Thursday Update

The weekend is almost here, hang in there. This weekend is the Swamp Fox Festival. Not sure if I will work Saturday if offered. It would be the first Swamp Fox Parade I would have missed since we moved to Marion. It probably depends on what the chances of rain are.

Yesterday we got the disc with the wedding photos Ashley took. We looked at quite a few of them. They are very good. We already see some of the ones we want to get in print.

Wanda stopped by last night to pick up the chili that she forgot to take on Sunday. I'm sure she enjoyed her supper last night. Everyone loves Doug's chili.

Don't take your pet to his vet

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Tuesday Update

Bad day at work yesterday. Only 2 phone people showed up to work, myself and one other. The supervisor & QA had to help out. Hope today is better. We are also supposed to be learning a new email system. It has a lot to be improved upon.

We had pork steak for supper. Mao really enjoyed it, but there was a bit too much garlic season on it for him. That only bothered him until he saw we had ice cream.

Monday Update

We had the first soup of the season yesterday, chili! It was very good, I had 2 bowls and a chili dog. I may pay for all of that today though.Wanda also brought a very good Mexican dip and chips and cupcakes for dessert.

The dining room floor is almost finished. Doug just needs to do some touch up near the door. It looks very nice. I will have Doug take some pictures for those who are not here to see it right away.

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I think this cat is so happy because it has a Hello Kitty bed to rest on.

Friday Update

Happy Friday everyone. Not much to blog today. I'm back on phones at work. The emails still need to get done, they just don't have anyone working on them full time. Doesn't make sense to me. There will be even more angry customers now. I guess that's why they need me on the phones.

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Thursday Update

Crazy day at work yesterday. Our office is now officially down to six people. But guess what. OT will be back possibly as soon as tomorrow.

Ashley was supposed to start classes yesterday. After spending over an hour in traffic because of two accidents (imagine that), there was a note on the classroom door, "No class". At least she wasn't late the first day.

Wednesday Update

Back to work today. It was a very fun extended weekend though. And now I only have a three day work week. Yeah!! Mao is not going to be happy this morning.

Mao in the huge box John Howe sent the computer stuff in.

Bazinga!

Tuesday Update

We are back from our trip to Minnesota. We had a great time in The Cities with Ashley & Paul. We did lots of talking and driving around. We stayed at The Radisson in Plymouth. The room was great, but I would not recommend it for convenience of bringing in your luggage. No matter which entrance you used it was a long walk to the room. On Saturday night we ended up eating at Jake O'Connors Public House. It took us lots of driving around and a few hours to decide on this one. We should have just listened to Ash & Paul in the first place. They were right the food was fantastic!

There were a few running jokes all weekend, which really made it fun. I'm sure I'm a bit healthier from all of the laughing.

On Sunday morning we took a scary ride on the freeway to Ikea and picked up a few more things than we had planned. But, that's what happens when we go to Ikea. We decided to eat something when we first got there, because no one had breakfast yet. The cafeteria line was way too long, so we bought a six-pack of cinnamon rolls, coffee and milk. While we were sitting at a table, some people walked by and one of the women said, "I wish I was part of your family!"

Later in the afternoon we visited Roger and his family. Roger took us, Ashley and Paul on a grand tour of Coon Rapids. I got to see all of the old places that mean so much to them. Both Doug and Roger were having a great time reminiscing about the old days. We also stopped by Doug's niece Nicole's new house and meet her husband and beautiful children. Randy was also there, so they all went over to Roger's house. We then went to the grocery store and bought steaks and stuff. We got back to the house and Roger put us in charge of supper. Doug grilled and Ashley and I worked on the salad. We spent the rest of the night talking, watching Luke's dance recital and fighting off Minnesota mosquitos.

Monday morning we had breakfast, coffee and iced tea at Caribou Coffee. We said our goodbyes to Paul and Ashley and then we headed to Eldora. We got there around 4. Diedre and Thomas made us a delicious meal. I raided the garden and we talked for a bit. Then we headed home to see Chloe and Mao. It was a very nice vacation, even if it wasn't long enough.

Friday Update

We had a nice supper with Ross last night. Unfortunately, Chloe had to go to work and could not eat with us. We had egg, Canadian bacon and cheese muffins. Better than any Egg McMuffin you can buy. Ross stayed a while and watched all the latest episode of the new Kids in the Hall show Death Comes to Town. I love that show, it is hilarious.

Three day weekend coming up. I'm excited!

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Thursday Update

Today I am posting from the Linux computer. Last night just after I went to bed, Doug said the main computer died. It won't turn on. I'm not sure what is going on there. It seems like there is always something when dealing with computers.

Two days until the long Labor Day weekend. I hope everyone has great plans!