Staying busy

Well, spring has officially arrived, but winter hasn’t quite relinquished control yet! Today is very windy and COLD! I’m thankful, though, that we didn’t have any damage from the storms that moved through yesterday. I got a message on my phone around 3:30 saying to take shelter, because we were under an imminent threat of tornado and/or hail. We unplugged all of our electronics and appliances and kept a sharp eye out, but other than HEAVY wind and rain, we were fine. Our electricity never even went out…just flickered a few times. Folks to the northeast of us didn’t fair so well. Between the tornado damage in the Jacksboro area and the fire damage out west of us, there has been a lot of devastation this week.

Nam went home this afternoon after spending a couple of nights with us. We also got to see him and his parents last week at Harvey’s funeral. We got rooms in the same hotel in Lubbock, and he rode with us to the funeral. We left a little early, so we could drive around Littlefield and I could show him where I lived when I was young. We found our old house, but it looks very different than it did when we lived there. As to be expected, the neighborhood has really declined in the 57 years since we left. We also drove by the elementary school, park and church house…as well as the hospital that I was born in. I think I got a lot more out of it than Nam did….brought back so many memories. The whole trip did! It had been 2 years to the week since Daddy had died, and he was very much on my mind the whole time. It was good to see the folks at the funeral, some of which I hadn’t seen in decades. My heart breaks for Joy and the rest of the family. I know that Harvey is going to leave a huge hole in their lives and hearts.

Our windows for the guest room came in a little earlier than expected, and Dennis got them installed. He has all of the sheetrock up, too. He is still working on detail work on the drywall…corners and such. Hopefully he can start texturing next week. We also got the flooring in that we plan to put in there. Things should go fairly quickly once the walls are finished and painted. We are HOPING to have the room finished before the family comes on the weekend of April 23 (for Gracie’s birthday and family pictures).

I am really loving my new hobby…rag quilting! I am currently working on two. I started the one for our guest room and got all of the sandwiches pinned together. Then I realized that I had less than 3 weeks before Caleb’s birthday, so I put that one aside and started working on his. I’m trying something a little different with his. I’ll share a picture of it once I’ve completed it and given it to him. (He knows that I’m working on it and has had some input as to the design.) It has kind of taken over the living room and dining room. I do my cutting and pinning on a long table in the LR and then do the sewing on the DR table.

We have plans to go to Arkansas this weekend. We will, Lord willing, attend Warren and Linda’s anniversary party on Saturday, and then head up to Ricky and Amber’s that evening. Then we’ll come home Monday. Dennis has an appointment to get his other tooth pulled first thing Tuesday morning. So he’ll be tender-mouthed again for a few weeks. Once this one heals completely, he’ll go see the specialist about getting implants. He will sure be glad when he isn’t suffering from toothaches anymore!

It is about time to go get supper started. Take care and be kind!

Pr 25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint. (NKJV)