October 16th

Saturday, October 16, 2010

We woke up to a chilly start to the day however the sun came up and warmed us into a truly spectacular Fall afternoon!  We just returned home from being ushers at a friend’s funeral service.  It was unusual in that the graveside service was done several days ago.  He was cremated and his ashes interned already.  He was 75 when he died and it says something about the man that there were about 8 to 10 people there that had gone to high school with him!  I can think of no one that I went to school with that would show up to MY funeral.  (or I to their’s) 

I got a couple more windows covered with plastic on the outside this morning.  The days have been
so nice that I’m not in a hurry to cover the remainder of them.  With the ones that I’ve covered on the
outside, I could go ahead and cover them on the inside also.

I was going to include a photo of the insulation I've installed around the base of the trailer . . . however, I can't seem to get the upload feature on the blog to work. grrrrr

That which was lost has been found!

I lost my aircard!
that makes it very hard to get online.
I found it.
now I'll try to get caught up on blogging.
Let's see . . . since my last blog entry . . .
I have the North Pole mostly ready for the cold weather.  Insulation around the base of the trailer, heaters installed and ready beneath us, heaters ready inside, lots of LP gas on hand, storm door installed, freshwater tank is full, and five of the windows have outdoor heat-shrink plastic on them (I'll do indoor plastic film on the rest when we've run out of 'good' weather. We've moved cold-weather stuff FROM storage and warm-weather stuff TO storage.
Ella's hours have dropped down to about 8 hours a week - which is normal for this time of the year.
We attended Brandon's first Show Choir concert for the year.  It makes me feel old to see all the energy these kids bring to their performances.
I have several bookings in December to put on the red suit and let kids (and a few adults) sit on my lap.  I'll be working the Jolly Holiday Lights event a couple of times and at Salsbury House (while seated in a 1939 Packard) on the 22nd and 23rd.  I will, most likely, also be at Lake Robbins on the 18th. And, of course, I'll be flying around the world on the 24th, as usual.
Today - Thursday, October 14th is a beautiful Fall day with bright sunshine and trees dressed in reds and golds (those trees that aren't already naked of leaves anyway).  The gusty breeze makes it a better day to see from the inside though.
Saturday, Ella and I are acting as ushers at a funeral for a friend of ours.  He passed away at 75 years of age.  At our stage of life we need to keep making new friends faster than we lose 'em.

September 26 - 29

Sun 26^th Our Football themed Sunday service went well.  Pastor had us switch sides at half-time.  Most people laughed at it although some really didn’t like it. However, no one refused to change seats. The “cheer leaders” led us in “Hallelu Hallelu Hallelujah Praise Ye the Lord” and actually managed to get these Methodist to raise their arms in church!

Mon 27^th Ella’s payday so we went to the bank to deposit and then to the store to spend. 

Tue 28^th A good day to do very little.  I’m not feeling well.  Thanks to the littlest great-granddaughter
for sharing her germs!  Speaking of the ‘greats’, we had them for a few hours this afternoon.  Normally we wouldn’t have had Charlotte.  However, she had and ‘extra’ tooth pulled –
and the one in front of it fell out at the same time.  So, since she could only eat soft food, we
took them to get ice cream at a place that puts “eyes” on all of their ice cream creations.  Rori liked them but Charlotte said she was going to vomit.  Different personalities!

Wed 29^th We spent the day at Nathan’s watching Rori.  Grandma took Charlotte to school and I went to our Men’s Bible Study.  I’m feeling better today . . . but still not feeling good.  So I just vegged out in front of Nate’s big screen tv.  Rori’s germs struck again!  Nathan came home early from work . . . sick.  We stopped at Village Inn for soup and pie.  When we got home we were sitting on the patio enjoying the evening, when an old neighbor stopped by to visit.