Saturday, April 26, 2008
At Fort Polk, LA
Well, I am here at Janet and Shawn's and Rick is back in Minnesota. I miss him!!! I will be here for a couple of weeks as Janet has just had radiation for Thyroid Cancer. We hope and pray that it will NEVER come back again! Soon she will be able to go back on her thyroid meds and her energy levels should come back up.
My plans are to be here to help out until after Tommy's 9th birthday on May 3 ,and then head on over to Joy and Sam's in Georgia. They have finals week coming up and could use some help with their little ones through that time. Then I am going HOME! I have MN grandkids that I didn't get to see in the one day I was there, and lots of work to do!
Shawn and I are keeping busy this weekend with five kids in the house. Janet had a weekend planned with her womens group and really needed the time away. One of the other gals husband's been deployed for a short time and so we have her two also. They get along quite well together.
I should be getting some kids into bed, Shawn did it last night. I hope they will settle in quickly and get more sleep tonight than last night when they were still up after 10:00.
My plans are to be here to help out until after Tommy's 9th birthday on May 3 ,and then head on over to Joy and Sam's in Georgia. They have finals week coming up and could use some help with their little ones through that time. Then I am going HOME! I have MN grandkids that I didn't get to see in the one day I was there, and lots of work to do!
Shawn and I are keeping busy this weekend with five kids in the house. Janet had a weekend planned with her womens group and really needed the time away. One of the other gals husband's been deployed for a short time and so we have her two also. They get along quite well together.
I should be getting some kids into bed, Shawn did it last night. I hope they will settle in quickly and get more sleep tonight than last night when they were still up after 10:00.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Almost to Minnesota!
As I write this little missive we are parked at an Iowa roadside rest. This wonderful state has free wifi that will reach our HOW (home on wheels) so we can finally get caught up on our email, banking ,etc.
Our itinerary for the next few weeks-or months- is a bit up in the air right now. My daughter in LA ( the state, not the city) is going to have a treatment for thyroid cancer that will keep her from needing a night light for a week or so ( as in she will glow in the dark) so I am going to head there to help out with the kids for a while.
Rick will be following me down there in a week or so with the HOW (home on wheels). He has some business stuff to finish up in MN and will make a trip to Salol to check out the house and see the family up there. Janet's treatment starts on Tuesday so I need to get there as soon as I can. I'm sure she won't be feeling very good for a bit and can use the extra pair of hands, especially since she isn't to be handling food prep for a week or so. I guess no one else needs to glow in the dark either!
While in LA, grandson Tommy will turn nine and we are looking forward to celebrating this last birthday of the single digits with him. Am I really old enough to have a grandchild who is NINE? Must be!
After the birthday celebration we plan on heading to GA to watch two more of the grands while their parents deal with finals week at college. This family is heading back to MN and we will be hauling some of their stuff back with us.
I am hoping that for most of the summer we will be in MN enjoying family and friends and working our tails off emptying out two houses, painting the garage, mowing the lawn, having huge, did I say HUGE, garage sales and finishing off some other projects.
So, what are your plans for the summer? Exciting I hope!
Our itinerary for the next few weeks-or months- is a bit up in the air right now. My daughter in LA ( the state, not the city) is going to have a treatment for thyroid cancer that will keep her from needing a night light for a week or so ( as in she will glow in the dark) so I am going to head there to help out with the kids for a while.
Rick will be following me down there in a week or so with the HOW (home on wheels). He has some business stuff to finish up in MN and will make a trip to Salol to check out the house and see the family up there. Janet's treatment starts on Tuesday so I need to get there as soon as I can. I'm sure she won't be feeling very good for a bit and can use the extra pair of hands, especially since she isn't to be handling food prep for a week or so. I guess no one else needs to glow in the dark either!
While in LA, grandson Tommy will turn nine and we are looking forward to celebrating this last birthday of the single digits with him. Am I really old enough to have a grandchild who is NINE? Must be!
After the birthday celebration we plan on heading to GA to watch two more of the grands while their parents deal with finals week at college. This family is heading back to MN and we will be hauling some of their stuff back with us.
I am hoping that for most of the summer we will be in MN enjoying family and friends and working our tails off emptying out two houses, painting the garage, mowing the lawn, having huge, did I say HUGE, garage sales and finishing off some other projects.
So, what are your plans for the summer? Exciting I hope!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tulips, Tulips, Tulips!
We have been traveling in Oregon and Washington these last couple of weeks. It has been a wonderful time visiting with friends and family.
I have sent this one picture of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. If you want to see more just click on to my picassa web albums.
More later. Out of battery power!
I have sent this one picture of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. If you want to see more just click on to my picassa web albums.
More later. Out of battery power!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
April 3, 2008
Today finds us at TT Pacific City, Ca, a wonderful campground that we intend to come back to again and again. Our site is up on the higher part of the campground where we have a tiny sliver of a view of the ocean, just above the treetops.
We took a hike down to the ocean yesterday and the wind was blowing hard and cold. Rick took shelter in the cleft of a big rock while I walked the beach a bit. I had my whole winter coat on and he just had his liner. The wind was cutting through his liner like a hot knife through butter. Maybe we can get back to the beach later today.
We took a hike down to the ocean yesterday and the wind was blowing hard and cold. Rick took shelter in the cleft of a big rock while I walked the beach a bit. I had my whole winter coat on and he just had his liner. The wind was cutting through his liner like a hot knife through butter. Maybe we can get back to the beach later today.
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