It was back to Iowa for us last week - only not a pleasure trip. This time we needed to help Glenn's siblings pack and clean out the farm house where his mom used to live. She has moved to town into a small place so the farm house still looked like someone was living there!
We drove the truck out and pulled the ATV trailer as Glenn had things from the farm he wanted to bring back - luckily the truck is very comfortable to ride in but it is a long 12 hour journey out there!
Patty and Leonard were waiting for us that evening - we sure enjoyed staying with them and they have such a beautiful home! Leonard is still on crutches from his broken leg but is driving truck and using his "peg" leg to get around!!
We worked at the farm house for 3 straight days - packing and marking boxes, hauling boxes and furniture to 2 different places in town and then finally cleaning and scrubbing the house! It was sure a lot of work inside and the guys spent part of their time cleaning up the yard and acreage.
Friday night we enjoyed dinner out with Patty and Leonard and Jim and Brenda at an excellent place in Woodbine called Roux - the drinks and entrees were delicious and the dessert was awesome!! Saturday night we went out with Glenn's mom and siblings to the Green Lantern in Decatur - I hadn't been there in years and years and we had a great meal there also! So it wasn't ALL work in Iowa!!
Sunday was Patty's 65th birthday and I actually got to spend the day with her which was really special!! We attended church together and then headed to Onawa to see The Magnificent 7 at the movie theater - it was fun to reminisce about going to that theater when we were both growing up and dating! Pizza was on the agenda that evening for dinner and Jim joined us to eat before the evening football games started.
And Monday was the long journey home......................
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Don't envy you on that trip at all - but a great job done!
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