3/7/09

Saturday March 7 Merry Christmas to us!! We went out to AK Corral in Ute for Johnson Pork Inc. Christmas meal. YUM!! Missy and Phillip got their first babysitter, but Evan was still awake when we got home. (Should have stayed out a little longer) :0) Yesterday was a beautiful day. After working in the unit we went out to the coop. It was too nice just to be "cooped" up in the house.Then we worked on the budget for 2009. Today was cold-gray-wet. When we got back from the unit today, all Denny's work on the budget had been erased. Oh, my that's not good.

3/6/09

Friday March 6 Happy Birthday Karen Goldsmith! Thanks for hanging out with my son.

3/5/09

Thursday March 5 Up to the unit at 5:30... Then home... and for coffee at folks at 8:15...unit til 10...Ida Grove for Home School meeting...Ate 11 lunch with Carol Thomson...Workout at 12 ( 4.5 elliptical miles)...My ab said "No crunches"...Bible study at Sue's at 1:30...They had ice cream cake as a treat for my birthday...Met Denny at Arthur at 3...Rode with him as he did a MOST ESSENTIAL thing. We took the Harley to Algona (where we purchased it) to get it serviced for the up and coming summer season. Before going home we stopped to check mamas...about half have farrowed. A sad thing happened Tues night. Last week at Bible Study we had talked about meeting Whitneys in Missouri Valley on this Tues night. It got canceled and Whitneys didn't get the message. They went to MV and no IG group. BooHoo...Planning at get together the end of the month.

3/4/09

Wed. March 4 The biggest thing I was thankful for today was that Missy asked me if I wanted to go into work out with her while the kids were taking naps and Phillip was watching them. I needed the 4 miles I put on the elliptical. I really needed the ab workout she tried to get me to do. I tried to follow her example...but my abs were going," What's this??? Usually the only motion we do is getting bigger. This exercise is foreign to us. Can't make us do crunches." I called my riders to Awana who weren't there last week when I went to pick them up...and yes, they would like to ride with me. They thought I was still in Texas. Larry Dose was gone from Awana so I lead Sparkie game time ,too. It was fun. I was at the unit at 6am and again after Awana til 9:30 pm. It's good those mamas are having babies. I had a nice visit with my Colorado nurse last night...miss her.

3/3/09

Tuesday March 3. Worked at Rec center 4:30-10 am. I stayed and went on the elliptical for about 4 miles. The pools heater was broken and instead of 86* it was 78*...so I only had 4 hardy takers for the water exercise class. At home I napped and then worked on putting my digital pictures into album pages in Publisher. Denny's working on a hand out for Awana clubbers that are going to the Awana games. Not a very productive day. This picture was taken over Christmas break in the baby pool at the Rec Center...these are NOT the 4 hardy swimmers in 78* water.

3/2/09

Monday March 3 I went to the unit 5-6:45 am so I could be home with the kids during the day. Denny went to a swine seminar in Cherokee. Good day just watching Evan and baby Anabel play in my home. The gals at Bible study loved Great Grandma Anabel's red cake that she baked me for my birthday. Missy and Phillip got home from Colorado about 8 pm.

3/1/09

Sunday March 3 Four of us went for donuts before SS this am. Denny dropped us off at church and went to talk to Mark Wunschel at Sparkies. I kept Anabel with me during church...hoping she would nap in my arms. She started to snuggle in and take the bottle during the sermon ...it looked hopeful...2 ounces...3 ounces...4 ounces...5 ounces...Then she sat up and erped up a good 2 ounces down my leg. Of course...no burp rag...just a soft cuddly taggie for her to snuggle in with while she slept. It now became a soggy taggie. She was awake and pleasant thru the sermon. After church I met with some who were planning a shower for Micah Schmidt's fiancee. I gave A to Denny and the next thing I looked over and she was sound asleep on his shoulder. That's what I was hoping for. We all had naps this afternoon. Denny went to church at night and I gave baths. Noneventful nice day. I was kinda hoping to connect with the Missouri Johnsons again before they headed south, but no such luck this time. E kinda had a melt down after church and it didn't seem like a good idea to head north to Kingsley for lunch.