Season’s Greetings
A year has gone quickly
since we last updated our personal blog “Retired Teachers at Recess.” We have completed 18 years of retirement from
teaching school!!
We left our winter park,
Holiday Travel Resort, in Leesburg, FL last April 5, 2015. We are now back here for another winter
season beginning Dec. 4, 2015.
This year Charles has
given up Volley Ball and being manager of the season. This has come as a shock to many.
Our activities with FMCA, Family Motor Coaching Association, and the Frustrated Maestros continue. This is “work” we love and friendships we enjoy.
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Check out this blog.
In July we were in Madison, WI for the International FMCA Reunion. The highlight of this rally was presenting a musical “Back to Your Senior Year in High School” for the convention. The seven scenes began with the football season and Homecoming Court, a sock hop, the concert and graduation activities.
Maestros were the actors in costumes of their choice.
The musical was put together with narration by Charles.
Roxie was Frustrated
Maestro Captain working closely with FMCA (Family Motor Coaching Association) months
ahead to set up this Maestro International Rally. Ninety-three Maestros were registered and of
these 73 performed.
This video is the final scene of the Senior Year Show in Madison.
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God of the Ages, Curtain Call Military Escort
October 2 we landed in Waynesboro, TN, 90 miles
southeast at son Kevin and family’s home for a weekend. Kevin is pastor of First United Methodist
Church. October 2 we landed in Waynesboro,
TN, 90 miles southeast at son Kevin and family’s home for a weekend. Kevin is pastor of First United Methodist
Church.
Charles arranged “God of the Ages” for a brass choir composed of our
grandson, Michael, the high school band director, a businessman and
himself. They played from the
balcony. During the service this group
and Kevin accompanied the choir on “God Be With You Until We Meet Again.”
Needless to say one
mother-grandmother was very proud as she did the video.
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Our grandsons are growing at
ages 21, 16 and 12. Just yesterday, December 19, our
12 year John was born in Missouri while Kevin was in seminary. Daughter-in-law PJ is a teacher of autistic
preschoolers. She drives an hour one way
to work each day to Pulaski, TN.
After a short weekend with our family we went to
Asheville, NC for the GEAR rally in October and an enjoyable time with the
Maestros. We presented an evening of
musical parodies
The week before this rally
this Maestro chapter had Music Camp involving reading a variety of music, jamming
with polkas, brass choirs, jazz and vocals.
Meanwhile we were active in Franklin, TN politics to get our at large alderman reelected. Roxie has created an information blog, Ewingville News Blog, of the matters that affect our neighborhood. We did get our alderman re-elected. Check out this News Blog:
Ewingville News Blog
to enjoy a COE spot on Modoc Lake.
After service we will stop
in East TN and visit Marston cousins.
Daisy and Heidi continue their therapy dog work willingly taking us with them. We visit schools, nursing homes, assisted and alz units and other places. We are registered with Advanced Therapy Dogs of Cheyenne, WY and can make visits anywhere in the country.
PeeDee our 10 year old Canadian born cat travels with us.
He is more than a feline. He is a total statement!
Our at home kitty, Lulu, really belongs to our
neighbor Ben.
Meanwhile we were active in Franklin, TN politics to get our at large alderman reelected. Roxie has created an information blog, Ewingville News Blog, of the matters that affect our neighborhood. We did get our alderman re-elected. Check out this News Blog:
Ewingville News Blog
We have been allied with
several neighborhoods over the efforts of Parks and Recreation to put a walking
trail right behind our homes. This has
taken much communication and dedication to keeping neighbors informed. The City board votes on this in January 2016
so we are in touch with folks 700 miles from home. The Internet and our landline allow us to
hear our hometown radio which gives us news of these efforts.
In March 2016 we will
leave our park and travel to Perry, GA for another International FMCA
Reunion. Charles will direct the
Maestros. Roxie is already at work as Rally Captain making arrangements with FMCA. We will return to our park
in Leesburg, FL for 3 weeks.
Next we will travel to Gaffney, SC and regular
Freightliner Service. We will stop 3
days in Modoc, SC (Augusta) 
in Leesburg, FL for 3 weeks.
to enjoy a COE spot on Modoc Lake.
We will be in Lewisburg,
WVA for a 2016 GEAR planning meeting for the fall rally the last weekend in
April. From there we fall south to our
home in Franklin, TN for a few weeks.
We will be in Goshen, IN
in June and return home after that rally.
July will find us in
Amana, IA and the Seven Amana Colonies
for the Midwest rally.
Two weeks later we will be
in West Springfield, MA for another International FMCA Reunion.
Our pet family keeps purpose in our lives. We still have our fawn greyhounds Daisy and
Heidi. Daisy is accident prone and
managed to break her toe in half running in our own back yard as Charles
watched in September. Toe was amputated
at the joint. She has recently bottomed
out while we visited son Kevin and family in Waynesboro, TN. This put 3 of her four feet in bandages for
2+ weeks, antibiotics and lots of dealing with torrential rains while we were
to keep the bandages dry!!
Daisy and Heidi continue their therapy dog work willingly taking us with them. We visit schools, nursing homes, assisted and alz units and other places. We are registered with Advanced Therapy Dogs of Cheyenne, WY and can make visits anywhere in the country.
PeeDee our 10 year old Canadian born cat travels with us.
He is more than a feline. He is a total statement!
After our flood in 2010
when Ben brought his 4 cats back home when his house was ready Lulu could not
get along with her “siblings.” We gladly
took her in and Ben cares for her while we are gone. She has a kitty window which is open as Ben
chooses. She has constant heat or AC, a
light on, radio, two potties, comfy beds and her daily food. She and Charles have a real
relationship. We miss her a lot when we
are away but are very happy she has a warm or cool space to call her home. We just say we live with Lulu when anyone ask
if our house has an occupant. Lulu
does not do rain, wind, cold, hot, noise!
Not much grass grows under our feet!
We
enjoy hearing from each of you.
Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a fulfilling
2016.
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