Discovering new things like sushi
Larry and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary last weekend. I can still remember the day very clearly that we exchanged our vows. I do wish I’d managed to work in something on Larry’s side about not telling bad jokes, but I’m not so sure he would have gone through with it if I had. Eleven years of marriage doesn’t seem like much compared to my parents, who were married for more than 60 years before my mom passed away. They were a great couple. One of my favorite photos of them was one of my father laughing and my mother giving him “The Look.” I suspect he had said something that mortified her. My mom was mortified quite often. When someone said something that she didn’t particularly care for, her mouth would twist in a grimace, and her eyes would bore into the person’s soul to let them know, in no uncertain terms, that she was not amuse.
» Full StoryFamily is forever — and that's okay
Families are about love overcoming emotional torture. — Matt Groening
Sometimes it's nice to just be alone. To hear what is going on in your head and not what is in everybody else’s.
Bipartisan efforts in Iowa get high marks
CNBC recently released its annual “Top States for Doing Business” report, and once again, Iowa makes the top 10. Our state placed sixth overall, the highest Midwest ranking.
Iowa placed N.
Relatively speaking
When I tell my city friends how many relatives I have and how I am related to many of them in at least two different ways, they often remind me of Jeff Foxworthy’s redneck jokes.
» Full StoryThe summer of unbearable mosquitoes
I wonder why it is that what seems to be growing the very best in the garden this summer are the Paul Bunyan mosquitoes that are out there.
Perhaps it is all for the good after all that there’s really very little to harvest.
Whitewashing Tom Sawyer’s fence
We managed to squeeze another quick weekend trip in before Daniel started school. We took a four-day trip to Missouri, visited with Grandma B. and spent sometime with our niece, Ellie.
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Volleyball - South Hamilton vs. Northeast Hamilton
Skydiving Fun
Cross Country - Lynx Invitational Boys
Cross Country - Lynx Invitational Girls
Flooding
Cars Planes Trains and Bikes
Fort Dodge 2008-2010
Newer Pics Of My Babies