Oops, I did it again

Again, I neglected to post for a long time. Sometimes a person just gets so busy with things going on that you never take the time to blog. I'll try to cover some of the things I should have blogged earlier.

We celebrated three birthdays in October. For Brandon's we were in Bismarck. Brandon and Duane went to Jamestown to get a motor. So Alex, Nicole, Julie, and I went to look at a trailer house that Alex and Nicole were interested in. Boy was that entertaining. The owner was there working on her yard and we got there before the realtor. We visited with her a little, I asked her how the neighborhood was, she told me it was going to #### and that's why she was getting out of there. Then she went on to tell us about her neighbors and how loud the neighborhood was etc.. Needless to say we had decided it wasn't something they were interested in before we even seen the house. After we were done looking at it we went to pick up Brandon's gift. It took us quite awhile because the guy was having a hard time finding what we wanted finally he came out and told us they were out, so we went to Sears to get it. We had planned on picking up pizza for supper but since it took so long and Duane and Brandon werer going to beat us home we decided to have them pick it up. They were'nt to happy with us because they thought we wasted the whole day with nothing to do and then made them pick up the pizza. We beat them home and brought Brandon's gift in and put it in the shed. When they got home we asked about measuring some windows Brandon wants to put in (they were in the shed) so he went out to measure and there was his gift. Then we explained why we had them get the pizza.

We also celebrated Ryans Birthday. I picked up a Turtle cheesecake at Sams. Alex and Nicole were here to help us celebrate.

On the Saturday before Moms birthday we had a big birthday party for her at the assisted living center in Herreid. Velma and Leroy were home and they brought a big cake and ice cream. We all sat around and visited in the sun room. Then we went to Moms room while she opened presents. Velma picked up a Halloween costume for her and we had her try it on. She really enjoyed that. She had butterfly wings, a big purple boa and antenae. She walked out by the men to show them and had to throw her boa in there faces a few times. I think she really got a kick out of that.

Last week end I wasn't feeling good. I have been fighting this cold for over 2 weeks already. Anyway I got a call Saturday morning from Pat. She was babysitting Jason's kids and she had gotten a call that Mom had fallen and said her side hurt. Pat wondered if I could go and see how she was doing and if she needed to go to the doctor. Well, by the time we got done talking we decided we probably better take her in just to be safe. So Pat called and set up an appointment while I got ready to go. Then she called and asked them to make sure Mom was ready and Duane and I went and took her to Mobridge to see the doctor. They did xrays of her ribs and she did crack one. Plus she was running a low grade fever. So the doctor wrote up instructioons for the nurse at the assisted living to give her tylenol and motrin alternately as needed for pain and to take her vitals a little more often than usual just to keep an eye on her to make sure they would catch it if she started running a higher fever and get her in right away. Mom must be starting to like it there. When I got there she introduced me to the nurse she said "this is my youngest daughter, she's a good daughter" then she told me that the nurse is as good at her job as I am a daughter. Anyway after Moms appointment we ate dinner at the Pizza Ranch. Then Duane ran into Alco and picked up some Motrin for Mom and we headed home. By the time we got back to the assisted living center Mom was falling asleep and her side was bothering her. So the nurse helped her into a looser pair of pants got her some Motrin and she was going to take a nap.

Casey got a letter awhile back from BSC. He has been accepted. He starts with his general classes and in January 2010 he will start his welding classes.

Duane and Milo started combining corn on Monday. They didn't get done before the big snow storm. They have about 90 acres left.

Duane, Casey, Ryan and Milo went deer hunting today. They saw 5 or 6 but a couple of them were bucks and they never got any shots at the others. They have doe tags. Milo has a gratis tag so he could have shot a buck but wasn't with them when they saw the bucks. He didn't go with until after dinner.

Duane and Casey have Dentist appointments in Bismarck on Tuesday morning.

We have a combined church service with Hull tomorrow. For those that don't know our Pastor serves two churces. One in Westfield and one in Hull. Pastor Lane has to preach for Floyd Haan at the Presbyterian church in Pollock, SD. Their service starts at 11:00 so we are starting our combined worship service at 9:15. Starting that early is going to be a little different for us. We usually have Sunday School at 10:00 and worship at 11:00.

Well, I guess that's all for now. Have a great rest of the week-end and God bless.