Well, this past week has been quite a week of opposites. Weather wise that is... Last Saturday, the13th, the high temp at sundown was 65 degrees. Sunday morning it was 12 degrees. Tuesday we got 3" of snow and today into tomorrow we are getting snow and freezing rain. They are forcasting another 3" by morning, on top of the ice we are getting now!!! Guess we just need to get used to getting whatever kind of weather no matter where we live.
Shane has a job now. He is going to be a Mall Security guard, well at least he will have some money coming in now. Shay has passed all his classes for this semester!!! An answer to prayer!!
The boys will be going to Chicago Shannon and family for Christmas. They will leave on the 24th and come back the following Sunday. It will be a quiet Christmas here. I am working at the lab on both Christmas and New Year's Day.
Shane called to tell me that he is renting a house with 4 other guys in the Chicago area. He will be coming here in January (maybe) to tow the Corvair back so he can work on it more. No new news about when he starts school yet. He won't be able to bring Max with him because the owner doesn't want dogs in the house. Well at least I will have full use of the driveway again.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Another Delayed Entry to my Family Blog
Well, I just realized that another 3 months have passed since I updated this blog, guess I am not as disciplined as I want to be.
Anyway, my granddaughter, Julia, is growing like a weed. She is eating solid food now, starting of course with cereal. Seeing Shannon feed her brings back many memories from when my children were starting to eat solid foods. Where has all the time gone?!
The boys and I went to Shannon and Dave's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Dave's brother and his wife came too, so it was pretty much a family day. Julia has started standing by herself now, but she is not crawling yet. Guess kids all develop at their own rate. Dave got a job at Con Agra here in Omaha too!! This means they will be staying around here for a while longer at least!!
Shane is came home from Chicago for about a week or so. He came home in his '96 Geo ( that was pretty much falling apart!!) and left a week later in his '00 Durango. Talk about trading up!! He is going to be starting back up with his schooling after the new year. He is renting a house in the Chicago area with 4 or 5 other guys so the rent won't be that much. He said he would probably come and get the Corvair one weekend since they have a 2-1/2 car garage and a big driveway there. Hopefully he takes Max too!!
Anyway, my granddaughter, Julia, is growing like a weed. She is eating solid food now, starting of course with cereal. Seeing Shannon feed her brings back many memories from when my children were starting to eat solid foods. Where has all the time gone?!
The boys and I went to Shannon and Dave's house for Thanksgiving dinner. Dave's brother and his wife came too, so it was pretty much a family day. Julia has started standing by herself now, but she is not crawling yet. Guess kids all develop at their own rate. Dave got a job at Con Agra here in Omaha too!! This means they will be staying around here for a while longer at least!!
Shane is came home from Chicago for about a week or so. He came home in his '96 Geo ( that was pretty much falling apart!!) and left a week later in his '00 Durango. Talk about trading up!! He is going to be starting back up with his schooling after the new year. He is renting a house in the Chicago area with 4 or 5 other guys so the rent won't be that much. He said he would probably come and get the Corvair one weekend since they have a 2-1/2 car garage and a big driveway there. Hopefully he takes Max too!!
Shay is doing PT with the recruiters every Thursday at 5pm. They have him running, doing sit-ups and push ups, and, sometimes, having fun. He is really looking forward to going into the Army next summer.
Shawn is working at Taco Bell and going to school, after this year he will have about 2 more years left. One with classes and one where he does student teaching. We will see how that goes.
Sue (my lady friend from Missouri) and I have ended our relationship recently. The distance played a big part in our decision, along with a couple of things she wasn't sure about with us. So I guess I will be spending more time at home with the boys, working around the house and such.
I recently put my motorcycle away for the winter. It has been getting colder here, but not any measurable lasting snow. I wonder if Nebraska will see any snow at all!! I can't wait for spring so I can ride again. Next year, before Shay leaves for the Army I want to take the boys to Milwaukee to a Brewers game. The new stadium there is fantastic!!
Anyway, I am going to post this (with some pictures!!) today so it doesn't get any later.
Take care all. I am NOT promising when the next post will be this time!!! :)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Busy Summer
Well, I have been officially chastised by one of my siblings for not updating my blog, so here goes...
It has been an adventuresome summer to say the least. There has been a little bit of something for everyone in the family.
After Shane came home before going to Army Basic Training in April, Shay had expressed some interest in joining the Army after he finishes High School in the spring. So, after we got back from the family reunion, we went to talk to the Army recruiter near our house. He told us that he could not start anything till Shay had his 17th birthday, but we did get some information. The weekend before his birthday, we had a nice long talk about it because I wanted him to be sure that this is what he wanted to do. The day after his birthday, we went to talk to the recruiter and got the paperwork started. He showed Shay a list of all the jobs available to him in the Army and told him he could basically choose any job he wanted. When the recruiter stepped away, I asked Shay if he knew what job he would want. He told me he was choosing Infantry. I told him that anyone in the Army basically was Infantry and he should choose something that would teach him a skill he could use on the outside. Well, he thought about it for a while and chose a job he wanted to do. When he went for his physical the next week he called me and told me that he signed up to be an Airborne Ranger!!! Not really what I was expecting, but it was what he wants. Now to get him through this last year of school.
Last spring, Shawn asked me if I would go with him to a music festival in Sioux Falls, SD over Labor Day weekend, and I told him I would go with him. Well, I went, not knowing what to expect and I was very surprised (and pleased). The festival is called LifeLight and is put on by LifeLight Ministries, based in Sioux Falls. We camped there and were able to go to any of the 5 stages to listen to concerts by approximately 30 different bands. These bands (all Christian bands) ranged from local ones to Lincoln Brewster to Michael W. Smith. The main stage area (where I spent most of my time) was a huge open field that held (my guess) around 120,000 people for the Michael W. Smith concert Saturday night. Shawn spent most of his time between the main stage and the stage where the more hard/alternative rock music was being played. What amazed me most about it all was that there were around 200,000 people there Saturday and Sunday, ranging from babies all the way to grandparents, from very conservative to Goth, and everyone got along together!!! No pushing, shoving or fights or anything like that. Everyone was considerate, patient and kind to each other and watched out for each other.
The Sunday morning service was something to behold also. I guessed there were about 30,000 people sitting or standing in the field and praising God. AMAZING, I had never seen so many people in one place for a worship service before. So, if you are anywhere around Sioux Falls around Labor Day, make time to go to this LifeLight music festival. It's FREE!!!! All I paid for was camping and food.
Shane is finally done with his Army training now. His graduation from Advanced Training was on the 11th and he went back to Chicago to check in at his unit there. He is now at home for a week or two to visit with friends and get ready to go back to school. If he starts soon, he will be graduating from UTI sometime in Dec or Jan I think.
Sue (my Sue, that is) is now a grandma!! Her daughter had her baby in the begining of August and Sue has been down to Fla twice to see him already. She is constantly worried about her 2 kids and their families because of all the hurricanes this year. But they have been spared so far.
I have been busy at work lately, training new people and trying to help in covering various shifts. I never thought I would be working in a hospital, yet I am enjoying this job more than just about any other job I have had before. Julia is growing like a weed and starting to eat cereal now. Wow, that brings back memories!!
I promise that I will update this more frequently than every 2-1/2 months from now on!!! Thanks for the prod, Gail ;)
It has been an adventuresome summer to say the least. There has been a little bit of something for everyone in the family.
After Shane came home before going to Army Basic Training in April, Shay had expressed some interest in joining the Army after he finishes High School in the spring. So, after we got back from the family reunion, we went to talk to the Army recruiter near our house. He told us that he could not start anything till Shay had his 17th birthday, but we did get some information. The weekend before his birthday, we had a nice long talk about it because I wanted him to be sure that this is what he wanted to do. The day after his birthday, we went to talk to the recruiter and got the paperwork started. He showed Shay a list of all the jobs available to him in the Army and told him he could basically choose any job he wanted. When the recruiter stepped away, I asked Shay if he knew what job he would want. He told me he was choosing Infantry. I told him that anyone in the Army basically was Infantry and he should choose something that would teach him a skill he could use on the outside. Well, he thought about it for a while and chose a job he wanted to do. When he went for his physical the next week he called me and told me that he signed up to be an Airborne Ranger!!! Not really what I was expecting, but it was what he wants. Now to get him through this last year of school.
Last spring, Shawn asked me if I would go with him to a music festival in Sioux Falls, SD over Labor Day weekend, and I told him I would go with him. Well, I went, not knowing what to expect and I was very surprised (and pleased). The festival is called LifeLight and is put on by LifeLight Ministries, based in Sioux Falls. We camped there and were able to go to any of the 5 stages to listen to concerts by approximately 30 different bands. These bands (all Christian bands) ranged from local ones to Lincoln Brewster to Michael W. Smith. The main stage area (where I spent most of my time) was a huge open field that held (my guess) around 120,000 people for the Michael W. Smith concert Saturday night. Shawn spent most of his time between the main stage and the stage where the more hard/alternative rock music was being played. What amazed me most about it all was that there were around 200,000 people there Saturday and Sunday, ranging from babies all the way to grandparents, from very conservative to Goth, and everyone got along together!!! No pushing, shoving or fights or anything like that. Everyone was considerate, patient and kind to each other and watched out for each other.
The Sunday morning service was something to behold also. I guessed there were about 30,000 people sitting or standing in the field and praising God. AMAZING, I had never seen so many people in one place for a worship service before. So, if you are anywhere around Sioux Falls around Labor Day, make time to go to this LifeLight music festival. It's FREE!!!! All I paid for was camping and food.
Shane is finally done with his Army training now. His graduation from Advanced Training was on the 11th and he went back to Chicago to check in at his unit there. He is now at home for a week or two to visit with friends and get ready to go back to school. If he starts soon, he will be graduating from UTI sometime in Dec or Jan I think.
Sue (my Sue, that is) is now a grandma!! Her daughter had her baby in the begining of August and Sue has been down to Fla twice to see him already. She is constantly worried about her 2 kids and their families because of all the hurricanes this year. But they have been spared so far.
I have been busy at work lately, training new people and trying to help in covering various shifts. I never thought I would be working in a hospital, yet I am enjoying this job more than just about any other job I have had before. Julia is growing like a weed and starting to eat cereal now. Wow, that brings back memories!!
I promise that I will update this more frequently than every 2-1/2 months from now on!!! Thanks for the prod, Gail ;)
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Pictures, I hope
Well, here it is, 5 days later and I have heard from my siblings that I need to get some pictures on this thing to make it more interesting, so here goes nothing. I will try to add comments to each picture as we go. The first picture is of my daughter and granddaughter catching a wave at the ocean. The second one is of the family, I am obviously on the left holding my first grandchild. The next picture is of my kids and son-in-law. The last picture is of me sitting with my special friend, Sue. More about her in later posts.
Friday, July 4, 2008
New News
This is the first post to my blog, so it is going to be rough. We had a busy month here in June. Everything from Dad (Me) getting a motorcycle to going to South Carolina for Shane's graduation from Army Basic Training to a family vacation/reunion. And of course all the rain we have had in Nebraska this past month, we are definitely NOT in a drought situation in Eastern Nebraska this year!! I will be posting pictures later, just wanted to get this started.
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