Good evening

Its Friday evening and its been a very long and rewarding week.

I've enjoyed many hours with Moon on the phone and texting, I've met many nice homeowners, seen millions of dollars worth of property and am very thankful to be alive and well.

Moon is my Houston friend and I'm looking forward to traveling to Houston on the 10th to spend a few days  with her.  She is so faithful to her family in Singapore and spends several hours each day talking to them, encouraging them and giving them her love and her ear.  Her father continues to be very ill and her mom is a faithful care giver so its nice she has someone to talk to every day, Moon is that special person.

I was surprised to discover rain today and dealt with a bit of drops of water as I measured three homes but mostly it was just a very decent cool day.  Jessy was here writing up reports while I was out seeing more houses, many more orders came in today so next week looks busy and good.  I am so thankful to a loving Father who watches over us every day.

The high point of the week for me locally was seeing Keith and Marilyn Tall the other day, long time friends and dedicated church members they are very active in their home church and it was great to hear about the ministries they conduct for their community.

I'm tired tonight as you might expect so I think I'll head to bed soon.

Sending love to all,

Tim

Talls come to town

Good evening
This has been some day!  Left house at 7:30 this morning to drive to Sacramento to see nice little property, then raced back to Tracy to Golden Corral for lunch with Dr. and Mrs Keith Tall, long time friends and members of our church in Tracy, today several of us joined the Talls as they traveled through from their winter warm spot to a less warm spot near Portland.  Somehow these people never age and it was so good to hear their stories, about the kids and about their life.

After that bit of enjoyment I went back to work, I saw a house in Tracy, cute and in good shape with a great Asian agent, so gentle and kind, a class act.  Then it was off to Stockton to see a rather rough property but loved, then it was on to Lodi to see a really nice home, from there it was back to Discovery Bay and an inspection of a large home in Lakeshore, a gated community nearby and finally it was time to come home.

When I got home and was talking to Moon I decided I needed to get my 3 mile walk in, I've just done that under the full moon and now ready to shower and then work a bit before bed.

A very full day and safe, rewarding and Moon had a sunny day in Houston, the storm is past and she is safe again.

Love to all,

Tim

Motorhome rented

So for the last few weeks I've been either thinking about fixing things on the motorhome or actually fixing them.  Today that worked out, I was able to rent the motorhome, showed it to a nice couple from Modesto who decided to rent it next month and gave me a nice deposit to hold it.  That was really great news and it will help pay the monthly payment too.

Its been a work up appraisals sort of day and get organized for the week ahead and I'm thankful for work and for good health, I walked 3 miles this morning and now I'll go ride the treadmill for 30 minutes, shower and rest, I am determined to drop some weight before my next trip to Houston, I had picked up about 20 pounds since December and its got to go, I've already dumped about 4 or 5 pounds of the 15 I want to dump by just being careful, drinking lots of water and moving more.

I'm thankful every morning for a new day, for a meaningful relationship and for a place to live, cars to drive, work to do and a family that is wonderful.

I send love to all tonight

Tim

Adjusting to life

Dear Family and Friends,
So I'm back from 5 fun filled days in Houston with my friend Moon!  I will say this there are very few dull moments being with Moon.  She knows the area where she lives very well and has many friends, the eating places are great, the Wal Marts a new experience as I rarely find myself in them here but there are deals there and there is junk there too, one just has to make the right choices.

Moon has a good sense of style and what matches and what does not, while there I asked if she would touch up my hair with some color so we went to Wal Mart, found the color she liked and went back and she did it to my hair, it turned out really darker than we thought the package showed but Its OK with me.

I also took a pair of jeans I had never worn because they were way to long in the legs for me to wear, one afternoon she was gone for a couple hours and took the jeans, she did the nicest job of hemming them up I've ever had, she and her sewing machine are like one, good work.

Every morning I would take Gucci out of a nice long walk and she and I enjoyed the cool morning air and seeing birds, the people come and go and just getting some air.  Sometimes Moon has me feed Gucci, that is a new experience for me, when she feeds the little doggie as the spoon comes up Gucci will open her mouth, not for me so I have to use my little finger to open her mouth, but soon we are into our routine and the food is gone.

Just before the airport shuttle came to take me back to Houston Hobby airport she and I went to our favorite little place that is French in nature, has the nicest mushroom soup and breads, great cheese cake and good jam.  We sit outside and Gucci is welcome, sits on her own chair and gets tiny bites of cheese cake, she is a very cute dog and when ever I have her and Moon is not around then girls, women come to pet her and say how cute she is, she is a babe magnet!!

Today has been long and hard, now I'm off to bed.  Moon went to bed very early this evening, tired and recovering from accidentally picking up her hair curler, 400 degrees and giving four fingers a terrible burn so the pain pills have kept her home and sleeping today. 

Her father is very ill and now her mom has become ill too, they are on her mind all the time and I ask that you pray too for Moon's parents and for Moon's finger to heal quickly.

God is good, life is an adventure and almost never boring.  Today found me in Oakland, Fairfield, Walnut Creek and then Stockton.  All great people, all nice properties in their own ways and a pleasure to see.

Love to all

Tim

Keeping busy

My dear family and friends
Sorry I've not been here for a few days.  I go to Houston to see Moon on Thursday and so I'm working extra hard to be caught up before I leave, God has blessed with a lot of work and Jessy and Steve have been wonderful helpers, could not begin to do this without them.
Long day today but a blessed one, got great news from lab work and EKG, probably will live long enough to have a really nice life with Moon if God helps everything work out that way, its really in His hands.

I'm sending my love to all,

God is good to us in so many ways.

Love

Tim

Thankful

On my way to a well deserved rest now!
Day started at 6:30 but I rolled out at 7, then to Antioch, Brentwood, Lodi, back to Antioch and then back to Brentwood.  Now its bed time.

Talking to Moon who is helping a friend move to New York, she is so good to her friends, always there to help them, good heart, I like that.

Long day today and back to Stockton at 9 in the morning but then back to the office to crank out some work.

Just thankful for safety as I drove today, for being able to measure homes in mostly dry but cold conditions, met great people, love that.

Love to you this evening,

God is good to us, we need to be good to each other.

Tim

Update on the exciting life of Mr. Mustard

There is no such thing, no excitement here, just work, work.  Its 11:39 and I'm giving up and going to bed, I could easily work all night without getting even close to caught up.
Life is OK, just listened to a good book and that always makes the miles go by faster, this one had it all, love, adventure, intrigue and even political thrown in.  Not as exciting as real life but still good.

My helpers are so great, Jessy comes sometimes but is suffering from being sick and is on her way to spring training to find a baseball player!!  Steve helps a lot and brings a lot of experience to the process, both are helpful.

Moon is suffering right now so much, her father is very ill in Singapore and tomorrow will be moved to a different hospital, he is really battling for his life but due to her circumstances she cannot go home to be with he and her mom and that is very hard for her to endure.  I just pray all the time for his recovery and for Moon's mom who is an excellent care giver but gets tired and discouraged.  Could you also pray for Moon's dad, God knows who we are praying for.  Today Moon was using her sewing machine to alter some pants for a friend, she is so capable of doing magic with that sewing machine.

I'm off to bed now, tired and a bit down, the dryer would not stay lit today to dry the clothes and that is discouraging, service call and hopefully he can make it work again.

Good night all

Love
Tim