We have had a very busy month since my sister, Pearl, arrived from Ohio. First on the agenda was cleaning and going through my brother's house. We lost him on July 31, 2012 and found this task very bittersweet, but a necessity. I have since listed the house on the market and need to get his car sold as well.
We took my sister to her daughter's in Port Charlotte for a two week visit. It was a trip that we felt she deserved after her assistance in all of the work at the house!! The trip was fun and quite an experience with so many children as Tina had moved there from Indiana to be near three of her children and their families. So Christmas and New Years was time with eight children aged nine and under. Two of these were recently adopted from Ethiopia. They are such precious boys and so enjoyable right along with their US sister and brother, as well as the cousins. So many hugs!! It was amazing how well they adapted to our customs and use of the English language!! We could not believe it. It was a visit that we will never forget!! And I do have many pictures of it on the camera, waiting for processing.
While in Port Charlotte, Gary had my great niece's husband, Jeff, work on our laptop and bring it up to Windows 7. In the process I have lost my photo program so it is delaying my archiving of pictures taken over the holidays. Until I get this re-installed, I will not have new pictures for the Blog. It will be quite a job to catch up. But I promise that it will happen some day!! Thank goodness for disc back-up of the photos.
Today we went out to the bank with the idea that I would get a paper notarized so that I could get some paperwork mailed out, but their lobby was not open. So it will be delayed until Tuesday since we already have plans for a bus trip to Biloxi MS on Monday. However, we did drive to downtown Pensacola to check out a condo, but were disappointed at the location of it. So we stopped in at one of our favorites, The Oar House on the wharf, for fish and chips for lunch. The sun was out strong then (but is cloudy AGAIN now) and the breeze was not too cold, so really enjoyed sitting there. We also stopped at a Thrift shop but was disappointed there. So home again and vegging out for the rest of the day.
We went to a chili dinner last evening with our Sunday School group at Olive Baptist here in Pensacola. It was a fun evening and yummy, as well. We have really settled in well with this church even though it is a very large church. This group ministers well and so does the music in the worship service. The pastor and his sermons really speak to us!! If you would like to hear him, his sermons are on-line as well as on the local radio and television stations.
So stay tuned and we will get back to the Blogs with photos soon!!
Ready to Roll
Our History
- Gary & Audrey
- Ohio, United States
- Having recently retired we are fulfilling our long time dream. We began our camping life with a tent in 1969 adjusting as each of our three sons arrived over the years and gradually progressed to a 32' Class A in 2007. Even after our sons became too busy with their own interests, we continued dreaming over the years. The Louisville, KY 2003 Great North American RV Rally and the book "Movin' On" convinced us that a motorhome after retirement was really for us! In 2007 we sold our home and disposed of most of our belongings and awaited the wife's retirement on February 1, 2008. We were out in our first motorhome ten times in our first summer in 2007, with our grandson joining us eight of those ten times. Since he must stay behind with his mom and dad to continue school, we told him he can join us on vacations (by car or plane) anywhere we are as we travel the US. Imagine the history lessons he could acquire! However, Mom and Dad don't look at it that way, especially the flying. Fortunately we don't miss work one bit!! We just miss the friends there. We have many hobbies to keep us busy when we decide to sit still for a day. Hope to see you on the road.
