A Day Off

Doug decided a few weeks ago to take today off from work.  He didn't have any specific plans, but thought it would be a good day for a break.  Once he saw all of the items that I had pulled out of storage and organized this past week, he decided instead that today would be the perfect time to begin parting ways with some of our treasurers.  Thus, today the first item on our agenda was to visit Newcomer Jeweler in Nappanee.  Doug had talked to them earlier in the week and they were interested in several pieces of jewelry that we had found.  It took about an hour to sort through all of them, but once they did we had a lot more information on the majority of the pieces, had found a few to sell, and left two to be appraised.  We felt really good about it.

Our next stop was Nunemaker Coin Shop in Mishawaka.  While I was sorting through my jewelry chest, I found some coins that Jeanette had given to Brett, Cal, Meg and Cam.  They were definitely interesting with some Benjamin Franklin and Eisenhower dollars, Kennedy half dollars and wheat pennies.  Nunemakers was interested in them and soon the Heinisch children had $140 to split between the four of them instead of their face value amount of $60.  They were all happy to hear that.  While we were there, Doug also sold them some silver that we had had in our possession for years.  He also got to catch up with Alan Nunemaker, one of LaMarr's long time friends.  We hadn't seen him since the Lakins' family was last here five years ago. 

Lunch was next on the agenda as we stopped at Evil Czech for tacos.  They definitely have the best around and we enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere.  Next, Doug found a pair of tennis shoes at Shoe Carnival before we left for Goshen.  We had just enough time to drop off Meg's paperwork at the breast cancer doctor before getting flu shots.  Our last stop of the day was Walmart to buy snacks and drinks for tomorrow's tennis tournament.

It wasn't all work today as we still had time to take a walk on the WACF, play Ticket to Ride this afternoon and have a bonfire tonight.  At the end of the day, Doug looked at me and said, "After today's activities, I think that we might officially be old."  I had to agree, it definitely felt more like the day in the life of a retiree.  Either way, we still had a lot of fun and ended up with $800 more than we started with this morning.