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#286 Nomad Diary. 11-17 April 2026. Trying Out a Different Format for My Diary. Complete Our Flower Mound Housesit. Say Goodbye to Darrell's Mom, Sister and Niece. Drive to Galveston, Texas for Weeklong Airbnb Stay.

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  Enjoying Lainey Our Housesit Pet on My Lap. Or She's Enjoying Me! My Sketch of Lainey from a Picture I Took. She's Laying on Her Side Looking Up. Odd Looking Ball on a Stick Building Seen While Darrell was Driving Through Dallas. Goodbyes for Now. Good-bye to Lainey the cat until we return in September for a 3 week house sit. Goodbye to Darrell’s 92 (on April 18th) year old Mom, Shirley. She’s fragile and we love her, her family love and devotion, her faith in God, and her love of travel.  *to Darrell’s sister Cyndy and her daughter Kylie who live and care for Mom full time.  *to the Eastside church of Christ in Denton, Texas where we have many friends through our years of visiting them. Along with Andrea, a recently baptized christian worshipping at this church who I hope to reconnect with in September at our return. Arrived to Our One Bedroom Airbnb in Galveston, Texas. Front Porch and Entry at Our Galveston, Texas Airbnb. Looking From Our Porch to the Larger House In...

#285 Nomad Diary. 4-10 April 2026. Full Week at Flower Mound, Texas House Sit. Friendly House Cat Gets Her Affection. Walks Near the Lake. Spring Flowers. Birthdays. Best Cake Ever Recipe!

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  I Think That Lainey Knows I was a Massage Therapist in my Past! lol. Cooking Andrew's 40th Birthday Desserts with Lainey Helping Me, Andrew, Cyndy, Mom, Darrell and Kylie at Our House Sit Celebrating Andrew's 40th Saturday. 4. We hosted our nephew Andrew’s 40th birthday party at our Flower Mound house sitting house. Our hosts have given us full use of their house and told us that we can host others here. This is an amazing benefit at this property and this housesit. Darrell and I discussed how rarely this kind of sharing and openness has been extended during our many house sits that we’ve done since 2022. We even asked Jeremy and Andrea about their house sit agreements and the permissions granted within those. Our family came for a lunch party celebration. We planned a Mexican food buffet. Cyndy brought chicken enchiladas. We fixed our standard black beans, spiced beef, and fresh salad toppings. For dessert I made a blackberry mandarin galette with vanilla ice cream. It was a...