Author: rvingwithapurpose

Sunday, July 23, 2017

Nice day today. Not quite as hot. Looks like the rest of the week in Alabama will not be so hot either – no temperatures in the 90’s predicted for this week. Sweet!

We spent the night at Jim’s last night which allowed us to continue our visit. This morning we went back to Veranda B&B for breakfast. Wow! It was so good and there was so many choices. The eggs were perfectly cooked – which is hard for a buffet. There was bacon and chicken, biscuits, fruit, french toast, peach cobbler, hash browns and more. After that wonderful breakfast we took Jim and we met Anne’s cousin Nancy at Fayettville First UMC for worship. Then we went out for lunch. After that huge breakfast we didn’t need much, so we just had a salad. It was quite good too. After lunch it was time for goodbyes and we headed back to Alabama. It was an uneventful drive home – actually an easy drive.

When we arrive we found the driveway badly washed. Fortunately, Barry and Donna who check on our house when we are gone had already warned us about this so we were sort of prepared. Lots of rain washed the drive and then made everything grow on the sides of the drive. Double whammy. We left FRED at Helen’s and drove to the house and got the tractor to scrape the drive and fill the areas that washed. While Max was on the tractor and Anne was cutting the bushes on the edge of the drive, Donna and Barry stopped by for a short visit. Sure was good to see them. Oh well, got everything in pretty good shape and brought FRED on back to our house and started unloading. The rest will have to just wait until tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great week. Say a prayer for Max. He has some oral surgery scheduled for tomorrow.

Saturday, July 22, 2017

As everybody probably already knows, it was another hot day. At least in Atlanta it was hot and we had no showers or clouds. It did seem to cool off a little shortly before dark. The forecast is looking better for some cooler days to come. Sure hope they are right.

We left Randy and Debra’s house this morning in route to Senoia, Georgia where Anne’s brother, Jim, lives – about 4 hours. Anne’s sister-in-law, Marguerite, died June 4, 2017 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Most of the family was together at that point in time but the Celebration of Life service was postponed until today because Anne’s nephew, Joseph is a Marine and was in Okinawa and could not be here until now. We arrived at Jim’s about 1:00 this afternoon and parked FRED in front of his house, but could only connect to a 20amp. We could have run the generator, but since Jim has plenty of bedrooms we decided to stay in the house with him. We didn’t think he really wanted to come home to an empty house after the service.

The service was held at the Veranda, a B&B in historical Senoia. The house was built in 1906 as the Holberg Hotel. There were lovely sitting rooms and a nice large room for the service and the meal that followed. It was a great time to be with family and close friends and offer support to each other as we shared our memories of Marguerite. It was a sad day in some ways, but a good day as well. We all know that Marguerite is waiting for us to join her in heaven one day. Rest In Peace Marguerite. Please continue to pray for Jim as he works through his horrible grief and also pray that God will give us the wisdom and words needed to be there for him.

 

Friday, July 21, 2017

It was sunny and humid when we walked over to the dumpster about 7:00 this morning. Today was a short travel day from Lumberton, NC to Johnston, SC where Max’s brother lives. We pulled out about 8:30 with Anne driving and then switched off at the rest area about half way.

Then Max drove us through a lot of construction, with a stop for fuel and then on to Johnston. Nice uneventful drive. Everything worked as it was suppose and we had no problems. YEA! Debra and Randy were not yet home when we arrived but arrived shortly and we had a nice afternoon visit. Debra showed us some old quilts that she found while helping Juno, Max’s Mom, prepare to move into Aunt Helen’s house. One was made in 1887 and is so amazing. Couldn’t help but think of Cathy and wish we had been able to show it to her. Hope you are enjoying the quilt show this weekend, Cathy.  Since the peach crop is in full production here we went to one of the local packing houses and bought an $18 box of peaches. Then they took us to dinner at a great little restaurant, French Market Grill, where we enjoyed a wonderful dinner and even better conversation. We so enjoy the time we spend with Randy and Debra. We caught up on some family matters, and just enjoyed being together. After dinner Debra and Anne shopped for some new clothes for Aunt Helen. Neither of us are really confident in shopping for someone else, but together we do fairly well. Randy and Max shopped at Office Depot while we shopped for clothes. They bought Randy a new laptop. Congratulations, Randy. Hope you enjoy. (He is currently waiting for Windows 10 to update – this could take a while.) After making our purchases we stopped by Dave and Jennifer’s home. They had been painting this afternoon and wanted us to see what they had done. It was great to see Dave and Jennifer even though it was a short visit. Now we are sleepy and are going to bed. More tomorrow.