Progress

Spent most of yesterday on yard work. Finally getting a break in the persistent rain. We have been putting the finishing touches on things. We are closer to being picture ready.
Here are some teasers. Butch has been feeding the squirrels. Not at all sure this is a good idea and even more so when I saw 5 of them playing race and chase in the yard. In case you are curious yes, that is a satellite dish now used as a bird feeder/waterer. Cannot think of a better use for one

Beautiful sunset last night but there is a price to pay for living in town.

Yesterday Butch and I went to the A & W for a root beer and we were grubby so we used the drive in service. Butch turned on the radio and the BeeGees were singing. I said, "They are singing something woman but I cannot make it out. Do you know what it is?" Butch said, "Four legged woman." I laughed so hard the tears ran down my face! I know- it was just one of those moments. Butch said, "Gotta picture, huh?" I said, "uh, huh". And started all over again! The actual song is "More than a Woman" and I looked it up to be sure.

Computer Class starts

FREE

BEGINNING COMPUTER CLASS 

at the

JEFFERSON PUBLIC LIBRARY 

Using Google Chrome

Mondays from 6-8 pm for 6 weeks beginning June 15

Instructor: Barbara Brooker

Class size is limited to 10 participants

Call the library to pre-register 386-2835

Topics Covered:

Let’s tour Google Chrome.

What is Google Chrome and why should I like it?

How does the Google Chrome operating system differ from other computers?

How does an app differ from a program?

Chrome settings and what they do and where do I find them?

What is this thing called Cloud?

First meeting will be a “get acquainted” session. For us to get off to a good start and be on the same page it can be helpful if you have:

1. Google Chrome installed

2. Google account (gmail) established

3. Know your password

I will be happy to help you with these things if needed, but we may have to schedule this outside of class time.

 Goal of the Class: 

To learn at least one new function in each session -- (Hopefully many new things!)

I cannot even believe it!

Yesterday Mickey and I lined up a Costco day. While in DesMoines my phone rang and I had missed my hair appointment. Just plain forgot it! Marcia my hairdresser is heavily booked and missing this appointment distressed me.
Mickey had a "moment" too when she thought she lost her purse and had left it in the cart at Walmart. That is another one that will make your heart twitter when it happens to you.
Son Gary and Susan were in Iowa yesterday checking out a truck and selling a car and so it was considered getting together with them. And my friend Sherri from Atlantic called and said she would be in town and would it be okay to stop by and, of course, that answer was yes. At one point, Butch's phone rang at the same time mine did so I was holding phones in each hand when I looked in the driveway and my friend Colleen was here! If I remember right it was son Jason  on one phone and son Gary on the other. Oh yes, I was also in contact with my niece Karla off and on throughout the day.
What a day it has been!
Great practice for living in the moment!

Auction fun!

A while back son Jason asked me to find tractor seats because he had a craft project that he needed two tractor seats to complete. So yesterday we went to an auction in Jefferson and there were two tractor seats! So I called Jason and he switched gears for the day and came to Jefferson. Laura and Ethan came with him and we had a fun impromptu day! 

And by the way, Jason bought his two tractor seats. Ethan spotted this car, took temporary ownership and entertained himself for most of the auction. Jason tried to get it for him, but it went for more than Jason planned to spend.

 Jason also bought something that this cane came with so Ethan took a break from the car long enough to pretend he was an old man. That was pretty funny too because he was good at it.

After we came back to Jason's after the auction Ethan set up his microphone and played auction for a bit and then decided to put on a show, lining up chairs in his pretend theater for us to sit on. We adults were a little bit cooperative, but it became clear that there really wasn't going to be a show. As it ended he said everyone attending would get a free toy and handed them out. He then said, "You get what you get and be thankful for it." That cracked us up!

Jason wanted me to get a photo of this ivy covered building not too far from his place because he does not think it will be standing too much longer.

Iowa Child

Iowa Child

by Sarah Hall Maney

I am an Iowa child

Part and product of the land on which I grew

Flat and open and straight, like

the farm roads that bordered the corn

Friendly and receptive, like the rich,

black soil that grows the corn

Simple, and plain, but productive,

Like the fields of soy beans and hay

Yes, I am an Iowa child

There have been times when

I have kept it hidden

Pretending somewhere, something, someone else

But today I stand with it

Drawing upon the strength of it -

Acknowledging the unique gifts

I share with it

Of course, an Iowa child has not many

deep, intriguing forests within -

Not many clear, refreshing lakes to draw upon

No lofty, grand mountain peaks to soar from

No yawning canyons to descend -

And I know my Iowa child must live

And come to terms with the part of me

That is controlled, precise, yearning

to be perfect -

Like the squared-off, ruler-straight rows

of hybrid seed corn

Perhaps I will never be

as exciting, as spontaneous,

as a tumbling Colorado mountain stream

As magnificent as a

crashing California ocean wave

As serene and stately as a Minnesota pine tree

But no matter

I am who I am

An Iowa child

And that is enough

Dance Recital -Elise

Elise's adoring grandpa Gary does not do Facebook and he tells me he doesn't see pics of the grands unless I put them on the blog. Sometimes I am good about it and sometimes not. I am a hard person to take on guilt...I just say "No" to guilt but in this case it works...at least this time!

She is so stinking cute. She gives off vibes of capability. I can see her running a business, a state or a country some day and doing an excellent job of it.