SO , WE ARE BACK DOWN HERE IN FL. HAVING SHIPPED OUR FURNITURE DOWN BY TRUCK. THEN THER WAS THE UNLOADING OF ALL THE STUFF. THE LORD SENT US A LARGE BLESSING OF TWO YOUNG MEN WHO OFFERED TO HELP UP UNLOAD THE VERY HEAVY THINGS LIKE THE BEDROOM SET AND T.V.S AND LIVINGROOM CHAIRS. THE REST OF THE THINGS WE DID OURSELF WITH THE KIND HELP OF MY BROTHER WHO LIVES HERE IN TOWN. IT TOOK ONE DAY BUT WE GOT IT DONE AND THEN HAD THE FUN OF PLACING EVERYTHING IN ITS APPOINTED PLACE. THEN WE WERE BACK TO READYING THE HOUSE FOR MY MOTHER-IN-LAW TO BE BROUGHT DOWN. SHE IS 93 THIS PAST WEEK. SHE IS SO EXCITED TO BE COMING TO FLORIDA AS SHE HAS NEVER BEEN FURTHER SOUTH THAN PITTSBURGH, PA. HER MOTHER TOLD HER YEARS AGO IF SHE EVER GOT THE CHANCE 'GO TO FLORIDA, IT SOON BEAUTIFUL'. WELL, WE ARE MAKING THAT POSSIBLE FOR HER THIS WINTER. WE UP-DATED HER BATHROOM FOR HER NEEDS AS WELL AS DRESSED HER BEDROOM FROM HEAD TO TOE IN HER FAVORITE COLOR. SOFT TURQUOISE. THE BATH GOT THE SAME COLOR. IT LOOKS VERY COOL AND INVITING.
DID SOME PAINTING AND RE-DO OF SOME CEILING FIXTURES AND FANS FOR CREATURE COMFORTS. I THINK WE ARE ALMOST READY TO HEAD UP NORTH AND PICK UP GRANDMA AND BRING HER DOWN IN THE R.V. ALL THAT IS LEFT NOW IS TO CLOSE THE HOUSE UP THERE AND HIT THE ROAD. WILL MISS MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN VERY MUCH BUT THE INTERNET IS AN OTHER BLESSING TO SOFTEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US.
ONE GRANDCHILD WILL BE ESPECIALLY MISSED AS HE ENTERED TO AIR FORCE ON THE 14TH OF SEPT. AND IS OFF TO BOOT CAMP FOR 8 WKS. HE WILL NEED SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS THAT GOD KEEPS HIM IN HIS CARE. HE WILL BE LIFTED UP DAILY IN MY PRAYER FOR SURE. I AM SO PROUD OF HIM FOR TAKING ON SUCH A BIG STEP WITH THE WORLD IN SUCH CONFUSSION. GOD WILL BE WITH HIM I KNOW
WILL TRY TO POST SOME PICTURE SOON. THEY TAKE TO LONG TO UPLOAD AND I JUST DO NOT HAVE THE TIME RIGHT NOW. THIS IS MY SHORT UPDATE FOR NOW.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS ON GIVING A NEW LIFE TO A PAIR OF OLD DRESSER DRAWERS THAT MY BROTHERS USE TO HAVE IN THEIR ROOM SOME 55 YEARS AGO. THEY SERVED THEM WELL FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND THEN MY CHILDREN AQUIRED THEM FOR MANY YEARS. BELIEVING IN RECYCLE THEY MOVED ON TO GRANDCHILDREN SOME 15 YEARS AGO AND THEN THE TWINS USED THEM FOR A FEW YEARS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE HISTORY. WELL, I WAS NOT READY TO PUT THEM INTO RETIREMENT WITHOUT A FIGHT SO I SANDED THEM DOWN , GAVE THEM A LOVELY NEW COAT OF STAIN AND A COAT OF VARNISH. NOT STOPING THERE I POLISHED THE HARDWARE AND REPLACED THE MISSING HANDLE AND THIS IS THE FINAL CHAPTER IN THEIR LIVES. THEY WILL RETIRE ALONG WITH US TO OUR HOME IN FLORIDA A SIDE TABLES IN OUR BEDROOM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THERE LIVES.( UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE SEES A FLICKER OF LIFE IN THEM IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND REVIVES THEM AGAIN, POOR THINGS, THEY MAY NEVER FAD FROM USE). THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THE GOOD OLD, WELL BUILD FURNITURE FROM THE 50'S.