Thursday, September 7th

This day got off to a rocky start. It seems that we picked up some stowaways prior to coming north. ROACHES! MA is certain that the wretched little buggers came aboard in South Carolina. In our 13 years in Connecticut, we never saw ROACHES. Since we left SC, we would see maybe 1-2 ROACHES a week. But, when Bill & Diana Wirz came to visit Wednesday night, two ROACHES made their appearance. The final straw came last night when MA had one crawling on her arm when she was asleep. She jumped up and screamed. Woke me up from a sound sleep. A VERY restless sleep for both of us. So... I took matters into my own hands. This morning, I got Gypsy out of the coach for about 5 hours and I sprayed all over the inside of the coach. Also in the outside hatches. I am declaring victory! We are seeing several dead ROACHES this morning.

This afternoon we had the opportunity to visit Carrie (Stevens) DePasquale, daughter of dear friends Don & Chris Stevens and very close friend to our daughter, Berri. Carrie and husband, Adam, have one child, 19 month old son, Elias. What a fine looking young man! They live in a 120 year-old home near downtown Danbury. They have made major updates and it is a very cute home. Carrie told us some new news...they are expecting their second child!

Later we visited with Linda Hastey up in New Milford, CT. Linda and husband, Charlie, were in our Small Group Bible Study when we lived in Danbury. Linda shared stories and pix of one of her mission trips to Zambia. She has also been on mission trips to the Ukraine and Central America.

This evening, we went to see a movie, World Trade Center. I recommend this movie but, be forewarned, bring plenty of tissue.