October 12, 2008

• Mimiwi is a BAD, Bad Xangan!!

  
  

  I have not been around much.  Also not doing much commenting either.  Just why I am not sure.  I do read my subs in my e-mail, though. 

  
  

  We have been a little more busy around here.  This past week has flown by.

  
  

  We heard from son, Jeff, on Thursday.  They arrived in Nashville Wednesday.  I thought they would rent a u-haul to move the girls  things down there.  Well, it ended up that Jeff could buy an inexpensive, used 12 (or 15?) passenger van for about the same price.  They managed to get almost everything in there and in Mindy’s car, and I suppose some things in the bus, too.  Hannah followed the bus, and Mindy followed Hannah all the way to Nashville.  There was one slight mishap.  Well, not really a mishap—just a mistake.  Symbolreader probably knows of this place where people turn the wrong way.  We did the same thing once when we went to Arizona.  It is where I 39 and I90 split near Rockford.  If you are in the wrong lane, you end up heading to Chicago on a tollway.  We had to drive about 10 to 12 miles to a toll booth, where we could get off and take a side road back to the right road.  It must happen a lot, because the gal gave us a slip of paper with directions to get back to where we needed to be without having to pay more tolls.  Anyway, Hannah turned wrong.  I know the turn comes up quickly, and she evidently couldn’t get in the correct lane in time, and headed to Chicago.  Mindy, who was behind her, saw Hannah turn and Jeff go the other way, and quickly decided to follow Jeff—–figured he knew the right way to go.  Hannah was hysterical, and called Jeff on the phone.  To make a long story short, she made her way back—probably the same way we did—-but she was really shaken up.  I guess Judy volunteered to drive the van if Hannah was so upset, but Hannah said “No!  If I can make it through this, I can make it through anything!!”  You really have to know Hannah to understand all this.  She can be very theatrical and emotional.  I used to call her “DQ” for Drama Queen.  We always knew where Hannah stood on anything.  Never had to wonder!!  But, she really is a great kid—well, young lady of 19 1/2.  She is such fun!!  Mindy is fun, too, but in a different way.  Mindy is the “cool-headed” blonde.

  
  

  The girls will be living on the SE end of Nashville, in Antioch.  There is a big mall right off of the interstate, and their apartment is within walking distance of it.  Will be interesting to see what jobs they get.  They took a year’s lease on their apartment.

  
  

  Jeff found out that he doesn’t have to be in West Palm Beach until Nov. 3.  The company that hired him to be a “traveling” sign man is in Ft.. Lauderdale.  While he is there, he will go and see them.  They have approached him about Jeff’s being the head of the traveling crews.  Will see what develops with that.

  
  

  Jeff’s job at the Trump Golf Resort will last until the end of Nov.—through Thanksgiving.  It is an LPGA tournament.  Grandson, Jacob, (the one in chiropractic college in San Jose, CA) will be flying to Orlando the middle of Dec. to spend Christmas with them.  Then Jacob will fly to New York City and spend New Years Eve there with some friends.  Jeff doesn’t know where they will go after Jacob leaves.  It may depend on what happens when he goes to Ft. Lauderdale and talks to them.

  
  

  Jeff said that Catalina made the trip just fine.  She seemed to like the movement of the bus.

  
  

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  We got our results from our trip to the dermatologist.  I had one biopsy taken, and it came back clear.  Ken had 8 biopsies, and 3 of the spots can be “frozen” off, but the other 5 are squamous cell cancer and have to be excised.  One of those 5 may have to have MOHS surgery done—-it is in his ear.  He doesn’t want that, but will talk to Dr. at the first session, when they will excise 2 spots.  He panics at the length of time MOHS can take.  He gets claustrophobic!  The older he gets the worse it gets.  It runs in his family.  Anyway, all of this will take over a month to finish up.  All those years of working without a shirt on in the summer sun is catching up with him.

  
  

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  Our oldest local grandson is going to college near Sheboygan, and just got a part-time job at Best Buy down there.  I told him to keep an eye out for a Wii.  He called last evening and said they got a few in, and if I wanted it he would get me one.  I had decided NOT to get one (trying to cut down on expenses what with the stock market taking a dive).  But the price was too good to pass up.  Convinced Ken to let me get it as an early Christmas present.  If we end up not going anywhere this winter because of the cost, at least the Wii will get me up and moving, instead of just sitting and vegetating!  I told Silas OK.  He called back a little later and said he got it, and there was only one left then!!  It is just the basic Wii with one controller and the “Sports” game included.  That is enough for now.  Eventually I would want the Wii Fit.  Think that would help me the most.

  
  

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  Well, that brings you up-to-date with us.  The weather has been beautiful.  In fact, right now it is 69 degrees.  But it will get cooler in the next couple days.  Have been cleaning up the planting beds. Well, Ken has done most of it.  The flowers in planters are still going strong, though.  Looks like there will be at least another week that will be frost free.  I did bring my hibiscus plants inside.  I was going to toss them out this year because they have gotten so tall.  But Ken and the kids talked me into bringing them inside because they still have so many buds on.  After they are done blooming I will cut them back so they aren’t so scraggly.

  
  

   

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