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now... I say that about a lot of weeks. Well, they are. Life is just plain ole fun. Lots of work, but still fun. My sister, Beth, has been with us for the past week. She is the one you don't recognize in this made-just-for-the-blog photo. We have done things with her, and at other times we left her at home and went on our own. Friday we took most of the day for a small tour of the area. We drove through Sodaville to Brownsville and snooped through some old shops, second hand stores, and the museum. Then on through Sweet Home and back to Lebanon. Fun day. Last week I mentioned a graveside service I officiated at. An interesting side note to that: I found out Beth's in-laws are buried at the same cemetery so we drove over there and found their graves.
now... I say that about a lot of weeks. Well, they are. Life is just plain ole fun. Lots of work, but still fun. My sister, Beth, has been with us for the past week. She is the one you don't recognize in this made-just-for-the-blog photo. We have done things with her, and at other times we left her at home and went on our own. Friday we took most of the day for a small tour of the area. We drove through Sodaville to Brownsville and snooped through some old shops, second hand stores, and the museum. Then on through Sweet Home and back to Lebanon. Fun day. Last week I mentioned a graveside service I officiated at. An interesting side note to that: I found out Beth's in-laws are buried at the same cemetery so we drove over there and found their graves.We're not suffering for food either. Monday we ate out at a Chinese Restaurant, Tuesday afternoon we went to the Seniors Retreat at Aldersgate so we ate dinner there. Wednesday was Family Night with dinner there. Thursday Joyce and I were invited out to eat at a Mongolian Grill. Friday we ate lunch in at a nice little cafe in Brownsville. Alas, Saturday we had to eat at home. Tonight Joyce and I just returned from an invitation to eat out -- again!
Tuesday morning we went house hunting. We are considering moving to Salem and getting a duplex so Ginger can live in the other end. We got a list of possibilities from a Realtor, I laid out a grid, and we drove all over Salem looking at duplexes. Not the inside, just looking at the outside and considering the neighborhood -- if we wanted to pursue it further. There are some we are going to try to see closer but nothing we are really excited about. We have discovered some problems with what we want to do: 1) most duplexes are in a concentration of duplexes, i.e. rentals, with all the problems a group of rentals brings; 2) newer duplexes are nicer but the building lots are smaller, hence real close neighbors and no place to put the RV; 3) many of them are townhouses and we are not thrilled with the idea of steps. So we'll see how this progresses. We are in no hurry.
We are having fabulously beautiful fall weather. A little rain but then it turns nice, the sun shines, and temps are not too bad. It is really nice. The Friday trip was in gorgeous weather. Yesterday it rained. Today was beautiful. I preached this morning and Trevor did his first baby dedication. Ginger came Friday evening and went home after church today. And Beth goes home tomorrow -- after we eat lunch at a Mexican Restaurant just down the street!!!
And that is about it. Oh yes, the church. Of course, the church. That's why we are here, isn't it? Or is it to try all the local restaurants? Actually we don't have that many but Corvallis and Albany are nearby. That opens up a whole world of possibilities. Anyway, the church is going well. Lots of planning and visiting, planning and visiting. It's good. We're good. I hope you're good.
(Sorry about the big, long paragraph. After putting in a pictue, my blog won't recognize paragraphs -- many times. Any suggestions?)
3 comments:
Good to read your post. Sounds like you are enjoying your family times. Are you all pretty close to each other as far as distance? Glad you could see Beth. I remember her from the visit to Oregon when we were in Seminary, and her fudge. Glad you survived the pitty party too!! Love you guys!
Are you getting our posts. It is not showing up on the latest blog post list. I made one on Sun. night about our trip north. Hope all is well with you two. The sun is finally shining after a wk. and a half of rain or cloudy weather. Chuck is putting in the new mail box today. Fun, fun.
Its so cute to see you still posting after all these years, I still remember showing you what a blog was, and I was sure at the time that you'd do it for a while and then stop after your trip. Glad to see you still keeping active on it, I love to find out what's going on with you guys all the time. =)
Anyways, reading about your duplex shopping and difficulties. You may want to check out big or long houses that could be converted to a duplex with little effort. I remember when Jana and Korak and us were shopping for places in LA and we found this really long house that could have been converted into a duplex without too much effort.
My current house is on a hill so both the bottom floor and the top floor have entrances on ground level and could be split into two parts with some remodeling. At least that would solve the problem of buying a duplex in a neighborhood of duplexes, and since your family sharing things like a garage probably won't be that bad.
Anyways, hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and see you around.
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