Jam Packed

Labor Day Weekend here at Apple Island, and as far as we can tell - there is narry an empty spot in the place. One of the cabins near us is empty. The people arrived, 4 adults and 3 children, stayed one night and were off first thing the next morning. Other than that, it is Jam Packed. Lots of campfires going all day long. Laughter and the sounds of all kinds of ball games. Football, baseball, volley ball, badmitten. Yummie smells all day long - steak, bacon, corn on the cob -sweet smells too- hmmm smores in the morning!
The golfers were out on the course moments after the sun peeked up over the horizon...maybe even just before!
I have tried to send pictures - will try again, seems the wireless gets somehow "interrupted" with the uploading of the photos!
It has been a beautiful weekend - sun and warm, lots of rest and study.

Well, again a no go with the pictures - hmmm!

***News flash!!! Here it is Thursday after Labor Day - the campground is now back to its seasonal folk, the internet isn't so jammed....and the pictures uploaded!! Imagine that!!! This is fun, and a lesson in patience.

Keeping our focus on the Lord and the adventure ahead -
Grace and Peace,

Grammie Betimes

New Lap Top

Hey Look, friends! We each now have our own lap tops! Jack just picked up his new HP 15in laptop with Vista OP. New new new. We see some resemblances to the Apple OP my brother has. Of course we needed a bit of help with the wireless - thankyou Jason. Jack even has the fancy wireless mouse - and it is a very responsive and speedy one at that! Gee, now we can sit side by side and text each other. (???yeah right) We can work on our respective emails and classes ... which - by the way Jack has a new one - email that is -, which he will send out once we get a good list of folks emails installed on his computer.
So, it is really rough here in the tiny camper...beautiful weather, cozy accomodations and a computer for each!
More later!
Grace and peace to all.
Grammie Betimes

Exhausted

Exhausted - "to consume entirely" per the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. Packing and more packing. Moving - rain and a leaking storage unit. Moving again. Closing. Finalizing. We put our condo on the market May 1st. We closed August 15th. A surprise that it sold so quickly in these economic times. Then the decision of what to do. For several weeks we looked at local houses on the market. Small houses, big houses - looking for something to meet our needs and expectations. Not wanting to feel rushed and make a decision we would later regret - we put on the brakes.

Here we are living in our little travel trailer. We have been here over a week. We have at least one month more, maybe two. No hurry. Wish it were a time to rest. No rest. Not yet. Applications to fill out. Internet searches. Telephone interviews. Licenses to obtain. Classes to take. Then work. work work. work.

Rest: refrain from labor or exertion/free from anxiety or disturbance. Satisfy: to gratify to the full - to make happy. NAP ahhhhhh a good old fashioned nap - satisfies and makes happy to the fullest!

We are now beginning our great adventure and we are pumped! Will let you know where we will be going next.

Grace and peace to you

Something New On The Horizon

Just a clue. Details are being worked out...primarily by the Lord. He seems to be directing our lives these days, and we are willing to follow His lead. Doors are shutting and other doors are opening. Packing and sorting and deciding what to put in the camper, what to give away, what to store. We are down to the very basics of everything. Bare minimum to the max...how's that for an oxymoron. Something new is on the horizon for sure. And as soon as we know, I will post and we will let you know.

Grace and Peace

Sorting Sorting Sorting

Eeee Gad! Thousands and thousands of pictures and scrap books and various collections from the Clymer St hoe out landed in my basement and garage. Mainly because much of the stuff are tresures for sure. However; much more are not. I cannot believe the things saved that I have found. At the same time, I find wonderful, meaningful treasures loaded with sweet memories and nostalgia sweeps over me. Love of family and how important we are/were to our parents and other family members is evident in all that my parents and grandmother saved. I am moving soon. Not sure where to, other than a bit of respite at a local campground. In the mean time much of my husbands and my belongings are going to a mini storage place. I guess these things could go there as well. My hope was to have them all sorted by now - neatly packed in boxes for relatives who would seem likely to benefit from them. I got caught up in the massive undertaking, and I admit got very discouraged, no time to do the neat job I wanted to. Tonight I tackled the project once again. This time I found a true treasure, a very old photo of the Clymer St house with porch and small maple tree in front yard, larger pine in back and a description on the back of the property, I quit sorting. Hoorah! At the closing Brian asked if we could come up with a photo of the house that showed the front porch. Not only does it have the porch, but the L addition is in it's original state as well. I have again retreated to the sanity of my blog. I wish I could figure out things like...scanning a picture, and then posting it here...I tried for a very brief time, no go. I have learned that twice is my limit. So at our next family gathering in a couple weeks I will bring what I have been able to sort to share and give away, and among them is this wonderful old picture of a wonderful home and lots of sweet sweet memories. You know what...even the memories have to get sorted out!! Ah yes, and I am on Jack's computer...so none of the pictures on my computer are available...so likely in the future I will edit this post and add a picture.
Grace and peace to you.