.... I hope!
I look outside and I see the 16 inches of snow on the ground, and cringe! It's white, it's wet, it's moisture we don't need right now. I pray for my brother's home. I pray that what we did on Sunday is enough to protect the homes in Adrian.
There are all kinds of thoughts thrown out on an hourly basis: 1) There isn't that much water content in the snow 2) Snow is better than rain 3) I hope we don't get a fast warm-up 4) We haven't seen the last of it yet 5) Let's hope we have a traditional ND spring... 6) Shit!!!! (That's my personal favorite by the way!)
No matter which way you look at it, we've been in the grip of winter for 5 months now, and we're all tired of it. You can see the look of despair on any given pair of eyes. We're hearty souls and can take most anything thrown at us, but really...this is too much!
I'm here, once more, staying at my sister's house. She has been truly wonderful, yet again. I've spent more time at her home than I have my own. My hubster is trying desperately to get ready for calving season. I don't know where he's going to put the 400+ calves, as our calving pastures were pure mud BEFORE this last round of weather..... can't imagine that things have improved all that much. I didn't talk to him tonight, simply because I don't know that my psyche could take any more doom and gloom. He's doing the best he can do, I know that...I just need to have my mind in a better place in order to be supportive of him...and right now, I'm just a smidgen on the depressed side of things.
Blaine was over for supper tonight. We had a good ole German supper: Deer sausage, BBQ beans, and sauerkraut! Yum! Blaine wasn't shy at all and managed to eat himself silly. It's almost comical to watch him dive in to his plate of food. He works tomorrow at 7am to 3pm. Either Peg or I will get him to work. It's always fun to start the day out with a dose of Blainer! Ha! I've said it many times...you can't have a bad day when he's around.
Sometimes I look at him and wonder what goes through his mind. What does he think - really think - about his job, his family, he life, future, etc. He gets frustrated and spouts off about things, and sometimes we (me, Peggy, and his parents) try to settle him down by diminishing the subject or offering him different points of view. But, isn't he entitled to his own opinion and thoughts? It's those times that I feel for him.....and want to say, "it's OK Blaine, you have a right to feel the way you feel" and just wrap him in my arms and give him the biggest hug that I can give him. I hope he knows how much I (we) love him and how the world is a much better place because he is in it.
I really don't have a whole lot of news to tell. I am saying prayers for all those battling water/flood conditions. For the rest of us, I pray for peace of mind and strength. Oh yeah....and SPRING!!!
Well, tomorrow is another day - a chance to make a fresh start of things. Pull myself up by the bootstraps and plaster a smile on my face and say (with as much heartfelt emotion as I can muster) "This, too, shall pass!."
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
A Reprieve
Thank goodness for cold weather - sort of. The river is slowing down (frozen) and the water has receded from my brother's home. A HUGE sigh of relief.
For those of you sending your concern via email - we are doing alright and I thank you for your prayers and thoughts. It is truely appreciated and brings a smile to my face to read your email.
My brother is cautiously optimistic that things will level out, however - as we all know, that which is frozen must unthaw at some point. The Corps was touring my brother's area on Friday, after he expressed strong concern about their intent to release water from the two dams which will directly affect the homes downstream (including my brother's). At least they are willing to listen and take in to consideration the flood-weary folk who just do not want to lose their homes.
I'm going to head back to my brother's on Sunday to do some more prepatory sandbagging, just in case he needs to lay another layer. If he needs them, they'll already be filled and ready to go.
Fargo is in a holding pattern also. The river hasn't hit the 41 ft crest yet (40.84 ft) due to the cold temperatures and freezing water. As stated before however, that which freezes, must unthaw at some point.
We are expecting another major storm to hit the state on Sunday/Monday/Tuesday. They're predicting the main track of the storm to hit SD, however they're still saying that we could get upwards to 8 inches of snow. Fabulous! Just what we want and need in a flood fighting efforts.
My prayers go out to everyone who is battling the elements to protect their homes. I know countless people joining the sandbagging efforts in Fargo, Jamestown, Bismarck, etc - pretty much every city has issues right now.
The good folk of ND have hearty souls and we don't go down without a fight!
Until Later,
For those of you sending your concern via email - we are doing alright and I thank you for your prayers and thoughts. It is truely appreciated and brings a smile to my face to read your email.
My brother is cautiously optimistic that things will level out, however - as we all know, that which is frozen must unthaw at some point. The Corps was touring my brother's area on Friday, after he expressed strong concern about their intent to release water from the two dams which will directly affect the homes downstream (including my brother's). At least they are willing to listen and take in to consideration the flood-weary folk who just do not want to lose their homes.
I'm going to head back to my brother's on Sunday to do some more prepatory sandbagging, just in case he needs to lay another layer. If he needs them, they'll already be filled and ready to go.
Fargo is in a holding pattern also. The river hasn't hit the 41 ft crest yet (40.84 ft) due to the cold temperatures and freezing water. As stated before however, that which freezes, must unthaw at some point.
We are expecting another major storm to hit the state on Sunday/Monday/Tuesday. They're predicting the main track of the storm to hit SD, however they're still saying that we could get upwards to 8 inches of snow. Fabulous! Just what we want and need in a flood fighting efforts.
My prayers go out to everyone who is battling the elements to protect their homes. I know countless people joining the sandbagging efforts in Fargo, Jamestown, Bismarck, etc - pretty much every city has issues right now.
The good folk of ND have hearty souls and we don't go down without a fight!
Until Later,
Friday, March 27, 2009
Party
This was sent to me by one of my "yoga buddies" on Thursday morning. I was so frazzled and stressed, but when I opened her email and read it, I laughed so hard! I felt a little better and emailed her to tell her that her particular sense of humor was exactly what I needed. I'm going to share it with you, in hopes that it will lift your spirits also.
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There will be a party at my house on Saturday at 6pm in celebration of Spring.
Please RSVP your intent to attend.
Activities to include croquet tournament in the backyard.
BYO hairdryer and extention cord.
When we have located Spring the festivities will commence.
Hope to see you all there!
Georgia
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There will be a party at my house on Saturday at 6pm in celebration of Spring.
Please RSVP your intent to attend.
Activities to include croquet tournament in the backyard.
BYO hairdryer and extention cord.
When we have located Spring the festivities will commence.
Hope to see you all there!
Georgia
Insane
We managed to hold off the water on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. It was pretty scary though. We laid another row of sandbags at approximately 11:00 pm (in the dark, in the rain/snow). The water was rising rapidly at about ¾ of an inch every ½ hr. Insane! At that point, we had done everything that we could do. After several phone calls to my brother in Germany, we made the conscious decision to leave the house and climb to higher, safer ground. During daylight hours it was scary, but by darkness it was downright frightening. We couldn' see what was coming at us.
We waded out of there in 2 ft of icy water and a snow storm – saying prayers that when we returned the next morning, the main floor would be dry. Sleep didn’t come easily to any of us. We bunked down in the office of the local elevator – which was the communities flood control center.
Marna and I made the decision to go back to the house early the next morning to check on how it fared the night. We again waded through 2ft to water/ice and we were much relieved to find the main floor dry. The water had not risen much more during the night, slowed by the freezing temperature. Praise God!
To my dismay however was the fact that there was water seepage through the sandbags in the garage. The water was 5 inches from getting inside the mechanical room and up to the last step up in to the main floor of the house. We didn’t have any more sandbags with which to work with and even if we did, the sand we had was frozen and surrounded by 2 ft of water. We had to leave and head back to the elevator to call in reinforcements. Bless the friends and neighbors.
One young man, Lucas, had his basement full of water which was within an inch of flooding the main floor. Yet he was there helping us out and spearheading the flood fight in the community. When the water went over the road and flooded his house he said, “my place may be gone, but maybe it will help save three other homes.” I choked up on that one. Another neighbor lent us a brand new sump-pump that he had on order (and had just arrived in town) to pump out the water from the newly sandbagged area by the mechanical room. That’s the northern mentality for you – neighbors helping neighbors. No questions asked other than, “what do you need” or “what can I do to help you.”
There wasn't much else to do other than pray - which we all did.
As of today, the cold weather has slowed down the flow of water. The water is receding from around my brother's home - which we are all thankful for. However, with the cold weather comes another thaw. And with that thaw, comes more overland flooding and the potential for ice jams on the rivers and streams. The corps is starting water releases from the two dams surrounding our city - which of course means that the river levels will be rising downstream. Great, just great! We dodged a bullet on Tuesday and Wednesday, but it isn't over by a long stretch.
Fargo just received word that the dike system they built to handle a 41ft crest will probably not protect them - as they updated the crest levels to 43ft. Evacuations are being ordered for areas of Fargo as the dikes will almost certainly fail.
I've never heard of this being done, but the President has declared the whole state a disaster area. Un-flipping-believable. Insane!
This winter/spring will go down as one of the worst in history - certainly rivaling that of 66/67, 69, 79, and 97.
Say our prayers people - and strap yourselves in, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
We waded out of there in 2 ft of icy water and a snow storm – saying prayers that when we returned the next morning, the main floor would be dry. Sleep didn’t come easily to any of us. We bunked down in the office of the local elevator – which was the communities flood control center.
Marna and I made the decision to go back to the house early the next morning to check on how it fared the night. We again waded through 2ft to water/ice and we were much relieved to find the main floor dry. The water had not risen much more during the night, slowed by the freezing temperature. Praise God!
To my dismay however was the fact that there was water seepage through the sandbags in the garage. The water was 5 inches from getting inside the mechanical room and up to the last step up in to the main floor of the house. We didn’t have any more sandbags with which to work with and even if we did, the sand we had was frozen and surrounded by 2 ft of water. We had to leave and head back to the elevator to call in reinforcements. Bless the friends and neighbors.
One young man, Lucas, had his basement full of water which was within an inch of flooding the main floor. Yet he was there helping us out and spearheading the flood fight in the community. When the water went over the road and flooded his house he said, “my place may be gone, but maybe it will help save three other homes.” I choked up on that one. Another neighbor lent us a brand new sump-pump that he had on order (and had just arrived in town) to pump out the water from the newly sandbagged area by the mechanical room. That’s the northern mentality for you – neighbors helping neighbors. No questions asked other than, “what do you need” or “what can I do to help you.”
There wasn't much else to do other than pray - which we all did.
As of today, the cold weather has slowed down the flow of water. The water is receding from around my brother's home - which we are all thankful for. However, with the cold weather comes another thaw. And with that thaw, comes more overland flooding and the potential for ice jams on the rivers and streams. The corps is starting water releases from the two dams surrounding our city - which of course means that the river levels will be rising downstream. Great, just great! We dodged a bullet on Tuesday and Wednesday, but it isn't over by a long stretch.
Fargo just received word that the dike system they built to handle a 41ft crest will probably not protect them - as they updated the crest levels to 43ft. Evacuations are being ordered for areas of Fargo as the dikes will almost certainly fail.
I've never heard of this being done, but the President has declared the whole state a disaster area. Un-flipping-believable. Insane!
This winter/spring will go down as one of the worst in history - certainly rivaling that of 66/67, 69, 79, and 97.
Say our prayers people - and strap yourselves in, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I hope it is enough......
Well, it has been a day and a half. We were in a holding pattern until around 11:00am - trying to decide if we should, or shouldn't sandbag. I was pushing for sandbagging as I'm all about being proactive rather than reactive.
We finally made the decision to go for it and started filling sandbags. We had about 200 filled when reinforcements arrived from Terry's worksite. Awesome people! My brother was calling every so often to see how we were doing and to check and make sure things were going alright. I felt so sorry for him when I spoke to him. He's in Germany on business and will not be home until Friday.
We filled 2000 bags and we have another 2000 (hopefully) on reserve. They are sitting at the local elevator - which is flood central for other residents of Adrian who are in the same boat.
I made a trip to Jamestown to pick up plugs for the toilets and drains. I'm making a mental note to make sure that I thank our good friend Neil for coming in to his plumbing shop after hours when he was helping a friend sandbag as well. Now, when I get back with these wonderful plugs (so the crude doesn't come up from the sewer) everyone left. I was kinda hoping that they would still be here ...cuz what do I do now??? I am not plumber at all.
I am going to try and go to work tomorrow albeit not at 7am (my normal time). Of course, it all depends on whether the water level has come up and if we need to lay another layer of bags on top of what we already have.
I'm tired, I'm sore, and nervouse. The water has about 2 ft to go until it hits the deck of the house.
i won't be getting a lot of sleep tonight - we'll be checking the river levels all night long I'm sorry.
Well, goodnight....for now.
We finally made the decision to go for it and started filling sandbags. We had about 200 filled when reinforcements arrived from Terry's worksite. Awesome people! My brother was calling every so often to see how we were doing and to check and make sure things were going alright. I felt so sorry for him when I spoke to him. He's in Germany on business and will not be home until Friday.
We filled 2000 bags and we have another 2000 (hopefully) on reserve. They are sitting at the local elevator - which is flood central for other residents of Adrian who are in the same boat.
I made a trip to Jamestown to pick up plugs for the toilets and drains. I'm making a mental note to make sure that I thank our good friend Neil for coming in to his plumbing shop after hours when he was helping a friend sandbag as well. Now, when I get back with these wonderful plugs (so the crude doesn't come up from the sewer) everyone left. I was kinda hoping that they would still be here ...cuz what do I do now??? I am not plumber at all.
I am going to try and go to work tomorrow albeit not at 7am (my normal time). Of course, it all depends on whether the water level has come up and if we need to lay another layer of bags on top of what we already have.
I'm tired, I'm sore, and nervouse. The water has about 2 ft to go until it hits the deck of the house.
i won't be getting a lot of sleep tonight - we'll be checking the river levels all night long I'm sorry.
Well, goodnight....for now.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
No Fail Potroast
Place 1 large beef roast in roasting pan.
Place 2 small beef roast in roasting pan.
Stick in oven, crank up the heat.
When small roast is burnt, the large roast is ready to eat!
MY kind of cooking instructions!
Place 2 small beef roast in roasting pan.
Stick in oven, crank up the heat.
When small roast is burnt, the large roast is ready to eat!
MY kind of cooking instructions!
Monday, March 16, 2009
Monday, Monday...
I made it through Monday! (Does happy dance here!).
I am typically alright with going to work on Mondays, but it seems that the longer the winter drags on, the less enthused I am about getting back in to the grind of another work week. I love my job, don't get me wrong...it's just that sometimes the people wear a little bit on my nerves. The COS said, "remember, thick skin." To which I promptly replied, "Give me a break! It's Monday....I'll develop thick skin tomorrow!" He wasn't amused. For that matter, neither was I. (shrugs)
At least the sun is shining and it was a toasty 45 today! Rock on! I have spring fever sooooo bad right now. It is in sight! IF we can manage to escape any snowstorms or rainstorms in the next three weeks, I think we'll be home free! I am choosing to ignore the peeps that say that there is another major storm headed our direction. I want to know how the bleepin heck they can predict where it's going to land when it is still out in the ocean?? Nope...I'm stickin to my guns...Spring is Here!
Some interesting news - and a dilemma for one of my nieces. NDSU is playing KU on Friday. My niece Karen received her Masters from KU. Karen, Joan, AND Matt graduated from NDSU. Hmmmmm. ~L~ I texted Karen (yes! I KNOW HOW TO TEXT! Sheeeesh!) last night to see who she was going to cheer for. She replied, "me and Mom are going to cheer for KU, Joan and Matt are going for NDSU. You can cheer 1/2 and 1/2." Absolutely! GO ND/KU!! I spoke with Peg today and she said that she was taking Friday off to watch the game. I KNOW better than to call her, stop over, or even attempt to interrupt her during a KU game - let alone one that has KU and ND playing each other. Nope, I'm sitting this one out and will check the score from the safety of my work cubicle! :-)
Roads are pretty crappy around here. I'm perpetually locked in to 4-wheel drive. That's okay though. I'll take mud over snowstorms any day! T isn't so happy though. We start the calving season in a few weeks and we have nowhere for the little guys to land. He's spent the last three days shoveling out two of our calving pastures hoping that they'll be dry enough for the mothers to drop their calves on dry ground rather than in a slop hole. You always have to worry about pneumonia, scours, etc. when it's this wet and damp outside. Every year it gets tougher and tougher.
My brother is in Germany for two weeks. Before he left he sent me pictures of where he lives with the caption "this snow + heat= flood." Yikes. I woke up this morning to the news that this area was in a flood alert. I told him to tell my sister-in-law that if she needs me for sandbagging, to call me asap!
Well, no other news....I made it through a Monday. Life is good! ~L~
Catch up with you all later on.
I am typically alright with going to work on Mondays, but it seems that the longer the winter drags on, the less enthused I am about getting back in to the grind of another work week. I love my job, don't get me wrong...it's just that sometimes the people wear a little bit on my nerves. The COS said, "remember, thick skin." To which I promptly replied, "Give me a break! It's Monday....I'll develop thick skin tomorrow!" He wasn't amused. For that matter, neither was I. (shrugs)
At least the sun is shining and it was a toasty 45 today! Rock on! I have spring fever sooooo bad right now. It is in sight! IF we can manage to escape any snowstorms or rainstorms in the next three weeks, I think we'll be home free! I am choosing to ignore the peeps that say that there is another major storm headed our direction. I want to know how the bleepin heck they can predict where it's going to land when it is still out in the ocean?? Nope...I'm stickin to my guns...Spring is Here!
Some interesting news - and a dilemma for one of my nieces. NDSU is playing KU on Friday. My niece Karen received her Masters from KU. Karen, Joan, AND Matt graduated from NDSU. Hmmmmm. ~L~ I texted Karen (yes! I KNOW HOW TO TEXT! Sheeeesh!) last night to see who she was going to cheer for. She replied, "me and Mom are going to cheer for KU, Joan and Matt are going for NDSU. You can cheer 1/2 and 1/2." Absolutely! GO ND/KU!! I spoke with Peg today and she said that she was taking Friday off to watch the game. I KNOW better than to call her, stop over, or even attempt to interrupt her during a KU game - let alone one that has KU and ND playing each other. Nope, I'm sitting this one out and will check the score from the safety of my work cubicle! :-)
Roads are pretty crappy around here. I'm perpetually locked in to 4-wheel drive. That's okay though. I'll take mud over snowstorms any day! T isn't so happy though. We start the calving season in a few weeks and we have nowhere for the little guys to land. He's spent the last three days shoveling out two of our calving pastures hoping that they'll be dry enough for the mothers to drop their calves on dry ground rather than in a slop hole. You always have to worry about pneumonia, scours, etc. when it's this wet and damp outside. Every year it gets tougher and tougher.
My brother is in Germany for two weeks. Before he left he sent me pictures of where he lives with the caption "this snow + heat= flood." Yikes. I woke up this morning to the news that this area was in a flood alert. I told him to tell my sister-in-law that if she needs me for sandbagging, to call me asap!
Well, no other news....I made it through a Monday. Life is good! ~L~
Catch up with you all later on.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Hey Blizzard Fans!
What a day, eh?? I tell you what, if you weren't holding on to your hat today, most likely it was in MN by now!
I'm sitting here typing this while at my sister's house. She is a gracious host and has pretty much been letting me stay rent free all winter long. Of course, I DO give her a ride to work so that she doesn't have to get her car out of the garage and fight the ugly streets. Everything navigates better in a 4-wheel drive - except my wonderful country roads, of course.
Tonight I picked up my nephew Blaine and brought him over to Peggy's as well. He is a joy to be around and - in fact - is watching me type this! (Say "HI" Blaine!)
We had a wonderful supper of roast pork, smashed potatoes, creamed cabbage, corn, and these scrumptious rice krispie bars covered in chocolate. We all pretty much decided that any food consumed during a blizzard doesn't have any calories! Yeah! Hey! We got to find SOMETHING good about this damn blizzard.
I'm relatively sure that I won't be getting home until Friday night or Saturday morning. Poor Thomas is stuck over at the other farm with the cattle again. I spoke with him earlier and he sounds positively defeated. I can't imagine what he goes through during the day to take care of the cattle on a good day, let alone in a Blizzard.
I am asking Blaine what else I should write about in my blog tonight. We've been taking trips down memory lane all night long. He reminded me of the time that he couldn't be found anywhere on the farm! He scared the bejeebers out of everyone. But alas, we found him sitting in the middle of the strawberry patch with his diapers, eating strawberries (and dirt) just being a happy little camper! Spoiled rotten little chit! (HAHAHA)
Peggy and I were remembering our childhoods and how differently we grew up. Me, being the youngest of 6 kids, had a different childhood growing up than she did - as the middle child. We've determined that we were raised in two different families within the family. All good, just different memories for each of us.
Terry emailed me this morning - he was stuck at home on a regular snow day! He started out the email by saying, "Hey Sherry, I'm remembering the good ole days when we would get stormed in at home and bake bread - then come up to Mom and Dad's and spend time there. Wouldn't you know it, we get a snow day, and there is no bread to bake!" Those WERE the good ole days and definitely brings a smile to my face. BUT, I'm making new memories here with Peggy and Blaine - two of my favorite people in the whole world! And, Peggy and I have done good, we haven't hit the sauce too much! Of course, the week isn't over yet.
I'm going to take Blaine and Peggy to their work places tomorrow morning. I'm hoping that the weather will subside overnight and that the roads won't give me too much trouble. Blaine's good friend Bruce will give him a ride home at 5:00pm, so I will be able to do my worksite yoga if anyone shows up. Blaine, bless his heart, brought a pizza for us for supper tomorrow night. We already have supper locked in for tomorrow night! Yeah! The real bonus though, is that we get to spend more time with our guy, Blaine! Blaine is wearing some of his special olympics gear from Idaho tonight. He looks pretty sharp.
I don't have much else to say, so I guess that I'll end this blog entry in to the blogosphere with this one little snipit of wit...
"Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts". ~Author Unknown
(Sorry Peggy, I couldn't resist!)
Blaine and Sherry signing off....
I'm sitting here typing this while at my sister's house. She is a gracious host and has pretty much been letting me stay rent free all winter long. Of course, I DO give her a ride to work so that she doesn't have to get her car out of the garage and fight the ugly streets. Everything navigates better in a 4-wheel drive - except my wonderful country roads, of course.
Tonight I picked up my nephew Blaine and brought him over to Peggy's as well. He is a joy to be around and - in fact - is watching me type this! (Say "HI" Blaine!)
We had a wonderful supper of roast pork, smashed potatoes, creamed cabbage, corn, and these scrumptious rice krispie bars covered in chocolate. We all pretty much decided that any food consumed during a blizzard doesn't have any calories! Yeah! Hey! We got to find SOMETHING good about this damn blizzard.
I'm relatively sure that I won't be getting home until Friday night or Saturday morning. Poor Thomas is stuck over at the other farm with the cattle again. I spoke with him earlier and he sounds positively defeated. I can't imagine what he goes through during the day to take care of the cattle on a good day, let alone in a Blizzard.
I am asking Blaine what else I should write about in my blog tonight. We've been taking trips down memory lane all night long. He reminded me of the time that he couldn't be found anywhere on the farm! He scared the bejeebers out of everyone. But alas, we found him sitting in the middle of the strawberry patch with his diapers, eating strawberries (and dirt) just being a happy little camper! Spoiled rotten little chit! (HAHAHA)
Peggy and I were remembering our childhoods and how differently we grew up. Me, being the youngest of 6 kids, had a different childhood growing up than she did - as the middle child. We've determined that we were raised in two different families within the family. All good, just different memories for each of us.
Terry emailed me this morning - he was stuck at home on a regular snow day! He started out the email by saying, "Hey Sherry, I'm remembering the good ole days when we would get stormed in at home and bake bread - then come up to Mom and Dad's and spend time there. Wouldn't you know it, we get a snow day, and there is no bread to bake!" Those WERE the good ole days and definitely brings a smile to my face. BUT, I'm making new memories here with Peggy and Blaine - two of my favorite people in the whole world! And, Peggy and I have done good, we haven't hit the sauce too much! Of course, the week isn't over yet.
I'm going to take Blaine and Peggy to their work places tomorrow morning. I'm hoping that the weather will subside overnight and that the roads won't give me too much trouble. Blaine's good friend Bruce will give him a ride home at 5:00pm, so I will be able to do my worksite yoga if anyone shows up. Blaine, bless his heart, brought a pizza for us for supper tomorrow night. We already have supper locked in for tomorrow night! Yeah! The real bonus though, is that we get to spend more time with our guy, Blaine! Blaine is wearing some of his special olympics gear from Idaho tonight. He looks pretty sharp.
I don't have much else to say, so I guess that I'll end this blog entry in to the blogosphere with this one little snipit of wit...
"Families are like fudge - mostly sweet with a few nuts". ~Author Unknown
(Sorry Peggy, I couldn't resist!)
Blaine and Sherry signing off....
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Stuff....
Everywhere I look...stuff, stuff, STUFF!!!!! Argggggggghhhhhhhh! How did I manage to accumulate so much stuff?! Those who know me, know that my house isn't huge. So, what stuff I DO have looks like clutter! I'm going on record here and saying I hate clutter - which translates to "I have TOO MUCH STUFF!" ~L~
I have found this lovely channel called HGTV. LOVE IT /(HATE IT!!!) "Why" you ask? Cuz, it makes me woefully aware of how NOT perfect my house is! I watch them transform these ordinary looking rooms/houses (you know the ones, the ones that look like MINE!) and I get to thinking, I can do that to make "this look better" or "that would look great in my house". THEN I stress because, "when am I going to do THAT to make THIS look better?" or "yeah right, suzy-craftsman I am not!" ~L~
THEN, to top it all off....when I DO try and get rid of my "stuff", hubster brings it back in to the house cuz "we might need it some day." Hellllllloooooooooo! He hasn't touched it in 6 years, what makes him think he'll touch it again after another 6?? Sheeeesh! ~LOL~
Can you tell it is a Saturday and I'm cleaning??!! ~L~ I'd rather be curled up on the couch with a good book or doing yoga to destress (cuz of my stuff!), but nope! Here I am, blogging about how frustrated I am about all of my stuff, when I should be out there (points to living room) getting RID of my stuff! ~L~
In the words of our friend Dan, "and have a nice day!"
Signed,
Cluttered
I have found this lovely channel called HGTV. LOVE IT /(HATE IT!!!) "Why" you ask? Cuz, it makes me woefully aware of how NOT perfect my house is! I watch them transform these ordinary looking rooms/houses (you know the ones, the ones that look like MINE!) and I get to thinking, I can do that to make "this look better" or "that would look great in my house". THEN I stress because, "when am I going to do THAT to make THIS look better?" or "yeah right, suzy-craftsman I am not!" ~L~
THEN, to top it all off....when I DO try and get rid of my "stuff", hubster brings it back in to the house cuz "we might need it some day." Hellllllloooooooooo! He hasn't touched it in 6 years, what makes him think he'll touch it again after another 6?? Sheeeesh! ~LOL~
Can you tell it is a Saturday and I'm cleaning??!! ~L~ I'd rather be curled up on the couch with a good book or doing yoga to destress (cuz of my stuff!), but nope! Here I am, blogging about how frustrated I am about all of my stuff, when I should be out there (points to living room) getting RID of my stuff! ~L~
In the words of our friend Dan, "and have a nice day!"
Signed,
Cluttered
Sunday, March 1, 2009
It has been a while....
Too long, in fact. I have been quite busy with my yoga classes - which is a good thing. I've picked up a 3rd class teaching yoga to the local college soccer teams (mens & womens). The coach stated that he wanted an athletic type of class which focused on flexibility and balance and was I "up for it?" Well.....duh! Yoga is a passion of mine, and how could I not want to share it with a bunch of 20 somethings. Unfortunately, the class would be on Thursdays after my regular basics and happy hour classes. I was up for it, but was my body? That was the question. I must say, I handled the 1st class well and earned a thumbs-up from the coach. I believe the students were a bit taken aback also - perhaps not expecting the type of class format that I teach. That is all good though - I like to keep them guessing.
Winter weather is a sore subject with me. I was stormed in to town yet again this last Thursday. I called my sister Peg to see if room 402 at the Inn was available! She said that 402 was taken (frequent guest Kathy was also staying) but 204 was open! Sold! We had a good time as always with our little winter storm slumber parties! I think Kathy and I are going to have to try these slumber parties at Peg's house in the middle of summer sometime. Surely there will be a fierce thunderstorm that we don't want to drive home in, right??!!!
I'm still not feeling up to par with my cold. I have "zero" energy still and really didn't do a whole lot this weekend other than the basic, laundry, cleaning, etc. I'm hoping that things will be on the upswing this week, but I must learn to take a que from the Pearls of Wisdom (posted on the yoga blog) ....and take care of myself.
For those who are unaware, my nephew Blaine returned home from Idaho with 2 Silver medals and 1 bronze. He did spectacular. My brother stated that the coaches nicknamed him Rocketman as he kept improving on all of his times. The 400x4 he ran was a spectacular race. His team was in last place when Blaine received the handoff - he took them to silver! Keep in mind, this is running on 2 feet of compacted snow, in snowshoes. His last race was the 400. He ran it in 1 minute, 24 seconds (4 seconds better than his qualifying time!). He received bronze for his efforts - which is still quite fantastic. I am so proud of that young man! He was even honored at 1/2 time of the mens basketball game. It was so heartwarming to hear the announcer speak of Blaine's accomplishments in Idaho - as well as mentioning that he's the 1st Athlete in the Special Olympics Hall of Fame (ND) and Special Olympics Athlete of the Year and Man of the Year. But hey, I'm not biased or anything! ~L~ I've often said, he's as close to having a son as I'll ever get, and I couldn't ask for a better son than Blaine.
He has every reason to be proud of himself!
Well, it is getting late and I need my beauty sleep if I'm going to be bright and chipper for work this week.
Winter weather is a sore subject with me. I was stormed in to town yet again this last Thursday. I called my sister Peg to see if room 402 at the Inn was available! She said that 402 was taken (frequent guest Kathy was also staying) but 204 was open! Sold! We had a good time as always with our little winter storm slumber parties! I think Kathy and I are going to have to try these slumber parties at Peg's house in the middle of summer sometime. Surely there will be a fierce thunderstorm that we don't want to drive home in, right??!!!
I'm still not feeling up to par with my cold. I have "zero" energy still and really didn't do a whole lot this weekend other than the basic, laundry, cleaning, etc. I'm hoping that things will be on the upswing this week, but I must learn to take a que from the Pearls of Wisdom (posted on the yoga blog) ....and take care of myself.
For those who are unaware, my nephew Blaine returned home from Idaho with 2 Silver medals and 1 bronze. He did spectacular. My brother stated that the coaches nicknamed him Rocketman as he kept improving on all of his times. The 400x4 he ran was a spectacular race. His team was in last place when Blaine received the handoff - he took them to silver! Keep in mind, this is running on 2 feet of compacted snow, in snowshoes. His last race was the 400. He ran it in 1 minute, 24 seconds (4 seconds better than his qualifying time!). He received bronze for his efforts - which is still quite fantastic. I am so proud of that young man! He was even honored at 1/2 time of the mens basketball game. It was so heartwarming to hear the announcer speak of Blaine's accomplishments in Idaho - as well as mentioning that he's the 1st Athlete in the Special Olympics Hall of Fame (ND) and Special Olympics Athlete of the Year and Man of the Year. But hey, I'm not biased or anything! ~L~ I've often said, he's as close to having a son as I'll ever get, and I couldn't ask for a better son than Blaine.
He has every reason to be proud of himself!
Well, it is getting late and I need my beauty sleep if I'm going to be bright and chipper for work this week.
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