Jan and I always enjoy our visits to Aunt Ruth in Arizona. We usually ask if she has any odd jobs for us to do, go out for lunch, and just catch up on each others activities. Aunt Ruth is the one that graciously gave us the Rus family piano that we have in the cabin.
This past Wednesday morning we arrived at the Phoenix Airport around 8am for our flight home. The plane was overbooked and a father and his young son were the last ones to check in and were really wanting to get to Des Moines. Since it seemed quite urgent that this dad and son needed to be on this flight and since I was seeing an oppotunity to come back next year with free airfare and because of Jan's wonderful patiance with me we took the $450 per ticket voucher and left for home at 8pm instead. Yes, believe it or not we were in the Gate B terminal for 12 hours. I counted people for a while. Then I counted airplanes for a while. Then Jan and I went to look for lunch. It took all 4 free meal vouchers to buy two salads. Finally we both ended up reading books. We arrived home safe and sound around 1am the following morning.
This past Wednesday morning we arrived at the Phoenix Airport around 8am for our flight home. The plane was overbooked and a father and his young son were the last ones to check in and were really wanting to get to Des Moines. Since it seemed quite urgent that this dad and son needed to be on this flight and since I was seeing an oppotunity to come back next year with free airfare and because of Jan's wonderful patiance with me we took the $450 per ticket voucher and left for home at 8pm instead. Yes, believe it or not we were in the Gate B terminal for 12 hours. I counted people for a while. Then I counted airplanes for a while. Then Jan and I went to look for lunch. It took all 4 free meal vouchers to buy two salads. Finally we both ended up reading books. We arrived home safe and sound around 1am the following morning.Switching gears, back home I was thankful the boys contracted some of our spring fuel needs. With $100/barrel crude oil it's been hard to know when to buy.
BJ and Cassia are starting to have baby calves, always a sign of spring.
One of the big jobs that always needs to get done before field work is to get all that seedcorn delivered.
Being gone always makes a person appreciate home and helps him see the blessings that are there including watching grandsons play in a dirty shop drain with yardsticks.
We never know for sure what track life will take us on. We look back and see where we've been. We look forward and make a plan. But one of my goals for this year is to look at where I am in the present and enjoy the day.
BJ and Cassia are starting to have baby calves, always a sign of spring.
One of the big jobs that always needs to get done before field work is to get all that seedcorn delivered.
Being gone always makes a person appreciate home and helps him see the blessings that are there including watching grandsons play in a dirty shop drain with yardsticks.
We never know for sure what track life will take us on. We look back and see where we've been. We look forward and make a plan. But one of my goals for this year is to look at where I am in the present and enjoy the day.
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