This Week

Another week has begun - here is a brief (?) synopsis of last week at our house.

Mark went to Minneapolis to get trained by Lifesource in their policies and procedures for procuring tissues. Red Cross sold their tissue procurement division to someone and that company is subcontracting with Lifesource. We'll see how this goes. The training was well organized (the former secretary is writing now). The handouts were great (a few typos here and there, but not bad); the meals and snacks were good and the training facility was great. An 'A' was given by my attendee.

The kids and I had a reasonably uneventful week.

Wednesday school was good. The subject was Benjamin Franklin. We did miss the bulk of the day because we were waiting to make sure Mark was not injured while cutting/pulling down the tree. We did make it for the two-hour swimming in the afternoon and Katelyn's piano lesson.

Thursday I ran some errands - alone. Odd feeling, but actually things went a bit slower as the kids are really helpful now. We can split the grocery list into several parts and establish a meeting place. We are finished in 1/2 the time, usually.

Friday it snowed all day. It was really pretty. The yard was nicely covered and then the wind switched around to the north. The snow all blew, well, somewhere else. There are a few drifts in the yard that Mark is cleaning up right now, but the ground is bare in many spots.

No travel was advised on Friday night/Saturday so we missed church. Mark was all set to go, but after looking out at 94 and seeing only one car pass by (in 2 hours) we decided that it wasn't the best move. We also found out that 94 was closed from Moorhead to Alexandria. I know that wasn't in our direction, but no one could get through to our part of 94 so....We spent a very quiet day just hanging out.

A big thank-you to Mark's brother, Ralph, for sending several tapes of a show called 'Overhaulin' (or something like that). Mark and the kids are quite enthralled with the show. It's not really my thing, but that's OK. I would love to find a way to get Mark's 66 Ford Fairlane convertible overhauled. He had the car before we were dating, oh so many years ago, and would sell me before selling that car. Someday he'll get it back in shape, but until then....

Back into the fray - enjoy your week.