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We had a meeting with Dawn yesterday. She was hired as the Behlen country master scheduler and is my direct supervisor for now. She has been here four weeks and just watching things and figuring things out. Our talk yesterday was about the change graph (the phases you go through before accepting changes) and the duties we…

Wow!! 4.6 in one week. That is phenomenal. Way to go. Also, WTG on getting some major miles on your bike. You are making such good progress. Nebraska (and Iowa) still need a break from the storms. After being in such extreme drought conditions for a number of years - it's nice to get enough rain - but flooding isn't a…

And if only I could figure out what Gods plan is for my boys. That would really be great

Everybody is going to want to come take pictures in your wildflower meadow. Glad you are feeling good on your bike. What a relief after that tough recovery. My sister and me? Still nothing. Zero communication. I heard from Bernie this weekend she is now a VP at Vishay. It’s really tough. But I don’t know what I am supposed…

My dear friend. Just got an amazing update from Caitlin. After the months of terrible testing (she said the lumbar puncture was particularly painful) but the team has said they didn’t see any growth in the tumor in the three months and they don’t believe it is cancerous at this time. She gets to go six months before…

Glad you got your flowers out. Do you have a Kaw greenhouse in your area? They pop up I parking lots in some places. I tried their flowers last year (and year before) I just really liked the colors of flowers. They show up just for planting season and then disappear until the next season. Otherwise I go to the local place.…

Glad your starter survived. I’m trying to get Bernie to agree to do my floor too before the bed arrives. It has the same carpet that was here when we moved in and I hated it then. We’ll see. A gallon of paint is $50! At least it’s a short week

Yikes. What do you do with all those hot peppers? Got the wall in my bedroom primed and painted. The sample I wanted did not look good on the wall. So I decided to paint it the same color as the other three walls. Years ago I did three walls a medium bluish gray color and one wall a tan color. I was tired of the brown and…

I got a tempurpedic hybrid that is supposed to be cooling and sort of medium firm with an adjustable base. I have been wanting to go that route for awhile. Our living room area isn’t huge and the sectional we got nearly twenty years ago is just too much for the space. So I thought going smaller scale. We got a motion love…

Bought a new bed (adjustable) and some new new living room furniture. Need to paint my room before it comes in. Let’s see if I stay motivated enough.

That is so sad. I’m so sorry for their loss

This weather! We had 90mph winds blasting through. There was a tornado north of us and several in other parts of Nebraska. Lots of power outages and trees down. Our power went out at 3 am and the smoke alarms all started blaring. Cripes. So after disabling all of them I just laid in bed listening to the storm and just got…

Welcome back! I am glad your trip went well and you made it home safely. I love lilac too. Good luck on the yard work. It grows so fast this time of year. We got more storms yesterday. A lot of trees down around town. My yard is fine, but everyone in Nebraska needs a break from the weather. But I think another round is…

Same. Zach is putting out resumes with no success. Caleb apparently got a job at an express oil change place. He didn’t tell me but I heard it from Bernie. I tried to make a plan to do something Saturday and got told by Bernie he couldn’t because he had to take something to Lincoln for Caleb. He never told me earlier in…

Your stops home sound really fun. How is your knee doing?

oof - this week has been something. here' hoping to a nice weekend.

Hope you trip is going well.

These meetings are rough. So much time and stress bringing up a new ERP system and also not being able to get our actual work done because of the meetings. I hate just watching pie in the sky theory at this points with lots of it will be so much better but being as how I have a brain and can see it won’t be better. Just…

Wow your trip went fast. Happy Layney Day

I made slow cooker scalloped potatoes because they sounded good. Caleb was home and talking about interviews he has at a couple of restaurants and a quick lube place. Whatever. Another week starts and it will be mostly meetings about the new system and trying to figure out how to get all our work done on top of the 25…

Anyhow, she likes having more clothes now Nothing new yet on Caitlin. She had more tests last week and next week a lumbar puncture (yikes) and then after that the big appointment to find out what her plan is.

Not sure what happened to my second little note, but I bought myself a new nightgown last night. I discovered the Soma Cool Night collection. So soft and light. I sent my mom a new vest for Mother’s Day. She likes the layers and having many to choose from is something she likes now for when she goes to cards. When we grew…

I love ice cream so much! I remember eating this amazing blueberry ice cream on the one vacation Bernie and I went on before the kids to Maine. I usually want chocolate but that blueberry was something. I also love good soft serve twist. I want ice cream now! Glad for a Friday

90’s? That’s really warm!

Another storm system through and safe. Weirdly we were without power for about five hours this morning, not from the storm but a hassle nonetheless. I think I read something somewhere about salt water being good for healing. Maybe you just needed salt water therapy to kick your recovery over the finish line So casino…

Spring baking championship finale! I like these three

So our neighbor to th west built some weird and ugly retaining wall and fire pit thing in his backyard. But I am pretty sure he is over the property line. We have a nice vinyl fence that I put up years ago and we made sure to be inside the boundary and his installation is right up next to the fence. It’s going to be…

I’m glad your knee is doing so well! Our new boss started today. I suspect it will still be awhile before things change too much. All the work we do still has to be done.

Storms moving in this evening. We are hopefully on the edge of the worst part. But hail is still likely. Ick. Oh and I just found out this weekend that Caleb’s car took a tree branch during the last round and his windshield was blown. Not sure why he waited to let it be known. Bernie was figuring out a place to get it…

Glad your visit is going well and that you are feeling good with the increased activity Have fun!