Yesterday was a good day because I spent the day with my friends the Willetts. You know those friends that are always there for you and even if you haven’t been together for a while you just take up where you left off in the conversation. We raised our kids together and grieved our losses […]

Yesterday Alice and KK spent time at the Valley and went to church in Lancaster. I got off work and went back to 4th St. The transformation of the bed and bathrooms was phenomenal. What a great thing a little paint is. They hauled old doors from the barn at Kelley Ridge to 4th St., […]

Alice is here. YAY! She inspires us to do work! We got started on the entry way on 4th Street–tore down a wall and revealed a staircase. How invigorating it is to sledge hammer holes and crow-bar down chunks of drywall. It’s why some people like to watch “This Old House.” Alice and KK had […]

I met Alcie, Kyle, and KK after I got off work in the children’s department at Barnes and Noble. It was eight o’clock and I had a gift certificate for Johnny Carino’s so we ate there. It was good! Then back to Deb’s to take care of her dogs and sleep well before attacking 4th […]

I was late getting in last night because 4 kids had parents who didn’t pick them up on time, but I took the last one home myself (she’s a favorite, and her mom is great–adopted from Cambodia when her mom could have retired comfortably instead). That’s probably against the law somehow, but what are they […]

Breakfast with the Groupies at Cracker Barrel. Visit with Alyx at 4th Street where she told me she is moving back to the Keep. I’ll miss her. Clean-up of porch at 4th St. Help middle school parents with yard sale–leftovers went to Cabrini Closet, our thrift store. Watch the Derby. Exciting finish. Not as exciting […]

Well, not actually from Owatonna. They were coming through from Florida on their way to Iowa and then to Minnesota last night, but to me they will always be from Owatonna. My Thanksgivings spent on Linn Drive with Nancy and her family are still fresh with smells and sounds and cold. Now she is retired […]

Today was a randomly warm and windy February day. It was so windy that both door closers on the storm doors at Kelley Ridge broke. It is very windy up on the Ridge. I am waiting for the oak flooring to arrive for the main floor living area, and then after it is laid, the […]