Blogs from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, North America - page 12

We got up early and got the camper packed up for the trip to the shop. Then we went to have breakfast with Susan, one of Nancy’s high school friends. We had a great visit. Then we went back and got Nancy’s projects out of the camper and Rich went off for repairs. Nancy worked on photos on the computer to eliminate duplicates from the different files and to then back them all up to disk. Kathy called to relay the message that Jan, with laryngitis, wanted to go out to lunch for some chicken soup. The lunch and the soups were delicious! Next door to the restaurant was a foot store that sells special inserts for foot problems. Jan has been wanting to try some since Nancy has been so happy with hers, so it ... read more

We started the morning making Rich’s Surprise Breakfast for everyone. It started with a toasted English muffin, was topped by a heart-shaped fried egg (part of a hearty breakfast!), followed by cheese and then heated in the oven until the cheese melted. The surprise was inside, under some layers. Then, we topped the melted cheese with each person’s initials in blueberries. Everyone SAID they thought it was yummy. Some even had seconds! Don and Betty came over, Phil’s family and Sarah, and Janet and Kathy (before work), and us, made 12 for breakfast. It was a fun time! After that, the Rich and Phil went off to Home Depot to get some supplies for a project for Jan, while Terrye, Jan, and Nancy went to Marshall’s to look for clothes for Terrye’s trip and gifties ... read more

Reflections on Thanksgiving. This was the first Thanksgiving Nancy had been with her family since she was a senior in high school. The next year, she had Thanksgiving outside Memphis at a friend's home, where she met Rich. The next year, she was on a ship near Africa. After that, we've been married and out West. Hard to make it for Thanksgiving on Thursday when school is out on Wednesday at 3:00, plus being expensive. Nancy's mom's birthday is today. She would have been 87. Sometimes her birthday actually fell ON Thanksgiving. This year, the six siblings were together again! So here we are on the day after! We are really enjoying Rowan, following him around, playing with him, carrying him, kissing his little face! Nancy made pancakes for everyone for breakfast. Lily and Rowan and ... read more

Janet and Terrye and Phil have the day off, so everyone is bustling. Rich went out and about doing Rich things. Janet and Nancy went shopping for clothes and for tonight's groceries. Terrye was cooking and baking for tomorrow. Nancy cleaned up the trailer. Jodie called from Manhattan. She went into town with Seth and Vivian on the subway. They went to work and she went to Central Park with a copy of the Wall Street Journal to read. She took photos of the fabulous window displays at Bergdorf-Goodman. She went to FAO Schwartz. Then she met Seth for lunch. They will all ride back to Queens on the subway and will leave for Knoxville around 6:30. It will take 11 hours, so they will stop somewhere in Virginia for the night. Seth might let Jodie ... read more

Today was different from our other days here. Rich needed to take the trailer to Camping World for some repairs and checks, so Nancy packed up a bunch of possible projects for the day and went into the house at 7:00. Usually, we eat breakfast in the camper and come out after everyone has left the house. Nancy found out what a lively household this is in the morning! Terrye was having coffee to go and was ready to head off to work. Phil was playing his electric guitar in the basement, along with loud music, to get energized for the day. Neal drove Max off to high school and came back. Then Neal drove Phil and Boone to work at Phil's insurance office. Phil decided to try going to work for the morning, even though ... read more