This is going to be a Thankgiving that will be remember for many reasons. I tried to get on to Trey’s site, but he must be working on it, because I could not get on. I did not realize it, but we decided to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow and guess what! It would have been Grandma’s (Mom’s) birthday. I do miss her, but still feel she is with me in spirit. It will also be my little secret.
I spent the first three days of my vacation cleaning and getting my house ready for company. Steve and I finally have curtains in the bedrooms. “hallelujah” Took 11 years, but who’s counting…me
Our first round of visitors came in a 9:30pm Tuesday night. Vernon and Sherry stopped at the truck stop on University and we met them. It was great to see Ashley. It had been so long. Her little boy is precious. We wisked Vernon away and brought him to the house. I got him to look at my pictures and see if he could find one that he would like. I had wanted to send them one, but was not sure what he would like or not. We went to bed late and slept very well. We talked to Trey and David and decided that we would meet them at Cracker Barrell for breakfast. It was a very good visit with the boys. Vernon met Mary.
Vernon is planning to write up a story of his mother and father as he remembers them. He asked that we insert a chapter from our experiences. I will have to hog tie Steve and get him to do his part. I plan to start on mine Saturday. With Frank doing the genealogy, I will be so excited to have that and a story.
Michelle Saga
On Sunday (I think), I broke down and called Michelle hoping I would not be catching her on the road. Well, in a sense I didn’t and I did. She was stuck in a small town in Arizona. She had left her friends and started out. About 90 miles outside of a small town, she broke down. Through info I hope to find out later, she had her car towed into the town. They supposedly fixed it. She started out again, and broke down again…approximately the same distance. So back to the little town. That was where she had been for a least one day…after I get statistics I will correct this. Well, that began my worry. When I talked to her, she said they had ordered the part, and it would be in on Monday. I asked her to call me and she didn’t. I waited until Tuesday, and began to get worried. When I called she did not answer. I assumed she was on the road and in an area that she could not get through. When I finally got a message from her, it was Wednesday. She was still stuck in that small town. She mentioned that her friend’s husband did fly a small plane. I thought to myself, wouldn’t that be wonderful if she could find someone to take care of her animals and get a flight to Houston. Well, Wednesday morning things looked fairly dim. I called Terri and asked what she knew. She knew almost as little as i did. There was a possible plan with Bill to go meet her and tow her and her vehicle to Santa Fe, New Mexico where Michelle is going to live next. Finally last night at 8:00pm Terri called me back. It seems that she will fly with her friend to Hobby Airport and Bill will pick her up. Terri is going to try to get a car and maybe they will be able to come this way. I am just Thankful that she will be with them and not stuck in a small town alone with her animals.
We took Vernon back to Baton Rouge last night. It really turned cold and I was glad to get back home to a warm bed. I had a headache all day yesterday. Do not know if it was stress or I was coming down with something. I hope I am not getting sick. I will up date this when I have a chance to finish. The story continues….