March 5, 2011
I goofed up on the last two entries from grandma's diary. Somehow I skipped from the year 1914 to 1915 so I went back and corrected the year on those two. It's interesting I think to have these bits of family history from 97 years ago and get a little bit of feeling for what family life was on the farm back then. When I get a chance I'll try to find the family photos of the cast of characters.
Mar 3, 1914. Tues. done washing. read eight chapters of Proverbs. spent evening over home.
Mar 4, 1914. Wed. ironed. read four chapters of Proverbs. mended.
Mar 5, 1914. Thurs. butchered. Sam was here for dinner. Uncle George was here in afternoon.
The last few days we continued work on organizing the New Zealand trip. In the last couple of days we received four more applications for the trip and have started reviewing those with followup emails working out details. Currently we still have six couples including Joan and I plus one single 19 year old male student that we have decided to adopt and have ride with us. I don't know how you would manage these trips without the benefit of the internet. The last two days have included emails to the Habitat affiliate in New Zealand and to the rental agency of the motor homes to work out details. We start the motor home trip in Christchurch and pick the motor homes up there.
The first 10 or 15 kilometers with them is always interesting. For most of the team it is their first experience driving a motorhome with a six speed manual transmission, driving on the left side of the road, and doing roundabouts in a clockwise direction instead of clockwise like we do here in the US. I think the New Zealanders know to steer clear of rental motor homes being driven by foreigners. So far no major disasters have occured, knock on wood.
We have been visiting a neighbor, sister-in-law, and aircraft partner, all who had serious surgery after we left for Florida. We are glad that they are all recovering well.
Life is Good! The Journey goes on!
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