49 Days and Counting>>>

They say that each journey starts with a first step.  49 working days from now I will be retiring and starting my new adventure.  At the moment I am in the process of looking for a motor home.  I want a Class A gas, 34-36 feet long with bunk beds, but am willing to get my feet wet without bunk beds for now. 

Why bunk beds?  I love my family dearly and want them to take trips with me and with three little ones, three dogs and 4-5 adults; it could get a little crowded. Matter of fact we have some awesome trips planned already.

This is what I am looking at for now.

I like the layout

It has lots of room. 

They say you will buy at least three RV’s before you find what you want.   I just got a text from a friend about their toad and tow bar. Got wind of a motor home last weekend and am going to go look at it. RV show in OKC is this weekend.  Things are starting to come together.

I have my eye on this vehicle to tow behind the motor home. It is s 2013 Honda CR-V.  It drives well and already has the tow equipment already attached and ready to go as the previous owners bought a 5th wheel and truck.  

It has a back-up camera.

The car I am looking at.

It’s hard to believe that there is a light at the end of the tunnel of work. I can ever so faintly see its glimmer.  Trying to get all my peas lined up for the pod is taking some time, but it is slowly coming together.  I feel I will be able to get more done at the house once I retire.  Work at the moment just drains me.  I have discovered that my best time to work is in the mornings, I seem to be more focused during the am hours.

Part of my Tastefully Simple Display

The other side of the table display

This last weekend was a busy one for me.  I did my first Craft show at a St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on Saturday at their Old Country Fair.  I had lots of people come by my booth, had some sales as well and made lots of new contacts for my Tastefully Simple business. 

Sunday was an emotional day for me.  It was the 6 month anniversary of Dave’s passing and the congregation said good-bye to our Rector. Father Alan Sutherland and his wife Judi, had been here for five years and would have been here longer but they suffered a personal tragedy in February and their lives were forever changed.  They both felt it was time to retire and move back to Kentucky to take care of Judi’s aging parents. 

Love a man in a kilt!

Fr. Alan is one of those rare people that if you ever meet him you will never forget him.  His soul is gentle and kind.  He is soft spoken but can get your attention quick if need be. His heart is overflowing with love and he genuinely cares about you. 

I was there for his first service and his last service with nothing in between, which I am now kicking myself for. He traveled through snow storms to come give me communion in the hospital in north Oklahoma City, when I had two knee replacements a year apart.  His pastoral care of our family during our time crisis (Dave’s passing) was heartfelt and was above reproach.  Here is a copy of his last sermon.

Dave came from a Welsh mother and a Scottish father.  We were married by a Scottish Priest and I only felt it fitting that a Scottish/English priest say the last words for him and commend his spirit to the Lord with the service out of the 1940 prayer book which both Dave and I grew up with.

So it’s been roller-coaster time around here and I will be glad when the roller-coaster stops so I can regain my balance.  Then I can get on another roller-coaster…WHEEEEEEE!

Stay safe…live well…