Home Again

Wow....five days without a blog. I think that is a record and I'll try not to break it. We were in the "sticks" down on the MO/ARK border. No reception on my phone at all and nothing for our computer either. So the hauling of the computer was in vain. We stayed at a hotel in Branson on Thursday night which boasted WI FI on their sign. I got one bar of reception and was not able to get on the net at all. I wasn't a happy hoteler. We got home last evening; had a great trip and a great time. I love spring break even when I'm not working at school anymore. I guess what has become a habit is not going to break just because I'm not directly having SB.

Monday thru Wednesday we spent with our son in law's father on Table Rock lake in his huge big log home. It is decorated very much like a lodge which gives a vacation feel. We enjoyed visiting with Jerry and watching him get acquainted with his new grandaughter who happens to be our new grandaughter also. On Monday all six of us visited a meeting of the quilt club in a neighboring town. Craig's mother was the president of the club when she passed away last year. The club has not forgotten the family and has been generous in gifting the baby, etc. In Jerry's words to a friend, "you would have thought those ladies had never seen a baby before." The gals did enjoy being remembered and flocked around the car seat and googled at Emerson. Jerry stood a bit away with tears streaming down his face. This setting was too close to the person he loved and lost nearly a year ago. I was amazed at the involvement of the club. There were close to sixty ladies there. They had set up different areas for different stages of quilting and when we arrived, everyone was head over into one kind of activity or another.

On Thursday, all of us traveled an hour to Branson and spent the day visiting the winery, the Butterfly Palace, Dick's Five and Dime and Dick Clark's cafe. Late afternoon, Ken and I parted from the rest and found a place to spend the night. Later we attended the Shoji show. It was very good and half the fun was talking to the people around us. The temperature during the day was 85 with a cool gentle breeze. Couldn't have been nicer.

Yesterday was travel day. It was good to get away and also good to get home again.