Wow looking back it’s been a month since my last update – where to start! Ok, we were heading into the busy busy busy weekend times…
The Hoodoo festival was great! I’ve never been to anything like that before and Bill and I found the people so welcoming and the place really awesome – I believe we will be going back again next year if they have it again.
Work weekend went well. We cut up all the trees near the campground on the road and stacked the wood. (Bill wanted to burn all the currently stacked wood in the campground since it had been stacked for about 3 years.) We did have one accident – Bill dropped a piece of firewood on my foot! It was an accident – he was splitting wood and I was stacking. He had the last two pieces of a round and turned to hand them to me. I took one and turned to stack it and he must have thought I was going to take the other because he let go of it and it fell on my little toe. I said some unintelligible things but finished stacking that cord. The toe is not broken but it’s still sore 3 weeks later! He was soo sorry and I know he didn’t do it on purpose but owwee it still hurt a lot!
The dedication was beautiful – my student had all of her friends and family in attendance and was gifted some really nice things. She is now looking forward to her initiation sometime this spring.
Family reunion was terrific! I didn’t feel quite so much like the Yankee this year – maybe they are all getting used to me or maybe I’m just getting more used to the accent but I only noticed it for the first day. We arrived to rain on Friday and it was cold on Saturday and Sunday so we spent most of our time inside the dining hall instead of outside like we usually do. Bill’s brother Richard and his wife and I did manage to do some hiking on the trails so I got some activity points for the weekend as well!
We stopped by the monument place we stop at every year and finally purchased that lady we have been wanting for so long. She is beautiful! Right now she’s sitting in the yard on a cement pad that we haven’t taken up yet but we needed to unload her from the truck before we get her placed in the Hawthorn grove where she will be permanently.
She got a little mud on her from the tractor when we moved her.
Last weekend was our Samhain at Brittony Woods. It was beautiful! The labyrinth turned out gorgeous and I did get some pictures. One of our group had just gotten a new camera and he took lots of pics for us! The kids had a good time and even though it rained Saturday night it waited until everyone was about ready to go to bed anyway.
This weekend I’m in the country once again – Bill is going to rent a sander and sand the hardwood floor in the apartment so that he can get it stained and sealed before putting up walls. He also has been working on the septic system and is just about ready to install the toilets! It will be so nice to have indoor plumbing! LOL
Next weekend my niece is getting married so Tom is flying home for the wedding. We’ll only have him for the weekend (and he already has a date for Friday night!) so we wont’ see much of him but it will be nice to have him home.
Erik and Meghan have patched up their differences and are back together. The engagement is still on hold but they seem to act like nothing has happened at all! Young love!
Aubri has been practicing her driving – I guess this should be a scary thing but she is doing really well and driving my SUV which is a manual and not automatic. She does really well with the clutch. Not much of that head jerking thing going on – she usually gets it going or kills it!
I took these pics on the way down her last night. You can’t see as well as I would have liked but the trees are beautiful right now!
Well, I’m sitting at the McDonalds in Fredericktown and need to get busy with work so hopefully I won’t wait so long next time for an update! :)
Oh my, but Tom looks just like you!
ReplyDeleteAnd the Stone Lady, well, no wonder you've been wanting her for a while. She seems like such a strong figure--her head lifted and going forward!