Saturday, April 9, 2011

A lotta catching up to do here!!!!!

Holy Cow!! Can't believe it's been a month since I've last posted - time flys!!!!!
We had a great time the last three weeks in TX - leaving there on the 21st. The weather was perfect and knowing how cold it still was and how much was still on the ground in Minnesota made leaving pretty tough. We got home on the 22nd just in time for a 10" snowstorm on the 23rd - everybody said "Welcome Home"!!!!! We almost headed right back to TX.
Now two weeks later it's finally warming up - 65 today but we still have some snow banks around the the lakes are still covered with ice. Big Thunderstorms forecasted for later today and tomorrow.
The first week at home we caught with the kids and grandkids, helped Kristin move to a new apartment, babysat the grandsons one night and our granddaughter another day and night.
Vicky had to do a resort conference in Bemidji on the 28th so she headed up that way for a couple days - had some peace and quiet.
Work at the bank has been very busy and we move forward merging the nine Iowa branches into the Minnesota charter and also shutting our data processing center in Iowa and converting them to center in MN. I'm sure I will be on this detail most of the year. Have several trips to Sioux City, Holstien and Aurelia on the calendar over the next few months.
We got the 5er opened up - spend one afternoon in it pretending to be camping and watched a movie. Noticed that slide was not closing completely so took it over to the dealer. They thought it would be a quick fix by just retiming the slide but after working on it for about an hour they notice that the weld on one of the brackets had come loose - so left it there and will pick it up later. Should'nt be an issue as we had only used it 2 nights last fall after we brought it home.
We are going to Las Vegas for a week - have a bank technology conference to attend. Maybe "if" we play the machines we might have some luck!!
Nothing new on the house front - had a couple of good showings a few weeks ago. Realtor tells us that March is always slow - people like to wait now to look at properties when the snow is gone. We'll see!
Found out we will be grandparents again in the fall - this will make four grandkids!
Well best get this closed and posted, need to get vehicles cleaned up after the messy roads last week. Will be going to St Cloud for Grant's birthday party tomorrow - will have some pictures then.

Take Care.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you have been busy, busy, busy. Congrats on the new grand baby. They are so much fun.. Stay safe.

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