It is such a relief to be feeling better than I have all week. It was a joy to watch Nick and his basketball team win two games yesterday. Nick has greatly improved his skills from last season and it was a feeling of pride to see your son do well. We look forward to today's game, knowing that this one will be tougher (final game - winner of tournament).
Was able to get my bulletins completed this morning, two loads of laundry (almost done), and hoping to get some cleaning done before we leave. My parents are coming for a visit tomorrow which will be great since we have not seen them for a couple of months.
God has been good and has answered a couple of our prayers this week and we trust that He will answer more in the days to come.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Guess What
You will never belive it, but I have thrush (in my mouth). I thought that was something only babies got, but apparently after taking antibiotics you too can aquire this painful, although not normally painful - so maybe I have something else as well, infection.
My mouth/throat/left inner ear is all quite sore, thankful pain killers are killing the pain. I am trying to drink lots of fluid like ginger beer and hot tea with honey. Hopefully it will clear up soon and I will be back to normal.
While I sit and wait to feel better I am looking and editing the over 1000 photos we took on our adventure. I might be here awhile.
My mouth/throat/left inner ear is all quite sore, thankful pain killers are killing the pain. I am trying to drink lots of fluid like ginger beer and hot tea with honey. Hopefully it will clear up soon and I will be back to normal.
While I sit and wait to feel better I am looking and editing the over 1000 photos we took on our adventure. I might be here awhile.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Being Back
It has been good to be back home, to see our family, although we have not yet seen Matt (hoping to this month) and some of our friends. We are hoping we can catch up with more friends soon.
Some stuff has been happening around here while we were gone that is causing us great sadness. Please pray that God will give us wisdom and peace and that he will comfort those that are hurting.
For me, I have been able to complete my housekeeping duties (laundry, cleaning up everything from our trip) but have yet to file, both in the filing cabinet and the computer, some of the mail regarding banking stuff. This morning, despite feeling sick (sore throat and ear), I was able to update the church website, complete two loads of laundry and begin with blog stuff. I am planning to go back and update with pictures the blog pages from our adventure. Please check back in the near future to see if I completed what I am setting out to do.
Some stuff has been happening around here while we were gone that is causing us great sadness. Please pray that God will give us wisdom and peace and that he will comfort those that are hurting.
For me, I have been able to complete my housekeeping duties (laundry, cleaning up everything from our trip) but have yet to file, both in the filing cabinet and the computer, some of the mail regarding banking stuff. This morning, despite feeling sick (sore throat and ear), I was able to update the church website, complete two loads of laundry and begin with blog stuff. I am planning to go back and update with pictures the blog pages from our adventure. Please check back in the near future to see if I completed what I am setting out to do.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Day 57
LAST DAY! Left at 6:30 a.m. just because we were awake and may as well get going. Drove for awhile till we found a McD's for breakfast and wifi. Drove as far as Minot for lunch, Applebee's - yay! Oriental chicken salad for lunch, Tim had a rueben sandwich. Filled up with fuel and headed for home.
Made it safely and quickly through the border and into Manitoba. Felt good to be driving on familiar roads. Tim had to stop at Tim's for his ice cap with a shot of espresso, he was so happy! Once we were on the #1 I moved into the back of the camper and started packing up. I took a few little breaks but ended up getting almost everything packed up by time we got home. Drove the camper into the shop brought the car in and transferred our stuff over and headed home-home. Was so good to be home, too bad Nick was not there, he was at a basketball game. We had most stuff unpacked and a few loads of laundry done and were just settling down to watch TV when Nick came home. He was very happy to see us, we even got big hugs. We were very happy to see him too. Glad to be home!
Made it safely and quickly through the border and into Manitoba. Felt good to be driving on familiar roads. Tim had to stop at Tim's for his ice cap with a shot of espresso, he was so happy! Once we were on the #1 I moved into the back of the camper and started packing up. I took a few little breaks but ended up getting almost everything packed up by time we got home. Drove the camper into the shop brought the car in and transferred our stuff over and headed home-home. Was so good to be home, too bad Nick was not there, he was at a basketball game. We had most stuff unpacked and a few loads of laundry done and were just settling down to watch TV when Nick came home. He was very happy to see us, we even got big hugs. We were very happy to see him too. Glad to be home!
Day 56
Looking forward to coming home.
Day 55
Cloudy with a bit of rain. Winterized the camper after breakfast and began our journey home. Made a quick pit stop at Gold and Silver Pawn Shop - the home of Pawn Stars, and took a look around. Matt was wanting us to stop and check it out since it was so close to where we were staying. We saw a couple of Peter Liks photos and the price on the one we noticed, with the damaged frame, we felt was way over priced. Well, now we have been there, so it was time to get back on the road.
Soon we were out of Nevada and into Arizona for a brief drive through the beautiful red mountains following a small river. It was very beautiful. Did I mention that I was driving through these mountains, up and down and around? I drove as far as George where we stopped at a Cracker Barrel for lunch. On the road again, we drove a short way stopping at a Love's to try to add some DEF fluid. This was not a simple task since the positioning of the neck of the tank made it almost impossible for the nozzle to reach. And the nozzle was too big as well, so Tim feels that he was able to get a little bit of the DEF fluid into the tank but to make sure he bought a container of the fluid just in case. Now for those of you unfamiliar with DEF fluid, if you have a vehicle that needs it and if you run out of it you cannot start or drive your car/truck. So it is very important that you make sure that you have some.
At this point Tim took over the driving, as he had had his nap in the morning. I was very glad for this since it started to snow/rain, snow/rain, repeat. The rain was fine but the snow made it messy and slower and when a semi passed you had better make sure you have your wipers going on full speed if you want to see any of the road. We continued right on through Utah and into Idaho before stopping for the night at a Flying J just south of Pocatello.
Soon we were out of Nevada and into Arizona for a brief drive through the beautiful red mountains following a small river. It was very beautiful. Did I mention that I was driving through these mountains, up and down and around? I drove as far as George where we stopped at a Cracker Barrel for lunch. On the road again, we drove a short way stopping at a Love's to try to add some DEF fluid. This was not a simple task since the positioning of the neck of the tank made it almost impossible for the nozzle to reach. And the nozzle was too big as well, so Tim feels that he was able to get a little bit of the DEF fluid into the tank but to make sure he bought a container of the fluid just in case. Now for those of you unfamiliar with DEF fluid, if you have a vehicle that needs it and if you run out of it you cannot start or drive your car/truck. So it is very important that you make sure that you have some.
At this point Tim took over the driving, as he had had his nap in the morning. I was very glad for this since it started to snow/rain, snow/rain, repeat. The rain was fine but the snow made it messy and slower and when a semi passed you had better make sure you have your wipers going on full speed if you want to see any of the road. We continued right on through Utah and into Idaho before stopping for the night at a Flying J just south of Pocatello.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Day 54
Woke up early than I thought we would, was hoping to sleep in. Oh well. Before we left Circus Circus we headed over to the midway area and caught a circus act with two brothers. The larger one would lie on his shoulders, on a special chair and would flip his smaller brother around in the air with his feet. It is hard to explain but they did a great job, one time he flipped him over and over 21 times, pretty amazing and they seemed like fairly young guys.
Got on the Duece bus and headed south, getting off at the Imperial Palace. They have a large collection of collector autos that Tim wanted to see. I sped through while Tim took his time enjoying the cars. We had no real plans today since we were both a little tired and Tim felt like he was coming down with something so we rode the bus down the strip and back up the strip. We got off a bit at Freemont station to look around and then took the bus back.
We headed back for the Chinese foot massage people and Tim ended up getting a foot massage as well as myself. Felt good, for me though massages can always be longer. For supper we had prime rib and spare ribs, you can guess who had which. Came back home and relaxed. Plan is to head home tomorrow.
Got on the Duece bus and headed south, getting off at the Imperial Palace. They have a large collection of collector autos that Tim wanted to see. I sped through while Tim took his time enjoying the cars. We had no real plans today since we were both a little tired and Tim felt like he was coming down with something so we rode the bus down the strip and back up the strip. We got off a bit at Freemont station to look around and then took the bus back.
We headed back for the Chinese foot massage people and Tim ended up getting a foot massage as well as myself. Felt good, for me though massages can always be longer. For supper we had prime rib and spare ribs, you can guess who had which. Came back home and relaxed. Plan is to head home tomorrow.
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