Random Wanderings

I think my van is getting lazy!

It decided it wanted to be towed again—- for the 2nd time in 3 weeks.

While I was driving home last night the front tire came off.

The things that I am grateful for:

That I was able to get off to the side of the road safely.

That there was no damage to the car that was right behind me when it happened.

That all the sparks that were flying did not start the van on fire (I am glad I didn’t just fill up with gas like I thought about doing) or start a forest fire. 

That it didn’t happen on the highway at a much higher speed with many more cars around.

That it didn’t happen the day before and cause me to miss a very significant event in my oldest daughters life….

Or even earlier in the day when I had the van full of a bunch of my 12 yr old daughters friends (taking them home after Lydia’s Birthday slumber party)

That it didn’t happen last week when my husband was at scout camp and unavailable to help out.

 LIFE IS FULL OF ADVENTURE!

Today is our 25th wedding anniversary. Our marriage has definitely been full of challenges but is better now than it has ever been. I am grateful for the things I have learned in working through those challenges.

To celebrate my husband and I took a trip to Leavenworth. As with our marriage, this trip had its challenges but was well worth it.

We dropped our 2 youngest girls off at the bus to take them to camp and then headed out of town. We usually rent a car when we travel but decided to spend the money on the hotel room instead for this trip (costly mistake). Just as we were pulling out, the air conditioning went out on the van. About an hour after we got into Leavenworth, while we were checking out the area, we stopped at the ski hill parking lot. When we tried to start the van, it would not start. We ended up without transportation for the whole time we were there.

Leavenworth is a whole village and activities based on a Bavarian theme. It is beautiful. We stayed at the Enzian Inn in a romantic suite, got to listen to the Alpenhorn being played while we enjoyed our complimentary full breakfast buffet. We played a couple of rounds at the Enzian Falls Championship Putting Course.

We attended the production of the Sound of Music at the Ski Hill amphitheater built specifically with that play in mind. Then we walked back to our hotel at 10:30PM.

We went on a white water rafting trip (about 4 hours). I never would have thought as a grandma I would be white water rafting.

I came home sunburned and with sore muscles but no regrets.

Emily Cheryl

born 9:32AM

weight 8lbs

check out the pictures

  Reunion 07

Just a picture of my granddaughter to be.