November

 

Well we are almost to the end of another month, and I thought I’d check in again. 

November has been a month of visiting my grandsons weekly to help out Brittany, and to do a little schooling with the boys. The almost five year old is beginning to learn to read. 

It’s been fun having a hand in helping him do so. Tuesday afternoons are spent with him while his younger brother naps. Then on Wednesday both boys join me in our little closet classroom to do “school work.”

We've seen quite a bit of progress on our property this month. We have water, a beautiful new gate, a driveway, the forms for our foundation, and a concrete pad for our barn. By the end of the month we should have the concrete poured for the foundation, and the pipes ran up the hill for the water. 

We are still waiting on the electricity, and are hoping to see progress there soon, as it has been over three months since we applied for a transmission permit. 

We have met our neighbors who remarkably are related to one of my Yee Haw high school friends. What are the chances?

We are looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with Brittany, Will and the boys at our house this year. The food has been bought, and chocolate turkey surprises for the boys have been nestled in the ceramic turkey centerpiece on our dining room table. 

We are blessed to have our health, and each other along with our constant canine companion Cooper. We’ve taken several walks along the lake at our old apartments as we have contemplated our future. The water stirs my soul during these trying times of the pandemic. 

After our pop-up pumpkin patch in October we have convinced the boys that the goat man is real, and the two year old amazed us by remembering his name, Cabrito. Or Brito as he likes to say. 

Each time we are out on the property I can’t tell you how happy it makes me. As I anticipate our future closer to our daughter and her family I feel truly grateful for the opportunity to do so. 

God is good!