Paperwork

Nothing notable about today. Jane was with Jessie and Jon worked. I did paperwork most of the day. A quiet way to end June. Which means, 2020 is half over! 

Asleep During Homework

Jessie LOVES doing "homework". She has many books that she enjoys working in and she gets more "homework" each Thursday. Unfortunately, she falls asleep some times doing her work. She has a weird morning routine. No matter what time she goes to bed, she's up around 6:00-7:00 and plays on her iPad. When my alarm goes off, she comes back to bed and goes back to sleep! Most of the time it's not enough. Like today. 

Jennifer and Jessie were outside this morning before it became too warm to swing. I worked outside pulling weeds for about an hour then I had to come in. I did 5 loads of wash and paperwork. I also finished a book I had just started the other day. "The Wedding Dress", by Rachel Hauck. She's a new author to me and I really enjoy her books. I bought several of them after reading just one. 

 

130 Mile Day

The "kids" and I went for a 130-mile drive today. We began on 26 Mile road and went to Marine City, then up M25 (I think) all the way to Port Huron. We ate lunch at The Freighters, one of our favorite restaurants there. It was Jessie's first time in a restaurant in over 3 months. We've eaten there several times, so she was familiar with it and since there was social distancing, we didn't have to worry about people sitting next to us - especially children. We went specifically for their fish tacos, only I changed my mind to white fish and Jessie changed hers to Fish and Chips. 

Unfortunately, we only saw one freighter, the Ojibwa. It was strange to see no car traffic on the Blue Water Bridge, only a few trucks! The water was VERY high, but a beautiful deep blue. 

After lunch we drove to Lake Port State Park and drove through the camp ground. We try to do this at every State park we go by. We returned through very nice scenery on the way to Yale then Richmond. Since Jessie hollered for over 2 hours for an ice cream, we stopped at McDonald's and got her a vanilla shake. I can't believe she likes those things. She won't drink milk. 

A very nice family date day. I am blessed.

We Ate In A Restaurant !!!

Rachel came to spend the day with Jessie. Among the many things they did was making a birthday card for Ian, our next door neighbor, who turned 2 on June 25. We went over there around 11:00 to give him his present.

Jon and I left before noon and drove to the Northern Market. Unfortunately, they were closed! They will reopen in late July with vegetables. Bummer for us. We went to Crooked Creek Dairy instead and saw the new calves.

Then we tried something different. We went to Times Square for lunch. We haven't been in a restaurant since the beginning of March. There was no one in the place! After about 10 minutes, others began to come in. Both of us enjoyed our lunches. 

When we got home I spent almost 2 hours weeding underneath Jessie's swings. Jon had sprayed the weeds and grass and most were dead. I filled a bucket 2/3 full! I was glad when I finished. It was in the upper 80's and I was more than ready to go inside.

A very nice day indeed. Thank you, Jesus!

Vegetable and Fruit Bags

Jon worked and had an OK day. Jess had a good day with Rachel. I had a pretty good day. Busy. Post office, bank, Walgreen's, Mandel's Greenhouse, McDonalds for a drive thru lunch then Vince and Joes. Do you know what I absolutely hate the most about shopping? The flimsy vegetable and fruit bags that I can NOT get open! It is so frustrating. No matter how hard I try and do what other people do, I just can't get those bags open. It's frustrating, not to mention embarrassing!

Friends

Jess had her "speech" class this morning then we drove thru Wendy's for lunch and ate with the goats. Didn't see any llamas, though! Back home and began cleaning the house in preparation for company! Our friends, Don and Roxanne, came to dinner! They currently live up north but were down for the weekend. We are blessed to have such good friends. We have know them for many, many years. 

A friend is a present you give yourself.

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Glory Girls"

Per Jennifer: "Jessie had a very quiet day. We went outside for a while, she did homework, a couple puzzles, baby books, watched part of a home video and played Apples to Apples for a bit. She did most everything "myself" so I was kinda bored and kept having to get up and move around cuz I was getting sleepy. LOL"  

I went to Bible Study then the Glory Girls met, along with spouses, at Mary's house for a pot-luck picnic. We were ALL together for a change. We had a great time reminiscing and sharing. The beginning of this group goes back to the first Stephen Ministry Training Class in September of 2003 at church (Community Wesleyan/Stoney Creek Community). We added to our group over those years. There are 7 of us. I love these gals: