Our Quiet Weekend in the Country

Life is simple when we are here. It slows down and we relax.

Saturday was such a laid back day. We slept late and, after our coffee and reading, we decided to go to town. Louis Dean is always working on projects. It's been cold here. Too cold for some of the things he wants to do. So a trip to Waco seemed like a good idea. We ate lunch at Luby's before doing errands - which meant we had some things to pick up at Walmart and Home Depot.

I spent most of the driving time and waiting in the truck for Louis Dean reading my book.

Rosamund Pilcher is my all time favorite author. Right next to Gladys Taber.

I took no photos on Saturday and did very little other than read.

It was wonderful.

This morning we once again slept late.

Coffee and Bible reading and our out loud book - Let Trump Be Trump.

It's what Louis Dean wanted for Christmas and it is proving to be so interesting we are knocking out chapters at a time!

I started on a new book.

At least it's new to me and I love how books can transport me to a different time and place and it seems as vivid to me as if I were watching a movie.

While I read and did a few bits of housekeeping work, Louis Dean puttered around in the new room.

One of the things he did was to put casters on this big trunk I bought at a garage sale in Mart last year. This will make it easier to move around. He puts his nails and tools and various and sundry supplies in it.

I rode my bike up to the gate this afternoon so I could mail a few cards.

I visited with the cows across the road.

Doesn't that white one look magnificent?

I do so love my time in the country!

Last night we started the movie Gettysburg. 

We finished it this afternoon.

Very sobering.

Back in my homeschooling days, our missionary friend, Brother  Wright, recommended it to us.

Later we visited all the historical places used in filming the movie.

Sobering then and sobering now.

I have begun working on my book again.

The idea for writing a book came about on the first sibling trip Deanie and I went on in February 2015. It took a whole year of laying the groundwork and doing some background research and another year to collect our memories and then last year to get it all down on paper. The title of the book - at least so far - is 'Children in the Closet.' That may change.

I'm writing it in three parts. So far I have written Part I which spans the years of 1946 to 1968. Part II I hope to finish this year and will be the next 40 years. Part III will be the Happy Ending - from 2000 to present. That's the best part because as tough as the first two are to write - we do all have such a happy ending. All of us!

Since I've never written a book before this is a real adventure but one that has already brought a certain amount of healing and clarification for me and my siblings.

I'm writing and Louis Dean is singing and playing.

He would dearly love for me to sing duets with him but I simply cannot sing.

I can't play an instrument and I don't even tap my foot and clap on time.

Bless his heart. He so wanted to marry a musician.

Once I told him I wished I could sing. He looked so sad when he said, "I do, too!"

That's it from the Country for tonight!

It's going to be pretty tomorrow and then it's supposed to get really cold.

Perhaps ice and snow and temps in the teens.

I do so love weather!