Anniversary

Monday was Grandma's 90th Birthday. We will have a party for her on Saturday. I stopped over at her house after work and delivered her card and visited with her for an hour. She liked it. I have a knack for picking out the best card for the situation. My dad always told me that anyway. I'm glad she's closer to us now.

Tuesday marked my one year anniversary working at Ecker Law Office. It doesn't feel like a year has passed. It was so quick. Time really does fly when you are having fun! I do love my job! Here's a picture of me at the office. Note the computer screen. Not too many jobs that you can play online poker at!

I have a U-shaped desk. Actually 2 desks in a U shape. The one on the right is my computer desk. The one on the left is where my typewriter and closed out file cards are. The main desk is where my calendar and office supplies are. And sometimes on a nice day, I like to stare out the window behind me! And when I make copies, I like to stand there and look out that window..makes the copying so much easier and less tedious!

Wednesday was full of emotion. You see, in 1979 my dad and his bandmate, Chill Hillman made a couple of 45 demo records at Sound 80 Recording Studio. A couple months ago I contacted a recording studio out of Minneapolis to see if they could put those 45's onto a CD for me. I figured I'd pay the money to preserve that piece of history. Well I didn't hear anything until the guy called me back on Sunday night. I talked with my mom and she said that we might as well get ALL of his recordings together and do them all at once. Great idea mom. According to my mom, my dad's cousin George has a record from way before I was born. And my Grandpa taped a performance at the Cedar Inn in Owatonna when I was a baby. Anywho, for $75 per hour of studio time, I can have it done. I just need to schedule it in and get the money and recordings together.

Then...I started thinking about Copyright Laws. Uh oh...now what do I do? Well I find out that if you OWN it and you're not distributing for purpose of money, then it's still legal. And since both bandmates are dead, the surviving heirs have ownership. Then I got to thinking again. What if the drummer of the band is on that record? I have to contact him. So now I'm on a mission to find and contact him. And when I googled his name I found this picture:

Yep, that's him. Our pal Hal. Drummer extraordinaire. So on a mission I go. Lucky for me, I'm a great detective and can find people of the past rather easily.

That brings us to today, Thursday. Happy Birthday Grandpa. He would have been 92 I believe. Today is also his death anniversary. He was born and died on the same exact day. How cool is that. Don't tell the rest of the family, but I thought it was pretty awesome. And surely something you don't see everyday. Very cool.

Now that the week is caught up, I'll try to post more tomorrow so I don't get so behind. Sorry for the windy post, but I sure had a lot to say!

Happy Thursday to you!

Purge Day

Today is the day of purging I think. I honestly, truly NEED to clean my desk off. I have tons of papers on it. Piles...overflowing piles. And I have 2 boxes of papers...that I need to go through and purge. Sad but true. Now that school is done and over for the summer. It's a great time to do this.

Oh and I sent the boys in with my microwave to Grandma's. I am switching with her because the cubby for the microwave is small...and her microwave is too big. Hopefully mine will work for her. Can you believe that she doesn't have any drawers? Unbelievable I tell you! I suppose they figure she will be eating downstairs instead of in her own apartment. She'll have to purge alot of her stuff for the kitchen. She already did the pots and pans....way mucho!! Hence the inspiration to purge today!

Dishes have to get done today too. I didn't have any to do yesterday cause we weren't home all day Friday! And we only ate supper here last night so I only have about 10 minutes' worth to do! Love that feeling...and seriously don't mind doing dishes so early in the mornings now.

And I gotta get laundry folded...and caught up. That's the usual weekend chore. Then the kids can get it put away.

And I need to hang some pictures. The family ones above my computer desk and some in the bathroom. We have been here 6 months now...so I gotta get that done. I think after I clean my desk off, I will hang my embellishment storage on the wall too. I'll have to move my one shelf over a bit, but that's ok. Then I can make more desk space...for the future piles...lol.

And I gotta take some pics of the breadbox I got from Grandma. So I can post it here and then tell the story behind it. Then I won't forget when I get old. And Grandpa's dresser. And the Cuckoo clock. I'll set a deadline of next Sunday for all of that.

Have a great Sunday!

{Finally}

Well we got Grandma moved in. Finally. Only took all dang day! We finally took the last load outta the truck and upstairs to her apartment at 7 p.m. They started at 9 a.m. My aunt and uncle, sister, and my boy, Erik. After work I went over to help unload. We got 'er done. Finally.

After that we went over to my mom's for some KFC. Everyone was hungry...they hadn't eaten all day. Silly kids...gotta get some fuel in that tank if you're gonna keep it running!

Now the fun part. My girls and I are going to pick grandma up at my mom's this morning and then going to help her unpack it all. I must remember to bring my camera to take pictures of the before and after. As well as my favorite pieces of Grandma's furniture. There's just something cool about Grandpa's dresser. You'll see.

Should be a fun time anyway. A teaching moment at that. I can teach the girls about some of the things that are in the family history. And Grandma can tell the stories behind each piece of furniture or knick knack. That's just plain COOL.

Oh and I can't forget to set out the scrapbooks for my baby cousin. They are studying WWII in her class and she wanted to bring the ration tickets that Grandma has to show the class. Very Cool! She's 12...same age as Erik...they are 6 or 7 days apart actually...with Jaimee` being the oldest...but Erik is the biggest!

Then after Erik and Tom get done with their Boy Scout things, they have to go back to Grandma's old apartment and grab her drapes and the ceiling fan. Hopefully they'll be able too. I don't know though. I'll have my mom call and make sure before we waste the gas to get there. And they'll have to use mom's car. I need tires on mine...I can see the radial belts starting to show. I'll be surprised if I make it into town for a couple of new tires this morning.

Anywho, is it Sunday yet?? I can't wait to sleep in a lil bit (yeah, right!) and just relax. I'm looking forward to that!

Happy Saturday!

Finally Friday!!

I am so happy it's Friday! I thought yesterday was Friday all day long...it sure felt like it with the kids getting out of school and all. Even the Boss said so too!

Things to do today....
Wake kids up and drop Erik off at my sister's. He's gonna go down and help Grandma move with my sister. Then drop the girls off at my mom's. Camp Grandma starts today!! The kids have to go to Grandma's on Wednesday-Friday this summer. Tom is off on Mondays and Tuesdays...good stuff I tell ya!

Tom will get done with work at 2 p.m. today. It's the Morristown Dam Days festival. Erik and the rest of the Boy Scouts are selling pop and water. The Parade starts at 7 p.m. It's a 200+ unit parade. And they are predicting rain. We'll see...if it rains, we won't go.

Then tomorrow...Tom and Erik have to go pick up garbage on the streets of Morristown. Each scout gets $10/day if they help pick up the mess from the festival. I'll be cleaning house and doing laundry...

And.....

It's ScrapSupply's Birthday!! Happy Birthday ScrapSupply! There will be festivities that begin at 1 p.m. central time...so come on over!

Sunday...a day for rest I think. And more laundry and cleaning.

I picked up the BH&G issue on Organizing...very inspirational. It breaks it down by month. So you work on a different room each month. Very do-able and not so overwhelming either. It reminded me of Torm's Closet Project...see her link to the left for that!
I think I'll start my closet tomorrow.

Have a great weekend ya'll!!