Archive for January, 2009

The Whole Story… Meeting of the Minds in Tennessee

This is the rhyming story of the days leading up to and the days while Sherri visited Judy in Tennessee and her brother in Kentucky. A few days before Sherri arrives: My online friend is coming to visit What an awesome way to start a new year! I’ll get to experience her wisdom and wit ... ...

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Minding Tennessee… Last Official Entry, Day 9

The last full day we’d be able to spend together Brought with it the most beautiful weather. Blue skies and a bright shining sun, We were ready to head out and enjoy some more fun. Off on some errands and then to check in on Judy’s mom, She seemed tired, yet joyful, hopeful and calm. ... ...

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Ever Mindful in Tennessee… Day 8, Entry 8

Home again, home again, to catch our breath A new partner in our travels, twas Carol, we saith. Enjoying a day off (well, really the third), Because of the weather that must be endured. So – what do you expect 3 girls to do with their dough But to spend all their wad at a ... ...

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Entry 7, Day 7… The Mindless Meet in Tennessee

It was Tuesday, January 20th (I think…) We caught on some sleep while in great KY And awoke in time to see Obama’s inauguration on the T.V. Packing our bags, we left at high noon Heading back via I-75 to Tennessee – too soon. Not rushed to make Carol’s basketball game now, For the weather ... ...

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6th Entry, Day 6… Meeting of the Mindful in TN

Monday After awakening late Monday morning (is 9 am considered late?) We stopped an unnamed restaurant and that’s where we ate. Biscuits and gravy, green eggs and ham Dr. Seuss would have been proud it wasn’t purple spam. We went to ‘Completely Kentucky’, The Peddlar and Goodwill, The grocery store for burger and put gas ... ...

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5th Entry, Day 5… Meeting of the Mindless in TN

Sunday… Fun is all relative, you may hear some say We awoke early for church the next day We washed and we scrubbed and we dried our wet hair Only to hear the news that Sunday School was cancelled there. The roads were slick, icy and wet Morning church that day was all you were ... ...

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4th Entry, Day 4 – Meeting of the Minds in TN

Saturday Hopefully this afternoon, we will get some rest All the while packing up for our Kentucky test trip. Time will tell and then so will we, But for now a breakfast break with the sleepy La-Dies. Well, noon came and went without a much needed nap, And when Judy nodded on and off, Sherri’d ... ...

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3rd Entry, Day 3 – The Meeting of the Minds in Tennessee

Friday Up and refreshed on Friday morning at nine To run some errands for an evening divine It would include some games, seriousness and fun While meeting the Antioch women, young teens and then some.     It was 2 o’clock before we stopped our pace, And entered Roly Poly’s, to feed our face…. A ... ...

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2nd Entry, Day Two… Meeting of the Minds in Tennessee

Thursday It was Thursday, January 16, of 2009 and Judy was full of great glee, She waited outside the security gate Ever so anxiously Sherri was to arrive at the TRI at 4, It was going to be just as she wrote And making sure Sherri could find her at the door , Judy was ... ...

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The Poetic Adventure of PJ’s Bloggin Buddies

Well I guess you might be wondering what Sherri and I have been up to since she arrived, huh? Well let me tell you it has all been fun. I had started a poem about her coming to Tennessee to visit me and we decided to continue it as a way of telling about the ... ...

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