RVing With a Purpose

Thursday, August 10, 2017

It was a little cooler when we got up this morning. Anne’s brother treated us both to a big breakfast at a diner in Fayetteville then we drove back to his house, took the dogs for a walk, and headed back to Alabama.

Before coming home we stopped to check on Aunt Jean in Trussville and help her with some bills. What was supposed to be a 30 minute stop turned into a 3 hour stay.  The nurse at the facility thought she was not acting herself today, so Anne checked her out and didn’t find anything serious. Then we stopped and checked on Aunt Helen and Max’s mother on the way in. So we finally got to the house a little before dark and just before the thunderstorm.

And we’re headed back out again early in the morning. Good night.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Today here in Senoia, Ga it was a mostly cloudy and sometimes rainy day. We did have some sunshine late this afternoon. We did what we came here to do. We took care of the animals. We were able to give the dogs some nice walks which they seemed to enjoy, and we did too. We also had some time to do a little shopping. And it was actually shopping today rather than buying. We have had some ideas about things we might want to do inside FRED but just haven’t had the time to really look around so today we went to Bed Bath and Beyond and some other similar stores in Peachtree City just looking around. We are more accustomed to going to buy something rather than simply looking and shopping. We usually know we need or want a particular item and go purchase it. It was nice just to relax and look around. We also spotted what turned out to be a really good thrift store on the way back to Jim’s from Peachtree City. We both were able to pick up some nice quick dry t-shirts to wear for work. We hate to buy new shirts and then wear them on projects where we frequently get pretty dirty and sweaty or maybe paint. We spoke to Jim a few minutes ago and he is about 30 minutes away so we are looking forward to seeing him and spending a little time together. Looks like there is still some heavy weather out there so everyone stay safe and pray for a safe travel day for us tomorrow please.

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Today it rained. It rained hard. It rained not quite so hard and it drizzled. It was raining on Pine Mountain when we left at 6:30 this morning. It was raining in Tuscaloosa for Ralph’s funeral. And it is still raining when we got to Georgia. Oh, well. They decided to have Ralph’s funeral inside instead of at the grave. We made it safely to Georgia in spite of the crazy drivers and we are in a nice dry home. God is good! We also took Anne’s mom to the funeral too. We are so glad she was able to attend. She is definitely making progress even though it is too slow in her opinion.

Today was Ralph Krupp’s funeral. We told you a little about him last Thursday when he died. Dan Kilgore, one of Ralph’s friends and pastor of First UMC in Tuscaloosa did the service. Dan talked about Ralph’s 35 bombing missions over Europe, and then the resupply missions following D-Day and also about Ralph’s honesty and integrity. Dan said that Ralph usually commented on his sermons each Sunday. He would usually say something like “that was a good message pastor”, but sometimes he would also add, “but you have done better.” Dan added, “and he was usually right.” Ralph also made many wood craft items that the United Methodist Women sold to raise money to support various missionaries. Ralph’s woodworking was beautiful and we are so glad he gave us a few of his pieces. We remember Ralph as a loving and caring person who always had a smile on his face and a positive attitude. We also always new he loved us and his Lord.

We are currently in Senoia, Ga, where Anne’s brother Jim lives. (Yes, this is where they film “The Walking Dead” which we have never seen.) We are here to help Jim out with his animals while he has to be out of town on business. Anne’s cousin Nancy has helped with the animals many times since she lives fairly close, but Nancy is unavailable currently. Anyway, Marguerite loved animals. All animals. So Jim now has two dogs, Roxxy and Dixie and six cats. We have about two pages of instructions for caring for the various ones. They are all sweet animals but we aren’t accustomed to quite so many. It does allow us to get our puppy fix since we still miss our Scout. Jim should be back tomorrow and we will try to get some other things done for him while we are here. Times are still hard for Jim so please continue to remember him in your prayers. We are anxious to return to Alabama and go pick up FRED.

Today we had several comments and emails in response to last night’s blog. And we thought we were putting people to sleep. Thanks for all the responses. Some were quite funny. It really cheered us up as they came in throughout the day. You guys are great!