Tuesday, September 2

Spent another night at Lake Lewisville last night because our hotel room wasn't going to be ready until this afternoon. We slept late and then did some caching before going over to the hotel. Our room was ready and we moved our things in. We have a suite this time and it gives us so much more room than that small room we had last year. We had a lovely dinner at a nice little restaurant that we discovered when we were here before. Then it was off to Wally World to get some things and close up for the evening. We are doing e-mail tonight and watching TV. We should have a pretty easy day tomorrow as we don't go to my Dr. appt until 4 PM. I will see the internist for a brief physical and then see my surgeon. We will find out more details about Thurs after this appt.
We really made a good choice to leave for down here on Sat. Gustav has really brought wind and rain to AR and that's just where we came thru on Sunday.
James laid his father-in-law to rest this afternoon in Jackson, TN. We were so sorry that we couldn't be there to offer support but this hip "thing" just couldn't be changed.
Something cute from 7-year-old Abby: she and James were driving past the Dollar Store and she said Grandaddy used to take her there every day. But she said he was dead now so it wouldn't be advisable.
Mr. Norment actually died at the assisted living where he and his wife have been living since last Feb. However, he wanted to see Carol and Abby again so he hung on until they got there. His lung collapsed on Fri morning and he died Sat. night right after he saw the girls. He did it his way and very peacefully.
Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers and also Joe and I in these days ahead. More tomorrow.