Thursday December 1

In the am I prepped the soup ingredients, baking potatoes, cooking bacon. sauteing onions and celery, I headed into IG and stopped at Doses.  Then stopped at Judy's, Then to Ginny's for study.  At home I cleaned out the Prius and got the Jeep out to use to drive east tomorrow.  We ate the soup and packed for Dubuque.  

Wednesday November 30     Ben's birthday

Last Wed of month is trash day, so I took out lots of garbage.  I moved a few pieces of carpet.  Called Medicare and asked how part D increase would be billed.  Nor real sure I understood the answer to my question.  I left for Storm Lake about 11. AT SOS, I bought a pretty picture for the purple room.  Lord, please heal. I picked up Laura and at Sioux Rapids I worked on a couple of bulletin boards for Becca.  During 8th hour I helped Laura read an interactive book.  It was fun to visit Ben and Becca's home. We had Casey's pizza and I took some to church for supper.

Karen's Grandma, Peggy

I left for DM about 7:30.  Made 2 stops and got to the church about 10:15.  It was a beautiful big Church.  I sat with Luke and Goldsmith's.  We rode with Mark to the cemetery.  I gave Luke and Karen the cradle sheets.  Great lunch and I headed home.  3 stops and home by 6.  Denny just got home from IG groceries and getting a UBI turkey and fruit.  Buy one, get one free.  Yippee!!!  Lots of good fruit!  We chilled and finished the Zuppa soupa.  She must have been quite a lady.  Lots of love there today.  Quite a legacy of family love,  respect, and love of God.  I am so glad I went.  Thank you Jesus that I could. 

Home

I worked all morning  on finishing the skirt around the navy, gray, and maroon log cabin quilt.  It is good to have it done.  After lunch I went to town to get eggs and milk.   I stopped at Elizabeth's house to return baby quilt and burp cloth.  Good to visit and fold clothes with her.  Missy had given me some opened evaporated milk.  I used it to make crockpot porkchops and grinch punch and I had Jensens over for supper.  Plus salad, rice, farm corn, yum! So nice to visit.  Thank you, Jesus for caring family.  

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Sundays are always good.

Slept in til 7:30.  Donuts with Grands.  We gave them a ride home after church.  Naps in afternoon and them Denny started cleaning.  Prayer time at church and we took a packet to Jenny B. before going home.  Always lots to pray about.  Visited with Jane about January Texas. Lord, guide these plans.

Home

I spent most of the day making cradle sheets for small mattress pads and a small flannel blanket.  FUN!!   Denny worked in Odebolt in the am.  He came home and copied pages for search committee packet.  Good to get it done.  We walked to Julia windmill at sunset (2.5 miles).   He fixed Zuppa while I finished the last blanket.  It was a very good day.   We watched a couple Heartland episodes before heading to bed.  

Home again

Denny headed up to Holstein for Black Friday at Tiefentaler.  60 pounds of pulled BBQ pork.  Some for here and some for the bank open house.  I finished a book this am.  About noon I went to Storm Lake.  SOS was closed, but I made a Walmart run.  I am concerned about PH balance in my body.  Lord, help and guide.  At home I started to watch season 1 of 100.  I just sewed and watched into the night.

Such a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Little guys were up about 6 playing quietly, so cute.  All slowly got up and had coffee.  Egg caserole about 8 and the turkey trail trot about 9,  It was so fun walking down the windy mowed paths on their 15 acreas.  Matt and Haley had cones out and spray painted

So fun

i made 3 batchs of rolls.  Of course they got a little overdone, but should be good enough to eat. I worked on a crib sheet, and perhaps cut it a little short, but it should be good enough to sleep.  At Jensens we redid the TAG baskets.  Denny got off work a little early.  We stopped at Atlantic, but they were eating Mexican.  We were in Savannah by 8:15 with me driving all the way.  Mandy and Jason were the last to arrive.  So good to just be together and hear the banter and laughterof siblings. 

Thanks you,Jesus for all the ways that you have blessed us.  

Double fun

So fun to go back to back and see 2 of Haley's BB games.  I gave Haley a ride down to catch the bus.  It was drizzling this am.  Torren had a 102 temp and stayed home from school.  In town I gor Fresh stuff and dishes at the thrift store for the basement.  Becky was busy cleaning, I vacuumed.  At 4 I headed to Maryville.  The game was at 5:30.  Haley was number 32.  Then home for me.  I stopped in Atlantic to say Hi and I got a $2  end table.    

Heading to Savannah

I got out the sewing machine and worked on one sheet cover for the little mattress pad.  About 11:30 I headed south.  I stopped at a couple thrift stores, but didn't gt anything.  I called Gail and Bruce and found out that I maybe met them between Atlantic and Clarinda.  (I called them when I was in Clarinda.)  Kane and I made a rainbow circle of cars. It was so fun to go to Haley's game.  Then I went to Torren's guitar lesson.  Oh, for fun!!  Great to visit with M&B after Grands to bed.
TIME to do all the things I ever wanted.

Thank you, Lord

No donuts this am.  After church we went to IG.  Denny's prescription was not on file.  Nap in afternoon, Then lazy afternoon reading.  At 6 we went to the Ingathering Thanksgiving potluck.  Great food.  31 K    I am thinking I will head to watch Haley play BB on Monday and Tuesday.  

Troy J. gave Phillip the article about micro loans that Phillip was in in the Successful Farming magazine.  

Happy Birthday Haley!!! THIRTEEN

Slow am.  I looked at the flannel to decide how to make the crib sheets.  Denny put new ceiling light shades in the basement.  When I went to walk the dogs in the am, Lynn and Toshi were doing laundry.  They came over for salads for lunch.  And they walked the dogs the second time.   Denny finished doing the minutes for Pastor search.  I took a quick nap.  We walked over to give the dogs their last walk of the day.  Jensens are at Gma Lois's family get together.

Helped at Olde Town

 Slept until 6.  We are taking care of the Jensen dogs tonight.  I worked sorting thru junk in bunk house until about 12. Then to Shopko to get quilt / cover for a Dubuque gift exchange. I stopped at Judy's house for a quick visit before heading to Olde Town.  At 2:30 a bus load of 35 guests came. They were on a mystery bus ride from Iowa Falls, They had stopped at Twin Lake, the winery and then on their way to SC Mannheim Steamrollers.  It was nice, there was a chair for everyone. At home we used some of the beef from Thursday night and fixed Stroganoff.  It was wonderful!! Movie at night ... and call it a day.   Nice pix of Nakas on Facebook. 

Fun

I was in bunk house in am. Oh, so much stuff.  Left for IG about 12.  Got a gift for exchange. Went to Bible study until 2:25.  Then `up the hill.  We set the tables for 18.. 16 came around 6.  Maura had a 5 course Italian meal planned and Hy-Vee catered it.  We carried  plates in and cleared the tables.  Got done and visited with Denny when I got home.  

Another beautiful day

In the am I washed some clothes.  The big project was starting to go through things upstairs in the bunk house.  Yuck! Lots of dead asian beetles.  I left for Storm Lake about 11:20.  At SOS I got a plate holder to hold 5x7 of the Grands.  I picked up Laura and headed to Sioux Rapids,  Nice to see Becca and kids again.  We got back to Arthur to set up for Awana parents night. I had fixed red hot punch and 2 types of bars.  About 50 adult guests were there.  Plus 150 clubbers and leaders.  Nice night.

Met Mandy

Noise in sunroom as I had devotions.  Uffta!! I looked at 1st bank and Humana in the am.  Met Mandy in Denison and we went to the Junkery.  She was headed to Omaha for a meeting tonight and to do clinical/meet with Clarkson personel  I got groceries.  At home I made brownies andd pb bars.  Kids came over around 4.  They fixed mac and cheese, OJ and frosted bars.  Denny stayed late to work.  I made red hot punch and now am headed to bed.

Home

As Denny left Keelie did not come out of her dog house.  She seemed to not feel good and she was limping.  Her front right paw seems to hurt.  After Denny left for work, I started painting the south wall of the green bedroom in the basement.  I finished washing the outside of the egress windows and the outside of the sunroom doors.  Missy sent me a text telling me thanks for the cinnamon rolls for the tag students.  Jan sent a text thanking me for the veggies I left for her yesterday.  I am on my third day of antibotic.  Missy texted a picture of Grands with their Operation Christmas boxes.  Denny helped them choose out presents last Thursday.  I picked and cleaned salad greens.  I put planters in to root cellar.  I got tomatoes from high tunnel.  I used the spackling and put down some tile pieces,  It probably won't take because it it too cold.  Nice pix of Maynard and Anne.

 

Restful

I got up and read for a while, ate a cinnamon roll, and then back to bed until 8:30.  Nice quiet house.  Church at 10 and back for lunch leftovers.  At 1 Tom came to show Cooks how to clean and load woodburner.  We left for home about 2:30.  Great weekend.  Got lots checked off on the work list. :)
At home Denny washed clothes and cleaned. I washed windows and pressed a bed skirt for the gray room.  Denny worked on typing up a reference.

Full Saturday

Mandy fixed us an amazing breakfast.  They started working outside and I gave my sisters a call aabout 8:30.  Denny got lots done,   One big buried stump was removed; Jason  dug around it and Denny pryed it out with the bobcat.   Next fences and poles pulled up and pushed/dragged to burn pile, that increased immensely in size during the day.  Hauled in dirt to level off area by big tree.  Hauled dirt by chicken coop.  Pulled up 2 big volunteer trees behind the osprey row.  Great lunch by Mandy.  Her friend Bethany came to visit and see the place.  The last job was the dirtiest; Denny sawed off a big pipe coming into the basement.  Jan and John came over for another great meal about 7.  Great visit and in bed by 10.  Great day, got a lot done.