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Well after being gone since October- I am finally home!  


The 4th couple had their baby in the middle of the night on Saturday-which meant that I could come home!  This is the couple that wanted to do an un-assisted birth, and it is also the couple of the gentleman that fixed my computer!


 The final, (5th) couple is still pregnant (as far as I know) but that leaves just them-- so I am really not needed to wait there.  


That is the couple that the LORD told me wold be the last couple to deliver anyway, they live where those photos I posted with the cute log buildings, log cabin, and split rail fence is located.  It is prob best they are the final couple since the cell phone service out there is basically-none.  That would mean that it would be hard for others (if they were still pregnant) to reach the midwife.  So the LORD worked it all out great.  But doesn't HE always?!


I figured that the one couple had delivered Saturday night, as I heard the doors open and shut in the house in the early morning...

So when I was up in the morning, after showering, and packing mostly out of faith-then I went down stairs and the midwives husband confirmed -telling me that my hostess had said to tell me they had the baby-I was so excited and said "that means I get to go home!"


I ate breakfast as fast as I could and packed and left.  I was on the road just before 9 am.  I was probably acting a bit hurried to the couple that I had stayed with, but I knew it was a long drive, and the sooner I was on the road the better...

this is the 'fountain' as you enter/leave the city..in the river...I think it needs some improvement...  :)   I think I "know" who to suggest that to!  :)

Here are some photos of the view from an area that I really like that is just north of the city-although if we would move there, being just south of the city would prob be better... But I like this area better!

the photo does not do the view justice...it is much more beautiful in person!

love the 'layered' look!  

So away I went.  I did a different route on the way home, went north thru Virginia, then into West Virginia, then into Maryland, back into West Virginia, Into Pennsylvania, and back into West Virginia -then into Ohio and finally into Indiana.  You can look on a map if that confuses you!  It would be good for kids to see (it is the one area where you enter and exit a state 3 times on a route!)

did not get the first two welcome signs for west virginia, but here it the third
time I entered the state-the sign is a bit blurry!

The welcome sign for Ohio, is still too far away in this photo...but it shows the bridge.  Ohio has a river that runs along the bottom of the state (check out a map if you want to see)

 I kept driving-figured I would get home about midnight-and that is when I pulled in!  I spoke with Scott when I stopped for lunch/supper about 3 pm in West Virginia somewhere on the first time I entered that state (I think), and he said 'stay at a hotel if you need to'-but you know me, old cheepo-I hate spending that money when I could spend it on something else!

I figured if I got tired I could just pull over for a while-and midnight is not that late really, it is just a  long day driving that is all!  But when I knew I could come home-I was determined to just get here!

I drove thru an area where they say they keep having these strange lights appear!  :)

I did stop a number of times to just walk a bit, which accounted for a longer drive (added a bout an hour and a half) but that is important to prevent blood clots in the legs.  I figured that an extra hour or so is worth my life! 

the great sunset as I was driving...

Also while driving you need to move your legs a lot, put the auto on cruse and move your lets like your marching, or stomp the feet....a bit...that helps too!  Even you younger people who are reading this-just because your young does not mean you could not end up with a blood clot easily!  AND it is not just the driver who is at risk!  It is everyone! 

(CB who is going to Florida) So when your on a long drive -

1.  stop often and walk around a bit

2.  move your legs a lot while in the auto...enough to annoy others even!

Now to unpack...a lot of stuff to carry in first- and then I need to go get groceries- and I think I will surprise hubby with a special meal-he says he misses my cooking.  On the other hand, I really do not want to cook today-I just want to do nothing.  Driving straight thru to places -any more -a the older I get- wears me out a lot!  

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Ireena

Look!  more of those strange lights!