RM Jones’ Adventure

It’s been an active day today (April 16, 2008). Today started off as a beautiful day, but a little windy, for Geocaching. Just as I was about to suggest that we get our things together and head out my Beautiful and Usually Charming wife reminded me that the outside faucet was leaking and I had promised to fix it today. Bummer. A quick trip to town, about 25 miles one way, and I have the stuff I need and get back. Not a big deal. Then I get reminded that I had promised to fix the sprayer in the kitchen sink. I sure wish that woman didn’t have such a good memory. Well that project didn’t go very good and after another trip to town I find that the replacement just plain doesn’t work. I think I’ll just replace the whole faucet in a day or two. Then I get “reminded” that all the stuff that needs done has to be completed before mid June because our relation is coming from Germany. I think my Beautiful and Not So Charming wife (today) has my next few months planed for me.

My wife left Germany in 1961 and hasn’t been back in all this time. Since my wife came to this country some of her nephews and nieces have come for visits at various times over the last 15 years and we all enjoyed ourselves. She had 11 brothers and sisters when she left Germany but some of them have died. A few years ago one of her brothers and his wife came for a visit and we had a great time. One of their daughters, her husband and one of their son’s came along with them. That was the only one of her brothers and sisters she has seen in over 46 years. Well, that is about to change. Three sisters and one brother and two of the sister’s husbands are coming for a three week visit in late June. I’m so excited that we are going to get together at last I can hardly sit down to write this. This is going to truly be an “Adventure” to tell about when they are here. When the other family members came over we were on the road all the time and had a lot of fun. What is going to make it really interesting is the fact that I speak no German and they speak no English. My wife doesn’t speak German except when relation comes so hers is very rusty and it takes a few days to start getting comfortable with it. Then when they leave it takes about three weeks to get the German stopped and get back to all English. All in all I’m looking forward to having a lot of fun. Come on back and read all about it in late June and early July.

Bob Jones