A Faithful Friend

There are two things that I never leave home without when I travel.  One is the Travel Log.   A detailed day to day, hour to hour, even minute to minute written record of the people, places and things encountered along the way.   I believe this is something either my father or oldest brother encouraged.   Many have signed the car log over the years.

The other is the car blanket.   A over-sized denim patch quilt made over 25 years ago.  The actual time frame eludes me; although the backing of the quilt is material that was used as a tablecloth at my oldest brother and sister-in-law's rehearsal dinner in 1991 (27 years ago)

Emergency warmth in the event of winter car failure is the original purpose for a car blanket. 

Thankfully,  it has never been needed in that capacity.   Instead, it has been used as a beach blanket, a picnic tablecloth,  to wrap naked kids that have gotten too muddy and wet, to camouflage Christmas presents,  to protect furniture through several moves, a play tent and a camping blanket.  It has traveled in at least 5 different family vehicles and made many trips to other states including 2 long distance trips to Wyoming and California from western New York. 

My older sister lost her car blanket in a move west.  My daughter made herself a red flannel car blanket.

Yesterday, in anticipation of summer travels, I washed the car blanket. 

Today, since I am not prepared to part with a faithful friend, I mended the car blanket. 

However,  some friendships eventually wear out.

 

A WRITING ASSIGNMENT

In an effort to regain the ability to write a complete sentence, I have been following a scripture writing plan found at www.swtblessings.com 

I started on February 1st and made it through the entire month.  I simply copy a text out of my bible with each daily scripture taking 10 minutes or less to copy. 

  February was all about LOVE!     

 Looking forward to what March has in store.

BLOGGING REVISITED

This past Christmas (2017) I bought my own present from my husband: a laptop, a nice laptop!

He bought his own present from me: a pair of slippers, nice LL Bean slippers.

If I had bought him his present that is exactly what I would have bought him. He wears slippers. He goes to the basement in his slippers. He takes the garbage out in his slippers. (I understand this is a common husband habit.) He needed slippers.
I asked him what he would have bought me if he had bought me anything. He replied, "New pots and pans."

I made a good decision.

So, I think I will give blogging another try.

I have this fear that I will forget how to formulate sentences as I age.
We shall see.
Follow along.