Monday Update

Monday once again. I don't have much to say this morning. Yesterday was a beautiful day, a little warm, but beautiful anyway. Our pork steak bar-b-que was excellent. Everything was so good. We had a surprise visit from Mary. She brought some very delicious meat wraps. Johnny also showed up to see everyones reaction to his cheese cake. He makes the best cheese cake. By the time it was dark everyone was gone except for Wanda. We decided to have a fire. It was a very spectacular fire at that. It was kind of like a flame thrower for a while. We even had to move the grill farther away because we thought the side boards were going to catch fire. It was a good time.

Sunday Update

It is going to be another nice day. The sun is shining! Yesterday I spent the morning weeding the garden area and picking up more tree bark in the front yard. I think the owl knocks off bark everytime he takes off out of our tree. I also think he did a 'dirty bird' on my van. I have to wash the van today. In the afternoon Doug helped me start up the mower for the first time this season. And then I mowed the yard. I think it looks very nice. Today I am going to spread the weed & feed on the lawn. I also am going to make potato salad for supper tonight. Wanda plans on bringing a banana cake and muskmellon. Yummy.......

Saturday Update

We finally have sunshine. This should be a busy weekend. I have yard and garden work to do. Yesterday Tommy and I went to Menards and picked up some weed and feed for the yard. I will probably spread that over the yard later today. I need to get the weeds pulled out of the garden so I can put down the mulch. I also have some squash and eggplant seeds that I plan to get started. And of course I have all of the usual weekend things to do, laundry, house cleaning, etc.

Friday Update

It's finally Friday. Friday is good because it is the last work day of the week. But it is bad because that means Thomas will be leaving back to school today or tomorrow. He has to work at the HD this weekend , so he has to go back early. Yesterday Thomas bought a bookcase to put all of his textbooks in. He had to put it together himself. I really hope the sun comes out today. I would like to be able to mow the lawn this weekend.

Thursday Update

I'm kind of tired and I don't have much to say. I still need sunshine. The steaks we had last night were very good despite the fact that it was raining too hard to grill them outside. I think I had too many onions and peppers on the side though. I had a bad tummy ache before I went to bed last night. The tummy ache kept me awake until around 11, that is why I am feeling tired. Last night they did not kick anyone off on Idol. It was a charity show and they said it wasn't right to send someone home on a charity show. They will add this weeks votes to next week and then the bottom two will be sent home. I hope it will be Lakesha and Chris.

Wednesday Update

I'm back.... Not much to write about though. It has been rather gloomy around here the last few days. I need sunshine! I can't wait for work to end today because we are having steaks ala Thomas tonight. I don't want it to rain tonight. Rain makes it tough to grill. mao is such a cute boy. Right now he is sleeping in the chair next to the desk with his right paw covering his eyes and his left paw is in the air. I guess it's too early for him.

Sunday Update

Yesterday was a good day. We got the Tool tickets!! Can't wait for June 19th. I cleaned up some more sticks from the front yard and cleared the branches and sticks from the garden area. Ashley stopped by for a short visit after she got off work at 3 and then I went grocery shopping. Chloe had planned to go to waterloo to spend the night with her friend Laura. Unfortunately, about halfway there she had a flat and had to change it and turn around and come home. She had supper with us and then we watched the movie Hoodwinked. Supper was Turkey Spaghetti and salad, it was very good. This morning I plan to clean up the leaves from the garden and patio.

Saturday Update

We now have the desk, coffee table, end table and 3 of the chairs that I purchased from work. Everything looks great in the house. It was very nice having Thomas here to help with the moving of the desk, it's a heavy one. This morning we are going to buy the Tool tickets! We found out that Hy Vee is no longer a TicketMaster outlet. Younkers is though. Seeing Tool is going to be quite the experience. I finally found where to buy a Roaming Gnome statue; see the Gnome Watch link on my blog. Mothers Day is coming up you know, hint, hint.

Friday Update

All of the kids were here last night. Thomas came home shortly after I got off work and Ashley came home after she got off work at 8. Speaking of kids, Jessica had her baby yesterday. Johnny said he is 10 lb. 3 oz. and they named him Aston Michael. He has a full head of hair. Mother and baby are both fine.

Thursday Update

Yeah, Sanjaya was finally voted off from Idol. I am so glad that America was not stupid enough to keep him around another week. We also watched the new show called 'Thank God You're Here'. There is usually one person who really stands out from the rest on this show. Not everyone is good at improv. I don't have anything else this morning, so have a good day everyone.....

Wednesday Update

Wednesday at last! This week is really dragging on at work. Yesterday felt like it should be Thursday or Friday. Uugh! Not much has been happening to write about. We are going to get a new desk for our computer. They are selling them at work. It will be nice to have an actual desk instead of a table. Last night Idol had a country music theme. Melinda, Blake and Jordin were our top favorites again. I really want Sanjaya and Chris voted off.

Tuesday Update

I can't think of much to say this morning. I feel bad for the families of the students and professors that were killed and wounded at Virginia Tech yesterday. It is too bad that gun laws are not tougher.

Monday Update

It's Monday again already. I'm not really looking forward to work. It's probably going to be another nice day and I would rather be working in the yard or something. The soups were very good yesterday. Sloppy Taco Soup was a new one for us. It tastes like you are eating a very good taco.

Sunday Update

It is feeling more Spring like outside. Yesterday was not too bad, I even went outside and did some work in the front yard. There is lots of small branches, sticks and bark all over the yard. I picked up quite a bit but there is still a lot to do. I also need to find time to get started on the garden. Mark brought us mulch last weekend that needs to get worked into the soil.

Thomas called me this morning and says he has to work all next weekend. His break starts on Thursday and he plans to come here and bring a load of his things from school home with him. Then he will go back and stay with Diedre for the weekend. It's hard to believe it is already time for him to start moving back home.

Tool

U.S. Cellular Center

Tuesday, June 19, 8:00 p.m.

General Admission Tickets: $49.50

Tickets will be available Saturday, April 21, 10:00 AM at the U.S. Cellular Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, on line at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at (319) 363-1888.

Saturday Update

I am excited, Tool is coming to the US Cellular Center on June 19. The whole family is planning to attend. I haven't been to a real concert in many, many years. Okay, now I don't have anything else to say that can top that.

1991 Green Jello
	1992 Rollins Band
	1995 Primus

The Terrace with The Flaming Lips and Failure in 1994	The Strand Theater with Psychotica circa 1996	Columbiahalle in Berlin in 2001

Red Rocks Amphitheatre with King Crimson in 2001
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion with Tricky in 2001	First Union Spectrum with Meshuggah in 2002	US Cellular Arena with Tomahawk in 2002

Thursday Update

Enough cold weather and snow. I am ready for Spring to come back before all the flowers die. Yesterday was very busy at work as we took on even more tasks. We were short handed because a few people were gone. June and I had to take school customer service phone calls, answer consumer and schools emails, plus do our regular work. At least the time seems to go by a little quicker.

Last night Haley was voted off American Idol. The bottom three were Phil, Haley and Chris. I was really wishing that Chris would go last night. Maybe next week. Sanjaya really needs to go too.

Wednesday Update

I don't have much to write about this morning. All the kids are back to school. Chloe has three weeks left. Ashley has about seven weeks left. And Thomas has a week and a half until he comes home for another break before leaving to Oregan. This school year is going by very quickly.

Tuesday Update

Back to work. Work, work, work.

This is pretty cool, check it out.

http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/zoomquilt2.swf