TUESDAY

Hi.  I realized on Sunday morning, that I had spoken too soon.  It was not a still day.  The wind was still happily whipping away, just not quite as bad as it had been during the night.  Monday was a slight bit quieter, but today, the cold, whipping wind was back.  L  Every time we clean the paths and roads, the wind just blows them away again.  The temperature this morning was 9° with blowing; tonight it is 14° and breezy.

Andy and Sarah Jane with Chloe and Katie took Katie’s mom, Jeannie, to the airport today.  Katie is a right jolly girl who I think will fit in nicely here.

We are enjoying Mike and Clara Buerge and their four children.  Their oldest has been going to school with our first graders while the four younger ones attend Carolyn’s classes.  The kids are sweet and have enjoyed other children to play with.  Tonight one of them ran up behind me and grabbed my legs and shouted “boo”.  I wondered if he thought I was someone else or if he knew it was me.  He had a big grin on his face, though, and didn’t appear to have thought I was someone else. 

Peter and Stacey are here for convention. Peter must be here for his job at Ft.Greely.  They will be here for the convention.

Pat, Beth and the girls will be spending convention with us and stay on for a bit longer...fun times for this gramaw...can't wait for cuddles. Hope to get some nice pics this time.

Just saw John Basalyga so I know he's coming!

Ali, Jo, Wendy et all, have been doing a ton of food prep and the first breakfasts of granola and sweet breads have been passed out.

Bonnie is madly doing all the stragglers last minute hair doos...I got into her maxed out lineup...just barely...under the wire...for my signature "spike" look which has become the preferred and easiest style for this ole dame...

The loggers received the piece needed to fix the pellet making machine.  Today Rich cranked out pellets to supply all the pellet stoves on the farm.  Those with pellet stoves were getting pretty close to running out. 

May and Seth went to Whitestone convention and didn’t return till today.  I was beginning to worry if they had been kidnapped.  (not really!)

Our convention begins on Friday morning.  All morning services will begin at 9:30 am while the afternoon services (on Friday and Saturday) will start at 4 pm. We look forward to seeing everyone.  It would be nice if you could call Rus (323-4192) or contact me to let us know what days you’ll attend so we have a head count for the cooks. 

May came back singing Whitestone convention praises, she liked the word, she liked the worship, she liked her hole in the wall sleeping arrangements...hope she won't move there...

Finally went out on the sawmill trail, it actually is behind the sawmill...I guess somebody opened it up...it was late and the light was going so I got kinda spooked its so quiet and deserted, so I turned back half way, but I now know its gonna be ok and I'll start using it besides Pat's a nice change.

The weather is holding steady and we've had some nice covering of snow, but it is rather deep in parts and now that Christ Toby is down in Oklahoma at the terriers course, we don't get the trails cleared as much as we would like...seems I'm always stepping into deep snow somewhere...especially around the school entrances...where the drifts are deeper.

Well, no more for now...convention is just around the corner.

Have a good day and remaining of the week...