The ice storm that was supposed to hit us today came. We were on the trailing edge of it so it turned out to be not much of a big deal. The temperature stayed above freezing so things did not get slick as predicted. we got a little freezing rain in the morning and then just rain.
We will see what tonight brings for the morning
The snow has really melted up here and we will be transitioning into the muddy yucky season.
Mary is in London doing fine
Caroline is having trouble with her knee
Philomena's birthday is coming up here very quickly
Last week some old lady pulled out in front of Caroline on the highway by the interstate and Caroline ended up hitting her with the Trailblazer. Caroline got slowed down in time where there was minimal damage and the airbags did not deploy.
I believe the DOT will be sending that old lady a letter reference her driver's license.
I hope everything is going good where you are at
March is just around the corner
posted by Randy
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
The ID game!
Can you identify the following people in this picture?
a hint: Christmas 1993
to think that picture was taken only 17 years ago!
Mary is in London
Daniel is at Wartburg College this weekend for an honor band, his concert is Sunday afternoon
Philomena is spending the night with her older sister Sarah
Matthew is at college
Stephen will be the only one home tonight with Mom and Dad!
he will get to enjoy what it is like to be the only child!
things warmed up a bit this week, but it is snowing again outside
I hope everybody has a good weekend
posted by Randy
a hint: Christmas 1993
to think that picture was taken only 17 years ago!
Mary is in London
Daniel is at Wartburg College this weekend for an honor band, his concert is Sunday afternoon
Philomena is spending the night with her older sister Sarah
Matthew is at college
Stephen will be the only one home tonight with Mom and Dad!
he will get to enjoy what it is like to be the only child!
things warmed up a bit this week, but it is snowing again outside
I hope everybody has a good weekend
posted by Randy
Saturday, January 22, 2011
It's Cold!
Minus 23 degrees in north Iowa yesterday, now that is cold! Hey, all our cars started though. It's warmer today.
Mary flys to London for the semester today. It is 34 degrees there. She has a direct flight out of Minneapolis. She has already checked in for her flight and paid for her extra baggage, all online.
Sarah got another job in the afternoons as a homework monitor; it pays better than a grocery store too. We enjoyed spending time with Sarah and her boyfriend Dan over the holidays.
Matthew is being a student in Storm Lake and for fun he is planning on building a gigantic room sized Risk game. He's got a rug he is going to dye and he has already bought the not so little soldiers. Very creative.
Daniel is in the Corn Belt Honor Band on Thurs. and then in the Wartburg Honor Band on Sat.-Sun., with his concert at 3:00 pm on Sunday in Waverly.
Philomena was in a dance competition last Sunday in Dubuque. Legacy Dancers is a middle school dance team. Their show case night is on her 13th birthday, Feb. 25th.
Stephen and Randy were polar bear camping last weekend for cub scouts. They had a lot of fun sledding and snow shoeing, but, yes, they did sleep in cabins.
It is nice now that Randy is through with school. He is home more and not busy studying. His job does keep him very busy, but we are getting used to him having the weekends off.
Perkins has slowed way, way down because it is winter. I was working 30 hours each week before Christmas, now I am working 12-15 hours each week. Which is more like what I can handle.
Take care and stay warm,
Caroline
Mary flys to London for the semester today. It is 34 degrees there. She has a direct flight out of Minneapolis. She has already checked in for her flight and paid for her extra baggage, all online.
Sarah got another job in the afternoons as a homework monitor; it pays better than a grocery store too. We enjoyed spending time with Sarah and her boyfriend Dan over the holidays.
Matthew is being a student in Storm Lake and for fun he is planning on building a gigantic room sized Risk game. He's got a rug he is going to dye and he has already bought the not so little soldiers. Very creative.
Daniel is in the Corn Belt Honor Band on Thurs. and then in the Wartburg Honor Band on Sat.-Sun., with his concert at 3:00 pm on Sunday in Waverly.
Philomena was in a dance competition last Sunday in Dubuque. Legacy Dancers is a middle school dance team. Their show case night is on her 13th birthday, Feb. 25th.
Stephen and Randy were polar bear camping last weekend for cub scouts. They had a lot of fun sledding and snow shoeing, but, yes, they did sleep in cabins.
It is nice now that Randy is through with school. He is home more and not busy studying. His job does keep him very busy, but we are getting used to him having the weekends off.
Perkins has slowed way, way down because it is winter. I was working 30 hours each week before Christmas, now I am working 12-15 hours each week. Which is more like what I can handle.
Take care and stay warm,
Caroline
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year 2011
Happy New Year everybody
from the Clear Lake Schnoebelens we wish everyone a happy and healthy new year
posted by Randy
from the Clear Lake Schnoebelens we wish everyone a happy and healthy new year
posted by Randy
Thursday, December 30, 2010
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
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
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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
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
Monday, December 13, 2010
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
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
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