I guess I'm just not satisfied with settling for only singing. We had our practice tonight with combined choirs at Redeemer Lutheran (Zion, Trinity, and Redeemer). We will be singing at next Wednesday's "pre-Thanksgiving" service (two songs). Redeemer also invited us to dinner beforehand at 5:30, so we'll be having "soup and pie." Ruth Stenson, the choir director at Redeemer, said she has only baked one pie in her entire life, but signed herself up to make two pies for next week. In the spirit of not really knowing what you're doing before volunteering for something, I noticed there was a group of kids with string instruments about to practice under Ruth's direction for the prelude and offertory music at next week's service. I asked Ruth out of curiosity if she knew of a community string group around here and she said there really weren't any in town, but did invite me to play my cello with the kids. Apparently Brianna Drevlow, Joe's daughter, is the only cello at this point. Pretty much all the kids are middle school age from Franklin and there's about 5 or 6 pieces they'll be performing, so I figured, "What the heck?" I'll have to practice a little bit over the coming week, but I shouldn't have a problem with the level of music I'll be reading, knock on wood. Brianna was rather pleased to see she won't be all by herself next week in the cello section.
I'm sure I've told most of you out there it's freezing over here this week. It's currently 6 degrees outside with a feels like of minus 5 degrees. Andrew ran to the convenience store this morning just three blocks away and when he got back, the lenses of his glasses had completely frosted over, so he couldn't see. When we climbed in the weasel (our car) to head to church tonight, the INSIDE of the windows were frozen. Here I was scraping the outside and there wasn't a single speck of ice on the outside. Andrew's valve stems on his Honda were completely frozen, so he couldn't check the air pressure tonight. I think he'll be bringing the hair drier out there tomorrow to thaw them out.
I think the guy across the street was more intelligent than I thought, putting his Christmas lights up outside the day after Halloween before the winter storm moved in with all the snow. Now it'll be a bit more tricky on my side getting it done as I doubt the snow will be leaving until Spring now with these temperatures. I also have to work on rigging a better harness this year for Duchess to pull the boys down the alley/sidewalk in their sled.
I have to wish you a Happy Birthday one more time, Jennifer. Hopefully you had a great day of celebration with your family over there. It seems like just yesterday you and I were making that sign for Mom's 37th... Here's to many more years! :o)
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Singing, Singing, and More Singing...
This has been a busy week for the choir at Trinity. We had practice Wednesday night, sang at both services, and this afternoon, we were invited to sing on TV at the telethon at Lincoln High School for the fundraising effort of the Lincoln High Choir so they can go on tour of the Smithsonian and New York. We followed Dad's old group, the Sunrise Singers from Franklin Middle School. Andrew joined the performance too and seemed to enjoy a few minutes of local fame. Mariel Anderson, my realtor, was one of the two MC's of the event and Joe Kezar did the soundboard. It was neat seeing the new setup of the music department at Lincoln since I left in 1981. They have great soundproof practice rooms like I remember from Washington State University and a large band room. Come this Wednesday, the choir will be practicing at Redeemer Lutheran in preparation for the upcoming combined choir performance for Thanksgiving.
At the second service today, Aaron was presented with his "Third Grade Bible." He had made this nice cloth holder/cover for it with handles to carry it around. He brought it with him to Lincoln this afternoon, he was so proud of it. I'll post a pic or two of it this week.
The Trinity youth continue working on fundraising for their big trip to San Antonio next summer for the youth convention. I found out today each family has to pony up $600 out of their own pocket and another $1,200 per child has to be raised through fundraising. We are presently working on reinvigorating the youth program there, hopefully getting some kind of a youth room together downstairs with ping pong, perhaps the shuffleboard they used to have, and appropriate furniture so they have an area to call their own. I suggested a program like we had at Gloria Dei in Mountlake Terrace, i.e. Pioneer Clubs for K-6 so the boys are kept busy on Wednesday nights and don't have to turn to another church for that activity. Some ideas for the youth were a fundraising pancake breakfast and getting the older kids involved in the idea process so it's a little more collaborative. We don't have too many people on the council so far, Mary Forney, two other couples, and myself. Hopefully we can get Kristi Grochow on board too as she has good motivational skills.
As for school these days, Aaron brought home a note this Friday indicating instead of the third grade students exchanging Christmas gifts this year, they will be going to the water park at Seven Clans. Should be a great activity in the middle of winter to get into the nice warm indoor park. Daniel has invited me to his lunch this coming week as he caught wind I had visited Aaron a couple of times for his.
We had a nice little snow storm last night, but other than cold temperatures, nothing is left of the snow to make it look like winter around here. We are expecting a couple more days of snow showers this week, though. Deer hunting season started last weekend and it's in full swing as you can tell by all the fluorescent orange hunting gear whenever you go shopping at the supermarket or around town. I was thinking of popping up to the old 80 acres to see if they're honoring the signs Mom & Dad posted this summer. Scott Grochow has already been out several days with Casey and I think he's already gotten two deer. I'm just trying to avoid getting any with my car. I found out Minnesota was something like 6th on the top 10 states to have deer-vehicle collisions. Hopefully Harry Potter will be showing in town here so I don't have to brave the roads at night coming back from Grand Forks.
At the second service today, Aaron was presented with his "Third Grade Bible." He had made this nice cloth holder/cover for it with handles to carry it around. He brought it with him to Lincoln this afternoon, he was so proud of it. I'll post a pic or two of it this week.
The Trinity youth continue working on fundraising for their big trip to San Antonio next summer for the youth convention. I found out today each family has to pony up $600 out of their own pocket and another $1,200 per child has to be raised through fundraising. We are presently working on reinvigorating the youth program there, hopefully getting some kind of a youth room together downstairs with ping pong, perhaps the shuffleboard they used to have, and appropriate furniture so they have an area to call their own. I suggested a program like we had at Gloria Dei in Mountlake Terrace, i.e. Pioneer Clubs for K-6 so the boys are kept busy on Wednesday nights and don't have to turn to another church for that activity. Some ideas for the youth were a fundraising pancake breakfast and getting the older kids involved in the idea process so it's a little more collaborative. We don't have too many people on the council so far, Mary Forney, two other couples, and myself. Hopefully we can get Kristi Grochow on board too as she has good motivational skills.
As for school these days, Aaron brought home a note this Friday indicating instead of the third grade students exchanging Christmas gifts this year, they will be going to the water park at Seven Clans. Should be a great activity in the middle of winter to get into the nice warm indoor park. Daniel has invited me to his lunch this coming week as he caught wind I had visited Aaron a couple of times for his.
We had a nice little snow storm last night, but other than cold temperatures, nothing is left of the snow to make it look like winter around here. We are expecting a couple more days of snow showers this week, though. Deer hunting season started last weekend and it's in full swing as you can tell by all the fluorescent orange hunting gear whenever you go shopping at the supermarket or around town. I was thinking of popping up to the old 80 acres to see if they're honoring the signs Mom & Dad posted this summer. Scott Grochow has already been out several days with Casey and I think he's already gotten two deer. I'm just trying to avoid getting any with my car. I found out Minnesota was something like 6th on the top 10 states to have deer-vehicle collisions. Hopefully Harry Potter will be showing in town here so I don't have to brave the roads at night coming back from Grand Forks.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
You Know You're in Scandinavian Country When...
The nearest Sam's Club carries entire pallets full of Lefse in their food department... :o)
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Uff Da About Sums It Up!
Well, dinner at Trinity Thursday night was quite an event. The church was filled to the brim downstairs in the fellowship hall with people overflowing in the sanctuary. When we got there, there were cars around the block and about 80 percent of the parking lot of Johnson Funeral Service was packed to boot (no funeral going on either). We bought our tickets from Fern and proceeded to the sanctuary to await our turn as they were calling numbers, 20 at a time. We were treated to of all things a nice little trio of guys playing a string bass, banjo, and Jay Forney on Guitar, singing songs that sounded as if they were taken straight out of the movie, A Mighty Wind. It was hard not to smile watching and listening to them play if you've ever seen that movie. They just didn't have the funny hairstyles is all.
Once we got downstairs there were few empty seats to be had. Mike, Carol & Roger, Terry/Rita, Kristi Grochow, Shirley, Idella, and numerous others were there as were quite a few people from the community at large. We went through the serving line and I figured I'd try "just a sliver" of lutefisk so I could say I didn't wimp out, but before I could object, the server had plopped two heaping spoons of the steaming quivering creation of jellied fish onto my Dixie plate with just a little room on the other half for Swedish meatballs. Howard Thorson was at the end of the line serving corn and when he asked if I wanted some, I advised I didn't have any room left, so just "put it anywhere," reminding him it was like the old days in the school cafeteria to which he had a big laugh.
For those of you curious people, Aaron had been talking up having fish the entire day and when we got there, he still hadn't gotten the hint of what he was about to experience. He went ahead of me in line and accepted a healthy serving of the lutefisk with the meatballs. As I'm sitting there not looking directly at him, I could spy him taking a bite of the fish (if you could still call it that). I managed to force down four complete bites of it (so Dad couldn't say I quit without giving it a fair shake). Aaron started shoveling it in, not really getting the full "flavor" as it were yet. I motioned to Andrew to take a look and before long, there was an older couple in their 70s or so the next table over looking with delight at Aaron as he chowed down on the Norwegian delight before him. Shortly thereafter, though, the taste caught up with him and he announced if he ate another bite, he would lose his lunch, so to speak. I think the "P" word came into play. He went back to his meatballs and lefse thereafter.
We had our first good snow late that night, with the snow remaining on the cars and backyard through Friday. It's all gone now, though the temperature continues to dip into the low 30's with high 20's when factoring in the windchill. I came home this evening around 9:00 to find my next door neighbor directly across the street putting up his icicle lights for Christmas already. I had to go over and ask if he was working on his "Clark W. Griswold" light presentation this year. My house should be fairly easy should the spirit move me enough to do something in that regard. I believe I can just crawl out the second story bedroom windows onto the roof of the porch and string them up from there without having to mess with a ladder, though thanks to Dad and Fern, I have one if necessary.
We have been invited out to the Grochows for both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. Kristi doesn't have family to celebrate locally with here, so it's basically "the more the merrier."
We went to see Chicken Little at the Galaxy Twin last night. It was pretty funny, a gag a minute. We met Dusty with Kristi and his sister Kaylynn at the theater. There's quite a few laughs for adults too. We now have Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to look forward to in two weeks. I heard it's 150 minutes long, so should be a nice test of the boys' attention span. It promises to be as good as its predecessors, though, and the boys have greatly enjoyed the first three.
Once we got downstairs there were few empty seats to be had. Mike, Carol & Roger, Terry/Rita, Kristi Grochow, Shirley, Idella, and numerous others were there as were quite a few people from the community at large. We went through the serving line and I figured I'd try "just a sliver" of lutefisk so I could say I didn't wimp out, but before I could object, the server had plopped two heaping spoons of the steaming quivering creation of jellied fish onto my Dixie plate with just a little room on the other half for Swedish meatballs. Howard Thorson was at the end of the line serving corn and when he asked if I wanted some, I advised I didn't have any room left, so just "put it anywhere," reminding him it was like the old days in the school cafeteria to which he had a big laugh.
For those of you curious people, Aaron had been talking up having fish the entire day and when we got there, he still hadn't gotten the hint of what he was about to experience. He went ahead of me in line and accepted a healthy serving of the lutefisk with the meatballs. As I'm sitting there not looking directly at him, I could spy him taking a bite of the fish (if you could still call it that). I managed to force down four complete bites of it (so Dad couldn't say I quit without giving it a fair shake). Aaron started shoveling it in, not really getting the full "flavor" as it were yet. I motioned to Andrew to take a look and before long, there was an older couple in their 70s or so the next table over looking with delight at Aaron as he chowed down on the Norwegian delight before him. Shortly thereafter, though, the taste caught up with him and he announced if he ate another bite, he would lose his lunch, so to speak. I think the "P" word came into play. He went back to his meatballs and lefse thereafter.
We had our first good snow late that night, with the snow remaining on the cars and backyard through Friday. It's all gone now, though the temperature continues to dip into the low 30's with high 20's when factoring in the windchill. I came home this evening around 9:00 to find my next door neighbor directly across the street putting up his icicle lights for Christmas already. I had to go over and ask if he was working on his "Clark W. Griswold" light presentation this year. My house should be fairly easy should the spirit move me enough to do something in that regard. I believe I can just crawl out the second story bedroom windows onto the roof of the porch and string them up from there without having to mess with a ladder, though thanks to Dad and Fern, I have one if necessary.
We have been invited out to the Grochows for both Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. Kristi doesn't have family to celebrate locally with here, so it's basically "the more the merrier."
We went to see Chicken Little at the Galaxy Twin last night. It was pretty funny, a gag a minute. We met Dusty with Kristi and his sister Kaylynn at the theater. There's quite a few laughs for adults too. We now have Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to look forward to in two weeks. I heard it's 150 minutes long, so should be a nice test of the boys' attention span. It promises to be as good as its predecessors, though, and the boys have greatly enjoyed the first three.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
A Brief Addendum...
I forgot to mention something cute in my last post about Aaron. At church last Sunday, it was confirmation Sunday, so I had to sing at both services. Unbeknownst to me, the youth being confirmed had two front pews on the left reserved for their seating arrangements. Well, Aaron processed up the aisle with me and just before the altar, I realized I had to "do something with him quick," as the choir was proceeding all the way up to in front of the altar to sing right after the morning announcements (I had thought the choir would sit in the front as usual on the right before singing. The closest alternative was the empty pew in front on the left side... Aaron sat right in the middle of the long pew beaming up at me in front while seconds later, I stood surprised as I saw the procession of youth to be confirmed coming down the aisle in their white gowns enveloping Aaron on either side of the pew. He kind of looked like pudding in a cloud in the sea of white around him. Aaron was looking around, apparently realizing he didn't belong there, quietly arose, walked to the left and sat down in the pews that face to the center from the old chapel, never missing a beat. It can be a little disconcerting when you're "stuck" up front like that and not able to direct activities going on in front of you, but thankfully Aaron did a great job problem-solving it all by himself.
I also forgot to mention tomorrow night is the annual "Lutefisk Supper" at Trinity. I might be able to talk Andrew into going for the lefse if nothing else. I have to give the boys their first taste of a Norwegian staple too. As for other events at Trinity, the "Old-Fashioned Bazaar" last Saturday brought in over $5,000 in the 5 hours it was run!
I also forgot to mention tomorrow night is the annual "Lutefisk Supper" at Trinity. I might be able to talk Andrew into going for the lefse if nothing else. I have to give the boys their first taste of a Norwegian staple too. As for other events at Trinity, the "Old-Fashioned Bazaar" last Saturday brought in over $5,000 in the 5 hours it was run!
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Trick or Trout!!!
It's colder than a witch's elbow over here... :o( We had our trick-or-treat session last night, our first in TRF. The boys grouped up with the pastor's kids from the corner and Pastor Dave and I went out together with them to keep an eye on things. Before they got started, it had gone entirely dark outside except for the porch lights and the TRF Police Department stopped by and gave all the kids those glow in the dark rings you put around your neck for better visibility when crossing the street. Aaron went as Harry Potter again this year, sans glasses. Daniel went as a Star Wars Clone as indicated in the pictures above. They had plastic pumpkins like last year, but unlike last year in Mountlake terrace where they got a few handfuls of candy, they ended up both overflowing their buckets with candy. I think we probably stopped at a good 40 or 50 houses all told.
We have been blessed with a break from early snow here. The last of the leaves fell from the Dutch elm out front and we have yet to have the leaves we raked up taken away. The truck keeps missing them unfortunately because someone ends up parking in front of the curb blocking the truck. Oh well... Dale Folger said he was going to call public works pretty soon to light a fire under them. We had some light rain today, but other than that, it's just been brisk outside. The house is maintaining the heat rather well, though, as it's been consistently around 37 degrees outside, yet without any heat on during the daytime, the thermostat stays at 60 or just above. Hopefully it holds for the winter with the rising cost of heating oil/natural gas. At least gas prices for cars are falling. We paid about $2.38 a gallon on Sunday in Grand Forks, which reminds me, we took a trip to Sam's Club (finally) over there in North Dakota and got stocked up on a few things. We took the old cutacross this time past the old family farm on what used to be County Road 3. The fields have all been turned for the winter and except for the occasional group of cattle, there wasn't much to see on the way over. We did get lost in Grand Forks, but unlike typical men, we stopped both times and got directions before spending a half hour driving in circles.
Last week, Aaron decided to follow his little brother's example and attend Awana with him, a youth group at the Baptist Church that sits just kitty corner to Trinity and next to the Heritage Center in town. They had a great time while I was at choir practice and it kept them out of trouble. For those interested in what Awana is, check it out ==> http://www.awana.org
I can't believe it's November already. Before long we'll be celebrating our first Thanksgiving here followed by Christmas and snow (hopefully in that order?). Well, time to get busy with the boys. Take care everyone.... :o)
We have been blessed with a break from early snow here. The last of the leaves fell from the Dutch elm out front and we have yet to have the leaves we raked up taken away. The truck keeps missing them unfortunately because someone ends up parking in front of the curb blocking the truck. Oh well... Dale Folger said he was going to call public works pretty soon to light a fire under them. We had some light rain today, but other than that, it's just been brisk outside. The house is maintaining the heat rather well, though, as it's been consistently around 37 degrees outside, yet without any heat on during the daytime, the thermostat stays at 60 or just above. Hopefully it holds for the winter with the rising cost of heating oil/natural gas. At least gas prices for cars are falling. We paid about $2.38 a gallon on Sunday in Grand Forks, which reminds me, we took a trip to Sam's Club (finally) over there in North Dakota and got stocked up on a few things. We took the old cutacross this time past the old family farm on what used to be County Road 3. The fields have all been turned for the winter and except for the occasional group of cattle, there wasn't much to see on the way over. We did get lost in Grand Forks, but unlike typical men, we stopped both times and got directions before spending a half hour driving in circles.
Last week, Aaron decided to follow his little brother's example and attend Awana with him, a youth group at the Baptist Church that sits just kitty corner to Trinity and next to the Heritage Center in town. They had a great time while I was at choir practice and it kept them out of trouble. For those interested in what Awana is, check it out ==> http://www.awana.org
I can't believe it's November already. Before long we'll be celebrating our first Thanksgiving here followed by Christmas and snow (hopefully in that order?). Well, time to get busy with the boys. Take care everyone.... :o)
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Could The Leaves Just Quit Falling Around Here??
It's amazing how little work one can get done around here with falling leaves and bird droppings. I had the whole yard raked last week and within a couple days, it looked worse than when I started. I had a good chuckle, though, when Ken across the street got his lawn tractor out and neatly groomed his and Fern's lawn of leaves only to have the same thing happen to him. He likes getting out and doing "something," though, so I suppose he doesn't mind it that much.
I've been working on projects around the house lately, putting in a utility sink in my basement to soak clothes, wash real dirty hands and give Andrew a faucet to get water for his love birds. I sanded off half the front stairs as the paint was peeling and I just need a couple of back to back dry days without the boys around during the day to get them painted. I'm trying to squeeze that in before the first "real" snow fall.
We enjoyed the 2005 "Woofstock" dance and silent auction at the Eagles club in TRF to benefit the Humane Society of Pennington County last Friday with hamburgers, live music, and we came home with a nice extension cord, an art print, and some food for Duchess. Daniel had the best time of all, as he was rockin' to the beat of the music pretty much the whole evening, sometimes all by himself, doing his own version of break dancing. We took an hour or so in between and drove over to the Family Bowl to go bowling with the boys and Josh, Dawn's foster son, and when we were there, saw some high school kids that where there from the prom dressed up in old-fashioned 50's/60's costumes. Back at the Eagles club, we again saw the same kids and the girls tried getting the boys to dance with them. They were all amused by Daniel's independent antics on the floor, though he was too bashful to dance with them. As those kids were leaving the party, I heard one girl saying how fun it would be to be as young as Daniel again and how "cute" the boys were.
Now we're approaching Halloween and I have to find a costume that will fit Aaron in time for his school party next week. It's a bit difficult as they don't have as much selection in TRF and they're mostly too small for him. I guess we'll have to see what they got and make do. I'm expecting a deluge of neighborhood kids for trick-or-treating this year and it will be the first genuine trick-or-treating outside of a school setting the boys have ever done. I think they'll have a great time and Daniel already has his "Clone" costume from Star Wars. Hopefully his mask stays intact long enough to wear on Halloween.
I had Daniel's parent-teacher conference on Monday with Cory Thorson and heard some great things about him. He said he's pretty much a "0 to 60 mph" boy with nothing in between in terms of his speed. He goes just about til he passes out, recharges his batteries, then takes off again. He has a few girls who enjoy his company as well, one of whom was pretty crushed when he started playing with another girl.
The boys went to the waterpark today at the Seven Clans Casino again and Tyler and his friend Austin from the corner house also joined them. They enjoyed it, though they wished it could have lasted longer. We're now home for the duration of the evening. The boys have had all this week off for teacher conferences, so tomorrow is their last weekday of freedom before returning on Monday. They've been a little bored as they haven't had someone to play with the whole time, so they'll be happy to be back at school, I'm sure.
Trinity has an old-fashioned bazaar the end of the month that I think I talked Andrew into since they're going to be making lefse, his favorite... That's about all that's going on around here for now. Hope all is well with everyone reading.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Autumn Is Here!!
The long and lazy summer has come and gone and autumn is upon us. The boys are back into their daily school routine and seem to be enjoying life with a little less freedom than usual. They don't seem to mind the daily grind of school life again. I, on the other hand, have my own daily grind now that the trees are bereft of almost all their leaves in front of the house. The Dutch elms in front have dumped about three lawn bags worth on the lawn and I just cleared all that up this morning. Most people around here I've seen using leaf blowers and bagged lawn mowers/tractors to do it. I have the old fashioned rake and my leather personnel carriers so it was some good exercise. Today was a great day to do it, though, as the sun was out and the temperature was just right, kind of crisp, but not too cold, and a bright blue sky overhead. These days are numbered, though many a winter day can be enjoyable too over here with the way the sun shines so often. We just won't have as many thunderstorms is all. Of course then we have snow to look forward too, but we're prepared for that as we spent last weekend outfitting the boys in new snow pants for school and play. Aaron's Elmer Fudd hat still fits him, so I just have to talk Daniel into it...
We had a relaxing evening the other night out at the Humane Society for Dawn's autumn leaf burning. Daniel got to romp around in a rather massive pile of leaves, something new for him, though Aaron wasn't up for it. We made a nice big brush fire of sorts out of the pile of leaves. It got so hot it was hard to get within four feet of the pile with a rake to keep it burning. There is a sprawling pasture-like yard out there with some dirt where the leaves were burned and a nice tall dirt heap that Daniel also availed himself of as an earthen slide.
Dawn made up some sloppy joe's and we had dinner there with Dawn and her mom, Judy, and Dawn's foster son, Josh. Dawn's mom gave Daniel a ride afterwards on her four-wheeler, so yet another first for Daniel. His eyes were really big as they motored around the yard. Now to talk Aaron into a ride...
Not much else is up these days as we ease into the new season. We did pick up a Star Wars clone costume for Daniel to wear on Halloween. Aaron's so big, I'm not sure yet if we'll be able to find anything for him. K-mart had everything in small or medium height. We may need to be creative on that one... I suppose we'll be making the obligatory candy run pretty soon to be prepared for the expected deluge of neighborhood kids, our first Halloween in TRF.
For all interested parties, "The Weasel" continues to run well, though we still haven't racked up many miles on it (about 60 so far). I take them now and then to school in the morning as a surprise. I still have over half the tank of gas it came with. I'm still looking for opportunities to walk and bicycle as an alternative, especially with the weather holding as it is. Hope the weather is nice in your part of the country (or world, if you're Jeff and Katrina).
Until next time...
We had a relaxing evening the other night out at the Humane Society for Dawn's autumn leaf burning. Daniel got to romp around in a rather massive pile of leaves, something new for him, though Aaron wasn't up for it. We made a nice big brush fire of sorts out of the pile of leaves. It got so hot it was hard to get within four feet of the pile with a rake to keep it burning. There is a sprawling pasture-like yard out there with some dirt where the leaves were burned and a nice tall dirt heap that Daniel also availed himself of as an earthen slide.
Dawn made up some sloppy joe's and we had dinner there with Dawn and her mom, Judy, and Dawn's foster son, Josh. Dawn's mom gave Daniel a ride afterwards on her four-wheeler, so yet another first for Daniel. His eyes were really big as they motored around the yard. Now to talk Aaron into a ride...
Not much else is up these days as we ease into the new season. We did pick up a Star Wars clone costume for Daniel to wear on Halloween. Aaron's so big, I'm not sure yet if we'll be able to find anything for him. K-mart had everything in small or medium height. We may need to be creative on that one... I suppose we'll be making the obligatory candy run pretty soon to be prepared for the expected deluge of neighborhood kids, our first Halloween in TRF.
For all interested parties, "The Weasel" continues to run well, though we still haven't racked up many miles on it (about 60 so far). I take them now and then to school in the morning as a surprise. I still have over half the tank of gas it came with. I'm still looking for opportunities to walk and bicycle as an alternative, especially with the weather holding as it is. Hope the weather is nice in your part of the country (or world, if you're Jeff and Katrina).
Until next time...
Saturday, September 24, 2005
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