Road Trip!

It’s getting closer for Kyle to get all his papers completed so he can head to Korea for a year to teach. I think I mentioned in an earlier post that there are more guidelines for getting a working Visa now, so that’s what he’s been working on for the past couple of months. But like I said, he’s getting so much closer and he’s hoping to be on a flight in less than a week.

So our task tonight was to take his paperwork from Korea, his passport, and $$ of course and off it goes to Washington State to the Consultant General to get his Visa paperwork. It’s kind of funny because tonight as we were heading to town to get to the FedEx store, I thought how my store preferences have changed. I mean I can take you to the FedEx store, at least a couple UPS stores and know how any of the priority mail works in the post office. I’ve tried them all. Tonight’s adventure was with the FedEx store though. You can drop off a package before 7 pm and it will be on the west coast by 10:30 the next morning. Just amazing! The last package we shipped differently (I won’t say how) but it went to Korea and took 12 days! Now if you ever want to see anxious people on a time schedule – you should have seen us for those 12 days. And the worst of that whole thing was that no one used the scan bar to track it, so we thought the package was lost. Whew! a lot of hot baths and a couple of Coors Lights later I learned from that little experience and now this time it’s on it’s way to Washington State via a different carrier. But that only means that it’s also closer for Kyle to head out to Korea too! He’s ready and I guess you can say so am I. I know that he’s anxious to get started and I can’t keep him here forever! William was planning on stopping home Friday night before he heads to Minneapolis with a bunch of kids. It’ll be perfect timing to see Kyle before he heads out. William will be gone for a week in South Carolina so when he comes back, I’m sure Kyle will be gone.

So tonight as I’m writing this there is a waft of spicy smoke in the air. And that could only mean that I’m cooking beef jerky again. It’s really potent because I’m upstairs in the craft room writing this and the dehydrator is way down in the basement. To be honest I get a little worried that maybe our house smells like a meat locker sometimes. Oh well, I guess we’ll just be popular with the outside animals. You know come to think of it, I have been seeing more stray cats sitting outside on our porch lately 🙂

The next couple of pounds of beef jerky ready to cook for a couple of hours

Other things that I’m working on it trying to get ready for a St. Patrick’s Stew supper at our church. It shouldn’t be too bad, but I’ve got a couple of things that are on my list that need to be done this week. One of them is that I’m waiting to see if this one particular web site is going to have a special on making enlargements out of prints. By about the time that they do though, I’m thinking that I’ll have to pay the additional cost to have it sent Rush! But  I think it’ll be really cool when I get it done, and if I don’t see the special tomorrow I’m going to downsize my order and bite the bullet and get them ordered. I mean the supper is next Saturday!!

The photo of the day is Miss Scarlet. Daryl says she’s just about the most stubborn calf he’s ever seen. But I told him that I bet she’s also the prettiest. He just gave me one of those looks and said, ‘Yea…’

You have to admit – she’s adorable!