OH, Gary Look At That!!

Adventure is always just that! What other name is better than that! Gary started his job at the ER yesterday and I made contact with a Home Health Agency for prn work. We are blessed. The folks here in the Northeast state of Vermont are so congenial and helpful. I have met many gals who sew and quilt too. So, I am quilting while I can and Gary is working. The trees will start changing here in a few weeks. We plan to make a trip just 30 minutes up the road soon at the Old Deerfield in Massachusetts. Also, we are planning to return to Portsmouth and enjoy another village called Strawbery Banke; along with just enjoying the seaside and the history in Portsmouth itself. It is a northern Charleston in my book.
The lightshouse we planned to see Sunday was no where in sight shall we say, and we were informed yesterday that the BEST Lighthouse is in Portland, Maine. So, that is planned for the future too. Yes, we have lots to cram into 12 weeks, but I know we will survive! We are most blessed in these days of uncertainty to have a nursing profession with a choice. There are also wonderful covered bridges everywhere here, we know of 2 in our area so far! History! Blessed American History!! Our roots! Have a blessed day! You can follow my quilting madness on Twitter also! Kari and Gary

Creation!!

Our visit to the Creation Museum was a highlight in Garys' life and mine! He studied Creation as a young believer and taught it to our kids constantly with facts and also prompting them to ask questions or think through them with his help or on their own as they grew up. It certainly pays off to have the backbone of our reality and faith based on Creation. How AWESOME is our God! Making the trip to the museum with the family was even more important! We got to see first hand their impression of Gods' faithfulness to us with the excellent presentation by Ken Ham and all who work with him there. We were so proud of the work that was accomplished there and the testimony! A person could certainly enter questioning and leave a believer. The miracle of our bodies alone only points to a Creator!! and his Son....how blest we are! and then we walk with the Holy Spirit as our Guide. It is ALL SO GOOD! so VERY GOOD!! Have a "blest day"! is our wish for you today. Kari

Travels With Gary

We had such a good time visiting Vermont this past week. The Board of Nursing were amazing in Montpelier. They even stayed late to finish our permanent nursing licenses. Then the lab even stayed over to finish up Garys' labs so we did not have to stay over the night and could get going back to Indiana. It was a blessing! We did drive back into New York then for the night and were able to get back to Indiana by early evening. We drove over 2000 miles plus our trip here from SC just a week before has brought us close to 3000 miles this month so far. The area was breathtaking and it should be awesome when the trees start changing into their fall colors. We will be home just after Thanksgiving time. So far we have found some nice RV camping facilities close to Brattleboro, that is our next step; nailing our next RV spot down. We visited with our son and his family while home just a few days ago. That was great fun and relaxing. The cabin does have a tendency to make folks relax! The grandgals pulled out their familiar old toys. We are meeting our daughter and her family along with our son and his family tomorrow at the Creation Museum near Cincinnatti, Ohio. Everyone that visits there are very impressed with all the information. Since we are Creation Enthusiasts we are anxious to visit it. We have drove past it a hundred times I am sure! Off to pack the RV and begin to unpack what we brought back from SC. Whirlwind time!! Creation Blessings!! The Flicks'

Deciding

Today we decided what home we will be living in for the next few years while traveling on the road! It was kind of cool, kind of expensive, and most of all something that I never thought we would ever do! But we have the opportunity while we are still "young" and so we are planning to do it! The RV is very nice, hardly ever used too. The 86 year old man was retired from the Air Force, years ago, and just can't quit working. I told GW after we made our decision, "he is just so cute I felt we had to buy it from him!"....so, we go Friday to learn how to run everything in the camper...it comes complete with surround sound (the life of Riley,eh?) It sleeps 6 but GW is already trying to figure out how to put in a small stacked washer and dryer in the future. We are amazed this is all happening so fast! So, our first baby step to travel in nursing has started, or it better or we are going to have a very nice camper to visit with! God bless!! Kari

Movin On Down The Road

Time changes things. Someone said that once I am sure!!! We had the greatest neighbors in Aiken and we will miss them terribly! We had decided that we needed to come back to our cabin for the winter, but would have to finish the house in SC first. Our precious neighbor heard us talking and said she thought that one of the neighbors wanted to buy a small farm, especially to get her horse off the little piece of land they had with the home they rented. So, we knocked on their door at 7:30pm and the rest is history. They loved the little house we had renovated and said it was just what they had always wanted. They also had terrible electric bills and hoped ours where smaller, well, as it turned out they were about 1/10th the cost this month alone. Also, another major blessing was that they loved to fix up and renovate also and that the man of the house really was a professional painter and drywaller!!! What a BIG blessing for Gary. They told us that they would finish all the trim work and the ceramic tiles, etc that needed done. We were close to finishing up but since we had built our cabin for 6 years we were running out of steam for the little farm. Our son and his family could not help with it as they had planned and since we wanted to slow down a bit and not be tied down that much we were thinking we had to sell it and move back to our cabin in the North. I KNOW!!!....most move south but we have a finished cabin in Indiana and can just live there. Then, since we are nurses, we decided now is a good time to travel with our nursing. So, we are purchasing a used RV to pull around to live in while we do 12 week nursing excursions. Then we can be home in the cabin other times of the year. It was good to get back here and start settling in. We will miss our son and his family for sure, but they may be relocating also in the next couple years with his government job. So, you see, it just all works out!. I hope the grandkids will never forget gutting and renovating a farmhouse with us and all the work we did pulling 40 years of trees and bushes out of the way for the pasture fences, etc. Its' all going to be OK!! Have a sweet day! and find things to be happy about!!