totally unrelated note, remembered this video of the first chick hatching from last weekend. Because maybe you’ve never seen a chick pop out of its shell either!

Wonder what Day Ten will bring! =)

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And just like that….

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Almost two weeks have passed since my last ‘hello’ to you guys! These two weeks in Lindale have been busy with lots of things – just not blogging, apparently!  Gary was doing a lot of pre-meeting organizing while I was working diligently on a quilt project.
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We fit in a little road trip to three SOWER projects in the Huntsville area and it was great to see how they are recovering from the shut-down last summer. (I’m happy to report that they are all coming back nicely! They’ve had a good camp season and felt the Lord’s favor on their facilities. Hearts were turned to Jesus!)
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This week has been filled with the annual SOWER Trustee meeting.
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My job was orchestrating the food – lunches, dinners, and breaks! It was all take out or eat out, but it still needed a bit of organizing. I had some great help, and all in all it went well (with the exception of the calorie intake).  I even think the meeting did too! =)

Tomorrow we get organized for our departure on Saturday when we’ll be leaving on a jet plane to see friends in South Dakota.  Super excited about that! But lots to get done before we go!

All of this to say that it’s probably going to continue to be pretty quiet around here for the next couple of weeks. Did I mention that the day after we return from South Dakota we’ll be moving the house to our son’s driveway outside of Waco for a week?  Yep, more busy days ahead.

But I’m thinkin’ there will still be no morning alarms! (Except maybe snuggles from the grandboys!)

Stay well, my friends,
Steph