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Bruce's "New" Ride

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Okay, here is Bruce's NEW work car to go with his "new" job at his "old" place of employment for 18 years-Omega. He starts Monday and we bought this car from one of my bosses Joe. And Grandpa & Grandma-when Ty sat in it all as he said was ............"me out, me out". Think we got a GREAT deal for $500. Bruce doesn't even want my nice truck. WTH????????

Memorial Day Weekend

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Took a long houseboat ride with our boat on Memorial Day with some friends of ours at the river. It was finally a nice, sunny, warm day. I drove most of the trip from the flybridge and we had a great time. Bruce even said that I did a good job! It was a gorgeous day.

Lilacs

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Everyone has just got to love lilacs. They just don't last long enough though. Last week I filled several vases and scattered them throughout the house. It smelled like a flower shop (or a funeral home!) when I walked in after work. We definitely need to prune our bushes this fall. Both of them are just way too big.

My Garden

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Finally got most of my garden in before we headed to the river last Friday. Still need to plant some cucumbers and radishes but got most in the ground. Bruce of course helped and Kyle just came out to check out what we were doing. Oh yeah, Tyler loves cherry tomatoes and they didn't have any when I bought plants. Still need to get one of those for him. The kid eats tomatoes like an apple!!!!

State Track Meet 2008

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Kyle got to run in the 4 x 200 relay at the State Track meet last Friday at Drake. He had a pretty good time but unfortunately they didn't place. We went down and watched on Friday and stayed over also. Got to see a lot of the girls and boys run. We had a good time "socializing" Friday night in our football coaches room also. Even though three times someone complained about us and the noise level and came to the door. How old are we all???????

Iowa Preps Article

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This was posted on Iowa Preps yesterday so I copied it to the blog. They spelled Kyle's name wrong but it is always nice to see the coach mention your name in pre-season interviews. Hopefully will be another good Wapsie football year! Wapsie Valley Spring Football Preview After playing in the last two Class A title games and winning it all this fall, Wapsie Valley has shown that they can compete on a very high level. But with the majority of their skill players set to graduate soon, the Warriors have a lot of open spots on their team. Iowa Preps caught up with Wapsie Valley head football coach Tony Foster and talked to him about his team, their off-season, and much more now! How has the off-season been going for your team? "We have a lot of guys out for track and we encourage that. We have a few kids in the weight room but most of them are in track and baseball has started now. The best thing is that we had kids out for basketball or wrestling and now track. That is a good

Happy Mother's Day

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I didn't get on the computer yesterday as I was enjoying my day playing in the garden, planting some flowers, filling bird feeders, doing laundry, etc. So a belated Happy Mom's Day to all of us hard working Mom's. Bruce grilled supper last night for me and picked me up a hummingbird feeder and bird seed that I requested. All in all it was a pretty good day!

Closet

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Yep finally got some stuff put into the bathroom closet. Bruce "whipped up" this tall cabinet with shelves last night. I was complaing that the organizer we bought didn't have enough shelves so he built one that will work great. I'm sure I will fill up this space very quickly!

Beautiful Flowers

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Yep can't take credit for these beauties as they are from my neighbor's house across the street. I don't have anything blooming yet so snapped a few of hers. She told me that I can cut some and put in a vase. Think I just might have to do that! Yep I think spring is finally here. YEAH!!!!!

Another Bathroom Update

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This is the vanity and medicine cabinet all lit up. Bruce made the light bar out of a chandelier that he bought and completely tore apart to get the look he wanted. Worked out quite well. And here is one closet organizer that we put up. Need to either make or buy another set for the end and/or other side with shelves to put towels and crap on. Don't have much in there yet but I'm sure I will fill it up fast. One more shot of the vanity and medicine cabinet. Tried it with the lights off but still got a glare of the closet. Now just need to do some lots of trim work and decorating and we should be good to go. I suck at interior decorating though so going to seek the help of some friends to steer me in the right direction so it looks nice!

Happy Birthday Sharon!

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Hope you have a great one. Enjoy your day!!! :-)

Kyle & Taylor

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Another one of Sharon's favorites so thought I'd share it also. What a "cute" couple. You had to be there to understand, but yesterday Ashley & I were getting crap because we couldn't stop saying "cute" when the pictures were being taken. We were just stating the obvious!!!!! :-)

Graffiti Wall

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This is one of my favorite pictures of course! It was a wall downtown Cedar Falls. There really were some neat buildings to use as backdrops for the pictures. Had a lot of fun watching the kids get them taken, too.

Senior Pictures

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Sharon took Kyle's senior pictures (some of them for now anyways) yesterday and these are a couple of her favorites she posted on her blog. Taylor obviously was there also and got some pictures taken, too. Sharon took over 600! She told me it was okay to steal the pictures off of her blog. I think they turned out great the ones that I saw before we left. Thanks Sharon!

Simon's Cat 'Cat Man Do'

Pussy Willows

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Helen brought these up to the river for me the weekend we went and opened up. That woman grows and has everything. The most beautiful plants and flowers! Aren't they cool? Haven't figured out a good spot for them yet but I did manage to at least get them into a vase.

HAPPY MAY DAY!

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Happy May Day to everyone. Today also would have been my Dad's birthday (Don't have a scanner to post a picture). Yep, Granny always said that he was left on the front doorstep on May Day. Never believed her though since she had 12 children! Dad would have been 80 today and as ornry as ever I'm sure. Miss you Dad!