Tiny House

 Far Guy and Jen have been working on a tiny model house.  It has hours and hours of work. 

It has lights and everything!  I love the little porch swing on the upper deck. 

I asked how they would dust it??? 

They have been working on it while I have been sorting photos.  The big sort has expanded...I ran into a bunch of photos of the Grands so those are being added to their photo albums.  One Grand album done and four to go.  Progress is slow.  When I get all five albums done I can resume the big sort!  Decades will be sorted into years in chronological order...COD you know. 

I had a PT appointment yesterday.  We have a weather system moving in and I can sure tell it.  I had to have a morning rest yesterday....usually I do not lay down in the morning...laying down with a hot rice bag eliminates my pain. 

Minnesota weather: High 12F or -11C  Low was 8F or -13C.  It cooled off before the stormy weather moves in on Thursday. 

Supper: BLT's.

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Appointments and dogs

 All of Far Guy’s medical appointments went well. Return in one year, one month and two months.  It was a full day with three appointments. One was at a new location but we found it easy enough. 

We had breakfast for supper, Far Guy made the potatoes, I warmed up the little smokies and ham and Andy made the eggs….so it was a group effort! 

It was a beautiful day with the highs in the 30’sF. We hardly needed a heavy parka! 

I am still sorting photos. Still. It keeps me out of trouble. 

Four of our Shetland Sheepdogs or “Shelties” that were a part of our family for years. 1986 to 2001. 

Misty, Moses, G’day Mate and Captain.  All Shelties with different personalities. Misty and Moses had a litter of four puppies and Mate and Captain were part of that litter. 

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Monday stuff

 Lots of odds and ends filled the day.  Photo sorting, some online work trying to straighten a couple of idiots things out, a bit of organizing and cooking.   I made boneless pork chops, smashed Yukon gold potatoes, green beans, coleslaw and raspberries.  The green beans from Aldi were awesome! Fresh in a microwave bag...very tasty for those of us who like green beans. 

Weather is mild for January.  High was 36F or 2C the low was 34F or 1C eh! Nice! The icy deck out back got all dried off! 

Tuesday is appointment day as Far Guy has three appointments.  

Andy has returned to teaching and Jen went to Maddie and Brentons to take care of Peach because she was not feeling good enough to go to daycare, she had a slight temperature.

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a goat

 Wow it took me forever to get past 1990 the summer of the goat.

We had a Summer exchange student by the name of Anke from Germany that was the same age as our oldest daughter.  Far Guy took all the girls to a centennial celebration over in Ponsford and a goat was being sold at auction…so he bought it for me. The girls thought it was all great fun. BUT I had always wanted a goat. We named him Seger (Ziege).

The goat was supposed to be a miniature goat. Nope not so much he was a good sized brush eater. He would eat anything green…flowers…poison ivy… you get the idea.  We kept him in the dog fence in the daytime but he would often escape. It was fine if he laid down in front of the door…however he began to jump in peoples boats…during this time we owned a resort.  He jumped on top of Far Guy’s car every day when he came home from work.  Seger didn’t care who chased him with a broom he thought it was great fun.  He had a dry place to sleep up in the horse shed.  He followed me around like a dog and would bleat mournfully if he lost sight of me.  He was afraid of thunder and would show up at the front door and I would let him inside where he would bury his head under my arm until the storm had passed. No he did not poop in the house!

One of the camping people put the shucks from sweet corn in a bag on top of his car…well you can guess where the goat went. So I had to rehome the goat.  It was a sad day when I left him with other goats at a tourist attraction where he had lots of room to roam with a tall fence and bridges to cross.

Seger was a very smart goat. He learned that if he lowered his head and ran at teenage girls they would scream and run from him. He tried it with me…I stood my ground and he would stop and press his head against my leg to be scratched. 

I have very fond memories of that goat!

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1990

 Sorting through the years.

February 1990 my Aunt Marie and I took the train from Detroit Lakes Minnesota to Seattle Washington for my cousins Clark’s wedding to Mary Jo. 

We had a great time!  The dogs are two of ours Captain and G’Day Mate. They were two years old.

We had a quiet day sorting photos and watching a movie, we decided not to cook and went over to Arby’s drive through. The influenza A is going around so the less we encounter people the better. 

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