March 26, 2017 - Thursday

Today was our official moving day, but since we got that all done yesterday, we used this as a catch up day for shopping and relaxing.  I was especially tired today after negotiating those stairs in our apartment in Nauvoo yesterday.  Mom and I took our first walk around Carthage this morning and I got some first pictures here on our walk;

Here is a nice front view of the home we are in.  Doesn't it remind you of the Longs Cabin?  The home is located within the gated area of the Carthage Visitor's Center.

 This is a view from near the front corner of the Visitor's Center toward the main building.  The Carthage jail is to the left.

This is a view from our back yard toward the parking lot.  Up to 1,000 visitors per day here in Carthage.  "Millions shall know Brother Joseph......."

Solid iron fencing around the property with our home in the foreground and the Visitor's Center in the background.

This is our view from the front porch, our Country Market!  Opens at 6am and closes at 10pm.  And the pricing is not too out of line.  

After breakfast we took our drive to Quincy for our shopping day for Sam's and Wal Mart and Aldi's.  We found this grocery store in Keokuk called Aldi's that had gallons of milk for $1.79.  Sam's price is $3.49!  As we were driving down the main street in Quincy we saw this Aldi's and checked it out.  Unfortunately the milk was $2.69 but still cheaper than Sam's!  We also went into  Staples in Quincy to laminate a paper and found the Popcornopolis flavored popcorn that we sold at the deli for $6.99 for $1!!  We picked up three bags when I doubled checked the freshness code that had a May 2015 date!

Here is the terrible traffic we had to endure all the way to Qunicy from Carthage, a distance of about 48 miles;

This is a freeway directly from Carthage to Quincy and this was at 10:30am this morning with no real changes on our way home at 2:00pm

We really took the afternoon off and had a very quiet evening.  I was feeling cold and achy and did not want to have it get any worse so we stayed home.  The Shepard's, whom we serve with here in Carthage, stopped by around 6:00pm and mom and I were both in our jammies!  They brought us some barbeque turkey for dinner.  They were so kind and stayed and visited with us for about an hour.  They are great to work with and very thoughtful.

Then we got to talk to Tom and Josie and Zac and Hayley and Jackson, and Mia and Emma while they were driving to Utah for Calli and Courtney's baptism Saturday.  They were traveling in their new Honda Odyssey that was hand delivered to them through a tender mercy that Heavenly Father arranged just for them!

Have a great evening!  I'm off to bed!