Awake: 6:01am Temp 41 sleep 6+21 sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers, grandmothers, Godmothers, and wannabe mothers!
Katrina calls with her mother’s day wishes while driving to her masters program in Colorado. Kathy takes the call & they chat for only (20) min as Katrina was close to her destination. Kathy reports that she is doing fine.
The young & active couple, Gary & Rosemary, call; no visit from them this week. Gary is filling in for another driver & will be in & out of town. Dang! Now who am I going to get to help wash the motorhome?
We leave @ 12:30pm, drive to Indiana, PA & do some light grocery shopping @ Wal-Mart & Martin’s & then spend about (3) hrs with the Foote family. Most of my time was consumed with getting the engine started in our (now their) old 1984 Ford Van. Kevin reported the engine isn’t turning over. I thought perhaps the battery posts needed a good cleaning so that was performed 1st. After all, those batteries were practically brand new!
Kevin turns the ignition key again & that click gave us a stronger clue; when checking the battery acid level, the clue was even more convincing. I didn’t realize Kevin had retained my maintenance records in the driver’s door; I had replaced those batteries in 1999.
A trip to the Sears Auto store provided the replacement batteries needed to wake the 6.9 liter engine right up. Both Matthew & Andrew were privy to watch from the dining room window--our slow motion fix of making that engine run.
Kevin grilled chicken breasts with bar-b-que sauce, corn on the cob, & red & green peppers & onions plus he had a mixed green salad and fresh strawberries. A nice mother’s day treat! Thanks guys. It was getting late according to the activities clock so we zoomed back to our motorhome before dark where a recording from Zack with his mother’s day greeting was waiting. He was on his way to go hiking.
Late evening, Ken S. returns my call from the other day; after some good chit-chatting & updating, I ask him for assistance in working with the AK DMV in getting our motorhome titled & registered. He agrees to help us out.
Later evening; Nick calls from Moscow, Russia. He arrived yesterday and after some sleep was in the computer office early; at least an hour before the other workers would show up. He wished his Mommy a “Happy Mothers Day” just before midnight & that completed all the kids checking in. He was calling on Skype; it was just as clear & audible as being next door. It’s amazing! The progress & technical advances in communications is just phenomenal these days. We talk for slightly over an hr.
Late movie before Nick calls: “Stella Dallas” with Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O’Neil, etc. Stanwyck is a small-town vulgar innocent who sacrifices everything for her daughter. Boles is the elegant wealthy heel who does her wrong. 1937. That’s all I am telling; you have to see the rest for yourself.
Lights out: 1:21am
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