There's No Place Like Home

We finally made it home after 3 months on the road. It has been a long haul trying to get here. We couldn't get any loads heading this way so we just decided to dead-head home from St. Louis. We arrived around 8 p.m. Friday night and had to call a wrecker out to jump the car and get it out of the driveway. We were so exhausted after that we called it a night. On Saturday morning we got up, went to the post office and collected our "bulk" mail and headed out to run some errands. The first one was to the beauty supply for some much-needed supplies. This was our first stop (even before the grocery store--some things are more important than food) and was closer than Meijer, which was our second stop. On the way home we decided to stop at Steak N' Shake for breakfast. It's been a while since I'd had breakfast there and they've added several new items to their menu. We had a Portobello and cheese skillet that was delicious. Definitely a keeper in our book! Now we hope to get a lot of things done while we're home including celebrating Christmas and birthdays.

It was wonderful to be able to worship this morning in our home church. The children and youth had their annual Christmas program and did a wonderful job. The decorations and sets for the program really set me in the Christmas mood. I came home, got out the holiday dishes, made dinner and then made my usual fudge. My party mix batch will be the next thing.

I think we will be finishing up our Christmas shopping tomorrow. I have to get 2 boxes ready to get in the mail. And then the wrapping begins. But I love all of it. Besides all of the hubbub it's time for renewal of meds, we both need new glasses and Ron has a terrible cold. Hopefully he will be over it before next weekend.

We are wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas season and the very best for the coming new year. Until next time . . . . . . . .

The Ping-Pong Effect

I realize it's been a few weeks since I last wrote on this blog. For that I'm sorry but sometimes it's so very difficult to have time to be at the computer. We have had several all-nighters and on our down time I usually can't think of anything to say. Imagine me not having any thing to say !! :)

We have been all over this half of the country-bouncing around, back and forth. I'm starting to feel very much like a ping-pong ball!

We've been having a few long weekends of down time which has helped me get quite a bit of crocheting done for 2 grand-nieces that are on the way. With the babies dresses and blankets out of the way the next projects are blankets for 2 grand=nephews that didn't get one from my mom before she passed away. She had started making blankets for all of her great-grandchildren and I guess it is falling to me to continue the tradition. I will also continue making the dresses for the girls. So far I've done 4 of them, all in different colors, unique to each little girl. Pink, lavender, mint green and butter yellow. I do enjoy keeping my hands busy and it helps the miles go faster. I'm also still knitting the socks. I have one about 3/4 finished and one more to go. Hopefully they will be done in time for next Christmas!

We have been on the road for so long this time that we are starting to get a little looney. A week or so ago we went in to take a shower and had about 20 people in line ahead of us. UUGGGHHHH!!!!! The procedure goes as follows: Ron scans his truckstop card at the kiosk, gets a shower ticket, takes it to the cashier so he can get me one, brings mine back to me and then we wait to be assigned a shower. The screen said we had a 38 minute wait and counting. While I played a game on my phone Ron walked around looking at stuff. He came back to me and asked what number in line I had. I thought this was strange since he had the next number from mine. I asked him why and he got a very sheepish look on his face as he explained: He threw his ticket away! WHAT?? He was cleaning out some receipts from his pockets and threw it away with them. As I waited I watched as he looked through the trash and one of the employees helped him finally get a new ticket. He didn't think it was so funny but I thought it was hilarious. I took him to a bench and made him sit down until we got our assignments. We had to wait a total of 75 minutes and it was one of the best showers in a while. I really do think we NEED to get home soon.

We are planning to go home this weekend, sink or swim. The holiday season is going full swing and I have been able to do some shopping. I have dinner planned and some of the goodies I want to make are on the list. We have so much to get done while there. I need my physical done, we both need new glasses, the lease is up on our car so that needs turned in as well as buying a new one. Caleb's birthday is January 2 so birthday plans are also on the agenda. I just hope we can get most of it done in the two weeks we're there.

We wish everyone a wonderful season. Until next time . . . . . . . . . . . . .