A Small Tribute to a Yearly Visitor

Since we moved in here 14 years ago an elderly woman would stop by for a visit. She was a Jehovah's Witness doing the door to door thing they do.

Over the years I have gotten rid of the JWs in various ways but this woman was special, she really was. I didn't immediately  just try and get rid of her, and I have come up with many ways to do that. She was really friendly and just made me want to talk to her. I always enjoyed it.

A few months ago I realized she had not come by and started wondering about her, a little concerned something had happened to her. I even voiced my concern to a few close friends. I did not recall her name. She surely told me the first time she came but the next year or two I saw an elderly lady with The Watchtower and the Bible in her hand I knew it was the same woman and later I knew her by sight, didn't need to see The Watchtower in her hand. I don't know if she ever told me her name again.

Today, Sunday, I had a visit from a couple, a woman and her husband, someone else was in the back seat of the car but the dog scared them and they didn't come out. I realized they were JWs and asked about the woman that used to come here every year. The woman told me that as she pulled in the drive she realized that she had been here a couple time with a an elderly woman named Frances and that must be who I was talking about, I agree, I did not remember this woman but that doesn't matter, visiting just a couple times in 14 years… nah, don't recall her, but now I know the name of the elderly woman that did come every year. Frances passed away last year. I am saddened by her passing even though I traditionally do not care for JW visits I kind of looked forward to her coming by.

Before leaving they asked if they could stop by again, I told them sure, they could, I don't follow the same path but had gotten to like looking over the The Watchtower and the newer one, called Awake! Maybe next year we will get into a real conversation like Frances and I did.

A very neat thing they showed me was an ap for tablet and smartphones, I don't have either but kind of wish I did just for this ap. I mentioned that I had a few different versions of the Bible and liked to compare and even often go online and compare verses of the Bible in other versions that I don't have. The husband then showed me this ap that www.jw.org has as a free download that you can click on any verse in the online Bible and it shows you the different Bible versions of that same verse. Oh I love it! I wish I could use it; how perfect for someone like me who loves to compare them. Oh well, maybe it will be available at some point to a regular computer user only.

I have and will continue to miss Frances, may she enjoy her afterlife.

Good Bye Frances. You really were the first JW I didn't mind having visits from and congratulations for not being scared away the first time. I really respected you.

More Stuff on the New Room and Halloween

Yeah, I started this two days ago and got as far as the title before being interrupted and well, just getting back to it now.

Today is voting day. I voted. Did you? Remember the smaller the election the larger your voice. That doesn't mean you should blow off the big ones though. 

Halloween was okay, Tink had fun so that was a good thing but I was not having the greatest day. I was irritable to say the least. Tink was so excited about Halloween coming up, more excited than I can really remember her being. She has always liked Halloween but she was just kind of over the top. She looked so cute with her make up on. And she played along and growled at people who acted afraid of her.

The new room construction slowed down a bit. Ron forgot to order the roofing and siding tin in a timely manner and so the was a Day 5 and then a big slow down of about a week before any building helpers came back. During the "lay off" Ron and I did some things, so I guess that could be considered another day but, eh. I pulled the siding off of the house that was now inside the room and he applied some flashing along the bottom outside so critters and wind can't get under. I could call that Day 5 1/2 but I didn't take pictures of it.

Day 5 did show a lot of change. The peak part of the wall was finished, windows and the door went in, that black rosin/tar/felt paper (whatever it is called in your neck of the woods) was put on the roof, and the room was wrapped.

So then came Day 5 1/2 where I did the siding and Ron did the flashing. You can see the flashing in some Day 6 pics but not the siding part. Mostly, Day 6 was the roof tin being put on.

  

Then things came up, such as a sick baby and the weather so while we expected the siding up by now, it is not. Ron has started running the wire inside and set the outlet boxes etc. Nothing hooked up, just holes drilled and dead end wires running through them and little blue plastic boxes nailed to the studs. Still need a couple things, like the boxes for the ceiling lighting and the wires hooked up to the fuse box and then we can put in the insulation. Not sure when the guys are coming back to side it. It won't be long though.

A neighbor that came by for some eggs told me that the room would fill up faster than expected. I told her I didn't think so, that room was going to be filled right away, that is what it is for, to clear out a lot of the rest of the crap in the house.