We will pack soon and leave for a trip to Tryon, NC to visit Ken's cousin Ruthie and Richie Boehning. They live outside of town in a beautiful wooded area with a back screened in porch that looks off into the valley below of their second story. Ruthie introduced me to The Closer and I have been hooked ever since. In her youth, Ruthie was quite a singer, and went to Hollywood to train as a starlet. Richie was in World War II and loves old cars. What is it, Chuck? He has three fancy ones in his garage, and I am to take pictures of them.
On the way we will stay with Clell (That's L.C. for Leonard Clell) and Sue Miller. Clell and his first wife were next door neighbors in Memphis and best friends with Ken, Pat, Chuck, Warren, and Nancy. Sue is Clell's second wife and she is so wonderful. I love both of their Mississippi accents and both are very gracious. We went to Branson last year with Kristen and Matthew and met Clell and Sue for a '40s big band weekend. This last fall we went on a cruise with them and Teri and Chuck that was very enjoyable. Sue is a retired librarian at the college level so we have a lot in common as far as our occupations go.
We will also stay with Martha Brown, one of Ken's co-workers at Agrico. She is so lovely and we enjoyed staying with her also last year in March. When Martha Martin Brown was single she used to take care of the Miller and Robbins kids when their parents went out. Martha is a widow after being married for quite a few years. She is a devout Catholic and does many positive things for her church.
This week Colton spent several days with us and helped Ken and me with jobs around our lot, in the hangar, and with me on the porches. Thanks, Colton! His parents, John and Elizabeth, John's brother Shaun, and Colton's brother Lewis came to pick up Colton and we went out to eat at Tater Junction.
Friday evening late Teri and Chuck arrived to spend a couple of nights with us. Chuck and Ken went to Ranger, TX for an air show and get together for our AAA group. Teri and went shopping and she found some things she liked. We have been eatiing out "a lot" lately and have brought home leftovers which I have frozen to use when we return home from our trip. Yesterday was at Babe's. Today we went to Cosco and Sam's and ate in the kitchen at Buca di Beppo. We brought home some leftovers including the green apple gorgonzola salad that many in our family like. Ken ate the rest of that this evening for his dinner.
I'll tell you later about coming back through Kentucky and Tennessee to different places from our going to NC.
I guess that's about all for now, except to say we love you, and hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend and will have a good and safe week. I forgot that there is no spell check here so please overlook any spelling errors.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Moving Yet Again
Hello to all! As I write this, two very nice gentlemen are busily toting our belongings out to a truck. Later this afternoon we will head up to our new house on the northwest side of Houston. This will be the first of two moving days. Matt & I still have one week left of school so we will stay here for one more week then move the rest of the stuff next weekend. Steve has already started his new job in Brenham at Valmont Industries. He likes it very much and is making a better salary, so we are happy! I will still teach at Alief Learning Center next year. The alternative setting seems to suit me. It gets pretty rough the last two months of school, but August to April is pretty tame, so I have signed up for at least 1 more year.
Matt is excited about starting 2nd grade at his new school. We have already made a tour of the playground. Our new address will be: 12138 Canyon Arbor Way, Houston, TX 77095. It's a nice 2 story house on a cul-de-sac with a great back patio and backyard.
It seems like we move all the time, but for me, as long as it's in Texas and not clear across the country, I'm okay with it! It will be closer to family, albeit not by much, but every little bit helps!
I am extremely excited to have my 1st summer off after teaching a year! I have so much planned. Cleaning out closets, scrapbooking, making sure Matt is well-prepared for 2nd grade, and so much more. Who knows if it will all get done, but I'm gonna give it my best shot!
Well, I have to go for now... little bits and pieces is how I seem to be operating for now...
Matt is excited about starting 2nd grade at his new school. We have already made a tour of the playground. Our new address will be: 12138 Canyon Arbor Way, Houston, TX 77095. It's a nice 2 story house on a cul-de-sac with a great back patio and backyard.
It seems like we move all the time, but for me, as long as it's in Texas and not clear across the country, I'm okay with it! It will be closer to family, albeit not by much, but every little bit helps!
I am extremely excited to have my 1st summer off after teaching a year! I have so much planned. Cleaning out closets, scrapbooking, making sure Matt is well-prepared for 2nd grade, and so much more. Who knows if it will all get done, but I'm gonna give it my best shot!
Well, I have to go for now... little bits and pieces is how I seem to be operating for now...
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Spring, 2010, in Bellingham - Llew
To carry on my spring checking in here tradition, we are enjoying an early bloom of our gardens here having had very warm and dry weather (for the rusting Washingtonians) in February and March. The last few days, however, have reintroduced the winter that left early, with rain and below average coolness. Today it was 54 for a high, whereas generally it is in the mid to high 60s, and when I moved out here in the 70s, it even got a high as in the 80s this time of year. Amazing.
I have been watching the happenings in the Gulf of Mexico and wishing that it begins to get cleaned up and handled better some time soon. I watch the maps and am especially concerned about Thibodaux, where I lived, and Houma where friends live now, and Grand Isle, where I even saw one of my former students at Nicholl's State University on a new report.
We are planning to stay close to Bellingham most of the summer, with a couple of trips near by to see some Shakespeare plays, one in Vancouver, British Columbia, that combines all the material on the character Falstaff, from the Henry histories and the comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor" into a single production on the one character. A friend from Phoenix, Arizona will be visiting when we travel up to see it, and to see Canada, also. There will be additional plays out at Lake Padden here and down at a theater in Mount Vernon that we enjoy and where I inevitably see former students who are now in their 30s and 40s from Burlington days. They always have fond memories of the classes and of me which somewhat makes me wonder if time doesn't indeed erase all flaws. Seeing them is an enjoyment, and reconnecting through them with a host of others in conversation and news.
Vonnie is scheduled for her knee replacement either the week before or the week after Julyn 4th, and we are really, really happy about that. Soon, she will be active and walking once more. My own knee replacement (actually, only 1/2 of the knee) was several years ago by the same doctor, and has been perfect and such a huge relief. He's an excellent surgeon, and we are lucky to have him here in Bellingham.
At some point, after we are both fully mobile, we will be traveling south and hope to see many of you. We seem to be on the seeing relatives in Texas and Oklahoma on the 10 or 15 or even 40 year plan. But we are looking forward.
I have been watching the happenings in the Gulf of Mexico and wishing that it begins to get cleaned up and handled better some time soon. I watch the maps and am especially concerned about Thibodaux, where I lived, and Houma where friends live now, and Grand Isle, where I even saw one of my former students at Nicholl's State University on a new report.
We are planning to stay close to Bellingham most of the summer, with a couple of trips near by to see some Shakespeare plays, one in Vancouver, British Columbia, that combines all the material on the character Falstaff, from the Henry histories and the comedy "The Merry Wives of Windsor" into a single production on the one character. A friend from Phoenix, Arizona will be visiting when we travel up to see it, and to see Canada, also. There will be additional plays out at Lake Padden here and down at a theater in Mount Vernon that we enjoy and where I inevitably see former students who are now in their 30s and 40s from Burlington days. They always have fond memories of the classes and of me which somewhat makes me wonder if time doesn't indeed erase all flaws. Seeing them is an enjoyment, and reconnecting through them with a host of others in conversation and news.
Vonnie is scheduled for her knee replacement either the week before or the week after Julyn 4th, and we are really, really happy about that. Soon, she will be active and walking once more. My own knee replacement (actually, only 1/2 of the knee) was several years ago by the same doctor, and has been perfect and such a huge relief. He's an excellent surgeon, and we are lucky to have him here in Bellingham.
At some point, after we are both fully mobile, we will be traveling south and hope to see many of you. We seem to be on the seeing relatives in Texas and Oklahoma on the 10 or 15 or even 40 year plan. But we are looking forward.
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