Mayo

Well we leave to take Allison to Mayo clinic in the morning. We have to be there by noon. We are really hoping to find some answers to her condition. I have heard wonderful things about the hospital there. Please pray for Allison. Thanks.

Beautiful Fall Day!!

Good morning! This is my favorite type of day; the clearest bluest sky with the changing color leaves set against it and clean crisp air. I took a little walk last night after dark. Truth be known I had to go out on the sidewalk to see how cute my screen porch looked with the big round light and hanging candles lit, and decided it was so nice I should take a walk. That was while I was waiting for Greg to get back. Hey at least I made the best of it instead of getting irritated. Anyway it was refreshing and I was reminded that I need to step out of my normal routine more often. I realized how often I get stuck in a certain mind set of living. It seems like I limit myself without even knowing it. Not is big ways but small ones. Small routines that keep my days on a kind of treadmill of living. And since it seems to work and life is easy I don't venture off and really experience life. So I have decided each day I am going to do something out of the ordinary, even if it is just a very small thing. I don't know what it will be today, but I resolve to do it. LIFE IS SHORT! I challenge anyone reading this to do the same and let me know what happens. Take the time, each moment is only spent once, then it is gone forever!

Another wasted day

Yes, today was one of those days that really we wait all year for. I had plans and plans and more plans for all I was going to get done today. And guess what? Only about 10% of what I had planned actually got accomplished. But hey, I spent as much of it outside as I could, even if an hour of it was leaning against the side of the pickup, shooting the bull with the boys from Dell Rapids Chevrolet Pontiac. I stopped in to pay my bill and sales were slow so it was a)hard to get away or b)easy to stay, depending on your viewpoint. I prefer easy to stay, so I did. Anyway, from there it was a date with the lawn grooming eqiupment since they hadn't seen the light of day for awhile. The hurricanes must've forced rain up here from the Gulf cause it seems like a long time since I've seen the sun. Mowing the lawn was enjoyable, just to be outside. Once I was done here, it was off to Garretson to do lawn work on the house we bought at auction this spring. It'd been awhile since I'd been there and the lawn showed it. I rounded the corner of the house on the mower and what the??? Ahuge branch, nay, half the tree had fallen on top of the garage. Wow. That's another full day cutting that up and hauling it out, time spent I hadn't anticipated. The clever neighbor next door hollered over and asked if I knew where he could find some fire-wood. I wanted to suggest he start burning his shack that passes for his house, but wisely kept my council to myself. At 6:35 I bailed off the mower and raced back to Dells with my little trailer full of grass in tow, to show a house at 7 pm to this young client I'm working with. He wanted to show his folks and I don't blame him but I hadn't planned on cutting it this close. Screech to a halt in front of the door with grass clipping flying at 7:01 and sure enough, they're waiting. Being late for appointments is kind of my pet peeve. I don't like it and I was mad at myself for cutting it so close, but why is it, whenever I'm late the other party is always early? Frustrating! An hour and a half later they left, reassured that their young cherub was in capable hands. I'm finally able to answer just about any of the FAQ. There is so much to this business you will never learn from a book. It will only be learned from doing it, again and again. Or from screwing up so badly it's seared into your memory. Fortunately, I've managed to avoid looking too incompetant, at least I hope so. Driving home from the showing, all I can think about is FOOD. I walk in the door and what do I smell? Candles. Jeannie has decided to have another seance and has decided to fast, as well. When she suggests the late movie, I readily agree to hot buttered popcorn for supper. The movie was "Cellular" and I highly recommend it. 2 thumbs up, 4 stars, whatever. Well, maybe not 4 stars but it was pretty darn good. I won't give away the plot but anything with Kim Bassinger, William H. Macy and Jessica Beil (that doesn't look right, Beal maybe) the girl from Seventh Heaven anyhow, has got to be OK. AND, I am making a prediction right here and now. Tom Cruise, you're history, Brad Pitt, slide over cause CHRIS EVANS is gonna eat your lunch from here on out. Remember you heard it here first.

The time is right

Well this is exciting for me to make my first entry on our blog. I guess that is an indication of the excitement level of my life. Today I've been busy selling tickets to a style show for a benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Judy Dearduff is putting it on in Memory of Cole. I hope there is a big turnout. Another exciting event coming up is the Women For Thune rally we are hosting at our house. It is scheduled for October 20th. We had John Thune at our house to meet the graduating seniors early this year, so I'm looking forward to another event to try to gain some votes for him. If we can gain more women votes and new young voters I think he will win in Minnehaha county.

Life at our house is quiet these days. It isn't so bad though. I just have to adjust and find some new interests. So in a way it is kind of exciting. It is a new phase. And we're young enough to do whatever we want to. A couple of weeks ago we took the motorcycle up to Olivia, MN to watch our nephew, Ben play football. We spent the night in a tent, Greg's folks were there with us. The next day we left to go see the Amish colony in SE Minnesota. We rode for hours!!!! By the time we got there everything was closed and we were five hours from home so we started back. We spent the night at Blue Earth at the fair grounds. Then Sunday morning we set off for home. We put on 650 miles in two days.

Ok, that is all for my first entry. Please comment if you have a minute.

Welcome to my world!

Good afternoon and thanks for stopping by our blog. Thanks to Allison for suggesting it and to Wyatt for setting it up. I'm quite certain I don't have as interesting a life as my children do but blogs seem like a good way to touch base with a lot of people. An impersonal way? Perhaps. But who has time (or is willing to make the time) to touch base with all the friends and relatives on a regular basis? So here we go, my awkward attempt to ride the wave of digital technology.

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

First post.

So, Mom and Dad, this is your blog. You post blogs by logging in at http://www.blogger.com (I will tell you your username and password, Mom - Dad, you will need to set yours up yourself by checking your email and following the directions they give you).

You can do formatting stuff like bold, italics, different font colors,

Block quotes, which can be fun (and have a nice graphic with them on the page

or you can link to other pages, like mine.

I'll show you how to do all this stuff if you need help. Good luck.