Strange Situation

at 02/07/10 8:29PM *

Beth and I are looking for a house. Our main desires are to be close to a congregation with elders and to be close to a home school network. We have been looking around the Indianapolis area simply so I could keep my job in Greencastle, but be close enough to Indy to have the better opportunities to get a different job if and when I found something. We are open to moving elsewhere, but felt we needed to find a job first. After some more thought, I realized, due to the situation we are in, I could buy a house anywhere. After getting the house I could continue to live in our current house and take my time to find a good job close to the house we bought. So now the big question is where. By opening up this option, I have greatly increased the possibility of finding the house we want for the price we want to pay. The possibilities are endless. The problem is however, I now have yet another decision to make.

Continue to pray. The Lord will provide. I know of a house for sale:D LOL! So glad you are open to possibilities.

by purky at 02/07/10 10:37PM
Should be looking tonight. I'll let you know for sure later.

by madtomkidd at 02/08/10 9:32AM
We live in a nice area, and the church is great, AND we have wonderful elders! ;-)

by derbydi at 02/08/10 12:40PM
I really don't think you need me to comment to know where I stand on this :)

by mamahastings at 02/08/10 2:26PM
Danville is a possibility - they have elders, and a pretty good preacher (Bronger). I'm not up on the home schoolers.

by hartschloss at 02/08/10 4:15PM
^I have visited Danville (the town) & loved it. There is a man at the Traders Point congregation in Indy who is in real estate. Steve Niemier, who is near Greenwood, might be able to find some info for you. (He is kin to Arter Gary at Manslick Rd.)

by kamille at 02/08/10 4:32PM
Trader's Point has elders, too, and there are many with young kids there. One of my cousins is a member along with his wife, 2-year old son, and another on the way.

by hartschloss at 02/08/10 5:12PM
We have elders and I know several people who homeschool. :) Good luck! I'm guessing you'll end up in Dayton.

by batidw at 02/08/10 8:26PM
Does being YOUR elder count? Sage advise...Come to Idaho!!!!! (You know you want to!!!!)

by aaaunties at 02/09/10 7:44PM
Reeeeaaa-ly!!!!! Every day, every trip to the mountains, every rock excursion, every smile I can't wipe off my face before my cheeks start spasming......I can't be-leive....I live here!!! (& we've only just started the exploration!!!) Come on over to .....Idaho!!! (@ least look on the internet realty sites!)

by aaaunties at 03/12/10 12:06AM

Winter

at 01/07/10 2:19PM

I guess it is time to update. My last post was that I was ready for Winter, but now it is here. We just got our first "big" snow of the year. (Happy New Year, btw.) It is really light and fluffy, but at least 4 inches are on the ground. I'll try to post more later, but it is lunch time, then off to work.

My name is Auntie S....& I am Second. Thanks! The Man & I watched about 20+ & were blessed. Love you all!

by aaaunties at 02/06/10 4:15AM

Ready for Winter

at 11/11/09 12:10PM

Well, not really. (I much prefer Autumn.) My wood stove is ready however. All the wood I talked about in previous posts is now stacked - thanks to Ben. I went out and took some rough measurements to see how much wood I have. (I rounded down for the most part, so the actual numbers are higher.) Drum roll please.... Currently stacked in the woods I have over 8 1/2 chords of wood. What is a chord? 4' x 4' x 8' or 128 cubic feet. I have also already sold/given at least 2 truckloads and have burned/stacked on the porch 5 truckloads which totals an additional 2 chords. I also have a neighbor across the street that has a very large tree on the ground that I have started cutting on.

To put this all in perspective, most people around here need 2-3 chords of wood per year to heat their house. I use close to double that due to the size and draftiness of this old house. So, I should be in good shape - with plenty to spare (and sell).

Mmmmmmm. Toasty!!

by aaaunties at 11/12/09 2:05AM
At least you're ready for it!

by derbydi at 11/13/09 7:55AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhY8AP806tU Jeff here. The link is to a movie trailer called Old Dogs. However, Sheri believes you look like Seth Green. On starting at about 2:08, there is a scene with "Wayne" and a gorilla... that Sheri always says: "Wayne!". Cracks me up. All out of Love....

by cenandra at 11/16/09 7:29PM
Top Gear is back. Thanks for the reminder sir.

by rule_britannia at 11/18/09 1:10PM
EP1 was disappointing, EP2 is on disc and in queue.

by madtomkidd at 11/24/09 1:17PM
TG Ep1= 6/10
TG Ep2=8/10 (Very disappointed of drawing on face... watched it day of... Sorry boss)

Got 18/20: http://www.cramersweeney.com/brandprix/

by rule_britannia at 11/27/09 10:18AM

Finally

at 10/12/09 10:07AM

The Whole Erickson Clan went to West Virginia the last weekend of September. I finally took the time to post some pictures. Our trip was great. Even though we got rained out Friday night and all day Saturday, the rest of the time was quite nice.

Good to see your whole family, it wasn't so long ago that I remember you that small, wow I'm getting old.

by vols_fan at 10/12/09 11:09AM
Cool pictures. Looks like a great time!!!

by homeschoolmomma23 at 10/12/09 11:38AM
It was good to see pics of Neal. I haven't seen many of him. I remember you all when you were about that age!

by kamille at 10/12/09 2:54PM
beautiful pictures!

by racheldean at 10/12/09 3:06PM
What has Hannah been eating? What a BIG girl! She is so beautiful!

by mamahastings at 10/12/09 9:25PM
Looks like great fun enjoying the beauty around us. And spending time with loved ones. :-) And making memories.

by derbydi at 10/12/09 9:37PM
Whenever I come to your page, your slideshow says that it "failed to load or parse". Any suggestions on how I can see your pictures?

by batidw at 10/13/09 2:13PM
batidw... try loading the latest version of Flash. Or try another web browser. (firefox) If another browser works... you may have to clear your cache.

by rule_britannia at 10/13/09 10:51PM
Oh so easy to type......but so very hard for the antiquated gray cells to interpret & apply! Besides...I'm still @ Lanette's house & Stan has the camera @ home.

By the way...how'd you sleep when you got home?

by aaaunties at 10/20/09 11:17PM
Sure wish I'd known you were gonna be gone that long. Would have kept my pie hole shut....& maybe made more thoughtful "gifts."

by aaaunties at 10/23/09 2:32AM

Why do birds fly upside down over Indiana?

at 08/26/09 8:52AM *

Growing up in Louisville, KY, the state of Indiana seemed to be the theme of many jokes. For this reason I had no desire to ever live there. Well, here I am. Not only in Indiana, but in a small town to boot. I love to be near the city, I love to be in the country (especially the mountains), I don't love small towns. Anyway, I am slowly learning that the whole state isn't bad. Beginning with the fact that my wife is from here, and now our latest camping adventure.

Beth recently bought a pop-up camper. We have slept in it in our driveway once. We are planning to take it to Rend Lake (which is a couple hours away) over Labor Day, so we decided to try it out a little closer to home first. Our destination... Cataract Falls (only 30 minutes away). We spent the night Monday and came back Tuesday morning. We had the campground almost all to ourselves - except for the raccoons. Other than the strong smell of mothballs throughout the campground, it was quite nice.

Here are some pictures of our little adventure. We were only there a short time and there is plenty more exploration left to do. We will most likely be returning, Lord willing.

Our Campground:

Upper Falls:

Lower Falls:

For those interested in the punchline to the above joke... Because there is nothing worth pooping on. Like I said, I am slowly changing the way I feel about the state. I now would have to say... Because there is not much worth pooping on. Sorry Jonathan, Kentucky is still a much better state.

First!
Snoopy!

by rule_britannia at 08/26/09 9:51AM
That looks fun.

by noby_wan at 08/26/09 9:58AM
You know you love Indiana. You're just too stubborn to admit that it's better than Kentucky. After all we built you a bridge so you could swim across in the shade. That enables you to get away from the sports fields covered in astro turf that you all put down to keep the cheerleaders from grazing at half-time. Now look at what you started. :)
Glad you had a good time. Enjoy the camper!

by drumstick at 08/26/09 10:23AM
Looks like a fun adventure! Love the Snoopy shot!

by derbydi at 08/26/09 10:26AM
I like Kentucky it's second only to Tennessee:)

by vols_fan at 08/26/09 11:58AM
Indiana was always a place that we passed thru to get on with vacation. Little did I know I would marry a Hoosier and live there for a time. The first time Jonathan took me across the river you would have thought I needed a passport (my parents thought so anyway ;D). Indiana isn't that bad but I would trade KY, IN or TN for the mountains. No offense meant to anyone who lives in any of these wonderful states.

by purky at 08/26/09 2:51PM
Looks like a nice place!

by batidw at 08/26/09 4:37PM
What a pretty place...what a nice camper...what BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN!! : ) Perhaps we can check out Cataract Falls sometime ourselves!

by papa_and_nana at 08/27/09 9:05PM
Reminds me a bit of the seven pillars up north of where I'm from.

by hartschloss at 08/28/09 11:18AM
nice pics!

by cdillman23 at 08/29/09 10:10PM
That looks like fun! Glad to see your family thriving!

by tmepiper at 09/05/09 10:02AM
Sounds like fun. We saw so many G-R-E-A-T little camping spots on our trip across the country!! Hope to scout out many more in the (and I Quote)"famous potatoes" state (or @ least that's how our new car plates declare it...strange but ...rural).

by aaaunties at 10/02/09 2:46PM
Yes, an updated picture would be nice. When will you (and your family) be down to do it for me???

by papa_and_nana at 10/06/09 8:31AM
I just realized you already did it...HOW DO YOU DO THAT??? Thanks! (Guess you won't be coming down afterall...)

by papa_and_nana at 10/06/09 8:40AM
Great slide show Wayne! Love it!

by cenandra at 10/06/09 7:59PM
We are getting to know IN well. Our daughter just moved up to Indy to go to grad school. It's actually not a bad state. lol

by kamille at 10/09/09 9:18PM

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