500 Saturdays: Nomad Diary

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...

Esther's Second Birthday with Owen   Esther and Owen Enjoying the Decorated Cake Us at the Elkmont Trail Going North Elkmont Trail, Alabama Beautiful Sunset Sky Me and These Cutie-Pies Esther and Grandpa Talking to Darrell's Mom (age 91) Darrell and Owen Talking to Darrell's Mom, Owen's Great Grandma! Saturday. 9. Walk at Swan Creek in Athens, Alabama. Decorate Esther’s birthday cake. I got creative with a cake decorating idea when I learned a new frosting recipe on YouTube. It’s so much easier and less sweet than traditional buttercream frosting. I’ll put the recipe link and in my words at the end of the Nomad Notes. I got the new frosting recipe and the decoration completed. We arrived at the party at Eric and Erin’s house. Erin’s parents and brothers were there. One brother, Chris is married to Beth and they have a daughter, Millie, just a few weeks younger than Esther. There were a lot of presents and plenty of cake! Sunday. 10. At church we had advertised a ‘fami...

Swan Creek Walk in Athens, Alabama   Phone Call with Quinn in Brazil Owen and Esther Sitting With Grandpa at Our Madison Airbnb Eric and Erin at Our Airbnb Owen by the Tree in Our Yard in Alabama  Saturday. 2. Today Darrell decided to look at taking a cruise starting in Southampton, England on September 27th. It was one we considered several months ago, but we weren’t ready to commit. Now, it is possible for us to consider this cruise. It is on the Emerald Princess and is a round trip to the Arctic circle in Norway. This is the same ship that we are booked with our son Samuel in October for coming Southampton to Fort Lauderdale. Darrell’s current eye treatments have been varied on this next round to have more weeks in-between doctor visits, and this allows us more time away and to consider taking this cruise. We discussed it and decided that we can do it. Darrell got through all of the booking for this cruise. Then we made our list of what we need to do next. Our first to-do i...

  Making Breakfast at Our Madison, Alabama Airbnb At Our Airbnb in Alabama. Darrell Giving Owen a Spoon of Peanut Butter. Call with Grandson Quinn in Brazil. Playing with Owen and Esther at Their Local Playground near Athens, Alabama Eric and Erin with Owen and Esther and Darrell in Front of Their House Near Athens, Alabama Beautiful Sunset Sky in Alabama Fuzzy Screenshot of Whatsapp Call with My Best Friend Laura Our Truck Getting Towed After a Recent Maintenance Grandpa and Owen Esther and Grandma Saturday. 26. Darrell made pancakes for us and Eric’s family. They got their plumbing issue fixed and are able to go home after breakfast. We like our house and we are here for 2 months. Sunday. 27. Eric’s family came for lunch. We had chicken tacos and black beans. Monday. 28. Tuesday. 29. Darrell’s morning labwork. Mid-morning Bible class at Capshaw church. On a 2 week break from our e-Bible class. Wednesday. 30. 100,000 mile Truck maintenance. After maintenance, the truck broke do...