Fall??

John and Judi Mouw

Glorine and most of her family

I do not often mention Glorine, John and Judi when I talk about family but of course they are family.  Glorine married Charlie after Ronald died.  John married Judi after Janet died.  Brother Dave worked for Charlie and Glorine for several years in Iowa so he spent much more time with Glorine than I.  I think Helen babysat Roxanne during the summer  in Fargo as Glorine finished her masters degree.  The only times I got to see Glorine was when she and Charlie would visit us but I still always thought of Glorine as a sister.  AND of course she has a great middle name "Carmen".
I was able to see John a lot.  We hunted deer together, he let me use his car some times when I was in college and he allowed me to live with him one summer before he married Judi.  Judi's parents lived in Devils Lake so we would see them at times.  I never will forget one time we invited John, Judi and her parents over for a "pigs party"  Our idea of a pigs party was to have several kinds of ice cream in the evening.  Their idea was a MEAL!  About an hour after they arrived we started to hear stomachs as they had not eaten and of course there was no food in sight!!!  Finally someone spoke up and we all had a laugh but they were still hungry.  John offered to go out and get KFC.  After the chicken we did have ice cream.  A fun story to remember.
The story is the Lee family lost two siblings early in life but we received great replacements.  Can you replace siblings who die at a young age?  I would say no but for sure we had wonderful subs!
As Terry and I sat at the kitchen table yesterday she made a list of things that are a MUST before we leave.  As I think about that list today I had better get off the computer and get to work.  I am starting to have some serious doubts about my back.  The hurts are in my legs and ankles but I know the trouble is coming from my lower back where things are a bit out of place.  As I sit and type my left ankle aches but I know it is coming from the lower back.  We will see.
I am happy with our lawn, well kind of.  I spent time this summer getting rid of weeds. We actually have several spots where everything is dead now but that is by design.  Much of the lawn is now a lot better as the temps go down and allows the grass to choke out the weeds that we have dealt with all summer.  Is it nice, NO but it is better now than any time during the last few years.
No more FP and no more thoughts.