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Rachel's bridal bouquet.

I'm still packing things up. Earlier, I took the grass trimmers and trimmed the grass/weeds that were growing over the curb. I need to take the rake and clear out the storm drain before the storm comes. The weather map show the outer bands reaching here but so far, it's the calm before the storm. It's dark with clouds but no rain or wind yet.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

I packed up some more things today. I did some laundry and packed up some towels. I got most of the glassware packed up. I will take that down with me either tomorrow or Saturday. I don't know what that storm is going to do yet. It should scoot on by quickly.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Another hot day. This is the 50th day over 90 degrees. We average 18. It was about 95 today. I didn't cut the grass or the hedge. They both need it but it's just too hot. I went for my check up at the Chiropractor and then called all the utilities to cancel my service at the end of September. I still have to do the address changes.

I did some laundry and packed up some more things.

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Barnstormin'

Another barn in Michigan as we were storming down the highway.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

We packed up and got underway by 10am. When I got home I noticed some of my blinds were out of kilter. In the laundry room, the little knobs on the cords were broken. Some of the blinds were in the opposite direction that they were supposed to be and the cord was wrapped around the top of the blind and inside. Then I found five downstairs windows had not been locked. The upstairs bathroom had the curtain fastens broken and it hanging down funny. A curtain in the livingroom is hung crooked. The inspector really went nuts with the windows. I hope that was his nitch and he overlooked other stuff.

Erica and Chuck came over tonight. Chuck wanted to look at what I had to load into the truck. He will come over and disassemble some of the stuff so that it will be ready to load onto the truck. I am pleased that he will do this for me. He is knowledgable about moving stuff.

It is very hot here. The high for today, on the weather chanel, said 95 and then announced the present temp. was 97.

I called my cousin. I tried a couple times before and didn't get an answer. I thought maybe she was visiting her daughter in Virginia. Her husband answered the phone and told me she has been having health problems from her medications. She has been in and out of the hospital twice and will be going to a physical therapy facility. She is feeling better and I hope she continues to feel better and get stronger.

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Monday, August 30, 2010 CC

I got some work done today. I trimmed the weeds with the weed whacker. I moved some more stuff around getting the place ready to move in. I researched where the critters may be coming in. It may be under the stove. There is a gap where the gas pipe comes up. It may be difficult to reach it and you’re not supposed to use the foam near an open flame. The flame is not on as it has an electric pilot. I may stuff some steel wool down the whole and crack between the floor and wall.

I ironed my clothes but I must have forgotten to bring some as they are missing from my ironing pile. I trimmed Danny this morning and he got his bath this afternoon. He tore through the house when I opened the bathroom door. He has about 40 feet he can run from the master bedroom through the living room. He ran back and forth until I got the hair dryer out and he jumped up on the bed to get dry. He knows the hair dryer dries him. He is nice and silky and soft and clean.

I heard from Ted’s niece’s husband, John. He, Suzanne and their daughter, Nuriel will be coming to visit me on Labor Day. I’m looking forward to seeing them.

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I looked at the church schedule last night and saw that they were having their roast pig BBQ today. I opened my cupboard and thought what can I bring? I didn’t feel like running out to the store. I had two big cans of Van Camp’s Baked Beans. I decided to take them. I heated them in the microwave this morning and put them in my cooler with a heat pad that I heated in my microwave. Off to church I went. The service and BBQ were held at the Town Point UMC. I put the beans in the kitchen and went into the sanctuary. The choir director handed me a hymnal and said, “Good to see you, you’re singing today.” I said, “I hope I know the song.” It was “Come to the Church in the Wildwood.” It was the last service at the Town Point Church. They merge together in CC next week. There was a big turnout. All three services were together. The BBQ was good. I sat with my friend, Joan, and some other church people. I knew Tucker and Helen from CC church and met some new people. They usually went to the Contemporary Service.

It was a wonderful day weather-wise. Not too hot and the humidity was low. I did get hot later but not until I got home. I walked Danny and realized I forgot my dish and cooler at the church. I ran back and retrieved it just as someone was picking it up off the table to take inside. All the beans were gone. They were really good. I didn’t doctor them up or anything. I don’t think I had Van Camp before. I had gotten them and brought them here just in case I needed an emergency covered dish. It was a good choice. There was only one other baked bean dish and I liked mine better.

Everyone was happy I sold my house and I could join them on a regular basis. My exercise group doesn’t have an exercise tape as the machine ate the one we all liked. I don’t know what happened to the others as I think they had a couple. I will look through mine to see if I have one the others might like. I don’t know where they are though. Everything is in boxes. I tried to label them but I still can’t find them. They may still be in Vineland.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

I got my curtains put up today. I put my lace curtains in the living room and in the master bedroom. I put the yellow curtains in the yellow bedroom. The master bedroom also has room darkening curtains underneath to block out the street light. I had to drill holes and put up the hardware. My lace priscillias and under tiers needed three rods put a fouth for the room darkening drapes. They make it look more like my home. I can wait to get my furniture moved in.

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Friday, August 27, 2010 CC

I worked on the railing on my front steps. I sawed off the nails and replaced them with Brackets and screws on the sides and bolts on the top. When I move my furniture in, I can easily take the railing off and the big items can be slipped right in without having to go up and over the railing and then try to get it down under the door and into the house. I saw the movers taking things out when the people I bought the mobile home from moved out. They tore the storm door off the frame and had a difficult time with the king size mattress. I had a queen size mattress delivered and it was a struggle getting that in. Taking the railing off will really make things easier when moving in the mattress, sofabed, loveseat, and triple dresser. I guess all the big items like the china closet and computer desk will go in easier.

I heard from Melissa. The real estate guy didn't check the cellar door. He didn't know that it sometimes came unlatched. The burglar alarm went off. I didn't hear the cell phone ring so the police came. Fortunately, the police knew the real estate man and didn't cart him off to jail. The evaluations and inspections went well. I guess nothing major.

My friend, Dottie, will be helping me bring down the computers next week. Then I can get my TV, internet, andphone service installed in here. Ted's business partner, Fred, said he would hook them up. God has placed the right people to help me at the right time. A big thank you to Him.

I met another neighbor, Bonnie. I talked with her for awhile. She thought Danny looked like Bambi who lives across the street. Bonnie lives on the other road. Well, it's curtains for me tomorrow. I have to install the hardware for the curtain rods.

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Friday Flower Blogging

This big sunflower was growing in a neighbor's yard in Chesapeake City.

It was 55 degrees this morning. The cool weather feels good since just a few weeks ago it was 80 degrees at 6am. I had to do the yard work early and now, I have to wait until it warms up. I moved some more of my things out of the way so I could place my furniture when I move in. I will be hanging curtains today. I washed them and brought them down. The only one I didn't bring was the one I have in the bathroom. I still need that one because I have a shade rather than a miniblind.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

I packed up the car and got on the road by 10:30. We got to the mobile home a little before noon. Everyone was happy to see me and glad I sold my house. The neighbors had been worried about me because I was gone for such a long time. It took awhile to recover from my trip. I guess climbing up lighthouses and sand dunes did me in.

I unpacked the car and planted a couple of the plants I dug up this morning. The hibiscus looked dried out. I hope I didn't kill it. I gave it plenty of water. I took Danny for his walk. When we got back, I had some lunch and put the things away. I cleared out the areas where I will put my furniture. I noticed some mouse droppings in the cabinet and also the peanut butter was licked off the trap without springing it. I don't know how the critter could have done that as they spring so easily. I'll have to get some more expansion foam and go to work on all the areas where they might be squeezing in. It isn't even cold yet. I have mint planted around some of the outside. I’ll have to get some more and do the whole perimeter of the house. They don't like mint. Robbie cut my grass today. He pulled out the big weed that had buds all over it. I had wanted to see what it looked like but his mother said it was 6 feet tall and if it flowered and seeded they would be all over, Good point. I have a lot of weeding to do. I didn't weed in Vineland I just ran over everything with the mower. The grass needed cutting and it's only been a couple days. There is a lot of nut grass. I'll cut it when I get back. I emptied two inches of rain out of the rain gauge at the mobile home. My mums are budded up. I'll have to get some more when they come in and put them across the front.

Danny has gone off to bed. He doesn't bother to wait for me.

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Grand Traverse Lighthouse. It was a long drive up the peninsula from Traverse City.

Looking up at the Sleeping Bear Dunes from the parking lot. It reminded me of a sledding hill with the children climbing up and sliding down.

We thought we climbed to the top of the dune but found we were only halfway there. We took a photo of a group of people and they took ours.
The lake in the background is not Lake Michigan but another lake across from the parking lot. We are looking up at the rest of the dune.

The second dune after a flat area of sand.

The view from the top of the Sleeping Bear Dunes.

This sign was posted but half buried in the sand. It warned that there was a 450 foot drop down to Lake Michigan. In the photo you can see that not many took heed of the sign and hadn't for a while. There was no life guard. Many people were pulled out by rip currents in Lake Michigan this year.

People were climbing up and down this dune and swimming in Lake Michigan even though there was a warning sign to stay away from the edge of the dune.

Point Betsie Lighthouse. It is privately owned and not open to the public.

I didn't make it to MD today. I had some errands to run. I had to return something to Erica before I left and when I told her how much the moving company was, she told me her husband was out of work and he would look into how much it would be to rent a truck and he and a friend could do it. We looking into that option.

I heard from my friend Phyllis and called her. We had lunch at Larry's. The repairs are finally done on their trailer. It has been 4 months. They were staying at a motel. She was going to have dinner with a friend from the Human Resource Assoc. so I gave her a box of things I had that belong to that organization. Sunday, I gave the Nature Club things to another member who went to my church and yesterday, I took a couple bags of things to the Salvation Army. Now I have to give the Red Hat stuff to someone and I will be clear of all my organizations.

I worked on the expenses we had on our trip. I cost a good 600 dollars more than our trip to California. Airfare was about the same but now there are baggage charges and the rental car had a lot of extra fees that we didn't know about until we got there. They added a fee for an additional driver and the loss of use insurance was more than the regular insurance.

I got my photos ready for the next part of the Michigan trip but I hadn't written the log. I'll post my photos now and then write the log later.

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Wednesday Barnstormin'

We passed lots of barns during our trip to Michigan. This barn is somewhere along MI 66 between Battlecreek and Ionia.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Today, I packed some more things and fixed a couple things getting ready for the sale and inspection. I went to do some errands and then stopped in at Erica's, Danny's sitter. After lunch, the man from United Van Lines came and went over everything and gave me an estimate. Cha Ching! Cha Ching! Over $3000.00. We always had Ted's employer pay for our moves except when we were just starting out and we could rent a truck. Now that I am alone, I have to pay through the nose for everything. Bummer!

Sunday, August 15, 2010

I had wanted to go to church with Ted’s parents but we wanted to get an early start. We had a long drive ahead of us. I watched Pastor David Jeremiah on the television. He comes on at 7am. I enjoy his sermons. He is also on the internet.

We got on the road about 9am. I photographed lots of barns on M66 as we went north. We stopped in Petroskey for lunch. We ate on the deck of a pizza parlor. It looked out over Little Traverse Bay new the northern end. It is a bay off of Lake Michigan. We got to Mackinaw City about 3:30 in the afternoon. We checked in and hurried to the Mackinaw Point Lighthouse. We climbed to the top and went to the museum. It closed at 5:00. We looked for the McGolpin’s Lighthouse but were unable to find it. It is privately owned and not opened to the public. We went to the Mackinaw Crossings complex of shops. They were having a Guitar Rock Camp Concert. The young people did very well. We went back to the motel and I changed into my jeans and jacket. It had gotten cooler. We were not hungry because of the big lunch we had. We looked out at Lake Huron and the beach at our motel. It was right on the lake with a view of Mackinac Island and the bridge. Lots of boats and marinas were nearby.
We went back to the Mackinaw Crossings and got a big waffle ice cream cone. We went to watch the rest of the Rock Camp after which, they had a lazar light show. When it was over, we returned to the motel and Don took a picture of the Mackinaw Bridge all lit up at night.

Monday, August 16, 2010

The motel had a continental breakfast, which had 3 kinds of cold cereal, oatmeal, waffles, juice and coffee. It opened at 6am so I was able to get a cup of coffee first thing. Michigan is at the western end of the Eastern Time zone so the sun comes up an hour later than on the east coast. We took some photos of the sunrise over Lake Huron. It came up about 6:45.

We drove to Sault Ste. Marie (pronounce Soo Ste. Marie). We had the Canadian station on the radio and the temp. was reported as 19 degrees, that’s Celsius. It was about 54 degrees. We went to the Soo Locks Museum. It has quite a history. It is a narrow passage that separates the US and Canada. Sault Ste. Marie is also on the Canadian side but we didn’t have passports so were not able to go over there.

The next stop was Iroquois Point Lighthouse on Whitefish Bay. We followed the Lakeshore Drive. It was quite scenic seemed far from civilization. The next stop was the town of Paradise for lunch. This little town had the only restaurants around for miles. Of course, we got the whitefish and chips. It was served with more fries than one could eat and a delicious coleslaw.