YA'ALL COME

Ya’all come.  And ya’all did this week.  We missed Jacqui but have been hearing from her as she settles in on her very own Marshall Island. Kwajalein wasn’t ready for her and she has not received her shipment from the US with her ‘stuff’ yet.  She has a loaner bike and is getting around, swimming, and getting ready for school to start.

We have seen family this week.  John and Carol brought their great grandkids, Lexi and Yi-yi from Wales.  They are talking well and have an accent (but only when they are in Texas).  Friends from church joined us for brunch Wednesday.  Quiché and fresh peaches.  The peaches are just right this week.  How many of them can we eat in one week?  Bradferd was here for lunch Thursday; chili realanos , Spanish rice, beans, and peach pie.  Yep, more peaches.  Victoria stopped in after work and finished the left-over’s and the pie.  She is planning a trip to the Dominican Republic this fall and found out there is a malaria problem.  They will have their preventive shots.

Charles spoke to his grand daughter, Vanessa, this afternoon just before she boarded the plane for Africa.  She is on a mission trip to Kenya; serving as a nurse on this trip and will be giving shots too.  I wonder if they are fighting malaria too.  She was excited.

The Methodist church has a mission to erase Malaria so we have been hearing about that.  I hadn’t realized how wide spread the disease is.  Safe trip to all our family as they return home and travel to help others.

We made a trip to town Thursday morning  and looked at things in Lowe’s, but we didn’t measure things first so we will sometime this week.  Charles wants a medicine cabinet in his bathroom.  They have so many to choose from that may work instead of the existing mirror.  I’m thinking of a walk in bathtub, but not just now when I’m recovering from closet fatigue.

Monday and Tuesday we had over four inches of rain.  The tank water level is up a little and things are getting green again.  My weed eater is suffering from fatigue too and is taking a little longer to power up again. 

 Just for fun we stopped by the Boys and Girl’s Club resale center to see when we can leave donations from our closet cleaning.  They have a new facility on 377 and I really wanted to look around but we didn’t have the time just then.  I DO NOT need new furniture, I need to get rid of some.  I get a certain twinge when I realize that furniture I got new is now over the age limit of 50 years to be considered antiques.

As it turned out, when Bradferd was here he told us he was looking for a good chair for his room that he could use for TV (and a little sleeping) and to study.  We did get to the Boys and Girl’s Club and they had a nice chair in good shape.  I did end up getting furniture, but it’s not going into the house.  It’s living in the van until Bradferd can pick it up with his truck.  Charles says he doesn’t miss the fall school start up.

Kathy called and said she was getting her classroom ready, but it smelled of fish.  Now how?

I climbed up to change the light in the hall and Charles went up the ladder tonight to clean out a blocked rain drain gutter on the roof and was so into fixing he went on to use the WD-40 on the squeaky screen door.  My Hero.  He was busy this morning spraying the tall grass at the entry with weed killer.  We decided on a diet and also that it isn’t eating it’s not moving around enough.   He did his today. 

The Folklore Society is having a week end program in March that sounds interesting.  I want to go to Kearney, NE to see the bird migration about the same time.  Just so we don’t think we are running away from chores.

Thanks to all the good company.  We love to have you.