Trip Report

Good Morning!

We had a good time in the mountains. We got lost looking for the first house on our list … and ended up at my insurance company’s office – where daughter Heather works. It was really good to see her. She has been having some health issues and Miss N and I have been worried about her. She looked pretty good although we know she was hurting. She even gave us a lead on another house.

Then we went to son Jim’s house and got fed lunch by Angie and the girls. Angie’s mom and dad stopped by on their way to look at homes in the vicinity – and one lead we had they also had. We did stop by the place we had as our main focus … but didn’t go in – just looked from the street.

After lunch we headed across the mountain to Grandma Leta’s. Mom had an alarm system put in the house after a couple of scares in the last week. We spent the balance of the day with her until Jim and Angie showed up. Jim celebrated his birthday yesterday … but we took them to dinner Monday since their Wednesday was already spoken for. After dinner (including a homemade chocolate chip cookie cake), we headed back to GM Leta’s to spend the night.

Our reservation at Brasstown Valley was for Tuesday with a 9 a.m. tee time. Miss N accompanied me as we made the route around the course. It was HOT … and I was beat by the time we finished. We whiled away the afternoon in our room – both catching needed catnaps; then took a walk before dinner, sat in the swing overlooking the golf course … and just were lazy.

I have to say that God has been really good to Miss N and me over the years. He has blessed us with each other – I am proud to say she is my wife and I think she feels the same way about me. She is my joy … as the Proverbist says:

Proverbs 31:10-11 New International Version (NIV)
Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

10A wife of noble character who can find?
She is worth far more than rubies.
11 Her husband has full confidence in her
and lacks nothing of value.

Our trip ended on somewhat of a sad note. Miss N and I love animals – dogs, cats, fish. One of our cats, Grady, had been missing for a few days before we left. We found him under the house – he had been injured by something and had crawled up there to die. So our Wednesday afternoon was sad as we extracted him from the crawl space and buried him near the garden. He was a good cat.

Well, I know you guys were praying for us as we traveled. Thank you for your prayers. And have a great Thursday.

Agape’


Mr. Jim