Home Sweet Home

My few days (no more than a week) to visit Mom and family ended up lasting three weeks.  Every time I decided it was time to leave something else came up.  I stayed with Jana and Dave which made it easy to get things done.  We had paperwork to sign and file to finish up Uncle Clarence’s estate.  We made several trips to the bank.  Brian finished Uncle Clarence’s taxes so we signed that paperwork and filed them.  Now we are waiting for the last of the refunds to come in, then we can close Uncle Clarence’s bank account and be finished with all of that.

I didn’t get to do much visiting of friends and family.  I did spend a little time with Brian and his family.  While there Steven found out he was accepted into the Butler Tech School of Criminal Justice.  He will start this fall.  I had to put this on my blog because he told me I better.  You are welcome Steven. J  I also spent an evening with Rita and Bob when they returned from their trip to Brazil.  Looked at all their pictures, they took over 400 so it took a while.  They had a great time.  Brian and his family were also there that evening. 

I spent one day with my friends Ronnie and Tom.  We are having a great time catching up on the past 50+ years.  It’s wonderful.  I don’t know what talked the most; Ronnie or me.  We did let Tom get a comment in every now and then.  I emailed them a picture I have of our group who graduated eighth grade from Sacred Heart.  We decided to see if we can track down the people in the picture.  Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a reunion of just that group?  We do know that one of the guys has died, and that Jim, who is not in the picture, has died. 

I put together an album for Mom to have at the Nursing Home of pictures of our family including some “old” pictures I had of her dad, mom, her mom’s family and others.  She enjoyed it so much, Jana and I went through a box of pictures mom had in her cupboard and I put together an album of her friends and activities at the Senior Center, etc.

While I was in Cincinnati I decided it was time to sell the motorhome.  I knew I wouldn’t be using it any more.  Just too big, and I’m not sure I want to camp/volunteer any more.  That was something Jim and I did together.  I  just don’t want to do it by myself.  So, Brian and I made arrangements with Steve Jung (Colerain RV) to sell it for me.  Brian drove it over to Colerain and I met him there to sign the papers, etc. I hope he is able to sell it.  I just couldn’t see letting it sit and no one using it.    

I talked to Kevin and Renea several times while I was gone, and they informed me that I better get back soon – I had a lot of grass to cut.  Wasn’t it thoughtful of them to leave that chore for me?  Does this mean they missed me?

Okay, it was time for me to head back to Alabama.  Instead of driving down I-75 this time, I took I-65.  I did that because of a detour heading south on I-75 in Tennessee due to an earth slide.  I much prefer I-65.  No Knoxville.  No Atlanta.  Less trucks.  Yea.  It was a much easier drive.  I did take two days again.  I stopped in Franklin, TN, for the night and finished the trip the next morning.  And, yes, I did have grass to cut.  But, that’s okay.  I enjoy it, especially since I have a riding mower to use.

So, now I’m back home.  I have cut the front grass and weeded my flowers/bushes.  All is going well.