Work Weekend

Well, the snow and wind are done - for now. We got about 4 - 5 inches of new snow yesterday and then the wind came up. Just enough to make travel miserable. Leon headed for Curt & Jayne's and what usually takes a little over 3 hours, took 6 1/2 hours. He took off this morning on a flight for Nashville. The weather was fine this morning so his flight should have been on time. He will be back Sunday night. Randi worked last night and Travis had a difficult time getting home, so I kept the kids overnight. Logan actually slept all night!!!!! I took them to daycare this morning and then picked them up after work. Travis came after work tonight and blew out the driveway. What a sweet thing for him to do. So after he was done we all went out for supper. We had perhaps the worst waitress EVER!!! Anyway, after I got home, I started working on the kitchen again. I taped and mudded for 2 hours. Tomorrow it should be dry so I can do some sanding and then paint. Hopefully the cabinets are delivered in the next couple of days. But, they aren't going to put the cabinets in until the new window is installed. The window is not installed yet, but it must have come in at the lumber yard because I got the bill for it already!! Well, I really tired, so I better go to bed.

Winter Storm

Not much going on right now, but we have a winter storm warning for this area for today. It is starting to sleet in Sioux Falls right now, but nothing here yet. By the time the system gets through here we could have 8" of new snow. It all depends on how much comes as sleet and freezing rain and how much comes as snow. The worst part of it is that Leon is suppose to head to Mpls this afternoon. He is going to stay with Curt & Jayne tonight and then fly out to Nashville early in the morning. They have their trade fair there this year. I think he should head out early today so that he makes it up there. The system is suppose to be out of here by 10:00 so the flight tomorrow should be fine. I also told Randi to pack extra clothes for the kids. Just in case Travis doesn't get home after work tonight, I can get the kids from daycare and keep them overnight and then back to daycare in the morning.

New Work Week

Once again the weekend has flown by. Most of the weekend was spent working on the kitchen. We put a new electrical box in along with a new box for a light. Then filled in some nail holes and did a ton of sanding. My shoulders can really tell it today. Yesterday we had to go to Marshall for some things we can't find in Slayton. It was nice just to sit in the car for a little while and get out of town. When we got back I was refreshed and ready to get back to the project. It wasn't all work though. Friday night we went to the basketball game and Saturday we went to the 50th birthday party of one of the guys on the fire department. Now today it will be back to work! Ho hum!!!!!

Good to be Home

I feels good to be home. On Wednesday afternoon myself and 2 co-workers from the Fulda office headed to Mpls for classes. The classes were on a new update that is going on our processing program at work. A lot of it was over my head. They talked about setting up specs for different capaabilities. Since I am not the person in our group that sets up or changes specs, I didn't understand some of it. We also learned a bunch of changes coming for the deposit side and the loan side. That stuff I did understand. The thing is, this update isn't going on until about the 18th of April. Plenty of time for me to forget everything I learned. We got home last night about 7:30. Just in time to watch Grey's Anatomy!!!!

I did very well with my diet while I was gone. I ate green salads and chicken and stuff like that. Believe it or not, they had cheesecake for desert at lunch yesterday and I passed it up! I weighed in before I left on Wednesday and I only lost 1 pound last week. I guess I was hoping for more, but I should be happy that I lost weight and didn't gain.

Well, I better go get ready for work!!!!:(

A time to tear down

Well, it was a day of destruction. I worked the morning shift at work. Since it is President's day, we only have the drive up open and 2 of us split the day. We each work 4 hours. Once I got home Randi was here to help me and we started emptying the kitchen cupboards. All of the uppers were empty and only one of the lower ones still had stuff in them. As soon as Leon and Travis got here, we started tearing down the uppers. They are all out. YIPEEEEE!!!!! We are not going to take the bottom ones out until the new ones come in. I don't want to be without a kitchen sink for any longer than I have to be. I am exhausted tonight, but it is a good feeling. Hopefully by this time next week I will be putting the new ones in.

Valentine's Day Weekend

What a great weekend. Yesterday I spent cleaning house, doing laundry and grocery shopping. Instead of going out for a Valentine Supper, we grilled steaks here at home. Pretty good to be grilling in February in Minnesota. They turned out great! It was a very relaxing day. Then today we went to church (we picked up Lauren from Sunday School, Leon had to sing in choir and I was one of the communion assistants). We left for Sioux Falls right after church and met Travis and Randi at Menards. I got my new kitchen cabinets ordered as well as the patio pavers for the new patio! I can't believe I talked Leon into getting both!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoot. Now I just have to wait for them to be delivered. Anyway, as soon as we were done with that we headed to Brookings to see Denver. We all went out to eat together and celebrated his birthday. I had 2 beers with supper and we had birthday cake afterwards. Yipes. That isn't so good for the ole' diet!!!! I am going to have to work out twice as hard tomorrow. That is okay, it was worth it.

Denver is 30 Today

A nice end to the week. It was fairly busy at work today, but not so busy that we couldn't take a breath now and then. Then tonight we went out for supper with friends. I love it when I don't have to cook! I can't believe Denver is 30 years old today! Boy does that make me feel old! We are going to up to Brookings on Sunday to have supper with him and maybe his new girlfriend. Another meal I don't have to cook! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow will be the regular Saturday stuff - grocery shopping, cleaning vacuming, etc. I don't mind cleaning, I just wish I had more time to do other things as well on Saturdays. Oh well!