Life is busy and chaotic as usual. It won't be long before the summer is over. I finally took the kids to the beach yesterday.
Sarah has been taking online classes from Drake to get her talented and gifted endorsement. Her school offered her the chance to take over that program, so now she will be full-time and will be quitting her waitress job. Sarah is also helping her boyfriend Dan move back to Iowa City for his last year there. They have been dating for almost a year now!
Mary got back from her semester in London and is working 3rd shift, full-time with lots of over-time at Eaton Corp., helping to send out engine valves. She's working 7 days a week with some 12 hr. days. She is looking towards buying a used car. She will be graduating this May in Theater.
Matthew is also working full-time this summer during the 2nd shift at Curries Manufacturing. He is insulating doors along with other duties. Sometimes, he gets overtime and works until 1:00 am. He'll be going back to college as a junior. He is planning on going to Costa Rica during Jan. for a class. He is a groomsman in a wedding this weekend and I'm sure that the bride was happy to find out that he cut his shoulder length hair this summer.
Daniel is still working at Fareway and will be a senior this year. He has been working on designing and raising money for his Eagle project, which is to build a pergola at Clear Creek school. Daniel and Randy are heading up to the Boundary Waters on a scout trip this next week.
Philomena went to clarinet camp and Schoenstatt camp, and she entered 4-H stuff in the North Iowa Fair. Her presentation on how to make a Hoola Hoop Rug made it to state, so we will be going to the State Fair August 16th. This week she went to visit a friend in Nebraska for a few days.
Stephen had a lot of fun at cub scout camp this summer and will soon be taking trombone lessons. We are also looking into an ADHD diagnosis for him.
Randy got his masters and has had quite a full summer on the job. I spent the first few months of this year with a bum knee that I finally got a diagnosis for: torn meniscus tendon, but arthritis bad enough that the Mayo doctor recommended knee replacement surgery. I am not ready for surgery yet, so I wear a brace at work.
Randy and I decided to take a cruise before I'm using a walker :) We are going on a 7-night Mediterranean cruise in October to Barcelona, Florence, Rome, Naples (Pompei), Palma Majorca and back to Barcelona. We are really looking forward to it.
This is just a tip of our daily lives, but we are still alive *smiles*
Not yet ready for school to start,
Caroline
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
nothing much knew
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
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
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
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