Learning experiences

Things I have learned since coming to Cincinnati area/Northern Kentucky:

• I like warm weather.
• I dislike cold weather.
• Snow IS fluffier here (Reason: the colder it is when it is snowing…the fluffier the snow…so says our weatherman)
• Very fluffy snow doesn’t make good snowballs or snowmen but looks pretty on the ground.
• In the Midwest, if you won’t drive when there is snow or ice on the ground, then you might not get out of the house from Dec – March.
• I can make a curtain by myself! (or a least a valance) With a *gasp* sewing machine! (see photo!!!)
• Nobody has bleached blonde hair in the midwest.
• Magic Jack is awesome….free long distance! No monthly fees!
• My best thoughts come while I am lying in bed after midnight.
• I can’t ever remember thoughts that come to me in the middle of the night the next morning. I only remember they were great. :)
• At 46 your closeup eyesight, which has been great up till now, suddenly goes.
• So does your ability to manipulate things with your fingertips which seem 5 times larger now.
• I dread visiting new churches in the community because I don’t want to hurt people’s feelings when we decide “YOU are not THE one.”
• My dog has some serious fear issues and needs a dog psychiatrist.
• I can run a full week VBS program on my own with all the craft “junk” I have collected (read “packrat”) over the years. Hey! I KNOW I’m gonna need those film canisters, popsicle sticks, and dish detergent tops soon….back off!!!
• I love books. (OK…I already knew that one)
• I am unwilling to part with almost any book (Hey, my grandchildren will enjoy this…eventually)
• I’m pretty good with a cordless electric screwdriver.
• I’m not good at “eyeballing” pictures and curtain rods level
• Neither are my girls.
• I am pretty good at spackling mistakes.
• My third child is just as scared of learning to drive as I was.
• I am emotionally unable to teach my third child how to drive.
• My husband is a much better Driver’s Ed teacher than I am.
• God doesn’t sell your house on your timetable.
• I often freak out on God’s timetable.
• I’m a great teacher.
• I’m not a great student.
• God has to teach me the same things over and over and over…..

I'm back....

I’m back….

I’m back….and moved. We are now residents of Walton, KY, a little town 30 minutes south of Cincinnati. All our earthly possessions were moved into our new house on Jan 2nd. At least the weather cooperated; it was cold but dry for the first couple of days. That was great because the day after we moved in we had to build a fence! Our dog, Moose, had been living in an apartment garage for over two months so we really needed to be able to let him out to run. So, after helping the movers pack out all three levels with boxes, Rodney and Michelle woke up early the next morning and stayed out all day in the freezing cold trying to keep the fence post auger from bogging down in the mud. Poor things. That night it started raining, but Rodney and Michelle got up the next morning and started it again…in worse mud. Michelle’s friend, Jake Perry, joined in with them by the afternoon. It was a messy job and they were chilled to the bone, but they got all posts drilled by Sunday evening. On Monday, all posts were cemented in and by Tuesday evening we had the hog wire part of the fence up; it was enough to let Moose out of the basement. He was SO happy to run free! He jumped and snorted and rolled around. Unfortunately, after only a day, the weather turned off so cold that he only goes out for a little while at a time. Even Moose, with his husky-like white, thick fur cannot tolerate this weather for long! And, unfortunately, when our little back yard is not frozen, it is extremely muddy. Most grass seeds did not have time to germinate before the freezes hit. Moose may be a brown dog by Spring.