Happenings on the Homestead

Weekend Coffee Share

Hello there Adventurous Friends & Family, greetings from North Carolina.  How you doing this 8th week of 2023? I made it to my destination, driving 1,610 miles to get to Moma's house.  I'll be staying with her for a few weeks till I can move into the house we bought in Georgia.  The drive took about 24 hours, though I made the journey in 2 nights & 3 days, driving during the daylight hours.  I left winter weather behind & arrived to spring.  I left 3 days earlier than planned due to the predicted snowstorms moving in.  I'm glad I did. There was about 6 inches of snow on the ground the day I had planned to leave with another 6 to 8 inches expected.  Grab a coffee or your favorite beverage & I'll tell you more about my travels this week, come walk with me...

I made it! 

*  I helped Kevin pack some more totes.  I invited several friends to the house so that we could say our goodbyes & tell them we were moving.  We had good visits & I wished that we would have had friends over more often just to chit chat about nothing & everything.  My boss brought in fruit & vegetable trays for employee appreciation.  I was able to lure in all my coworkers to tell them about my last days of work in the office, that I had been accepted for the job transfer that I had put in for back in October.

*  We went to Lions Club bingo that turned into a farewell party of the sorts. There was a good turnout being that it was my last night in South Dakota.  Members brought special foods to share.  I had leftovers for my road trip.  There were fresh baked sweet buns with choice of ham or egg salad.  There were lemon bars & brownies.  There were cookies, punch & coffee along with the usual popcorn & seasonings.  It was a fun-filled evening even if I didn't get a bingo, though tears were shed.

Coworkers & Friends

*  Driving went good overall.  I drove about 10 hours the 1st day.  I drove about 8 hours the 2nd day.  The last day was about 6 hours of driving.  I think I went the wrong direction 2 times.  I was able to get turned around quickly & get going again the right way.  I had 2 mapping systems just in case one conked out for some reason.  I brought along the atlas & had wrote down the road numbers to be familiar with as they came up.  I had also familiarized myself with towns & cities along the way that made travel a little more comforting knowing where I was. There was a slight chance of rain expected on the last day of driving.  Kevin had replaced my windshield wiper blades just in case.  Luckily, I only had to use the wipers to clean the windshield a few times.

Then this happened.

The 2nd morning the sky was filled
with lots of geese going north.

I listened to 4 books & had lots of
good eats from friends & home.

There was a Bark Park along the way
for Rose to walk around off leash 
for a few minutes.

  

Several interesting sites along the way.

It was springtime weather at
Moma's house when I arrived.

These are some of the things that's been going on in my neck of the woods, how has your week been?