happenings

It has been awhile and I should do this as things happen, but we all know how that goes. Anyway, My husband, Gary and I enjoy to take walks down our trail to the back woods. Our 4 dogs also like to go. Well, on this journey back to the woods, the dogs got up a goose that was nesting in the bank by the creek. Do you think the goose would fly? No, it just kept swimming up and down the river and who do you suppose chased it by swimming behind it all the way up and down the river? Yes, our dogs. First it was Buck, our yellow lab male, then it was Ginger, our chocolate lab female. They swam for over an hour, which put a damper on our walk through the woods. Gary went back with the 4 wheeler and got the dogs back after dark.

On Monday night, we came home from our jobs and found the house to be a bit chilly. Now, we know it has been cold, and we tried to turn the heat down, but had turned it back up last weekend. Anyway, Gary went to work trouble shooting the furnace, while I made supper. We have had previous trouble with the furnace this past winter, so we thought it was something again. I brought up the protable electric heater to help us stay warm. We ate, did dishes, and Gary made a fire and then we were ready to take showers when I stepped in the shower and let out a scream! We had no hot water. So now we found out that both the furnace and water heater were out. It took us awhile, but we couldn't believe they had let us run out of gas! So Gary checked and sure enough the tank was empty. So I called the after hours number and we had gas delivered. By then the girls had washed up with cold water and the house had warmed a little with the fire. We are certainly hoping the weather gets better sooooon!

The girls are getting excited for summer vacation (I'm not sure what they plan to do), but I am pumping out several reports and end of the year meetings almost everyother day. Sometimes I feel like I am running a marathon! The car washes have been busy, but slightly slower with the lousy weather.

what next?

We had a nice anniversary dinner last night and relaxed at home. When we woke up in the morning to let the dogs out, we found that one of them would not get up. Champ, our oldest dog, has been battling some stomach difficulties - we are thinking cancer. So we had put him on some pill to reduce inflamation and it was working until last night. Instead of going to Gary's brother's place for dinner, we stayed home with our dog for the day. We thought this was it, but his strong will kept him around another day for us. We will see what tomorrow brings.

The girls have MCA (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments) this week again. They are not very excited about them. They also have dental appointments and next Monday, Sammy gets her braces! She is looking forward to this! For what reason, I am not sure, but we'll see how it goes next week.

Gary and I have off tomorrow to help put a new wash into the Blooming Prairie car wash. It will include a pass with Rainex. This will be the only wash in the area to have it. We hope it is a big hit!!!

special times

This weekend brings special thoughts for me. Today was my mom's birthday, and Sunday is our wedding anniversary. 23 years! Wow, how time flies. Today when I got home from school, I was surprised with a flowering plant and a 2 CD set of light rock music from the 70's. How very thoughtful of my loving husband. I just thought a nice dinner out would be sufficient! I will try to post a picture of the plant. This will be my first attempt.
Sunday we plan to have dinner with my sister in-law and brother in-law. Maybe we can have our night out on Saturday.

Weekend rest

Well, the weekend started off by being very rainy, cold and windy. Other than our shingles coming off, things remained somewhat stable. So, we decided to take a break and head to a motel for a little respite. As we were getting ready, Mary had complained of a headache, so I gave her Ibuprofin. Usually tylenol makes her sick. Well, I guess Ibuprofin does the same thing, because as we were ready to leave, Mary got sick. We went anyway and after she vomited a couple times, she was hungry and wanted to go swimming. She was fine the rest of the night. The girls enjoyed the pool while Gary and I relaxed with our reading materials. It was not as "fun" as we expected. There were not many kids the same age for the girls to play with and our bed was not at all comfortable. I, who usually can sleep anywhere, was up from 1-4am and then awake again at 7:00 am. We had asked for a poolside room, but found that the room was not as poolside as we had anticipated. There was parties going on all night, loud voices and running down the halls till the wee hours. We came back Sunday and "rested" back at home. Anyone have experience with the tylenol/ibuprofin thing? Maybe Mary's stomach is just very sensitive.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!!!

We got home around 5:00 pm and found multiple shingles from our roof laying in the yard. We just had a new roof put on about 5 years ago! Now what??!?? And of course it was friends of our that do roofing on the side who roofed for us, so there is no company to call back. We are in the middle of 40+mph winds and more rain to come. What is a person to do? We have tarps up and insurance called and someone to come give us an estimate, but what about NOW!!!!