Lord, Please Grant me Patience

It's been eleven days since we got home from La Conner...seems like a month or more!!! The weather has been so nice both my husband and I are getting itchy feet and wanting to get our trailer out of the garage and on the road but there's been too many appointments, meetings, bible studies, dinners and lunches with friends and other fun things. I was looking at the calendar and and it looks like we'll be in the clear to take off to Beachwood for 4 nights, home for 3 nights then off to Cultus Lake to spend Spring Break with 4 of our grandkids. Sure looking forward to that...only problem is, it won't be able to happen for two more weeks. At least I'll have time to take my camera in to get fixed. I phoned Canon the other day and got the address of the repair place and they also told me that even though my camera is 5 years old, they're covering it under warrenty...yeah...now to stay patient until we can go!

What day is this???

I can't believe it's Monday already! Friday we were at a funeral for one of the ladies from our church, Saturday we finally got to town and bought a new microwave...we had bought a new one in October but it started making weird noises and just before we went to La Conner it quit. Took it back and they gave me my money back (we'd had it just over 90 days and their return policy is 90 days), but I didn't have time to get a new one before going to La Conner. Sunday we went to church then some dear friends invited us to their place after church for lunch which was a real spread...roast beef, potatoes, veggies ...all sorts of good stuff. Got home early enough that we decided to run out to see the grandkids and take some stuff out to them that I'd picked up when we were at La Conner. "R" got her report card. She got all 4's (the highest mark) except for one 3. She is having a great year! "Ch" and his dad were working on an Eskimo project, "Ca" read her reading homework to Papa and "W" was curled up on the chair reading...poor boy wasn't feeling up to par. Add the dog and 2 cats to the mix and it's a busy, busy household!!

Now the Unpacking

I got a bit of a reprieve from unpacking this morning because I went to my Wednesday morning bible study. We meet in the board room of the church and the group of ladies are really neat...we chat lots and have fun but most importantly, we get to discuss the bible. For a new Christian like myself it's wonderful to be in a group of ladies who have been Christians for a long time and have studied the bible at length. I learn so much!!

Got home, made lunch then I tackled unpacking all the bins we took to La Conner, did a load of wash, went through the mail, dusted...all that sort of stuff. It always amazes me how the house can get so dusty and the toilets so dirty when no one is at home!!!!

Is That Snow????

Got up early to pack up and vacate the cabin...can't believe the week is gone already and it's time to go home. I was told to guess what it was doing outside and the first two guesses didn't count...it's snowing!!! Tiny little white flakes that, thankfully aren't sticking!!! Checked out of the park at 10am and headed north. Stopped at the Post Office, Safeway and Northwood casino for our $2 buffet. We're getting good at eating out for very little money. Yesterday we really splurged and went to Skagit Casino for Senior's Day and the buffet cost us $6 plus tax...it was lovely though. It has to be one of the very best buffets around! We also got a free $5 ticket for the slots, but unfortunately the machines took it pretty fast! Today's buffet was good, food was tasty but not as much selection as yesterday...but it was 1/3 the cost, so you can't have everything. Today I actually played a nickel machine instead of my usual penny machines and what do you know??? I came out of there with a profit of $15!!! I feel like a winner when I have fun playing and break even so today I'm a BIG winner!!! Got Mom home and then we came home and started to unpack. Next trip out will be in our trailer...yeaaaa, can't wait...now I've got to figure out when we can go.

Sunshine and Good Friends

It was nice and sunny today and the park is so lovely, especially when you're looking out over the water. Quiet and peaceful this time of year. Our friends D&M came and spent the day with us today. She made me a lovely Valentine bracelet and matching earings. I tried to take a picture of them to post here but alas, my camera isn't working properly...think I'll have to send it in for repairs or break down and buy a new one...anyway, take my word for it, the bracelet and earings are lovely!!

What a Life!!

We're down at La Conner. Going through the border we got called in for agriculture, but were okay. Made a couple of stops then headed over for our $2 buffet at Northwood. Got to La Conner about 4:45 and got cabin #2...the same one as last year.

Yesterday we took Mom into Burlington then down to Angel of the Winds. They've opened their new expansion...the casino is really big now and decorated really nicely. Found it confusing with all the new machines. Mom played on her favourite cow machines but they weren't paying off this time. Had our 99 cent salmon and chips but we were too full to eat the shrimp cocktails so we took them home and later we cut up an avacado and put our shrimp cocktail over it...yummy!!! Mom walked so much at the casino her legs were sure tired last night.

Thought we'd go for a hot tub today, but it's closed for repairs so we went and had showers instead then came to the clubhouse so I could check e-mails, write in my blog and Mom and Bill are working on a puzzle.

The Last Squash

Went to church this morning in the rain and snow...at least it's not sticking and we aren't having to shovel it. Our Pastor (the one who is resigning) gave the sermon...definately not the one he'd planned on, because he preached on love and forgivness. It was such a good sermon and he handled it very well. He's going to be us until the end of April, God willing, and maybe if I pray hard enough, maybe longer!! I realized today, just how much I'm going to miss his preaching!!

After lunch I made a pot of soup. Went downstairs and got the last of the zuchinni I'd grown during the summer. I can't believe they kept until now! Watched parts of the superbowl as I was making the soup and then eating dinner. It was an exciting game, especially the last quarter.