I'm starting to feel Amish

I do not know Rich and I managed to live for so many years in the country. There is just nothing to do. We had our grandson Adam over night again and he is just so much fun. We told him we were going to visit an Amish farm to buy some baked goods and he was so excited he could not sleep. When morning arrived he wanted to make a picture for the Amish family and asked me question after question about them and their customs. He drawings are so detailed. I wasn't sure how the Amish family would react to his generious gift but it went fantastic and now Adam wants to be a little Amish boy.

When we got back to the house Rich had to make Adam a carrage and wagon out of cardboard.

Rich and I are going to North Carolina to look at a boat this week.

Yard Sale

Well, after days of hard work and planning Rich and I found a trailer load of items to sell at our garage sale. We priced everything cheaply to sell fast and were very excited about the possibility of getting rid of a lot of things. We want to use the money towards the purchase of our new boat. However, I forgot we are living in a very rural area and not many cars pass by our house.  Most of the vehicles that passed were trucks and not interested in any yard sale. It was also a hot muggy day. A few Amish farmers past by our house but they did not stop either. Here is a picture of an Amish wagon passing the house.

My five year old grandson Adam was very excited about our yard sale and helped me set out the items. He was especially excited about the Christmas items. My son Brian jokily told Adam that Santa was just a fat old man who liked to eat a lot of cookies to which Adam replied, “Santa is not fat daddy, he is jolly.”  It cracked us all up.

At the end of the day four people stopped at our yard sale. Two of them were just looking for specific things such as air conditioners, tools or fishing items.  However, two people did some shopping they bought Christmas ornaments, exercise weights, and a towel rack.  All together we made $5.50 and a pound of fresh honey. This is the second gift of fresh honey we got since we’ve been here. Our neighbors have bee hives and gave us honey fresh from the honey comb it was delicious.

I told Rich we would order chicken wings from the Georgetown Inn with our yard sale earnings but since the wings cost $15.00 we had to add money to buy them. The Georgetown Inn has the best wings of any place we have ever been.

The lady who looked at our house a few weeks ago liked the house but did not like the yard. She told the realtor she wanted a yard that was flat. We just wait and look forward everyday for a call from the realtor.  We live by faith and not sight. Our suddenly moment will come.  The longer we are here in NY the more we miss Florida and our marina friends. I miss the rocking of the water and the sloshing of the water again the sides of the boat. I miss having a cup of coffee on the back of the boat while watching the fish jump. I miss yelling at the speeding boaters to slow down, feeding the ducks, and the fellowship on the docks. In fact as much as I love NY this time of year the desire to be back living aboard a boat is only growing stronger. We are trusting the Lord and His timing to guide our way.

I think Lucky misses the water too. He likes to be in small spaces and follows us all around the house. His favorite place to be is in the Durango. We take him with us most of the time and as soon as Rich picks up the leach. He knows we are going in the Durango and starts getting excited.

Rich finished all of the work on the house and now we are planning a trip to Michigan to see Tom and bring him some appliances. We took a ride to the 1000 Islands and Oneida Lake area looking for boats but most of the larger boats are gas engines. There is a boat in NC we want to look at but until the house sells we will not have the money to buy the boat of our dreams.

It is almost impossible to get a fast internet connection in this area so I have not been on line much at all. This is my first post in a while but I wanted to update everyone. I miss you all dearly and hope to be back on line soon. I am able to read most of the messages from my friends and family once a week but can’t reply so I thought it best to just try to keep up this blog.

Wow Amazing.  While I am sitting here outside the Earlville library trying to get internet, the librarian arrived.  The library doesn’t open until one pm.  I started talking to her and she told me that she looked at our house and loves it. She said that she is a Christian and has been praying for the Lord to hold our house until her house sells. Her face lit up as she told me how much she loves our house and the land.  She looked at our house two years ago and drives past it every Sunday on her way to church.  She said she took her house off the market and I told her to put it back on. I know the Lord has something going on here.  I told her to come up to the house and I would show her around and pray with her at the house. I asked the Lord for some encouragement and He gave it to me.  Now we need to pray for the Lord to make away for her to buy it. I told her the story about how I planted a penny for her and all of my friends were praying. This is going to be a good day.  I have to go now the sun is keeping me from seeing the screen.

A day in the country

I was sitting in the living room having a cup of coffee with Rich when I looked out the window and saw an Amish horse and buggy pass by. I tried to get a picture but I was too late and you are not supposed to take their picture. The Amish purchased many of the farms in Lebanon and are living side by side with the farmers who still use heavy equipment. Two children around the ages of twelve were driving the wagon and once it pasted I could see they were carrying milk jugs. It is truly amazing to watch and hear the horses clattering along the road.  Lebanon is a beautiful place to live and raise a family but a bad place to try to sell a house because there are just not many jobs around. Rich pressured washed the house and it looks great.

I am already missing the water and my friends from OYCM. I set up a small area in the back of the house just off the deck to keep me feeling close to the water.  The life ring came off our 36’ Trojan. I needed to be near boating and our nautical lifestyle.

 Lucky loves the pond and spent almost an hour in it today trying to get a tree root loose but it was not moving.  His paws were covered in mud.  I am sure he will go back to it tomorrow.  It is cool here today the high was only 65. It was damp with no sunshine.

Until next time, Be Blessed my friends.