Fri Jan 22

1/22/10 We had thought about going to Gold's...but instead Mandy slept til 11. After working 3 12 hour nights on Mon, Tues, Wed. and traveling Thurs... she needed the sleep. G&B went golfing. I read a book, The Girls from Ames by Zaslow. It was a good book. About 1-3 Mandy and I went to the pool just to be in the nice sunny weather. YEA!! Jack came down to the deck and helped Mandy learn the 2 step. At 5 there was a fried chicken dinner for American Days. GB&N played bridge. Mandy and I watched dancing and card playing.

Back home the time was not so nice. The Arthur bank didn't have electricity and Denny went home at 3"30 to find no electricity at the folks, the unit, or at our home. He spent the rest of the night getting all 3 generators working and filled with fuel. He had to get up around midnight and shut off the tractor that runs our generator and refill. Long night. Not a great day in Iowa, but a GDITV