Monday, 9/14/26, Met Maddy for Coffee, Bill put shelf bars in camper refrigerator, we put the clean sheets on the bed, went for ice cream with Sue, cool day in the 60’s

Maddy and I took a picture after we came out of Biggby because we both had Lions Sweatshirts on

Isaac videoing the service at his church yesterday

Sue, Bill and I enjoying our banana royal ice cream desserts

Bill didn’t wait for Sue and I.  He started eating his right away.  

We got ready, then read our Bibles.  I had to finish mine when I got back home.  Bill was still reading when I left.  I had a Carmel Marvel at Biggby.  Maddy and I visited for 1 1/2 hours and had a nice time.  We both had our Lions Sweatshirts on, so had to take a picture before we left the parking lot.  I went to Kroger and picked up 4x fuel point gift cards for restaurants and places we will be going to.  We have a dollar off gas up to 35 gal now to use at Kroger.  

Bill mowed the grass.  It was super long, so he picked up all the grass too.  I am happy about that because it won’t get tracked in the house.  I let him know how happy I was too.

I went down stairs and took all of the quarts of tomatoes I did down and put them on the shelf.  I worked on hauling pails of water from the fish pond down there and dumped the water down the drain in the other room.  It will be time to put fish back down there and they will need fresh water. 

I finished reading my Bible after that.  I did my prayer books too.  Bill came in and he read our devotion for the day.  It all was so good! 

Gayla called and invited us to sit at the table they reserved for the Rescue Mission Dinner on the 29th.  We always like going to that.

Bill signed us up for Serve Saturday at Church today.  We will be working out in our community on October 3rd.  There is always a great turn out for that.

We warmed hotdogs up for a late lunch.  Had some chips with it.  It was good that we ate light.  I called Sue to see if she wanted to go out for ice cream with us.  She did.  I picked some tomatoes and cucumbers in the garden and washed them and gave Sue lots of tomatoes and we also dropped off some cucumbers and tomatoes to Maddy on our way back to Sue’s after our ice cream.  We went to Mooney’s and all got Banana Royals.  The girl told Sue and I we could get any toppings we wanted, even hot fudge.  We both got Bear Claw and Traverse City Cherry ice cream and had hot fudge put on the Traverse City Cherry and caramel on the Bear Claw.  We also had whipped cream, nuts and cherries.  The girl was so nice that waited on us and she was like an artist the way she made our ice cream look so good.  We took a selfie to remember our fun time.  This was the first time Sue had been out for ice cream all summer. 

When we got home, Bill took the electric fencing wire off the electric fence and then we both went in the camper and made the king size bed up.  Then we came in and I started a load of laundry.  Tomorrow I get to go to Kimmy’s, so got stuff I need for camping washed.  We leave on Thursday, and tomorrow I will be at Kimmy’s during the day and then in the evening I have prayer.  Will just have Wed. to make my chili and pack the rest of things we need to take.  At least we don’t need to take too much to this campout.

I talked to Kimmy in the morningf and called Vikki in the evening.  Vikki is still not much better with her cough, but isn’t contagious anymore at least.  I am missing her so much.  

Sunday, 9/13/26, Went to church, taught Sunday School, Bill went to Steak and shoot Men’s event our church is having, Melissa, Jack and Evan came over, Bill took Evan on a motorcycle ride and to Culver’s,

We gave Evan his watch that is his prayer month gift.  He was very happy to get it.  

I grilled hot dogs today

Bill took Evan for a nice ride on the trike.  Evan had said he really wanted to ride on it.  They had fun hanging out and went to Culver’s to eat

We got ready, I made our coffees, Bill read some in his Bible, and I went over my Sunday School Lesson.  We left for church after that.  Worship was awesome!  I went back to teach my class after worship.  My class was fun today.  We had an obstacle course to do and had a lesson on The Spies that Rahab hid.  It was a good lesson and the kids really listened.  We played jump the river with two jump ropes and after all the kids jumped, I would ask a question from our Bible Story.  Then Shannon and I would move the jump ropes farther apart and they would jump again.  This kept going until we were done with our questions.  After that we looked up scriptures and they followed in their Bible while Shannon read.  The kids listened well today and were very well behaved.  They made binoculars to take home to remember the lesson, That God always prepares the way for us as he did for the spys.

We came home and read our Bibles.  We had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch.  Bill went to the Steak and Shoot for the guys at church.  I took a nice nap that was much needed after being on the go so much.  I fed the fish later and gave Kit Kat some attention.  It really cooled down and got windy this afternoon.  It had said no rain, but as I looked to the west, there were dark clouds.  Evan had asked Papa to take him for a motorcycle ride today and I had looked this morning and there was no rain in the forecast.  I looked when I saw the dark clouds and it said rain starting at 4.  Melissa drove Evan here and Jack drove himself since he had to leave to go on a 30 mile bike ride with Hailey.  We talked for a while, and had some powdered sugar donuts that Evan spotted in the cupboard.  He said to me, those donuts look really good.  I told him I had bought them for when grandkids came, so he got them out and we all had some.  Jack told us about following Christine on the highway and an accident happening that Christine had to swerve to miss and a part of a corvette flew into Jack’s car, but didn’t do any damage.  We were thanking God for his protection.  So very thankful!   Bill got home and we gave Evan his watch for his prayer month.  He had picked it out on amazon.  He really liked it and he won’t be allergic to this one like his last watch.  It rained, but quit after about a half hour.  Jack left to go home and go on a bike ride with Hailey for 30 miles.  Bill and Evan went for their ride on the motorcycle.  They ended up stopping to eat at Culver’s.  I’m glad they could hang out together.  Melissa and Evan had to leave too.  Peggy was coming over.  I forgot to take pictures of Jack and Evan today.  I’m glad Melissa was able to get a picture of Bill and Evan when Bill dropped Evan off.  

I grilled hotdogs outside on the grill.  I made them like Vikki does, with butter and onions.  They sure tasted good.  We will eat them warmed up for lunch tomorrow.  Bill got home.  He had a steak dinner at the Steak and Shoot, so he was full.  I ate a hotdog.  It tasted so good.  

Bill read his Bible when he got home.  Marie called and I talked to her for 1 hr. and 30 min.  I haven’t been able to talk to her for a while.  I worked on my blog after I hung up from her.  Bill and I read our devotions.  

Sat., 9/12/26, Happy Birthday to my dad in heaven, I sure do miss him. He was the best dad ever! Went to Bringer in for breakfast, rode to Bikes on the Bricks, Got fluorescent vest for Blocking, walked over to the Harley Dealer and looked around, rode 40 miles in the motorcycle parade, helped in the CMA booth, rode home with Wes and Gayla, washed oriole feeders and other feeders. filled feeders

Happy Birthday to my dad in heaven.  He would have been 100 today.  I love him so much and can’t wait to see him in heaven.  I couldn’t have been blessed with a better dad.  I really miss him every day.

Faith Riders met at the Bringer Inn for breakfast...Bill, me, Gayla, Wes, Karen, Don, Elaine, Jim, Julie, in booth behind table is Sabrina and Bill.  Ron and Barb came in after the picture was taken.

Road Blockers lined up.  We rode behind the policemen.  Jim was right behind them pointing to the bikes behind them when there were to follow the policeman to the intersection they were to block.  Then the policeman would take off and get back in line

These were in front of the other blockers

The Harley Dealer was across the street.  We walked over to it to look around

Going around the corner onto the road.   Jim and Julie on the maroon motorcycle,  Sabrina ahead of them, and her hubby Bill on the left.

I took a picture of Ron, and Barb behind me on the yellow bikes and there were over 100 bikes behind them

Bill did a great job driving

Wes and Gayla blocking their intersection.

Dave just became a CMA member and joined the Flint Chapter

Bill taking to a CMA couple that we know

We were honored to pray for Brandon

Enjoyed working in the CMA booth today

This lady was so happy I asked if I could pray for her that she grabbed my hand when we were done talking, and squeezed it then kissed it.  She was so sweet to talk to.

I got up at 6 and got ready.  We put our CMA vests on and left to go meet Faith Riders at Bringer Inn.   There were 14 of us there.  Bill and I had 2 eggs, and split potatoes and sausage.  That worked out great because they give you really big portions.  

After breakfast, we road on the back roads to The Harley Dealer in Flint.  We went to the Blockers parking lot and signed in and then went and walked around the Harley Dealership.  

It was fun looking, but one motorcycle was $56,000.  It’s crazy how much they want for them.  Bill did buy a pair of sunglasses. 

We walled back over to the Blockers parking lot and got ready to pull out.  All the policeman on motorcycles went first and we followed.  Jim was behind the police and would point to whoever  was behind them so they would know what intersection and what side of the road to go to.  We have been doing this for many of years.

We got to Flint and all parked closed to each other, then we walked into town.  It was after 12 noon, so Bill and I got hotdogs, then walked around and after that went to the booth to work in it, while others had breaks.  It was so fun working the booth and getting to talk to people.  We would find out if they believed in Jesus or not and go from there.  Then we would ask if they needed prayer.  We prayed for several people, gave out rag tracks, and handed out tracks.  After an hour and a half, Debbie came back and we talked to her for a while, then Wes and Gayla came back, and we rode partway home with them.  They had to go to Chesaning.  We came home and read our Bibles, did our devotions and then I washed all the oriole feeders and put them away.  Washed my platform feeder too.  Filled what ones needed filling.  

I washed the bedding from the camper and dried it.  Bill is going to help me make the bed tomorrow.  I talked to Laicey and prayed for her.  Then I worked on my blog.   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Friday, 9/11/26, Vikki and Terry’s 50th wedding anniversary, remembering 9-11 and all those who died, Kimmy and Arnie came over, Bill had breakfast with Doug S., Melissa and Hailey came over, went to Frankenmuth car show, met Wes, Gayla and Joel there, saw Matthew and walked with him for a while,

FaceTiming with my Rehvyn.  We was coloring in a Water World book. 

Arnie was so cute and such a good dog.  I love this sweet dog!

He loves his ball.  When Kimmy says drop it, it drops it right away.  What a good boy.

Evan’s watch we got him for his prayer month came today

Look at all the people ahead of us on the hill.  Cars cars and people people.

Cute picture of Gayla

Joel loved looking at the cars

Gayla, Wes and Joel by this cool car

This car was made the year I was born

We saw Debbie and Paul’s nephew there.  His son was killed in a motorcycle accident.  They are trying to make people more aware.  

We were happy when we found our nephew Matthew

Matthew and Bill going ahead of me

Zehnders

I love the hibiscus tree in the background.  It has so many different colors on it.

When Bill was a kid, he and his friend Dale went up the elevator to the top of this.  Then a guy turned the power off on them and Bill had to jump across to a ladder in the dark.  He was very scared.  I am so glad God was with him and kept him safe.  God had a purpose for him.

I got up at 7:45 because I didn’t know for sure what time Kimmy was coming.  I wanted to read my Bible before she got here.  Bill came in and we read our daily devotion.  This devotional by Billy Graham is so good.  Kimmy called me to let me know she had to go home and do some things, then would be leaving to come.  She got here and I was so happy to see her and Arnie.  Arnie gave me a nice happy greeting too.  I sure miss my family when I am away from them.  I got to see Arnie’s new tricks.  He can shake now.  He lifts his paw nice and high.  I also enjoyed watching him drop his ball right away when told.  

Kimmy and I sat in the family room and enjoyed our coffee.  She liked my new mug.  I liked her silver mug.  Vikki called and said she wasn’t going to come over because she was coughing so bad.  I feel so bad for her and sure do miss seeing her.  It was sure nice getting to spend time with Kimmy.  I made spaghetti for lunch.  Melissa called and she and Hailey were going to come over.  I invited them for lunch, but Hailey already had made something.  

Kimmy and I went out to the camper and were going to look at the new bench seat covers.  She spotted a woodchuck out back by the neighbors trees which is halfway between us and their pond.  I called Bill to see how close he was to getting home.  He was at the car wash and said he would be here soon.  Kimmy and I came inside because we didn’t want us or Arnie to scare the woodchuck away.  Bill got here and loaded his gun and went out to see if he could get the woodchuck.  We heard a shot, then saw him looking along the neighbors driveway by the field.  He said he doesn’t know if he got it.  It ran off.  I sure hope so.  They do lots of damage.  One chewed our underground wires by the shed and we had to get them replaced.  Kimmy and I walked out to the camper again and I showed her the bench covers.  She liked them.  We walked and looked at my garden.  She loved the mums Jared’s mom gave me.  I do too.  We went out and sat on the swings on the deck.  Melissa and Hailey came over and came out and sat with us.  We all had a nice visit.  Kimmy had to leave to go get Eli from school.  Melissa and Hailey had to leave too.  

Bill asked me if I wanted to go to Frankenmuth to see the car show.  I said yes, so got ready and we left.  We stopped at Panera for a lemonade for him and an ice tea for me.  Wes called us to see if we were going to go to the car show.  We told him we were on our way.  We decided to meet where they were sitting.  It took us a few minutes to find a parking place.  We parked a ways away on a lawn that the lady was charging people to park at.  We walked from one end of town to the middle and then went in the Bavarian Inn to meet up with Gayla.  They had gone in to use the bathroom.  Wes and Joel came out shortly after we got there.  We all walked down quite a ways looking at cars, then turned around.  We stopped where Wes and Gayla’s chairs were and Gayla folded one and put the cover on and I did the other.  Wes pushed Joel’s wheel chair and they went to their car which was parked quite a ways in the opposite direction of ours.  We walked down the road farther and looked at more cars.  On our way back when we turned around, we saw Wes pushing Joel at the top of the hill a long ways away and they were almost to their van.  

We walked down to the road we came on, and passed it and kept walking to look at more cars, and then turned around and came back and turned down the road to go where we were parked.  We got in our Jeep and Bill drove by houses and shared childhood memories with me.  I love it when he does that.  We saw Jeff Davis and stopped and talked to him in his drive way for a few minutes.  Then we headed home and stopped at Taco Bell for taco’s.

We got home and Bill read his Bible and I worked on finally getting caught up with my blogs.  Yay! 

 

Thursday, 9/10/26, Went to Melissa’s, Hailey, Melissa and I went to Starbucks, picked up 1/2 dozen donuts from Tim Hortons, Went to eye doctor’s office, Bill took his sister C to her appointment, did 10 quarts of tomatoes from garden, Cindy stopped over, went to Chic- fil-A

Hailey, Melissa and I enjoying our Starbucks drinks

Wookie...he always gives me the best greetings. 

Kenzie sent me these pictures today.  He’s eating some of the green pepper I gave to Kenzie yesterday from our garden.  He loves healthy food.  Kenzie has done a great job of giving him lots of healthy food to try, so he likes lots of things.

10 quarts of tomatoes from the garden done today!

We got ready, then read our Bibles and did our prayer books.  I dropped off some cards Lisa had me order for her off Amazon and also some veggies from our garden.  Went to Melissa’s and saw how her wall paper removal is going.  She and Hailey are doing a great job with the steamer.  Max came upstairs and so I got to give him a hug and say hi.  I asked him if he wanted me to pick donuts up for him.  He said yes and I asked him how many.  He told me 2 Boston cream.  We girls left and went to Starbucks.  Hailey ordered our specialty coffees so they were ready to pick up when we got there.  We sat there and visited while we drank our yummy drinks.  We went into a nice shop on Gratiot and walked through it.  They had really reasonable prices.  Then we went to Tim Horton’s on our way home and went inside and picked out 6 donuts.  Hailey had a coupon for us to use, so instead of paying $10, it was only $4.  Thank you Hailey.  We went back to Melissa’s and gave Max his donuts and we all ate some.  Yum!  Nice Treat!

I went to my eye doctor’s office after that and picked up my new lens.  One of my lens got scratched really bad, so they replaced it.  I had to pay $20, but the warranty covered the rest.  I came home after that and got stuff going to make tomato juice.  Bill left to take his Sister C  to an appointment.  I got 10 quarts of tomatoes done.  He picked us up each a free lemonade from Panera on his way home.  Cindy stopped over to pick up the banners for CMA to use at an event this weekend.  We gave her some tomatoes and also some corn we had picked to try.  We didn’t shuck it to see if it’s good, but think it is.  

We decided to go to Chic-fil-A for dinner.  The new Raising Cane’s Restaurant opened yesterday and so we wanted to support Chic-fil-A.  They had lots of business so that was good.  I FaceTimed with Laicey on the way there.  I was too busy while at BayShore, so it was nice talking with her again.  Our dinner was great.  Afterward, we went and walked through the new ABC warehouse building.  It was huge.  It is in where Toys-R Us used to be.  It was fun looking at everything, even though we didn’t buy anything.  

We came home and read our devotion, then I washed the canner.  All of my lids sealed so that is great.  Will write the year on the lids tomorrow and move them to the shelf in the basement.  

Worked on catching up with my blogs after that.