August 23, welcome to the last full week of this month in 2021

 TERRY

As I write Terry is reading the paper.  I would say she is doing about the same BUT she has this persistent clearing of her throat.  I do not know if that should be a concern or not.  We really need to get to the medical place where they do lab work as she got orders during her doctor visit for several tests and we have not taken care of that.  TODAY

With an entire week ahead of us we have no plans.  There is no tennis scheduled and no doctor appointments except we do need to take care of that lab work where no appointment is needed.  Oh, I almost forgot, we should take care of sending our passports in as they expire next month.  We are not going any place where we need them but I think even now, with a month left on them we could not use them.  If I understand things they are basically useless when they are near their expirations date.  In my world I would take pictures and use them but Terry says we should just stop at Walgreen and get the right size picture quickly.  IF I remember when we sent them in almost 10 years ago I had to use several tries to get an acceptable picture in the right size They show the picture should be 2X2 with the face 1 3/8" high!

I do have some pictures to put on today:

On the 2022 calendar the month of August is about #5 of the Lee clan.  

Daughter Cynthia and grand-daughter Faustina took part in the Ragnar race from Minneapolis to Duluth last weekend.  JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT IS RUNNING!!!  It sounded like they ran like a relay team .  Faustina ran about 14 of the miles and Cynthia ran about 20 and I think the total distance was close to 140 miles.  Sounds like fun for the young!  Well here I am saying young but really November 1 Cynthia turns 41!!!

No need to talk about these except to say way way back we had a lot of fun on them.  I do not even know if they are put on playgrounds any more.  IF not that is a shame!

This, I think, is a wonderful picture.  I can not name all of the men but Dad is on the right and next to him is his brother Halvor.  I know Olaf Olson is second from the left and playing the organ is Eldon.  It is in Bergen church.  I have no idea what year BUT Dad looks pretty young so maybe in the 40s or 50s

Here is Mom singing solo and I do not remember her ever doing that.  OR maybe she is just leading.  I see where Eldon and Mom have flowers so it must have been a special occasion.  The board on the wall behind Mom is priceless.  Sunday school attendance and amount of offering!  I would not have believed we had 46 enrolled in Sunday school.  That took in maybe a 6 mile radius BUT there was another church just maybe 3 miles away so not sure who went where??  I have NO idea what the numbers today would be IF there was still a church but I do know the #s would be very small!

NOT an important picture but just wanted people to know that I do, sometimes, do some work as the kitchen yesterday was all clean!!!

So here it is now about 8:45 and time to sip the last of the FP and maybe take a bike ride before I TRY to get some things done.  I will sing off today with a saying that I think is pretty cute and important!