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#255 Nomad Diary. 6-12 September 2025. Week 7 of 8 in Madison, Alabama Airbnb. Babysitting Owen and Esther. Darrell's Recent Eye Treatment. Wildflower Cafe in Mentone, Alabama to Celebrate Laura's Birthday. Little River Canyon Rim Parkway.

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Walking on the Elkmont, Alabama Trail   Owen and Esther wearing Grandpa Hats to the Playground Owen Climbing at the Playground Saturday. 6. Today is our grandson Quinn’s 5th birthday. Jeremy called and talked to us with Quinn. Quinn was talkative and happy that it’s his birthday. He had been to his piano lesson and had a stack of birthday presents on the dining table next to him. They also had plans to go outside to play and to go to a cafe for a piece of celebration cake. Next week is the planned birthday party with friends. We got the report from Andrea and Jeremy about Quinn loving his birthday gifts. She posted pictures of him playing with his new magnetic squares and other shapes.   Sunday. 7. Worship today at Capshaw church in Harvest. One more Sunday after this and then a few days to our trip to England. I met an immigrant at church named Vickie. I got a few bits of information from her. She was there with her 2 children: Ryan, 11 and Naomi 9. Darrell and I enjoy...
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#254 Nomad Diary. 30 August-5 September 2025. Week 6 of 8 in Madison, Alabama Airbnb. Grandkids. Friends and Family.

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Quinn is Very Close to His 5th Birthday on This Call from Brazil.   Saturday. 30. Today has been such a lovely day!! We slept in until 7am! Lol. That is such a pleasure to experience. Well, we got up and did our exercise routine which took about 40 minutes today. Darrell made pancakes together with me shredding an apple to add, and getting all of the table set and the extra items measured and the coffee made, etc. I texted our son Samuel to see if he would come for breakfast. He did! We are usually so much earlier that this opportunity doesn’t happen. He stayed and ate and enjoyed our time together. We all talked about our upcoming cruise together as he is flying to England just prior to getting on our ship for the final two weeks of Southampton to Fort Lauderdale. We enjoyed hashing through a bunch of tedious items like airport parking versus Uber rides. Also got into some travel app info and phone sim card info that can be helpful for Samuel. He needs ‘Rome 2 Rio” an...
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#253 Nomad Diary. 23-29 August 2025. Week 5 of 8 in Madison, Alabama. EPT Reunion in Huntsville. Grandkids Phone Call. Playground Time. Bible Classes. Meals and Celebrations with Friends. Funerals.

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  After the EPT Reunion. Family in Town. Ron and Annette Cargioli (my sister, EPT inventor from Indianapolis) with Their Oldest, Paige. Me and Darrell holding Owen, and Our Oldest, Eric. Paige is visiting from Tampa and left her husband for a couple days with 3 kids under age 5! During Our After Celebration Meet Up, Quinn Called From Brazil! He and Owen Were Enjoying Seeing Each Other on the Phone!  Owen said, "I want to go there". I said, "Aww, that would be so nice, but Quinn is very far away." Then Quinn said, "Yes, it's a lot of long plane rides!" Kid's Dugout in Athens is a Fabulous Playground, and Probably Owen and Esther's Favorite. Darrell Swinging Esther Owen Getting in the Car to Go Back Home after Playground Time In My Doctor's Office Exam Room View! Athens,  Saturday. 23. EPT reunion party and talks. My sister, who I call Dr. Annette came with her husband Ron and she presented stories of her invention EPT and statements from pr...
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#252 Nomad Diary. 16-22 August 2025. Week 4 of 8 in Madison, Alabama Airbnb. Darrell's Pancake Recipe. My Pork Tenderloin Recipe. Our Big Breakfast. Playing With Grandkids Owen and Esther. Walking at Indian Creek Greenway. EPT 30 Year Reunion in Huntsville, Alabama with Dr. Annette and Former Work Colleagues.

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One of Our Very Tasty Pancake Breakfasts. This Picture Shows About Half of the Fruit, Yogurt and Cottage Cheese That I Eat with This Breakfast.   Local Isom's Farm Field of Flowers Near Athens, Alabama Owen Getting Grandpa to Play With Him Esther in Her Princess Dress Halloween Costume Esther in Her Princess Castle Tent Saturday. 16. Darrell made his fabulous pancakes that we have been looking forward to eating almost every morning that we can. His current recipe is a mix of oat and barley flours, nonfat greek yogurt, and shredded apple, along with all the other ingredients. I’ll put the recipe at the end. We helped our friends, the Bacci's, move out of their current house. We showed up with a whole lot of other friends to get them moved from one house to another house. We stayed a couple of hours and then went to lunch with friends in Hartselle, a 30 minute drive.  When we were finished visiting with Roy, Hilda, Diana and Alton, we drove back to our son Eric’s house. We spen...
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