Poison Ivy

In order to build a house, we need land.  We would prefer to find land in the Kansas City Northland, anywhere from Kearney to Weston, so we can continue to attend our church, Liberty Christian Fellowship.  Our real estate agent set up a MLS listing notification for us.  Now  we receive all the new land listings in the Northland. 

While we were in Iowa, land that we were familiar with near Kearney popped up on MLS.  Since we always thought that property would make a great building site, we made a quick dash from our campsite in Iowa to Kearney.  As we were driving, we spoke with our agent.  Unfortunately the land we initially liked was no longer available but other tracts in the same section were listed as well.  We decided to continue our impromptu trip to Kearney and met the listing agent at the property.  While the land was priced right and in a great location, we ultimately ruled it out because the view included large power lines.  So the search continues. We know God will provide the right property for us in His perfect timing.

In the meantime, we have looked at two listings near Smithville, another one around Kearney, and one in Kansas City.  None of them have been quite what we envision for our home.  In our search, we have driven many miles and walked a lot of acres.  For our efforts, all Bill received was a sweet case of poison ivy.  

Lesson Learned: Jeans, boots, and bug spray keep legs happy.

A call to the doctor and a trip to the pharmacy took care of this mis-adventure. He’s all better now!

Candy Man

After our restless night with the raccoons, we were happy to have an event to attend.  Our church had an ice cream social with Betty Rae’s ice cream truck serving the cool treats.  As we caught up with our friends, we told them about our persistent visitors the night before and commented that we needed to be back before dark to secure camp.  Well, it was so good to see our friends that we were a little late getting back to the trailer.  When we opened the door, we were met with this:

Sure enough, our furry friends had returned!  They had pushed through the window screen and munched on our chocolate.  We also found holes in our new bag of Multigrain Cheerios.  Most mysteriously, Bill’s Crunch bar had disappeared but Cy’s 100 Grand bar was still there.  Thankfully, the raccoons were gone and the only mess they left behind was the spilled M&M’s.  Praise God for that.  Had we discovered raccoons in the trailer, our camping experience might have been over for good!     

Lesson Learned:  When leaving camp, close the window!  The raccoons agree with Bill.  The best candy bar is a Crunch.  

Thankfully, the screen was not damaged. Bill repaired it the next day.