Settling in

We are beginning to get into somewhat of a routine here in Denton. At least one day each week we meet our grandsons after school. They may have homework to complete and music to practice and then we play cards with them or very occasionally take them out for a treat. The schools had grandparents day last Friday and we met each boy at school during his lunch period and shared sack lunches with them. We think that if the school system does this again next year that we will bring a treat lunch from a fast food restaurant which is what many of the other grandparents did this year. It should beat any sack lunch offered by the school cafeteria. It was fun to see the joy on the faces of each kid who saw his or her grandparent. It was a fun thing to do.

Starting with Thursday and through the weekend we go to as many estate sales or garage sales as we can find. This has several purposes since this gets us into various areas of the city and we can see prospective houses as well. We then take any finds home, clean them up, price them and then take them to our antique mall for sale from our space. We reopened our antique business and have been cleaning out stored items as well. Sales have not been brisk but we are selling some things and of course enjoy the whole process. I have also put up some of my stained glass pieces, repaired others and finally made a new piece to put in our mall. Who knows, maybe someone will commission me to do a special piece. We left our book of past stained pieces out on a table in our space and it has been getting attention.

We continue to read at a great rate and are looking for a store that trades in used books. We finally attended a Presbyterian Church last Sunday and discovered that the brother-in-law of the minister used to preach in our former church in Kerrville. It is a small world indeed.

Today we had a few short showers which we so badly need. Many of the terrible fires are now under control but over 1500 homes are totally destroyed. Yesterday was the 70th day of temperatures of 100 or higher this summer. So we have survived the hottest summer in Texas on record, ever. Maybe this month our electric bill will begin to be lower. Happy travels.