We still had a pile of papers that needed to be gone through after we cleaned out a room for Tim’s office last month. This week is the week to get it done and out from under foot. This picture could be repeated several times over this week… different boxes …

I KNOW that the organizing/cleaning “experts” all say you should have 4 boxes when you declutter. That has never worked for me because… well it just hasn’t. I need 6 boxes and here’s what they are: 1. Things to take to the Rescue Mission2. Things to try to resell at …

We literally had a MOUNTAIN of laundry for Amanda to fold this weekend. It really piled up this week when we were all busy studying for our scuba class. I think we did about 15 loads over the weekend. That is TOTALLY out of character for us. NORMALLY, we do …

We spent the last week taking scuba lessons. These pictures are in reverse order, but I’m too tired to go back and fix them. Above, Emily is giving the “all is ok” sign during one of the skills tests. There are certain skills tests you have to pass during each …

After our first day of pool diving for our scuba lessons, we decided to get our own masks so we’d be sure they fit comfortably and to get accustomed to them before diving in the open waters of Cozumel. They instructed us to smear them with toothpaste before bringing them …

Josh put this in the laundry earlier this week and asked me to hand wash it. This is the 2nd one has purchased. The first one didn’t hold up to washing at all. So, this time we took it to Grandma Jean’s for reinforcement. The name and letters are iron …

THOUGHTS FROM THE GARBAGE CAN: I’m always standing ready to serve no matter the weather and it sure is COLD today. You can see the snow flying all about me. My dark green color stands out against the clean white snow. You’d be green to, if you had to eat …

Whenever grandpa goes to the run the train the boys want to go along, too. It’s a LONG JOB usually lasting late into the night or early the next morning. This time the quit for the night so the boys were able to go the next morning and ride for …

The Grain Train. Briefly, when it’s time to haul out a load of grain. My dad heads to the elevator to run it while loading.

We woke up to a “skiff” of snow this morning. Not enough to write home about, but snow nonetheless. Above, you can see the lonely tree across the road that I normally zoom in on (the one on the left). Not much visibility today. The wind was HOWLING and I …