Three days worth

We decided to go to Asheville today to do some shopping at Target. We drove Paul and Shirley, and they led us around town with the help of our GPS system. We bought some strawberries, cantaloupe and tomatoes at the Farmer’s Market and then went to Target. We still had over $100 left on our gift card from the purchase of our Saturn. We bought a step stool, a USB cable, and plastic runner for the chair in the office and a chopper among other small items. We then went downtown for some Chicago Hot Dogs. We came home and Evelyn napped while I went to the Terrace Hotel to use the Internet. I came back and she was cooking the dinner for Paul and Shirley and something for tomorrow evening’s potluck and Bible study. I chopped the tomatoes for the salsa and opened a large stack of mail forwarded from Texas. Casterline’s came for the pork roast Evelyn had made and then stayed to watch the pictures of our cruise. We received a blessing in an e-mail from Stacy. Some of the problems they had with school have been solved by the Lord. Praise His Name!

Tuesday was the first day of our summer regime: we walked around the lake. I went back to the site where our builder is working on some condominiums. We have a serious problem with the door on our deck sticking at the top. I hoped that she will send someone to look at it, but she wasn’t there and no one came today. I will have to call Evelyn’s friend who installed our screen door last year. When we finished walking, we came home and Evelyn rested. I went to get some oil and a filter and some gas before the price increases again. She was still sleeping so I heated some soup for our lunch and she joined me. After lunch, I changed to oil with a difficulty in loosening the oil plug. Evelyn washed the front porch. It was then time to ready ourselves for the potluck/Bible study at church. We enjoyed both and then came home to relax. We also talked with Janice from Texas and Bob from Washington. After watching some TV, we went to sleep.

I guess I spoke too soon. It was after 1 AM when I finally got to sleep. I had drunk some coffee that was supposed to be half regular and half decaffeinated. Whatever it was worked havoc on my sleep mechanism. We slept late and then had breakfast before walking around the lake. From there we went to Wal-Mart for a picture of us from our flash drive to send to our Compassion International foster child. We then went to Taco Bell to see if I could begin work in June. I learned that the manager has been promoted and I needed to talk with the new one. She was on the telephone and I tired of waiting for her to hang up. We went on into Waynesville to go to a jeweler to work on Evelyn’s watch and ring. She fixed the watch but we decided to see if the warranty would tighten the stone into the set. We then took some soaps to the Open Door and tried to schedule a time for us to volunteer. The director will e-mail a schedule to us. We will have to work Mondays or Fridays if I get my job back on T, W, T. We went to the grocery for more supplies and came home for a late lunch. We were both tired so we took a nap. We went to choir practice and took a bottle of Bailey’s Irish Crème to our choir director. We made friends with her and her husband this past summer. We came home and watched some of the Cubs game.