What a doozy the first three months were of 2018! We got back from Christmas in Utah and I had about a week before I went in for surgery to repair a hernia. I ended up staying in the hospital for 4 days before coming home to a house with no heat. Mike had paid the bill, but they had to wait 6 days for it to clear before they would come out and give us propane. Unfortunately it was also one of the coldest weeks in the month of January. Needless to say we are not very happy with Quarles gas company and will be looking to change who we order from. I had six weeks of not being allowed to lift anything over 25 lbs which in a way was very nice because it limited what I could and couldn’t do around the house. I did do a lot of walking though as it was helpful in the recovery phase. We also had fun with the washer not running right and not being able to get anyone in to look at it for about 2 weeks, so Mike had the pleasure of washing clothes in the tub.
February I traveled to Utah to spend some time with my mom while my father went to Israel for a 10-day visit. Poor Mom didn’t have much fun as she was battling a very bad cough and not feeling well so we were not able to go out and do anything fun. We did get to watch some fun movies and home makeover shows. I was also able to spend some time with Ashley and her family and a day with Emily and Hazel before I left so that made it all worthwhile. The grandkids are getting so big! I love how we get to visit each Sunday on Skype and spend time with them that way. Fortunately I wasn’t home when we had a large windstorm in Virginia. It took the power out and damaged the siding on the house and took some shingles off the roof. Poor Mike again suffered from no heat, but he could cook as there was gas, ha ha! February also brought a lot of rain and the basement started leaking, Mike vacuumed up almost 5 gallons of water. We also had the road out to our house get closed because the water was so high and it had a fast current going over the road. Mike had to park on a side road and hike through the woods to get home. Luckily the water all receded the next morning so that Mike was able to get to work. He was hoping that it would not clear up and that he could work from home that day. Oh well, it all worked out for the best.
March saw me back from Utah and getting back in the swing of things and starting to plan for the heavy travel over the next few months. Unfortunately I forgot to take a house key with me when I left for Utah and Mike was away so I could not get in the house. I ended up having to have a locksmith come out and try to get me in, didn’t work and we had to replace the lock and door handle. Finally got to bed at 11:00 that night and then had to get up the next day to shop for the Boy Scout fund raiser dinner Saturday night. Mike came home Saturday morning and we cooked all day and headed off to the church. We had a pretty good turnout and the bidding on the cakes and pies was lively and fun.
All in all I think we have had enough trials to last us for say 6 months. Hurry everyone, knock on wood! It’s all good and we learned to really appreciate having heat, propane to cook and a washer that works. I’m grateful to the Lord that we handled each of these trials and were able to keep a mostly good attitude about everything. Have a good quarter!
February I traveled to Utah to spend some time with my mom while my father went to Israel for a 10-day visit. Poor Mom didn’t have much fun as she was battling a very bad cough and not feeling well so we were not able to go out and do anything fun. We did get to watch some fun movies and home makeover shows. I was also able to spend some time with Ashley and her family and a day with Emily and Hazel before I left so that made it all worthwhile. The grandkids are getting so big! I love how we get to visit each Sunday on Skype and spend time with them that way. Fortunately I wasn’t home when we had a large windstorm in Virginia. It took the power out and damaged the siding on the house and took some shingles off the roof. Poor Mike again suffered from no heat, but he could cook as there was gas, ha ha! February also brought a lot of rain and the basement started leaking, Mike vacuumed up almost 5 gallons of water. We also had the road out to our house get closed because the water was so high and it had a fast current going over the road. Mike had to park on a side road and hike through the woods to get home. Luckily the water all receded the next morning so that Mike was able to get to work. He was hoping that it would not clear up and that he could work from home that day. Oh well, it all worked out for the best.
March saw me back from Utah and getting back in the swing of things and starting to plan for the heavy travel over the next few months. Unfortunately I forgot to take a house key with me when I left for Utah and Mike was away so I could not get in the house. I ended up having to have a locksmith come out and try to get me in, didn’t work and we had to replace the lock and door handle. Finally got to bed at 11:00 that night and then had to get up the next day to shop for the Boy Scout fund raiser dinner Saturday night. Mike came home Saturday morning and we cooked all day and headed off to the church. We had a pretty good turnout and the bidding on the cakes and pies was lively and fun.
All in all I think we have had enough trials to last us for say 6 months. Hurry everyone, knock on wood! It’s all good and we learned to really appreciate having heat, propane to cook and a washer that works. I’m grateful to the Lord that we handled each of these trials and were able to keep a mostly good attitude about everything. Have a good quarter!
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