Saturday, September 9, 2006

Mourning into Dancing

Yesterday was a hard day for me as I impatiently waited for and worried about Scott's job interview. But I learned in my heart what I've always known in my head. At a moment when anxiety was choking me, I asked friends for prayer and what I got was so much more. I have the best friends in the world, whether they're in CA, NY, ND or somewhere else, I truly have wonderful friends. And, our God is able! Using the encouragement of my friends, He turned my worry to joyfulness.

Today is day two of the biggest rummage sale (i.e. garage sale) week-end of the year in Bismarck. We got a late start yesterday, but managed to score some blow mold Christmas decorations for only $8! Then, today, the Rose family was scouring sales from 7:30am until 1:30pm and made some awesome finds like the gas grill for $5! But, now we're exhausted.
All this came after a busy week of relaxation. Scott and Pops went fishing with some buddies to Devil's Lake. (hey Scott, why don't you update your blog and post some photos)

Meanwhile, Grammy, Adam, Buddy and I went on a shopping trip to Minneapolis. We spent 6.5 hours at the Mall of America on Wednesday before returning for dinner and another hour of shopping that night! We also visited "Auntie" Allison, "Baby Wyatt" and "Fox Dog" (aka Foxy Brown) while there.

Monday, September 4, 2006

Time to Shop

Wow. Two weeks have passed since my last entry and I can't even account for what happened. I think it went something like this: We went to Medora for Grammy's birthday and saw the Medora Musical. The amphitheatre is basically carved into the side of a butte in the Bad Lands and very picturesque. I had two Avon meetings and was asked to be one of three reps in our district of 450 to be on a special leadership team. Grammy and Pops house is in process with a huge foundation already poured. We also had a well put in at our house for our irrigation needs. The bummer was we had to uproot two trees so the multi-ton trucks could get into our backyard without breaking our driveway. Oh yeah, and I bought a car. It's a red Chevy Blazer and Adam calls it his truck. When we drove home in it, he kept saying, "This is fun, mommy." Yesterday we rode the Lewis & Clark Riverboat up the Missouri River.
Today, Grammy, Adam and I are off to Minneapolis to do some serious shopping and visit Allison and five-month-old Wyatt. I'm very excited to meet him and see Allison! Pops and Scott are on their way to Devils Lake with some buddies for a fishing trip. We'll all be back to Bismarck on Thursday night.
Autumn is pretty much here. The days stay in the low to mid 70s and the nights are down into the low 50s. Some trees around town have already started to turn yellow. The breeze continues to blow cool and we had our first northeasterly storm the other day. I took inventory of my closet and noted the severe lack of cold weather clothes. Oh well, guess that's why we're going to Minneapolis.