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The Move

By on February 25, 2024 in The Pearl
“Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.” –Author Unknown

We made the decision to move our dirt domicile to Lewisburg last fall and knew we’d move our things there after Christmas. Weather kept us patiently waiting in January, but while we enjoyed our morning coffee on February 2 we decided it was time. The forecast for the coming week looked perfect…sunny and warmer weather in Pennsylvania. Stan had already spoken to the U-Haul place in Rockport about renting a truck so after breakfast he went and picked up a 26′ truck. 

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The Move

By on February 25, 2024 in The Pearl
“Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.” –Author Unknown

We made the decision to move our dirt domicile to Lewisburg, PA last fall, but knew we wouldn’t move our things there until after Christmas. Weather kept us patiently waiting in January, but while we enjoyed our morning coffee on February 2 we decided it was time. The forecast for the coming week looked perfect…sunny and warmer weather in Pennsylvania. Stan had already spoken to the U-Haul place in Rockport about renting a truck so after breakfast he went and picked up a 26′ truck. 

Our climate controlled storage unit was in Victoria so the rest of our day was spent driving to and from Victoria and loading everything we own into the truck. We’re proud to say we loaded everything by ourselves. Not too bad for a couple of old people. On our way back to Rockport we picked up a car carrier. By dark we were loaded and ready to head north. 
The empty U-Haul
Our storage unit
Part way to a full U-Haul
Taking a break
All loaded
Our empty unit…so happy to have our stuff back.
Loaded and ready to go
We waited for the cold front to move through our area and get past Houston before we headed out. The U-Haul was pretty comfortable although it was a little bumpy. We left on Saturday and arrived at our house early in the afternoon on Monday. It was nice to park the U-Haul and be able to use our car again. We spent our first two nights with our family in Bloomsburg. It felt wonderful being back. 

On our way
Unloading the truck was a bigger job since we had to carry things further and some of the larger items had to go up stairs. I was grateful that Kyle had the morning off and helped us. I know we couldn’t have done it without him. By February 7 we were sleeping in our new home and by Friday we were mostly unpacked. Hanging pictures took a little longer. We still have work to do and things we need to buy to truly make it feel like home, but we’ll enjoy that process later in the spring. 

The first week in Pennsylvania was warm and beautiful. The second week we had snow…lots of snow. It really made everything look pretty. We were so glad we were there to see it.

We had lots of these little snowdrops and crocuses along our carport. 

One of my favorite things to have back are my mid century martini glasses. I call these snowtinis….a martini with a snowball.

The Lewisburg Farmers Market is just a few blocks from our house. They offer wonderful things for sale every Wednesday year round. 

We celebrated Valentine’s Day at a little restaurant downtown called Elizabeth’s. Great food and atmosphere. It even started snowing while we were there.

Stan had the grilled spring cress trout and I had the Bistro Cavatelli. 
One Saturday we went to the Rusty Rail Brewing Co for lunch. We lucked out and enjoyed a craft show they were holding on the second floor.

The grands are already enjoying our new home. It’s going to be fun being so close to them.

New Adventures Ahead

By on February 9, 2024 in The Pearl
“I don’t know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand.” –Alfred de Musset

Home is where the heart is or in our case where the boat is docked, but we knew when we sold our home that we wanted to find somewhere to put roots down again. We’ve spent the last three years trying to figure out exactly where that would be. I’ve always felt that when it was the right time and we were in the right place we would know. Things do seem to fall into place when they are supposed to. 

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New Adventures Ahead

By on February 9, 2024 in The Pearl
“I don’t know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand.” –Alfred de Musset

Home is where the heart is or in our case where the boat is docked, but we knew when we sold our home that we wanted to find somewhere to put roots down again. We’ve spent the last three years trying to figure out exactly where that would be. I’ve always felt that when it was the right time and we were in the right place we would know. Things do seem to fall into place when they are supposed to. 

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Happy New Year 2024

By on January 1, 2024 in The Pearl

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” -Ralph Waldo EmersonHappy New Year from the crew of The Pearl. As another new year begins we take time to reflect on our past years of adventures. We’ve been blessed to make wonderful…

Happy New Year 2024

By on January 1, 2024 in The Pearl

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” -Ralph Waldo EmersonHappy New Year from the crew of The Pearl. As another new year begins we take time to reflect on our past years of adventures. We’ve been blessed to make wonderful…

Looking Back at 2023

By on December 30, 2023 in The Pearl
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

January was a month filled with family and friends. It seems tough to get together when we first get back to Texas, because of the holiday. We found lots of time to catch up with old and new friends in January, plus we took a trip to South Padre Island.

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Looking Back at 2023

By on December 30, 2023 in The Pearl
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

January was a month filled with family and friends. It seems tough to get together when we first get back to Texas, because of the holiday. We found lots of time to catch up with old and new friends in January, plus we took a trip to South Padre Island.

In February we took our first trip since Covid…we went back to Puerto Rico. We spent two weeks in the sun exploring new places and a few favorites.

March was windy…as usual but I had fun catching up with girl friends. Some from over forty years ago.

In April we started our migration north. We took a different route this year. Our first stop was in Iowa to see a rock painting friend at her beautiful Cabinland. Then we spent three days in Chicago.

In May we launched The Pearl and caught up with Kyle and his family. It felt nice to be back in New York.

In June we were back in full swing on the lake. We rented a nice home with Kyle, we played on the little runabout and we picnicked at wineries.

In July we celebrated our anniversary in Lake George and enjoyed visiting Clayton again. We love the 1000 Islands area. We also did a little hiking and waterfall chasing.

August brought another long weekend with Kyle’s family, more hiking, more wineries and boating.

The highlight of our summer is having each of our PA grands come one at a time for a visit. Those visits are filled with laughter, boating, crafting and lots of their favorite foods.

In September we took a little getaway for Stan’s birthday and explored a few things around our area we hadn’t seen. Then we spent a week in Washington DC with family. We had a great time seeing the museums and monuments through the eyes of the kids.

Summer may have been over, but in October we were very busy exploring western New York and Central Pennsylvania…and taking in the beautiful changing of seasons.

In November we started our way south to enjoy time with family in Texas.

December was a pretty month in Texas. We had great weather and lots of family festivities to enjoy.

Merry Christmas

By on December 12, 2023 in The Pearl
“Take a moment to reflect and look back – but only a moment because new possibilities are just over the horizon.” -Author Unknown

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our family and friends. We spent another wonderful year dividing our time between Rockport, TX and Ithaca in upstate New York. We took a trip to Puerto Rico and quite a few smaller trips this year…we seemed to find somewhere special to go almost every month. But our favorite thing to do is spend time with our family.

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Merry Christmas

By on December 12, 2023 in The Pearl
“Take a moment to reflect and look back – but only a moment because new possibilities are just over the horizon.” -Author Unknown

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our family and friends. We spent another wonderful year dividing our time between Rockport, TX and Ithaca in upstate New York. We took a trip to Puerto Rico and quite a few smaller trips this year…we seemed to find somewhere special to go almost every month. But our favorite thing to do is spend time with our family.

Our kids are doing well and our grandchildren are growing up way too fast. We don’t have any small ones left. It’s fun watching them grow and their unique personalities emerge. 2023 has been another good year and we are ready for new adventures to come our way in 2024.