Lisa and I spent another evening at Church decorating for Christmas.
About the only thing we got done tonight was to remove the strings of
lighting from last year from a 4 section 12 foot tree. We began
relighting the tree too. Got maybe 4 strings on it. The ladder work is
done and we have maybe another 4 strings to go! This tree must be
taken apart (all 4 sections) and moved to its final location, so
lighting it is tricky.
Testing to see if this thing really feeds to Facebook when I make a blog post.
We’re heading out to camp tomorrow morning. We’re going to Starved Rock State Park near Utica, IL. Nancy and her two adult children, Lisa and Mike wil lbe with us. Here’s a link to the web page for this trip. And here’s a link to our first trip to Starved Rock in 2003. Thr trip…
We ate at Marley’s last night in the Wisconsin Dells after riding the Ducks. Since we won’t see Dylan on his Birthday in a week (14-Aug), I decided to give him a little birthday surprise today. Click on the blurry image – it’s a video. Then below, you see him with the monkey hat they…
I was in MN today to attend my son Mike’s graduation from Alexandria Technical College with his A.A.S. degree in Law Enforcement. Happy day – go Mike! Jim
It’s 7:15 am on Thursday and we’re about to pull out of Walmart in Independence, IA. Nancy is in the store now getting coffee and a few other supplies (the least we can do). This is a teeny Walmart. Perfect for us who pull in at 10 pm and leave around 7 am. No one…
Our Kentucky friends arranged for a tour of Woodford Reserve today. They make Bourbon. Their parent compnay owns a collection of distilleries (Jack Daniels etc.).