Better late than never, right?

Oh boy... TEN WHOLE DAYS without an update. Sorry for the siesta. Things are busy as always around here. There really hasn't been much newsworthy stuff to report, though. We have been enjoying more winter weather, large snowflakes lazily drifting down from the sky tonight. I'm wondering when Spring will come, but I'm happy with the weather we have. The big drumroll news to announce is regarding Andrew.... He's been working at Pizza Hut since last week, but at about 8:15 or so this morning, I got a call from a gal at St. Hilaire Seed Co. down in St. Hilaire. She wanted Andrew to come to work for them TODAY. She wasn't impressed when I told her he was sleeping, but I managed to dig him out of that hole I had dug by clarifying he was working another job, hence the different hours of sleep, but assured her I would have him call her. Since she said she was just "going down the list" until she found someone, I rattled Andrew's cage and in about 3 minutes flat, he was hired at about three bucks more an hour than Pizza Hut was paying him. The funny part is the job is even easier for more pay. He spent the day sweeping today, though, as their machine was broken. Apparently he's supposed to be bagging up some kind of beans or something, so she wasn't kidding when she said it was one of their "more simple jobs." Andrew's happy, though, as it's the equivalent of $10 an hour in Seattle since the dollar stretches a little farther over here.

I continue to greet the boys every afternoon at 3:00 with Duchess taking me for the walk. Today was surprising, though. When the bus stopped, out popped about 6 boys and half of them gathered around Duchess and planted a kiss on her snout while giving her a vigorous pet. She has quite the fan club here. Last week, a couple middle school-aged girls slid their window down on the back of the bus to yell, "What's the dog's name??"

I've been busy with the transcription work, burning both candles at both ends most days. I have Fridays and Sunday's "technically" off, but end up usually filling them at least a little with contract work out of Texas. I get a break in the evenings too when the pastor's boys come over and play with Aaron and Daniel.

Oh, I should mention that Daniel's birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. I'm considering taking him to "Danny's Pizza..." Nice name for a restaurant at least. Hard to believe he's gonna be 6, although sometimes Andrew and I quietly muse to ourselves whether he has an extra two 6's hidden after that, given his penchant for mischief...

Sorry the update is so short. I'll try to update sooner than 10 days next time. I hope not too many people are having problems viewing the blog. I've heard some errors have been happening out there. Only thing I can suggest if it happens again is to "refresh" your explorer window to reload the page. That has worked for me a few times. Take care all...

The Minnesota Hustads (I thought that sounded better than Minnesota Fats...)