Waiting on Family

 

We sat down to drink our coffee and read some journals this morning and while doing so we contacted Rodney and Becky. Rodney and Becky for those that don’t know are Sherri’s brother and SIL. We asked them what their plans were for the day to see if they might be on the way out here. We found out that they had failed to turn the water off in their barn and the pipes had frozen, flooding the entire barn!

Well they were coming out to see if it had all dried out yet. They had been up the week before to vacuum up some of the water and turn some fans on. Anyway they would be up today to see to that and we told them that we would meet them there. Our place is next door and Sherri wanted to dry some clothes at our barn so the plan was made.

It was after noon before they called to let us know that they were there so we drove over to see them. While Sherri and Becky visited at our place I went over to see what damage they had received at their place. It did not look all that bad but then they had cleaned up a big part of it. Rodney told me that he had just forgot to turn off the valve at the barn and it froze solid and then busted. Well when the temps got up… well you know the rest.

We visited for an hour or so while Sherri dried clothes and then we invited them over to our house to have dinner. We left and stopped by town to pick up our mail and get Sherri a Lottery Ticket. We then stopped by Brookshire’s to get a few items for dinner and then on to the Park.

Sherri have marinated some pork chops to grill out and we added some sausage to the grill. I cooked it outside while it rained…of course…it has been doing that a lot here lately. We had a real good meal and ice cream for dessert.

Then it was time for them to leave and head back to Dallas. We said our good-byes and wished them safe travels. We too will be traveling tomorrow to Clifton Texas. We will be staying there in a motel. I will bring you up to date on that journey tomorrow…

Somewhere in Time.