As you know, Mr. D and I were at Dickson Valley Camp over the weekend. We’ve been there numerous times before. This time there was something new. Some walls had been painted in the downstairs meeting/lodging areas of the dining hall. I was amazed at the detail, the creativity, the talent and, dare I say … Read More
No where warm…
While several of our friends are in places like Mexico, Florida and Hawaii enjoying the tropics this weekend, Mr. D and I decided to go south for the weekend too. So while it snowed in Rochester, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois…. We drove through it all. To reach our SOUTHERN destination. Just 60 miles SW … Read More
Passing it on…
While visiting our kids in Cincinnati we dined out a few times. It’s pretty much standard procedure for us to hit up Skyline one night (a four-way for Mr. D, and a three-way for me) and Dewey’s pizza, just down the street from the kids, on another night. On this visit, Cara requested to make … Read More
Greatness
On December 26 a sweet little girl was born. Emerson McCall was born at 9:05pm weighing in at 7.2 lbs and 21 inches Emerson’s proud parents are Drew and Bri. Drew is Mr. D’s nephew. Which makes Mr. D a Great Uncle! Mr. D’s sister and brother-in-law are proud grandparents With 1000 miles between our … Read More
Must try this …
Mr. D and I did a little errand running and shopping last night. It was dinner time when we headed out, so we planned to get some grub along our way. Neither of us were feeling a big meal or the usual restaurants we hit up, so we decided to have a sandwich. Mr. D … Read More
Progress
Today started out on the “tough” side. I had a 2.5 hour one-on-one training session on how to use the new website format we are switching to at camp. It was alotofinformation. By the time we wrapped up the session, my head was pounding, and realizing I still have a bizillion more things to learn … Read More
Apartment life
The size of the place you live in isn’t as important as how you live in that space. Last weekend Mr. D and I were invited to dinner at Dave & Jo Lynn’s place. Over the summer, Dave & Jo Lynn moved into the upstairs apartment of the rental home they own very near downtown … Read More
Bigger than ourselves
Last night a group of people gathered in a room at Crosswinds Church to fill 43 backpacks with food for children in Pine Island schools. Food 4 Friends provides backpacks of supplemental food for children that are likely missing meals over the weekend. The backpacks we use were donated by Hom Furniture Community Relations. You can … Read More
Fun at the park
We still play at the park and I still try to take pictures of our <adult> children at the park some times it’s easier to get them to cooperate than other times and sometimes there are many “takes” involved after sitting in the car for a day, it felt so good to get out and … Read More
What are you doing New Year’s Eve
I’ve always loved this song and this duet – Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel do it beautifully. They are now officially on my Spotify account! About the musicians…. The friends strummed a twee little ditty cover of “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve” by Nancy Wilson in this new video that Deschanel posted to her website, … Read More