2008-10-20
goodbye Grant County
by laura beth
Although we've been here all summer, we still find ourselves scurrying to say goodbye to everyone. We have a lot of friends here and will miss them.
Monday, Nate and Athena Moline, family friends and future RVers, had us over for dinner.
On Thursday we had lunch with Grandma Willey at the Senior Citizen's Center. Beef stew, salad, rolls, chocolate cake, orange juice, coffee, tea, buttermilk...
On Friday we had dinner with Mitch Saul, a dearly loved friend from high school and an accountant who moved back to John Day a while back.
We briefly saw Dan & Karen Benson at the Fall Market on Saturday (I was there selling my wares). The Bensons are friends that we used to have a fellowship group with. Dan is the pastor of a United Methodist church and Karen is a substitute teacher and full time mom to twin 3-year-old boys, Nathan & Jeremy, and one-year-old Peter. We house-sat twice for the Bensons this summer.
That night we had dinner with Andrew and Andrea Janssen, friends also from our fellowship group. They are both doctors at the local hospital. They have an almost-3-year-old son, Isaac, and recently adopted a daughter, Titaya, from Ethiopia. She's almost 6 months old. They gave me a housecleaning job this summer.
Later that night we went to the local honkytonk to hangout with Tonia Seebart and Mitch Saul. Tonia, a friend since the 5th grade, is a science teacher and volleyball coach in the nearby town of Unity. Out of the blue, Janell Winegar, and her husband Sam showed up at the bar, in town from Coos Bay for deer hunting season. Janell is also a friend from high school. She arranged a limo for us all (it was the night of the high scool homecoming dance) from the Grubsteak to the Branding Iron. I've never had limo service between bars. We also got to say farewell to Shannon Taylor, the bartender at the Grubsteak, and her boyfriend Joe Radinovich. So it was a big day for goodbyes. We love you all.
Sunday at church we said goodbye to friends there.
Monday I went to Old West Federal Credit Union to say farewell to Katie, Christy, Pam, Jeanne, Julie, Susie, Johnna, Karen, Cindy, and Jeremy. I'll have to come back to see Tabitha.
Friday we visited Maryann Blem. She is a wonderful woman, friend, and mom to our friends Maggie and Ben. She also gave me a job cleaning her house this summer. Many wonderful meals and conversations have been had at Mama Maryann's house.
There are a lot of good folks here in Grant County. We will miss you all!
Although we've been here all summer, we still find ourselves scurrying to say goodbye to everyone. We have a lot of friends here and will miss them.
Monday, Nate and Athena Moline, family friends and future RVers, had us over for dinner.
On Thursday we had lunch with Grandma Willey at the Senior Citizen's Center. Beef stew, salad, rolls, chocolate cake, orange juice, coffee, tea, buttermilk...
On Friday we had dinner with Mitch Saul, a dearly loved friend from high school and an accountant who moved back to John Day a while back.
We briefly saw Dan & Karen Benson at the Fall Market on Saturday (I was there selling my wares). The Bensons are friends that we used to have a fellowship group with. Dan is the pastor of a United Methodist church and Karen is a substitute teacher and full time mom to twin 3-year-old boys, Nathan & Jeremy, and one-year-old Peter. We house-sat twice for the Bensons this summer.
That night we had dinner with Andrew and Andrea Janssen, friends also from our fellowship group. They are both doctors at the local hospital. They have an almost-3-year-old son, Isaac, and recently adopted a daughter, Titaya, from Ethiopia. She's almost 6 months old. They gave me a housecleaning job this summer.
Later that night we went to the local honkytonk to hangout with Tonia Seebart and Mitch Saul. Tonia, a friend since the 5th grade, is a science teacher and volleyball coach in the nearby town of Unity. Out of the blue, Janell Winegar, and her husband Sam showed up at the bar, in town from Coos Bay for deer hunting season. Janell is also a friend from high school. She arranged a limo for us all (it was the night of the high scool homecoming dance) from the Grubsteak to the Branding Iron. I've never had limo service between bars. We also got to say farewell to Shannon Taylor, the bartender at the Grubsteak, and her boyfriend Joe Radinovich. So it was a big day for goodbyes. We love you all.
Sunday at church we said goodbye to friends there.
Monday I went to Old West Federal Credit Union to say farewell to Katie, Christy, Pam, Jeanne, Julie, Susie, Johnna, Karen, Cindy, and Jeremy. I'll have to come back to see Tabitha.
Friday we visited Maryann Blem. She is a wonderful woman, friend, and mom to our friends Maggie and Ben. She also gave me a job cleaning her house this summer. Many wonderful meals and conversations have been had at Mama Maryann's house.
There are a lot of good folks here in Grant County. We will miss you all!
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