A day with Mama, exploring options

I finished out February with a day off, which I spent with Mama. It was a typical day with Mama. We left the house at 10 a.m. and got home about 4 p.m. We got lot of little things done for us, for Grandma and Grandpa, for Victoria and for Chase. It will be a nice change of pace to be back in the office today; although it is going to be very busy here today, plus it will save me a ton of money.


Mama, Grandma and Grandpa and I went to look at a “slightly wrecked” car lot yesterday. It is called Amarillo repairable autos. There were a couple of cars that really excited Grandpa and one or two that interested me also. Of course neither of us have any money to pursue the idea of buying to fix for sale nor for upgrading our cars right now. But it may be something we do look into in the near future.

There was a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse on the lot that would have made Chase and Seth drool – blue, five speed with a sunroof and sport wheels. It was in good shape. I would drive it as is if we could buy it. When I told Chase about it and the fact that we could not get it right now, he had us drive him to several different places he had put in applications to see if they had been reviewed. Oh, how we love to think about spending money. He kept saying, “I gotta get a job.”

Grandpa and I also went to Harbor Freight. He had never been to the store and since it is right by the house it seemed a good idea to take him to look around. Right away we found a tool he had mentioned several times. It was much less expensive than he has thought it would be. We did not get it but we will eventually. We were also looking for an engine to repair the air compressor he has in his garage. We found it but it was not on sale. It should be soon since they have about twenty of them in the store right now.

Still no word on the farm we looked at and prayed about. Mama is exasperated with the lack of response from the realtor. Actually she is unhappy with the realtors in the area in general. We have had a very poor response from all but one of them. Mama will contact that realtor today to see if we can get some information.

So far we have two blueberry, two black raspberry and two red seedless grape plants growing in pots with the intention of transplanting into a garden plot on a farm. It may be a vain hope but we will have a start if things do work out. Besides, it keeps the dream alive in a tangible way and all of us love growing plants. Two are at our house and four are at Grandma and Grandpa’s. I think it is a real encouragement to Grandpa. Every little bit helps.

Mama and I were asked to take over the 4-5 year-old Primary Church. We are genuinely excited about it. We have been away from little ones too long. Mama has kept the stuff that we used in New Jersey very close at hand for such an opportunity. I am not sure when we will begin, but I think it will be the week of the 20th of March. We are taking over the Children’s Church the week of the 13th since the couple that normally does that will be on vacation.

This year is already going too fast.