Good Stuff!
The last two days have been full of good stuff. The status conference on my workmen's comp case was yesterday. I was supposed to be available by phone in the event they needed to ask me anything. I shouldn't have been worried, but I was. I was afraid they would ask even a simple question and I would "flood," not being able to respond appropriately, if at all. To bolster my confidence I loaded up a suitcase full of all my workmen's comp files to haul along as we went to Lakeland to get the car serviced and set out on a day of exploration... Good Stuff!
Leaving Lakeland, we drove over to Plant City to check out the railroad depot and cruise the historic district. We spent some time in the Historical Society at the old high school archives and had a lively chat with the 87-year old volunteer then wandered over to the Whistle Stop Cafe where we were greeted by a petite lady wearing a big smile and making big music on the a white baby grand piano. She nodded at us as if we were old friends and motioned me to her side with a nod of her well coifed head. Did I have a request? "Beautiful Dreamer." She played it beautifully... Good Stuff!
The cafe, located in the old pharmacy building along side the railroad tracks, features historical pictures of the town, model trains and decor, and while Richard relished his stuffed tomato and I my turkey bacon sandwiched served on fresh baked perfectly round slices of bread, a real freight train chugged by not 20 feet from the door. And do you remember the 5¢ Cherry Coke? The Whistle Stop Cafe has a close relative, the 5¢ Cherry Smash. Did I say we had a great lunch? Good Stuff!
My lawyer called during this great lunch and while he was on the phone, the real train roared by blasting its horn at full volume. I wonder what Mr. Marcus thought I was doing?
Keeping to a railroad theme, we drove over to H&R Trains in St. Petersburg. The write up we had said it was one of the biggest model railroad stores in the south. Frankly, we were not impressed. Both shops we visited in Orlando outclassed this one. But the trip wasn't a total waste because we also found two branches of PJ's Auto World. Wow! Both places, only blocks apart, were chock full of fantastic cars. We both love classic cars and street rods. Muscle cars, cars with special histories... and the sales force of both places knew about every car. We were in car heaven. I fell in love with a 1935 Nash Business Coupe and Richard flirted with a preproduction 1955 Thunderbird produced before a single stock T-bird rolled of the line. It was one of only 1000... Good Stuff!
Leaving Lakeland, we drove over to Plant City to check out the railroad depot and cruise the historic district. We spent some time in the Historical Society at the old high school archives and had a lively chat with the 87-year old volunteer then wandered over to the Whistle Stop Cafe where we were greeted by a petite lady wearing a big smile and making big music on the a white baby grand piano. She nodded at us as if we were old friends and motioned me to her side with a nod of her well coifed head. Did I have a request? "Beautiful Dreamer." She played it beautifully... Good Stuff!
The cafe, located in the old pharmacy building along side the railroad tracks, features historical pictures of the town, model trains and decor, and while Richard relished his stuffed tomato and I my turkey bacon sandwiched served on fresh baked perfectly round slices of bread, a real freight train chugged by not 20 feet from the door. And do you remember the 5¢ Cherry Coke? The Whistle Stop Cafe has a close relative, the 5¢ Cherry Smash. Did I say we had a great lunch? Good Stuff!
My lawyer called during this great lunch and while he was on the phone, the real train roared by blasting its horn at full volume. I wonder what Mr. Marcus thought I was doing?
Keeping to a railroad theme, we drove over to H&R Trains in St. Petersburg. The write up we had said it was one of the biggest model railroad stores in the south. Frankly, we were not impressed. Both shops we visited in Orlando outclassed this one. But the trip wasn't a total waste because we also found two branches of PJ's Auto World. Wow! Both places, only blocks apart, were chock full of fantastic cars. We both love classic cars and street rods. Muscle cars, cars with special histories... and the sales force of both places knew about every car. We were in car heaven. I fell in love with a 1935 Nash Business Coupe and Richard flirted with a preproduction 1955 Thunderbird produced before a single stock T-bird rolled of the line. It was one of only 1000... Good Stuff!
I had a call from daughter Kim today. Great news, she'll be in Destin, Florida in March and invited me to join her there. She's bring Peyton and I get to share all that time - about 5 days - with them! I'm like a kid at Christmas! Im was unable to fly out when the baby came but this will be even better in a way. It will be one on one time, and I do better that way than when in a group. It will be so great to get to know our latest grandchild... Good Stuff!
We shared a delightful evening with a not-so-small group tonight. It was the first meeting of Small Group and already the group is big enough that we need to split. It was a successful get together all round and we look forward to another five weeks with this bunch, or part of this bunch, I should say... Good Stuff!
We shared a delightful evening with a not-so-small group tonight. It was the first meeting of Small Group and already the group is big enough that we need to split. It was a successful get together all round and we look forward to another five weeks with this bunch, or part of this bunch, I should say... Good Stuff!
I'm so thankful for all the Good Stuff God fills my life with!
© 2006 by Iona Hoeppner
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