Got a text from Callie during breakfast informing me that the very first words out of Shelby’s mouth this morning were “I wish Gramma and Grampa were home today.” I don't know what the kids have been told about our planned arrival because she also said that there were several follow-up questions “about *exactly* when they’d be home”. Don’t worry, Shelby…“Forever” is almost over!
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Entered Michigan at about 12:45 local
time. Rain and wind were our traveling
companions from our starting point today in Bloomington, IL, until about 20
miles into Michigan. The rain dropped off then but the wind was a constant presence
right up to when we arrived home.
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Another
truck feature discovered today: Kim had the cruise set; at one point, the
warning bell dinged, a warning flashed on the display screen informing him that
the trailer was swaying (like that was big news), and the truck somehow
decreased the cruise control speed. It did this on its own…of its own
volition…without any input from Kim. Of
course, that did not stop the swaying, but I suppose the truck felt that it did
its part in the matter. And the interesting thing is that it didn’t do it until
we were about 150 miles into Michigan. I
thought yesterday’s wind was much worse than today’s wind. Crazy stuff!
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I’d heard that the sewing room re-do looked great, but I wasn’t allowed to see the pictures so seeing for myself was first on the to do list when we got home at about 7:30. What a difference! It’s amazing!
Kim and I bought the butcher block for the work surface and some new flooring before we left…I told Marshal some of what I needed/wanted in the sewing table itself…he did the rest. Levi came up on a weekend to help him; Amanda picked out a paint color and Levi also repainted the room. I don’t like to paint so I was willing to deal with the old color, but this looks so much better. Oh, and the TV is now wall mounted. I’ll be jumping back into work soon, so it’ll probably take some time before what came out of there goes back in…mostly because that will require some serious purging. But the end result is what I had envisioned and I’m thrilled!!
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40 Days of Lent opportunity: Give a gift card to someone today. I figured I wouldn’t be doing this one because
we were traveling. BUT we stopped in
Grand Haven at Jet’s Pizza for a late lunch. I saw gift cards at the register
and bought one. Kim wanted to know what I was doing; I answered that it was for
the Lent challenge. Then he wanted to
know who I was going to give it too; I said I had no idea but getting the gift
card was the first step. As we sat waiting for our food, a woman drove up and
came into Jet’s. Before I lost my nerve,
I walked up to her, gave her the card and said, “I’d like to give this to you”
as I thrust it toward her. She had a quizzical look on her face and not wanting
to get into a big explanation, I simply said, “It’s a Lent thing…please take it.” She smiled and thanked me and I walked away
happy that I’d found a way to fulfill today's opportunity.
Then a girl came in selling candy bars. After Kim bought some, he smiled and said, “That’s
my gift card.” 😎
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