WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25 2011
6:30 AM
We are still unpacking. Sometime in the future I think that we will get everything unpacked. But what is the rush.
Pat and I moved our church membership to Iuka Baptist Church on Sunday morning. I told several people that the last time I stood at he alter in Iuka Baptist that Pat and I were getting married. We have both chosen a Sunday School class that we feel good about. Yesterday we went to the Young at Heart group at IBC. I told some of the people there that I was not sure that I was old enough to be a member of this group. (Young at Heart is the old folks group) We had a very good pot luck meal and entertainment as well as a devotional and business meeting.
Pat and I registered to vote yesterday. We will be able to vote in the November elections. Yesterday was election day in Mississippi. It seemed odd not being able to vote. We have not lived in Mississippi to vote in the election yesterday.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
THURSDAY AUGUST 11, 2011
7:05 AM
Pat and I are making progress on unpacking our stuff. The house is beginning to look like a home and not a storage building.
I went to Wynne on Monday. I had to get some papers our of a lock box. I closed our lock boxes in Wynne and on Tuesday rented one in Iuka.
Pat and I went to Tupelo to get our Mississippi drivers license on Tuesday. We had to go to Tupelo, because I had a CDL in Arkansas. I chose to not keep the CDL, because I would have to had a doctors exam and I did not want to take the time or spend the money since I will probably never need the kind of CDL that I held. If I had not had a CDL we could have gotten the license in Corinth.
7:05 AM
Pat and I are making progress on unpacking our stuff. The house is beginning to look like a home and not a storage building.
I went to Wynne on Monday. I had to get some papers our of a lock box. I closed our lock boxes in Wynne and on Tuesday rented one in Iuka.
Pat and I went to Tupelo to get our Mississippi drivers license on Tuesday. We had to go to Tupelo, because I had a CDL in Arkansas. I chose to not keep the CDL, because I would have to had a doctors exam and I did not want to take the time or spend the money since I will probably never need the kind of CDL that I held. If I had not had a CDL we could have gotten the license in Corinth.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
THURSDAY AUGUST 4, 2011
9:00 PM
Pat and I got an early start this morning on the attic. We completely cleaned out the attic. We threw most of the items stored there away. We then moved everything our of the bedroom we refer to as Amy's. We also started placing items in the attic. We are putting everything in plastic boxes and labeling them so we will know what is stored in them.
This afternoon I purchased tags for all of our cars and trucks. We will have to go to Corinth to get our drivers license.
After I purchased the tags I went Water Valley, Mississippi. I bought a part for my old truck. Water Valley is about 130 miles from Iuka. Water Valley is south of Oxford, I held my nose as I drove through Oxford.
9:00 PM
Pat and I got an early start this morning on the attic. We completely cleaned out the attic. We threw most of the items stored there away. We then moved everything our of the bedroom we refer to as Amy's. We also started placing items in the attic. We are putting everything in plastic boxes and labeling them so we will know what is stored in them.
This afternoon I purchased tags for all of our cars and trucks. We will have to go to Corinth to get our drivers license.
After I purchased the tags I went Water Valley, Mississippi. I bought a part for my old truck. Water Valley is about 130 miles from Iuka. Water Valley is south of Oxford, I held my nose as I drove through Oxford.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 2011
8:03 AM
We are making progress on getting all of the boxes unpacked. We still have a lot to go. It is just one box at a time.
I have done quite a bit of yard work since we have moved in. There is still plenty to work on to get the yard the way I want it to look like.
Pat and I installed a celing fan in the kitchen yesterday. It really make a difference in the temperature of the kitchen. We, last week, installed a new light fixture in Pat's office. We have one more light fixture to install and a celing fan in what we will use as our bedroom.
I had the floors leveled and braced last week. The crew did a very good job and the floors are now solid.
We are going to make some changes to our heating and A/C system. We may get a complete system, or we may just improve the duct work. The duct work has to be worked on. The system is 32 years old.
Today is election day in Mississippi. Pat and I cannot vote, because we have not lived in Mississippi long enough to vote. It seems odd that there is an election and we will not be voting. We will register soon and be able to vote in the general election in November.
Amy is planning to come to Iuka this weekend. The family will have a birthday party for Aunt Ginny. Se will be 90 years old.
It is strange not to have to go to work, but I think that I have adjusted well.
8:03 AM
We are making progress on getting all of the boxes unpacked. We still have a lot to go. It is just one box at a time.
I have done quite a bit of yard work since we have moved in. There is still plenty to work on to get the yard the way I want it to look like.
Pat and I installed a celing fan in the kitchen yesterday. It really make a difference in the temperature of the kitchen. We, last week, installed a new light fixture in Pat's office. We have one more light fixture to install and a celing fan in what we will use as our bedroom.
I had the floors leveled and braced last week. The crew did a very good job and the floors are now solid.
We are going to make some changes to our heating and A/C system. We may get a complete system, or we may just improve the duct work. The duct work has to be worked on. The system is 32 years old.
Today is election day in Mississippi. Pat and I cannot vote, because we have not lived in Mississippi long enough to vote. It seems odd that there is an election and we will not be voting. We will register soon and be able to vote in the general election in November.
Amy is planning to come to Iuka this weekend. The family will have a birthday party for Aunt Ginny. Se will be 90 years old.
It is strange not to have to go to work, but I think that I have adjusted well.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
SATURDAY JULY 23, 2011
7:00 PM
Pat and I are making progress on unpacking our stuff. We have a long way to go, but we have plenty of time to complete the job.
I have just about completed the storage in my temporary space. Most of the stuff in this space is from my garage and storage shed in Wynne. I have also been working in the yard. This one is much bigger and is not flat.
7:00 PM
Pat and I are making progress on unpacking our stuff. We have a long way to go, but we have plenty of time to complete the job.
I have just about completed the storage in my temporary space. Most of the stuff in this space is from my garage and storage shed in Wynne. I have also been working in the yard. This one is much bigger and is not flat.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
WEDNESDAY JULY, 20, 2011
8:00 PM
Pat and I now are fully moved to Iuka. The mover picked the household goods on Monday in Wynne and delivered them to Iuka on Tuesday.
Everything that we own, except two cemetery lots, is now in Iuka. We closed on our home in Wynne on Monday. We were glad that we were able to sell our home in Wynne before we had to move. We both hated to leave a place we had lived since 1968. We will always have fond memories of our years in Wynne and Cross County.
I had two wonderful careers in Wynne, and Pat had a wonderful career living in Wynne and working in Forrest City.
If you have not moved lately it is quiet an experience. We had lived at the same home in Wynne since February of 1974. Amy spent her life growing up in that home. I knew we had a lot of stuff, but I did not know that we had so much stuff. When you have to pack, then unpack, that amount of stuff, it takes time. We threw away quite a bit of stuff and carried a lot of stuff to the workshop, but we still had a lot to move.
Pat and I hope to visit Wynne in the future.
8:00 PM
Pat and I now are fully moved to Iuka. The mover picked the household goods on Monday in Wynne and delivered them to Iuka on Tuesday.
Everything that we own, except two cemetery lots, is now in Iuka. We closed on our home in Wynne on Monday. We were glad that we were able to sell our home in Wynne before we had to move. We both hated to leave a place we had lived since 1968. We will always have fond memories of our years in Wynne and Cross County.
I had two wonderful careers in Wynne, and Pat had a wonderful career living in Wynne and working in Forrest City.
If you have not moved lately it is quiet an experience. We had lived at the same home in Wynne since February of 1974. Amy spent her life growing up in that home. I knew we had a lot of stuff, but I did not know that we had so much stuff. When you have to pack, then unpack, that amount of stuff, it takes time. We threw away quite a bit of stuff and carried a lot of stuff to the workshop, but we still had a lot to move.
Pat and I hope to visit Wynne in the future.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
TUESDAY JUNE 7, 2011
8:10 PM
Pat and I went to Iuka last Friday. I came home on Monday. Pat will stay until next week. I enclosed about one half of the carport. I did this to have a place to store the stuff I have in my storage building and in my garage. I plan to build a garage in Iuka once we get settled in. I also did some yard work. It was very hot and I worked a few minutes and then took breaks and drank plenty of water.
Pat's sister came on Sunday and plans to stay until next week. They have done some rearranging of the furniture in the house. Yesterday and today Pat gave away some of our excess furniture. We have to get rid of quite a bit to have room for our furniture when we move.
We had supper on Sunday evening with Pat's sister and two brothers. It was the first time they have all been together in several months. I also visited with my brothers over the weekend. Tommy helped me with my building project some on Saturday.
The asphalt contractor started the overlay work last Wednesday. As of yesterday afternoon he had completed about 75 percent of the work. He had thought that he could complete the job in one week. It looks like he will be able to complete the work in one week.
I have to go to Jonesboro on Thursday for two meeting at the planning district. The executive committee will meet at ten in the morning and the full board will meet at noon. This will be the first meeting with our new executive director. I am looking forward to these two meetings. They will be my last on these boards.
The city council will meet next week. I will make a report here after the meeting. It will be late, because the day after the council I will be attending my last Arkansas Municipal League Convention as an elected official. I may attend one in the future, because at the last meeting of the executive committee they voted to make me a lifetime member of the AML. That is quite an honor. I was notified today that I will be receiving an award at the convention. I am grateful for the honor of this award. I will receive it at the luncheon on the last day of the convention.
It has been hot here and in Iuka for the past several days. It has been in the upper 90's. It seems like we went from cool weather to summer in about one day.
I voted this morning in the special election to replace me as mayor. Several people told me on the way in and out of the courthouse that they did not vote for me. I thanked them for not voting for me this time and
also for voting for me in the past.
8:10 PM
Pat and I went to Iuka last Friday. I came home on Monday. Pat will stay until next week. I enclosed about one half of the carport. I did this to have a place to store the stuff I have in my storage building and in my garage. I plan to build a garage in Iuka once we get settled in. I also did some yard work. It was very hot and I worked a few minutes and then took breaks and drank plenty of water.
Pat's sister came on Sunday and plans to stay until next week. They have done some rearranging of the furniture in the house. Yesterday and today Pat gave away some of our excess furniture. We have to get rid of quite a bit to have room for our furniture when we move.
We had supper on Sunday evening with Pat's sister and two brothers. It was the first time they have all been together in several months. I also visited with my brothers over the weekend. Tommy helped me with my building project some on Saturday.
The asphalt contractor started the overlay work last Wednesday. As of yesterday afternoon he had completed about 75 percent of the work. He had thought that he could complete the job in one week. It looks like he will be able to complete the work in one week.
I have to go to Jonesboro on Thursday for two meeting at the planning district. The executive committee will meet at ten in the morning and the full board will meet at noon. This will be the first meeting with our new executive director. I am looking forward to these two meetings. They will be my last on these boards.
The city council will meet next week. I will make a report here after the meeting. It will be late, because the day after the council I will be attending my last Arkansas Municipal League Convention as an elected official. I may attend one in the future, because at the last meeting of the executive committee they voted to make me a lifetime member of the AML. That is quite an honor. I was notified today that I will be receiving an award at the convention. I am grateful for the honor of this award. I will receive it at the luncheon on the last day of the convention.
It has been hot here and in Iuka for the past several days. It has been in the upper 90's. It seems like we went from cool weather to summer in about one day.
I voted this morning in the special election to replace me as mayor. Several people told me on the way in and out of the courthouse that they did not vote for me. I thanked them for not voting for me this time and
also for voting for me in the past.
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