Our Family at the Reunion

 

Here is our family. Adults from the left: Doreen (our #2 daughter), Steve (Doreen's husband), Mom March (Sandra's Mom), Larry (Me, Doreen's Dad), Sandra (Doreen's Mom) Kids from left: Natalie, Joelle, our grand daughters.

MarchReunion

 

Last week several of Sandra's family got together in Wildwood Georgia. This is the group that was there. We had a lot of fun getting reacquainted.

Johnny and Larry Sing

 

Last Sunday evening Johnny (one of my students) and I sang for the Patriotic Concert for a Large Church Down Town. It was a lot of fun and a lot of the listeners said they were inspired. We sang "In God We Trust."

Sandra Waving

 

Now you can get a better view of Sandra waving to you!

Deck Painting

 

 

Today the humidity was much lower and the temperature was under 80 degrees so Sandra and I got up and painted our deck. It took about an hour and a half. In the middle of painting Steve came to pull me and my pickup truck over to the technology center at Southern Adventist University for a check up. The truck started several times, ran for about a minute then stopped all on it's own. So it is now in the truck hospital! But, the deck now looks like new and Sandra is happy and waving to us on her refurbished deck.

Strawberry Pickin'

 

 

Yesterday, Sandra and I and Doreen and Steve's family aong with several other friends got up at 06:00 and went to a big wholesale farm to glean strawberries. After the main pickers go through, there are still berries which get ripe. Sandra and I picked 9 quarts. Then Sandra cut them up and we froze 16 pints (we ate one of the quarts!). They are delicious and reminded me of when we were young and went to aunt Bessie's to pick strawberries and play with our cousins.

Playing With Mocha & Mocha's Big Stick

 

 

 

Since the Pester family is on vacation, I had an opportunity to feed and water Mocha (pictured here). Now when ever I go into the yard, Mocha wants to chase something. This time she had a variety of sticks laying around in various places, handy to grab if a human should happen along. So, when I went in the gate, she pounced on the closest stick ( it was fairly small)and ran around, then dropped it for me to throw. I obliged and threw it way out in the yard. Of course, she went after it so fast that she was almost there before it hit the ground. She brought it back and we played tug of war for a while. Then she decided to up the anti and get a larger stick. So we played with that for a while. Then, in the spirit of the game, I found a really "big" stick. And, in the spirit of the game, she picked it right up. Since it was so big, she decided to mostly chew on it and shake it. Needles to say, we both had some fun and got some exercise!

Announcing. . . .

 

Chattanooga Home Inspection Professionals is now in business. The State License just came today. It has taken two and a half months to officially start this business. What a relief!!

Inspection Report

 

Well, we finally have our Inspection Report booklet printed. It turned out quite good. We should have our license anytime. Then we will make brochures and business cards with our TN License number on them. We're getting anxious to get started!

The Speed Limit

 

Take a look at this sign. It is for real. It is the speed limit around the "Grand Ole Opry" hotel and shopping center. I have never seen this speed for a limit before, have you? Just go to Nashville and you'll see lots of interesting things!

Campmeeting

 

 

 

We went to campmeeting yesterday. I remember when I was in grade school going to campmeeting with my folks and brothers. It sure was different than it is now. There was no air conditioning. We had to fan ourselves with little, paper fans supplied by a funeral home. We took a pic nic lunch and ate outside under a shade tree. And we listened to endless sermons and sang lots of songs. That was the most important thing for me - the music. So you can see from the pictures music is still the most important thing! Sandra's mom, Merna, came over to our house so we could take her to the meeting. We had a good time and got to visit with Mom for a while. We all got tired of sitting on folding chairs! Now we have air conditioned facilities rather than a tent. O well, it is still an adventure. The last sermon my grandma Gault ever heard was at one of the compmeetings. She came to visit us and went to an evening meeting with our family. She got to hear some good music by the "King's Heralds Quartet," and a sermon by the radio preacher, H.M.S. Richards. She said she enjoyed the meeting and we enjoyed sitting by our Grandma at campmeeting.

We Went to Nashville

 

 

We went to Nashville on Tuesday to take Doreen, Steve, Joelle and Natalie to the airport. We went a day early so we could see some sights. Here we are with Doreen watching the grandkids on the large carosel.

Color Logo

 
We have added color to our logo. It will be on the front cover of our report to the client. We sent in our application today for a state license so in another week or two we should officially be home inspectors!

Retirement

 

 

Yesterday Sandra went with me to start my retirement. It seemed to go well. I should start receiving my checks next month. When did I get old enough to get social security?

Business Minded 5 Year Old

We had our garage sale last Sunday. I spent quite a bit of my time in the house sitting, due to the fact I am still recovering from umbilical hernia surgery. Doreen and Steve and the girls were here helping with the garage sale and the little girls had some toys in the sale so they could make some money too. About mid-day, Natalie (5 years old-see previous posts) came over to the house with this little post-it note. She told me triumphantly that she and Joelle had sold some things. Now her grandma and mommy had decided that the money would all be put together and that as things were sold they would keep a record of each families total on a note pad. Natalie started to write on the note pad but the adults told her not to write there. Instead, grandma gave her a little post-it note to write on.

Now all this was unknown by me until grandma (Sandra) told me later. All I knew was that Natalie came over to the house and proceeded to give me the note you see above. I studied the note appropriately and asked her if she wrote it. She said that she copied it from the note pad over at the sale and that it was a record of what we owed her and Joelle from the sale. I complemented her on her writing ability. Then she wanted to know which side of the bed I slept on. I told her the left side. Low and behold, when I went to bed, here was Natalie's bill on my night stand. So I am keeping it until we finish the garage sale in two weeks. Then like any responsible debtor, we will pay off the note.

The J + N at the top of the bill is, of course, is for their names. This is the youngest person from whom we have ever received a statement. Quite business like, I thought.

All fixed!

Well, here I am 24 hours later. Still have to take pain medicine but am fixed up. The surgery took less than an hour and then I was in recovery for an hour then Sandra drove me home.

Everyone was predicting that I would sleep all day - but guess who slept the rest of the afternoon. That's right, Sandra took a nice nap and I was wide awake until midnight! I think this ordeal was kinda hard on her too, huh?

Sure is nice having someone special to help me out.

Ouch!

Not so brave here. I was stuck with a needle for an I-V attachment. Wasn't so pleasant!

Umbellical Hernia Surgery

Thursday I had surgery. The surgery center is about five miles from our house. I had to be there at 11:00 A.M. So here I am with my identification bracelet . I am being all brave and ready to go!

Then I waited in a reclineing chair - still brave.

New Logo

Here is our new logo which Sandra has adopted for the new Home Inspection business. How do you like it?

Garage Sale Coming Up

We're having a garage sale this weekend. Wouldn't you like to come and put some of your things in the sale?
This is the garage which we are turning into a two bedroom house>