It has been some time since I have updated our Blog.
There are many reasons, always reasons and probably no one is interested in reasons or excuses.
We are back in touch and hope you will still tune in for what we hope will be a newsy account of our and ours lives in the upper Midwest of Minneapolis.
Some explanation may be in order for my tardiness in posting our BLOG.
First of all, a computer bug that seems to pot up occasionally mostly because of my ineptitude
computer skills.
Secondly, at our age and especially mine, memories fade rather quickly.
With both skills and memories fading anything that is left for a time seems to disappear quicker than I can snap my fingers. With help from the Apple Store and Daughter-in-law, Gina,
I think and hope I am back in communication with all of you that are interested in the lives and times of Jim and Doris.
So here goes! Only you, are readers can encourage the continuos publishing of this blog. Please let us know.
November has come and gone and there has not been much excitement in our lives. Most of 2009 was news about Doris as well as my health issues. After a time it seemed this was consuming our lives and the reporting of such as they occured. After a while it seemed to me that this was becoming a crying towel and I abruptly stopped with the medical reports.
The wether here during October and November has been unseasonably warm dry and also wet at times. This was enjoyable as usually October is the beginning of a long winter. Snow is always expected in November and tis year there was none to speak of. A few northern communities experienced a touch of short lasting snow, but here in the metro there was none. We are still hoping but it is not winter without snow. Now that December has arrived (along withe the crazy shoppers and aggressive merchants the holidays are being pushed upon us with the speed of Superman. Doris and I decline to be involved in this crazy activity.
Thanksgiving was again hosted be Son Jim and wife Gina in Chaska. A southern berb. The day before the big turkey day Jim's furnace died and was note repairable. We were all told to dress warm, and most did, however it turned out to be a rather warm, sunny day. As of this writing they do not have a firm date for the replacement of furnace. we are all saying prayers for them and warm weather untill----------------.
Son Tom, the RV repairman has left for his winter feeding grounds. There is not much RV repair issues in our cold climate. All of the winter travelers have left and those who do not leave have winterized and stored the coaches till spring. In order to keep house and home solvent he follows the RVers to Florida and does quite well. He returns home for Christmas and then back to the grind in Florida. (does he know something the rest of us don't)
Business at Eide Saw Service is still below normal and the guys in the shop are working only 32 hours a week. All are still aboard and we are hoping for some sort of the end of recession and the up-kick in the economy. We are hoping all of you are safe in your own worlds.
In all the winters Doris and I traveled to Arizona, we always were involved in exciting happenings. This gave us an opportunity to write about the places and people we visited. Now since we are happy to be home during the winter months are lives are quite normal and not much excitement occurs in our lives. It is also for me to keep tract of who reads this and those who have not confused their lives with the web. I have to admit that in spite of my personal difficulties with this machine I would miss it if were not available.
Sign in cemetery;
Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves!
Laws
When you try to prove to someone that a machine will not work, it will.
As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.
The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
40 years ago: Heinz Ketchup 33 cents
10 lb Pillsbury flour 4.99
1 lb bannas 13 cents
1 dz eggs 45 cents
1 lb butter 69 cents
and the world still turns and we all seem to survive.
Remember to be good to yourselves, stay well and keep in touch with
JIM and Doris
