View Out The Front Window September 9, 2017

I posted this yesterday on Odie's blog after it was published but this information may change plans for some folks so I am posting it here and maybe tomorrow as well.

As you probably know, NOT my friend Irma is now forecast to move up the west coast of Florida and possibly into the western part of Tennessee. The weather guessers are thinking Irma may park in Tennessee a couple of days and that is the route we need to take to Richton, Mississippi.

Driving the BoggsMobile through a tropical depression with high wind and heavy rains is not on my "to do" list. Adding the tent trailer 13' tall, 24' long and 16,000 lbs made the decision for me and Bro. Scott pretty uncomplicated except for all of the emotion tied up in it.

We love tent revival and we especially love tent revival in Richton, Mississippi. We have had super great tent revivals there in the past and we are expecting to be back there in the future under the Blue and White Gospel Tent. This year looks impossible for the tent but it is out of our hands.

We hope to make it to Richton by next weekend or shortly after. We will have revival in the church if we can make it there.

Thanks,


Davy

View Out The Front Window September 9, 2017

We sure have some changing views for you today. This was our view out the front window at a Flying J truck stop near Pembroke, New York.

This was our view out the front door.

This was our view out the front window at a mom and pop truck stop in Fair Haven, Vermont.

This was our view out the front door.

Yes, that is grass at a truck stop. We snagged an end spot in a section with only two other trucks. Our door was facing our personal yard!

This is our view out the window at Lamoille Valley Nazarene in Johnson, Vermont.

This is our view out the front door.



Kelly Jo thought you should see the beautiful view from the driver's side window too! Wow!

Here are the links from our posts this last week.

Odie's Saturday Post

On The Road Again

An Encouraging Update From Nigeria

No Friend of Mine

Digging Again

Weekend Woundup and Weview #37

We have two services this morning. One is at 8:30 and the second is at 11:00. Do you think that Odie will make the 8:30 service? 

Thank you for checking in today.

Davy

Future Mrs. Deidre Shoemaker

Quick note from Davy before Odie takes the stage:

10:55 AM 
As you probably know, NOT my friend Irma is now forecast to move up the west coast of Florida and possibly into the western part of Tennessee. The weather guessers are thinking Irma may park in Tennessee a couple of days and that is the route we need to take to Richton, Mississippi.

Driving the BoggsMobile through a tropical depression with high wind and heavy rains is not on my "to do" list. Adding the tent trailer 13' tall, 24' long and 16,000 lbs made the decision for me and Bro. Scott pretty uncomplicated except for all of the emotion tied up in it.

We love tent revival and we especially love tent revival in Richton, Mississippi. We have had super great tent revivals there in the past and we are expecting to be back there in the future under the Blue and White Gospel Tent. This year looks impossible for the tent but it is out of our hands.

I am adding this to Odie's already published blog today because some of you may have been planning to attend. I want you to have as much notice as possible.

We hope to make it to Richton by next weekend or shortly after. We will have revival in the church if we can make it there.

Thanks,

Davy

Now back to Odie!


Hey Friends, 

This is Odie checking from the road. We are excited to be in the beautiful state of Vermont this weekend. It is great to see friends and make new friends along the way. I know Dad will give you a complete report of the weekend on Monday. 

This post is about the future Mrs. Deidre Shoemaker. Next month this lovely lady will be a bride. 

I can not believe Deidre is getting married. It seems like she entered the world last week. But reality says she has now been in our family for a quarter of a century. I am so thankful for Deidre. Not only is she my very first first cousin but we are sisters in heart. 

I wanted to do something to celebrate Deidre and the change from Miss Boggs to Mrs. Shoemaker. It was impossible to gather everyone from across the nation that I wanted to. So I  opted to get some of Deidre's special family and friends together for an evening of fun and fellowship. Instead of a traditional personal shower for the bride, we showered her with gift cards for her future. 

This fun evening took place at a local Panera Bread a few weeks ago. My cousin Lisa was a big help to me with pulling everything together. Lisa, I appreciate your help!  Thanks to my aunt Theresa Osborn for capturing pictures of the fun. Thank you to all the ladies who attended! You helped make the night a success!

Now here are the rest of the pictures below.

Deidre was blessed with several gift cards. I know she has enjoyed shopping and using the gift cards. 

Aunt Holly is great at cutting cakes. 

The staff at Panera was so nice to us. We were able to get our group in their community room. The employees I dealt with were extremely friendly and helpful. I asked permission to bring cookie cake from another business. We ate dinner at Panera so they were fine with cookie cake. The cookie cake was delicious. It was from Sam's Club, and I highly recommend their cookie cakes.

The flowers and the balloon were from Kroger. 

Everything turned out great. The evening was very laid back and we all got to spend some time with the bride. Deidre Faye, remember, "I love you sister and you mean the world to me!"

Very soon it will be wedding time. I am thrilled for Deidre and her fiancé Ben Shoemaker. I am excited to see what God has planned for them in the days ahead. Please keep them in your prayers. 

Thanks for stopping by to visit us. Have a super weekend. 

Odie

On The Road Again

We are on the road again on our way to Johnson, Vermont and everything is going very well so far. We are always very thankful to be able to say that! I will have more information about our travel days when I give the weekend report on Monday.

Before we left the Lazy OD Ranch there was a lot to get done in the house, to the trailer, to the BoggsMobile and in the barn. If Irma cooperates we will be swinging through Ohio to pick up the tent trailer and I needed everything to be in its proper place in the correct vehicle. It took some figuring out but I think it all came together.

I also had some maintenance to do on the trailer and the bus and work to do in the house but, with much help from Kelly Jo, Steve and Lisa we were able to sew it all up and leave on time.

Also Steve's son Isaac came out one evening and helped us lift the cabinet in the utility room. It was the last cabinet to be set and it is heavy. All of the strong and willing help made the task a piece of cake.

The right side of this cabinet has a Rev-A-Shelf. It is an upper cabinet pull-down shelving system that is great for making upper cabinets handicap accessible. Odie will have them in most of her upper cabinets. They are really cool!

My sister Theresa and her son Luke stopped by and helped clean one day too. We sure appreciate all the help.

As we were cleaning the house and getting it in shape to leave, Kelly Jo remembered that two of the floor vents had been accidentally covered with concrete and needed to be opened. It was not a huge job with Steve's help and the right tools. We checked that one off the list.

The next two pictures show the kitchen with the finish color on the walls. It is called Icicle and it really looks great! Once the lights are on in the house, I should be able to capture better pictures of the color.

This is the roll under vanity in Odie's bathroom.

Early Wednesday morning I opened the barn door and started preparing to leave.

This was the view of the house as we prepared to roll.

With the ranch in the rear view mirror, we were on the road again!

On the road again

Going places that I've never been

Seeing things that I may never see again

I can't wait to get on the road again

Thank you very much for dropping in today. Cell phone signal is extremely week here this morning and we are headed into more remote country in northern Vermont. It is possible that we will not have enough signal to post anything this weekend. If you do not hear from us, you will know why.

Davy