after Christmas activities

well Christmas is now behind us

everybody had a good time with plenty to eat

Daniel and I went down to Iowa City to try our luck at deer hunting we saw three coyotes the first night, a coyote and a flock of turkeys the second day and no deer

We helped celebrate Marie's birthday while we were down there, that was a lot of fun.

my procedure went well, I received a clean bill of health.  I am good for another 5 years.

The procedure itself was a peace of cake, they told me to roll over on my left side and the next thing I remember was waking up in the recovery room.  The prep the day before was not a big deal just an annoyance.  I want to thank dad for the Angel Soft, that was thoughtful!

It is amazing when you cannot eat anything, you have a terrible urge to eat everything!

Sarah and Dan were up here for a few days, it was good to see them.  Dan survived eating a super hot sandwich in Des Moines at Cactus Bob's BBQ Joint.  the challenge is to eat their hottest sandwich with their hottest hot sauce in 10 minutes without water and you have to keep it down and you get your picture on the wall and a T-shirt.  I have been there, there are not too many pictures on the wall, now there is one more.  Congratulations to Dan.

it is melting up here, we are supposed to get freezing rain up here.  what a mess, we get 12 inches of snow and within a week it is melting and now we have a slushy mess up here.

I am taking Matthew back to college tomorrow.

I am eating Oyster Stew everyday now,  I really need to figure out portions and quantities a little better

I hope everyone has a happy New Year!

posted by Randy

Chrismas is coming

Well we are at the shortest day of the year and now the days should be getting longer!

after Christmas I am scheduled to go in for a procedure

All I will say is the procedure will be on December 29, 2010 and the day before on December 28, 2010 I need to prep for the procedure

the preparation requires me to drink a liquid which after drinking the liquid, I need to make darn sure I am very close to the bathroom.

we received another 5 inches of snow on Monday, I would say we will be having a white Christmas this year!

Mary and Matthew are home from school

Daniel got his braces off

Philomena will be getting her braces on

Sarah has uninvited mice in her house

Mary will be going to London for a semester of college

everybody enjoy the remaining days before Christmas

posted by Randy

Winter Blast!

We survived our first Winter Blast for the year

we got about 6 to 8 inches of snow, but the wind was the factor

we had rain Friday night and into Saturday morning, and then when the wind switched it changed to snow and the wind kept blowing harder and the snow kept coming down faster

It basically shut down all the roads in Northern Iowa

and now it is cold the sun is shining, but the temperature is -2 below

I brought Keeley inside today just to give her a chance to warm up

everybody is looking forward to Christmas in a couple weeks

Mary and Matthew will be coming home this week,  I will be going down on Tuesday to bring a load of Mary's items home.

I am enjoying some free time particularly in the evening, it is kind of nice to not have to worry about a paper to write or a project to complete.

I am contemplating on which soup to make for Christmas eve.   I am thinking either Broccoli and Cheese soup or chicken and noodle soup.

stay warm

posted by Randy

December Activities!

Well as I said in my last post way back in September, that time is just speeding by.

December is here already, and we can probably say good-bye to December, and look forward to the new year.

Daniel got confirmed last month and we had family up for that

we had everybody home for thanksgiving, that was enjoyable,  Sarah brought home Dan Waterbery to visit, that was nice

Matthew brought home his XBOX with his Kinect that was fun to watch everybody do that

We do have our Christmas stuff out and slowly putting it up, it is hard to believe we are in the second week of advent already

on December 4th I finished my last class for my MPA so I am all done with my master's program

we only got a dusting of snow last Friday

Philomena won here postal shoot in archery

and Philomena was selected to go to the IBA band,  it is like the All State Honor Band for Junior High,  she will play down in Des Moines in May, 2011

We hope everybody is doing fine

we are keeping warm, I was not quite ready for this cold weather

posted by Randy