Finally Friday!

Good morning everyone! Can you believe that there are only (counting today) five days until Christmas!!! Holy Cow! I hope that you have been able to check off all the items on your shopping list, and if not...you better be heading to the stores soon.

Last night my confirmation class was canceled. The fog was so dense you could hardly see the front of your vehicle! And, it was pretty much like that all day! The lucky kids...they have the next two weeks off as well. We will just have to hit the material hard after the first of the year. I was looking at calendar for the class, and we are over half way through the "year".

Doug took today off. He had one extra vacation day to use...so we are going to work some more on Buckwheat's room. We painted the baseboards earlier this week, that leaves the trim around the windows and the doors to finish. We are also going to pack so we will be able to leave early in the morning. Hopefully, we will be ahead of the "major" storm that is coming. Last night on the news they said it should start around noon; therefore, we shouldn't have any problems.

In other news...Doug called the roofer yesterday. If you haven't noticed...I haven't posted anything about the roof...because there hasn't been anything to talk about. He hasn't been back since Thanksgiving. Anywho...the roofer said he would be here to finish the upper part of the house before Christmas! He said it would be after the first of the year before he would get to the porch and the garage. I'm going to have Doug keep on him once we get back from vacation.

I'm going to "sign off" for now. Don't be surprised if you don't see any new posts until 2008. While back in Indiana, we only have dial up access...and it is more difficult to find the time to write. We hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a (Safe) Happy New Year.

Until next year...

Child Vaccinations

I was sent this link via email warning about vaccinations for children. Being a soon-to-be parent...I am beginning to think about these things more often.

I remember getting this particular vaccination as a child...do you?

Watch this video, and then talk to your children about this!

Tuesday Tales

Not too much going on in our part of the world. Doug and I went to Parkersburg, IA, today with 4 other people from work. The department stores "back up" seed at the warehouse there, and we were updating some inventory. It ended up being a pretty easy day of work. We left Williamsburg around 7:30 this morning and arrived at Parkersburg by 9:30. We broke for lunch and went to one of Doug's favorite places...The Pizza Ranch! It was my first time eating there, and I must say it was excellent! Not only do they have a pizza buffet, they had fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, and gravy. Plus, there was a salad bar and dessert bar. We finished the inventory by 2:30 and got back to Williamsburg by 4:30.

Other than that...some of the ice melted yesterday and today. I think it is suppose to be up over freezing for the next 2-3 days, and then we are to get a big snow storm starting Saturday morning. Hopefully, we will be able to leave ahead of the storm and have no problems on our trip back to Indiana.

Until next time...

Our Weekend

I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. It was a great weekend for us. On Saturday we spent a good part of the day in Coralville shopping. Doug has been wanting a shotgun for a while, and he finally decided on which one he wanted. I didn't realize all the paper work that was required to purchase a gun, but in the end, we came home with a gun. We also had to pick up a few things from Wal-Mart...and boy was it crazy in there! I guess that what you get this close to Christmas.

Once we got home, we decided it was time to start "preparing" the baby room. We moved the bed, computer desk, and filing cabinet from the spare bedroom to the new spare bed (aka: the tractor room). We don't actually have things for the baby room, but we decided to empty it so we can put things in it after we come back from Christmas (and baby shower) in Indiana. We need to do a little painting, but not much. We painted the room before we moved in this past spring, but we never did the trim work. Also, there are some spots that need to be touched up on the floor.

Saturday night was a going away party for our friends Fred and Ana. Fred works with Doug, and they were our fishing buddies this past summer. Ana got a job in Waterman, IL, after completing her PhD this semester; therefore, Fred took a new job as well. The department (from work) was suppose to do a "small town bar hop", but the bus they reserved called and canceled last night because of the weather. We spent the evening at the two bars in Williamsburg, and I think everyone had a great time. Doug even did a little karaoke singing.

Sunday was spent "recuperating". We aren't use to those late nights on the town anymore! Oh, well...it was a lot of fun. This was also our Sunday to bowl. Our teammates were busy moving this weekend, so it was just Doug and I. I had two good games, and Doug did OK for not having bowled in almost two months!

That's our weekend in a nutshell...

...Until next time.

Santa

If you see a fat man

Who's jolly and cute,

Wearing a beard

And a red flannel suit,

And if he is chuckling

And laughing away,

While flying around

In a miniature sleigh

With eight tiny reindeer

To pull him along

Then let's face it...

Your eggnog's too strong!