What's Happening

And no I do not mean the TV show. :)

Well this last week was a bit of a strain. The Nolens got off to the England on the Wednesday and made it safe and sound to their short stay at a cottage. The're fixin' to have a wonderful time. See their blog. About 180 days to go before they return. :)

On another note we got a pretty good hail storm on Thursday, much like last years storm. Thick, heavy, and long. I had to run between two buildings using a trash can lid for a shield. I got nailed on my lower back calf by one that made me miss my stride, like that has not been missing for years now, and nearly go down in pain. ;) It stung to say the least but it feels good to be living on the edge sometimes. LOL.

Work was good. Joe, Nate, and I got started picking up where Steve left off. We made good progress. I decided to work on Friday to get a lot of clean up work done so Monday I could start on the new part of our work we proposed before Steve left. I got an email late Friday saying that we were not to work on this new stuff at this time. So much for coming in to work on Friday. I should have stayed home with my family. Oh well lesson learned.

I move to the new building next Friday so I will pack up on Wednesday since the network will be down for most of that day. Joe and I are thinking of moving Nate with us next week since he has so little to move and we all want to be co-located sooner. We will see. Early morning move is in our future. Will have to go borrow the Nolen dolly me thinks. ;)

On another note by being at work I missed some manual labor here at the house. Gwen and Ruth straightened up the garage so as we can get the car in it again. :) Also the tree guys showed up and removed the dead bark beetle tree and sprayed the others ones. I have got to find the instructions now and get the swing set in the ground so the fun can begin.

Bob and Gail got home ok and found a nice clean house to come home too. I gather Mark and his crew went over and cleaned up. I hear Andrew, our nephew, is thinking about the possibility of working at the lab as student worker. I will have to call him soon to visit.

Well I pretty much did nothing yesterday except take the girls to breakfast at Viola's. Gwen got a good bit done on the laundry. I spent a lot of time reading the book Deadline by Randy Alcorn. A very engaging book. It sure does put things, like life, in perspective that is for sure. And it is a mystery too.

I guess Steve's parents got the SUV over at Steve and April's house yesterday. I never heard from them. I will drive by and look today after church.

Well it is Sunday morning and time to get ready for church. It already does not feel quite the same knowing that for many more Sundays the Nolens will not be here. But hey God is blessing them in the UK so what more can we ask for. :) Hopefully we will get to hear all about their first Sunday in England, maybe they have the energy to go to church today already.

Well Elizabeth is up already and I need to get cleaned up and dress before I pull her out of the crib. She is so much fun to start the morning off with. All smiles and hungry.