Nearly a month and a half have gone by since I tried to write on the Blog! Sorry, but just not enough going on in Ohio. Or I should say, not enough excitement!
Gary got the Honda's oil changed in Akron and he also got his sister's car sold. Thus two hurdles passed. He also did a lot of painting and such in Victor's house in preparation for listing it to sell. Seems Vic has more motivation now. They began with the front entrance floor trim, curtains up in the dining area, paint the kitchen and garage/basement entry, the basement and last the family room.
He said that he would begin scraping the house trim outside/front this week. I hope the weather is conducive! He sure has been sorting a lot and piling up on the curb lawn each trash pick-up day! He is finding out earlier than we did that one should not accumulate so much!! We did this after Gary's retirement and after forty years of marriage and kids!
The 11th of March was a spaghetti dinner fund raiser for the Jette Beck family. Our boys had worked with Derick at Wendy's many years ago. How time flies. There were more than 1000 served and quite a long wait in line. It was am amazing fund raiser. Whoever planned this sure did an awesome job. I have never seen such an extensive fund raiser! We found plenty of people to visit with during the wait. We also get weekly reports on Jette's recovery process following surgery for a brain tumor. It sure is a long haul!! We are trusting in the Lord for a recovery.
Gary did go to the Men of Faith breakfast at the Deutsch Haus and I met with my fellow scrappers.
Sunday, the 19th of March we met with Rich and Hope Theiss (and Victor) at Perkins for lunch following church. We had a great visit and also ran into a fellow scrapper, Lee O'Lenik. After dinner we took Rich and Hope back to our condo for more visit time. It was great!!
Sunday, March 26th, we had dinner at our house, cleaning out the excess food in preparation for our trip south. Richie missed out as he had to work at his new job at Walmart. He was so happy to get the job as he was hired for the Electronic Department. We hope that it is good background for a future in IT.
Gary has had his usual breakfast/coffees with friends, Rick, Pete, Ray, SES retirees, as well as First Tuesday "friends". Audrey with friends, Louise, Bob & Eugenia and Debbie Cotton. We did our usual trip to Deutsch Haus to meet with RVing friends, Don and Lois. They are missing the former life style of wintering in Florida. But both are doing pretty well health wise.
Our Class '62 and '63 luncheons are always a fun catch up time.
The night before leaving for Pensacola, Florida we went in the pouring rain to a Tribute to Walt Disney at the former Junior High School in Salem. This was presented by Mr. Viencik, Miss Yereb and the Theiss'. Much of the Theiss' work experience was working for Disney!! It is always a very interesting time listening to their adventures.
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| Some of Miss Yereb's Disney collections. |
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| Miss Yereb, former Salem High School Art Teacher. Both Gary and our son, Ben, were in her classes. |
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| Hope and Richard Theiss |
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| Some of Theiss' many collected items. |
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| One of Rich Theiss' many thank-yous for a Disney presentation to classes and organizations. |
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| Rich Theiss' art examples. |
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Rich began his Disney talk with his dream at about age 7 of someday working for Disney, and the many years following. He never did get to finish his talk as the evening was too short. They stopped him to share cake to celebrate his birthday as a surprise to him!
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| Hope Theiss |
Next we are on our way South with a stop on the way, to lunch with Gary's nephew, Michael and wife, Cindy.
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| Another family dinner. |
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| Still winter in Ohio! |
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Gary did get some time for his drawing, as well!!
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