Well…some go…some think I’m going to kill them…hahaha..some are drama queen nuts…need I say more…have another drink.

I knew I had met my BFF way back in 1975 when she was friendly to me in the elevator at Central Life downtown Des Moines.  She had been there a year and was moving up a couple of floors and I took her place in the basement…we ended up getting an apartment together..she introduced me to him…she got married, I got married and 34 years of life happened.  Due to some unexpected circumstances in her life which have been painful…I’ve been seeing her a lot more which is a good thing for my life and I hope she can look back at this last year and know that stuff happens, life changes and the only movement from here is UP.  

Last night I remembered a very crucial thing in our relationship.  We both like twist top wine rather than the fru fru types that need a cork screw…and we have not lost our amusement with each other.

Slipstream entertained at the Snus Hills Winery up by Madrid last night.  It was a hot day and a beautiful night and a beautiful venue.

It’s a great band…I’m pretty mesmerized when the two Kims sing.  Amazing, Amazing!!

Tonight should be equally as special as two very dear people tie the knot.  I’m feeling love in the air!

Until next time….

On the mornings that I have a good grip on reality, I get an idea in the shower of what I want to blog about that day.  I usually make it to work and really formulate the ideas while on my 6 minute drive – 7 minutes if I have to dodge wildlife.  By the time I sit down at the console, I’m well on my way to losing the “brilliant” thought pattern so I self talk the universe to keep it slow and quiet for at least 10 minutes so I can get my ideas on the screen.  I sat down at the kitchen table this morning…with no shower, no drive to work but this in front of me.

and pretty much realized where I will get my inspiration once we move.

Dogs seem to adjust to the new house pretty well..Frannie was nervous as a wet hen the first couple of days…she got to visit her new vet in town the 1st morning because she had a UTI taking hold…that went well.  Dave was here until Friday night helping with the man stuff that needed to be done.   Plumbing the bathroom sink was an all week project with lots of new words and trips to Lowes and the hardware store in town…I’m embarrassed for them to tell you how many trips…but it works great, looks wonderful and it all worked out.

We entertained last night for the first time….probably not really called entertaining when it is family but that’s what all the people on House Hunters say they do in their new houses.  Jenny, Justin and Jaxon and Justin’s parents, John and Brenda, came for dinner.  Brenda bought the cake which was good but not as important as the fresh tomatoes and cucumbers out of her garden.  First we have had this year.  He grilled hamburgers, I put the beans on the table in the pan I cooked them in and we ate and laughed…

Finishing up some projects this morning…after coffee…then heading “home” to Newton and the kitties.  Thanks to Travis and Melinda for checking on them.  You guys are awesome neighbors – we will miss you!

Until next time….from Newton

Trying to wrap my mind around it

I’m very exited about our move in the next several months to Missouri.  I am very thankful we found the house we did – it met every one of my criteria…the lake…okay pond…could be a little bigger but I am totally content.  CONTENT.  I’m even content when I pull up a road map of the area …. that is content.  I’ve never been content about where I am planted.  That discussion is for a whole different Oprah Show.  But keeping this in mind, driving home the other day from work, I was appreciating the corn and beans in the field and the though crossed my mind that I”m going to miss this…

and this

I was actually disappointed that the farmer across the road planted beans instead of corn this year because my last year (after almost 30 years), I will not get to watch the corn blowing in the wind.  Driving down a gravel road in August with corn towering above you on both sides of the road always reminded me of driving to Uncle Bob’s house from Grandma’s house in the summer…especially at night driving down the white gravel road in Muscatine county with only the headlights – leaving a trail of dust from where we had been.

I’m going to miss the view every time

Trees, trees, trees and then it opens up to our house

He was working in the yard yesterday, it was a beautiful summer day…it felt cool when I opened the door to step out..I felt a fleeting feeling of sadness that we are moving away from this.  It is not lost on me how blessed I am.  I am feeling happy, happy, happy to be making the move but also feeling a bit teary eyed about leaving the place I’ve spent 30 years.

Until next time….

If you are driving down a country road at midnight and hit a deer and careen into a ditch, you want someone to drive by….if you are driving down a gravel road and run out of gas 1.5 miles from home…you love seeing the headlights of a neighbor coming down the road behind you.  If you and your husband and his brother (who are 60+ years old, I might add) have been able to hoist themselves into the back of a pickup truck that is sitting in a field drive, found the perfect spot to arrange yourself to cushion your back and your head on the cold metal at midnight, you don’t really want anyone to drive by because chances are you would actually have to sit up to say – we’re okay while losing the only warmth of your body outline.  But when you have missed the well publicized night of the Perseid shower..by one night…ya…you seriously are very thankful that the road was quiet and everyone else had brushed their teeth and tucked themselves in for the night.  If they weren’t just black, I would post the pics I took with my phone camera.  Seriously…we saw a few shooting stars…I saw one that was impressive with a trail…but for the rest of the hour, I layed in the back of the pickup with the two comedians…did I mention they had consumed an alcoholic concoction that may have been premium because when my brother in law handed it to him he said, so…you don’t have to work tomorrow, right?  They will use that excuse…me…I have no excuse other than I listened to the direction of a couple of 60 year olds  who had a little alcohol along with the bats in the belfry.   It was fun…it was really fun!

Until next time….