500 Saturdays: Nomad Diary

Parked by These Dried Out Texans at the Tanger Outlet Mall South of Denton, Texas. I'm in the Back Looking at the Little Doggy Skeleton. Darrell Posted This Picture to FB and Said, "It's hot, but it's a dry heat." lol. Grandson Quinn(age 3yrs+11mos) in Brasillia, Brazil on a Video Call Grandson Owen(age 2yrs+11mos) in Athens, Alabama on Video Call Granddaughter Esther (1yr) in Athens, Alabama Video Call Baked This Carrot Cake. Yum! Reminded Me of Living in New Zealand as It's One of the Country's Favorites! Saturday. 17 . Morning routine of DDP Diamond ‘Lite’ exercise. Calls from both Jeremy and Andrea with Quinn. Jeremy is in Rio for a month. He had an entertaining story of trying to find and purchase soccer game tickets for a small group. He found the place but they only took cash. He walked 7 blocks twice to get to an ATM and his card would not work. He called his friend who sent another friend...

Sunrise at Lake Lewisville, Texas Sunday Mexican Lunch with the Family in Denton, Texas Saturday. 10. Ladies Bible class convened at the church building. I took Mom and we enjoyed our outing together with the lovely ladies at class. We discussed how to live for Christ and how to express that to people and continually look for opportunities to share the word of God and grow in love. I’ve been an annual visitor in this group since about 2021. With intentional practice to learn about the women here, I know several of them by name. Yvonne (pronounced Why-Von) is now 85 and her veterinarian daughter Laurie is an amazing and kind duo. Francine is in her upper 70’s but looks a full 15 years younger with amazing zest for life. Elaine is an interested conversationalist with many topics and life experiences to share. Rhonda retired for 17 years as a middle school teacher. Jo, in her 80’s and looking young for her age, now deceased husband was a drinker and a gambler until...

Holding My Exercise Ball Family at Church in Denton, Texas. Shirley, Cyndy, Donald and Kylee Our Airbnb Cottage and Our Truck Near Lake Lewisville, Texas Saturday. 3. We go grocery shopping after lunch at our airbnb. Cyndy called and coordinated her dinner menu and our contributions. Since our tour and new information yesterday about memory care and assisted living residential facilities, Darrell’s Mom has had questions and ideas as she is processing the information and some possibilities. Sunday. 4. Church from 9-11am in Denton with family. Darrell is leading singing. Planned a phone call visit with my two sisters who have coffee on Sunday afternoons near Noblesville, Indiana.  Grandson Quinn's Picture from His First Day of PreK4. He's Excited! Sunrise at Lake Lewisville 1/2 Mile Walk From Our Cottage Enjoying Sunrise at Lake Lewisville, Texas Near Shady Shores. My Favorite Bakery in Denton, Texas! Go Here! ...

At Our Nice Studio Airbnb with a Stack of Darrell's Pancakes and a Picture of Dallas at Night. My Green Smoothie Making Picture. Darrell Relaxing in Our Studio Airbnb On a Phone Call with Quinn and Jeremy. Quinn is Sitting Like His Dad Sits and Telling Us a Story. At Cyndy's House with Her Newly Demolished Mailbox. This was a Mailbox Shared with the Neighbor. The Neighbor's Porch Camera Caught the FedEx Truck Backing Into It and It Collapsing! Darrell's Parents in Their TV Room at Cyndy's House. Shirley and Donald. Saturday. 27 . A nice morning wake up in our studio airbnb. Regular exercise and breakfast.  Darrell does his Saturday Kenya mailing. We are sleeping well here. For dinner we go over to Cyndy’s house and take something to go with her main meal. Sunday. 28 . Cyndy has a fever today and texts to see if we can get mom and dad for church. We can. We slept in until almost 7am! We took a da...