My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My sis and her grandbaby, Elizabeth, she is a doll!

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

My nephew Will, his wife Nicole and the newest family member, my great niece Elizabeth

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Mom, me, Barb and Myles (my sis and bro)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and Uncle Myles (my brother)

Missie and grandparents

Missie and grandparents

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie at park in Brockville,Ont. Canada

Missie and I went to Canada in October

Missie and I went to Canada in October
Mom and Jim

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.

Part of Preston's room, he has large room, calls it his apt.
has a recliner and little refrig.

Missie wanted her room lime green and black

Missie wanted her room lime green and black
turned out very nice!

Left side of kitchen

Left side of kitchen

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Right side of kitchen (sunflowers)

Other half of living room

Other half of living room

Part of living room

Part of living room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Part of our dining room, it is a large room

Our new home!

Our new home!

Jr.s shop

Jr.s shop

2 car garage

2 car garage

This is the only way it would let me post :(

Here it is December, where has time gone. I just realized this a.m. I have not posted pics of our new home, where we moved to in May. I am really bad at blogging now :( Preston is doing great! He did have a cold, but other than that, he is doing well! We are so thankful for that.Missie loves Union Bible Academy. She has moved into the dorm so she won't have to drive 1 1/2 hrs/day and during winter it would have been hard. She loves living in dorm and having her friends there. She is in choir and absolutely loves that and travels when they travel. She is maintaining a B average, and that is great! It was a big switch to switch from ACE cirriculum to textbooks, but she has done very well. We love our home, and spending our first holidays in it! Will post some pics.

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston and Missie before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston before surgery

Preston after his surgery

Preston after his surgery

Saturday, August 30, 2008

It's Saturday

BUT not our typical Sat. at all. Work, work, work, but we are done for today! Some men from the church came this morning and helped load most of the stuff. That was such a big help. Junior was having a lot of dizziness this a.m. and we couldn't have made it without them. Then a lady friend from church came and helped after they left; and we helped Junior finish cleaning out the building and lean to and he hauled 2 loads to garbage and loaded the tools and stuff he wanted to keep. She did dishes, helped with supper, vacuumed through the house and even filled some nail holes. I wish I could pack her and her family up and take her with us. We are now living out of suitcases, but that is ok! We have to take down our bed and Preston's hospital bed Mon a.m. and load the table and chairs. And some stray stuff, and clothes. We are alive but totally exhausted. Not sure we can live through this again! What a job! And we are not as young as we used to be, and it is sure showing up! But I think we may stay in IN! Missie has 4 years of high school, and then wants to go right on UBC, so that is the perfect place to be. If Jesus tarries, we want to be close to her until after her college is over, and she starts a new life of her own.

Just wanted to check in and say hi and let everyone know we are making it!

Thanks to the men from church, and my special friend who came and helped today! You know who you are.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Pictures

I am posting some pictures of last Sat. when my inlaws visited. It was the last time they will ever be in this house! Kind of sad, but it is just a new chapter in our lives. Missie can hardly wait to get into school. I finished buying the rest of her stuff tonight, and she has done all the testing online, so that is done! She will be ready to start when we take her and get her registered.

Anyhow, here are some pictures.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Answered Prayer!

God has answered prayer and I sold my accordian for $300! That will help us get Missie in school. God is so good. My mom bought her 2 uniform outfits. Paces are free since we will be attending and supporting the Frankfort church! God has just worked so many things out for us!

We have taken most things off the wall and we have filled in the nail holes. We started packing Preston's room today, got one big box packed. He got a bit stressed today when we started on his room. We did get his stuffed animals cleaned out and the rest packed and some other things. But he doesn't want any boxes in his room, LOL. He is a funny guy sometimes, LOL. But you gotta love him and love him I do!

It is winding down! Sat. we get the truck and get all the boxes out of here and some of the furniture. Then I will clean real good. I want it looking nice.

We were renting to own, but when we decided to move, it just went back to the landlord. He already has someone to rent to own; a mutual friend of ours and the landlord's. I don't feel we lost any money, we would have had to pay rent anyhow. I wish we could have gotten it in our name, paid Mike off, then sold it and made a profit to help us get started again. But the Lord will take care of us.

Missie is doing online testing here to see where she is at in her subjects and see what learning gaps she has. I am glad she can do this at home this week, and have that out of the way, so when we get her to the school, she can start right in the paces. I have talked to Bro. Coleman a few times, the principal, and he is very nice and accomodating!

Am just anxious to get on the road to IN and get there and get settled back to ordinary living!

So that is the update for this time!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Packing

Missie and I packed 4 more boxes full today and Junior stopped on way home from work and got us some more boxes. I washed inside and outside of all top kitchen cabinets as I am wanting to leave things as nice as possible. There are full boxes filling our house. Missie is counting down every day now. She is so excited. We ordered her uniforms today and had them sent to IN to Bro. Johnson's home since they will probably arrive before we do.
Please pray I can sell my accordian. That will help us to have that little extra money. Every cent counts right now.
My inlaws are coming in Sat. to spend a few hrs. to see us before we head to IN. So it will be nice to have them.
Not much other news right now; but wanted to check in!
Thanks for all your comments, haven't replied to them yet but have read them!
Keep praying for us.

Monday, August 18, 2008

School started today!

Well, the public schools started here and Missie's new school! She is sad that she is not there. But knowing she will be there, helps a lot! I hope these last 2 weeks go quickly; I am sooo ready to get this move on the road. We have a lot of packing done. We haven't started packing any of Preston's stuff yet; next week we can do that. We have all the cleaning out done except for his stuffed animals. We hope to do that this week. He goes to the dentist on Wed, for a checkup. Hope all is well. Or else they will have to squeeze us in a week and a half to have his teeth fixed.

Missie packed some small glass things this a.m. and we used clothes to wrap them in. I took all the stuff out of my closet that I won't be wearing in the next 2 weeks and have them all packed, too. Preston's winter clothes are packed (he hasn't missed them out of his closet.) We are doing well to have 2 more weeks left.

Preston is sad about leaving his church and friends. I reminded him that Free Wesleyan used to be our church, and that we had had to leave there, and that he did fine. He said he knew; it is just the thought of leaving his comfort zone and making new friends. He sits at back of church and greets almost everyone that comes in and enjoys it so much. Maybe he can do that in Frankfort, as well. But he keeps repeating that Martha Castle told him that it would be easy for him to make new friends up there. If it wasn't Martha, it was someone who told him that, and that is reassuring to him. He will do fine. Change is just hard for him; really for me and Junior too. Missie is young and adventurous, and it doesn't bother her as much.

So 2 weeks from today, we are leaving SC, probably forever. It has been our home for a total of 12 years. We know a lot of people here. But for Missie's sake, it is time to move on. We have been told that we will not be sorry for doing this, to have Missie in a holiness school. I want her to continue to be a fervant holiness girl. God has helped her sooo much in the last few months; He has changed her and her desire is to be in a holiness school and not long after we arrive, Union Bible College will be in revival and we plan to go over there some. She knows some young people over there. So we are trusting God to work out all the financial needs and details, as He knows why we are doing this! I tend to worry; but we have to do the best we can, and trust the Lord for the rest.

Keep us in prayer!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Well, my birthday has come and gone

again for this year. I would rather stop having them but it doesn't work that way.

My family took me out to eat to Silver Bay on my birthday and I enjoyed that.

I have been packing my china, china inherited from my mother, dishes inherited from Junior's grandmother, and other sentimental things people have given me. But it is packed now and ready to go. Thank goodness for that.

We plan to reserve the truck tomorrow. We want to be sure we have it when we need it.

It is kind of scary now that it is settled. Jr. is training someone for his present job, our house is gone to someone else, and the die is cast, so to speak. Change in hard but the Lord has led us to this place and point in our lives, and will not fail us now.

Gonna try and get some rest.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

It's Our Anniversary!

Wow, 28 years ago today in Napanee, Ontario CANADA I became Mrs. Howard P. Watson, Jr. As I look back over the years, it makes me feel tired, LOL. A lot of water has gone under the bridge, but one thing has remained! Our love for each other! Isn't it awesome after 28 years we still love each other? We don't see this a lot in our world today. In 28 years many people have several partners! Not us. We are in this together for the long haul!

I wish I was as skinny as I was then, LOL. I am posting a wedding picture. The rest all all packed away. I had to dig this out of a box to even have 1 to post.

On another note, Missie got his knot under her chin. It was sore, and by today it had grown and was going down her neck. So Jr. took her to Dr.'s care and the dr. said it was swollen lymph gland and gave her antibiotics. If it gets bigger or doesn't get any smaller in a week, she needs to have a follow up appt. for a biopsy. I think it will be ok. He said even bacteria from her acne might have gotten in there. So hopefully the antibiotics will do the trick.

Well, our house here is sold. A guy Jr. worked with at both places he has worked here in SC is getting here. He came and looked at it today. He has a daughter and granddaughter that will be living with him. It will be good for them. He has had it rough; his wife left him several years back and the daughter has given him a fit at times. Anyhow, Jr. and I are glad he is getting it.

Last night, my good friend (like a sister to me) came over and spent the night; she and her 3 children, and stayed until about 11 this a.m. We had a nice time together. I will miss them a lot. We have remained close over the years. Like I said, she is like a sister to me and I love her children so much. Her husband is in training this weekend with the National Guard, so we decided to get together for part of the weekend.

So that is the latest for now! Oh, Missie was so excited because all the paperwork from her new school came in the mail. It is so reasonable in price, and her nana is buying her some uniforms and helping buy her paces (books) too. Anyhow, she has read through the whole handbook and is very excited.

Until next time!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Wednesday

It has been so hot this week. It was 102.4 here and 82 in Frankfort. Hopefully it is a bit cooler up there. Maybe at least the humidity won't be quite as bad.

Well, Preston's side was doing sooo much better, until he took a tumble Friday evening when we had him out. He had to step down over the curb and he doesn't know what happened, but he ended up flat on his back on the concrete. He was ok except he skinned his elbow and then his rib started to hurt again. But other then a little pain now and then, it is doing much better. He is still taking zantac at this point.

We are packing!!! It is going surprising well so far! I like to have enough time to pack a little along to avoid having to rush.

Missie had to give up her puppy and she was very sad about that. We took her back to the humane society. They will not put her down unless she gets really sick. Missie worked there and knows how they deal with the animals. Hopefully she will get adopted by a nice family. We couldn't find anyone to take one. Missie misses her a lot. We could not take her to IN; the trip itself with her would have been a disaster!

Bro. Johnson called today, and they have sent out of the school information to us! So am anxious to get that and get her uniforms, etc. Missie's nana, my mom, has offered to buy her 1 uniform, so that will help a lot!

Yesterday I had my physical and tomorrow Preston goes to the dentist. We are trying to get this stuff done before we leave.

Friday is a very special day!!!! Junior and I have been happily married for 28 years! Time sure flies! I couldn't have gotten a better husband, and he is a wonderful father to our children. We have been through a lot together in these 28 years! I will try and post a wedding picture; oops, they may be already packed, so that may have to wait. We were both so skinny then; why does time put weight on people?? LOL Anyhow, our anniversary is Friday and my birthday is Monday. I would rather not have any birthdays but guess I don't have a choice, LOL

So that is the latest; found out today that 3 families are moving to Frankfort, us being 1 of them, around the same time, and we all have girls to put in the school; no boys. The new principal has 2 girls too. So it looks like the girls might outnumber the boys!

Over and out for tonight.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Friday!

Well, its Friday. And the packing has begun!!! Missie and I got a bunch of boxes last night, and we have packed several today.

The zantac seems to be really helping Preston. Yesterday he hardly had any pain at all, and hasn't said a word today about it. He feels the meds. is helping him, too. Thank the Lord for that.

My house will be tore up now until we move; but I refuse to wait till the last minute to pack. If we do some each day it will be much easier on us all.

I thought we had a stove and frig given to us; well, it turns out, my friend's husband doesn't want to give away the frig., but we can have the gas stove. So that is good we have a stove. We will just need a frig and some type of a couch for our living room; I would just like to get a futon maybe. The Lord will supply a refrigerator but it may be after we get there.

We have lots to do around here. We want to leave it looking as good as possible when we leave, and clean.

We are taking Preston on an outing this evening, but wanted to update before we left.
Thank the Lord the zantac is working!