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Oh the weather outside is frightful! The met...
January 27, 2003 by Betsy in Betsy
Oh the weather outside is frightful! The meterologists perdicted 2-3inches of snow today with a low of 2 degrees tonight, well we had 5 inches by 3 p.m. and the thermometer is reading 1 below.
Mike brought the boys home and spun out on the way, hitting the guardrail and going in the ditch. they were able to get out without any problems and other than some aches and pains are O.K. God was looking after them.
It was great to hear from the family the other night. Thank you so much for calling. It really made my day and warmed up my evening.
In love and peace.
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After a two hour drive home tonight I just lo...
January 24, 2003 by Betsy in Betsy
After a two hour drive home tonight I just logged on to the local T.V. website and there is no school tommorrow. Three days off this week!! It's in the 0 to 5 degree range and the wind is blowing and snowing. The kids are excited to have a "snow" day and it should be interesting.
Hope everyone is safe and well in warmer climes.
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This week is off to a better start I hope! T...
January 21, 2003 by Betsy in Betsy
This week is off to a better start I hope! The kids have today and tommorrow off school. The holiday off course today and tommorrow is a teacher comp day. The boys and I did a late start after chores and went into town to go to the Franklin Park Conservatory. It reminds me of the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh were we used to go on school trips and I think with Mom too. It was warm and tropic and moist. Just what was missing from a cold Ohio January day.
I told the office no calls and went in for only a half hour at the end of the day to mop up the worst of the tragedies.
I haven't decided what to do tommorrow. The Art Museum, the Center of Science and Industry or to go to the indoor water park in Sandusky. The waterpark is a definite draw although a 2-3 hour drive. I'll just take everyone's temperature in the morning.
Patrick has a ton of work to do for school so I'll probably let prudence (that old nag!) be my guide.
I hope everyone is safe and warm.
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What a disappointing day! This was our first...
January 16, 2003 by Betsy in Betsy
What a disappointing day! This was our first day of rental for the fall and as we usually have 50 people lined up outside to start the day there were 4 today. We usually get about 80-100 applications and we got about 20 today. Further signs of the downturn in the economy.
I found out that one of my owners is thinking of gifting his investment to the Columbus Foundation, a local charitible organization, and I may not have the management then.
I dealt with my usual varieties of nutcases: the Columbus Police called about a possible suicide from a tenant, a guy in a heat paid building who isn't happy with 68 degrees, and a guy in a building that Mike and I own who got a dog and is allowing it to use the vacant commercial space upstairs for a bathroom. Ah! the life of a property manager is always interesting.
I got home to find cows dropping like flies, and while I was getting one up and full of Pennicillin a bunch went through the gate and are now happily munching corn out of the crib. Hopefully they will get their fill and head back over to the gate and I can get them back in late tonight. Ah! the life of a farmer is always interesting.
Got to get kids to bed, love to all, stay warm tonight.
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My weekends without the kids, they were with ...
January 13, 2003 by Betsy in Betsy
My weekends without the kids, they were with Mike this weekend, are an endless haul of housework, farm work and trying to finish the house work. After 5 years with a confused kitchen it is all finally coming together. I got kitchen cabinets a year ago on my birthday, no countertop though. My stove was an old electric that had come out of a rehab (no natural gas in the country)and it sat in the middle of the room. In May of last year I got a Kitchenaid 36" drop in smooth top stove top, but still couldn't use it because I wouldn't have an oven. Finally I got a 2 oven built in stainless steel Kitchenaid convection oven and they deliverd it this weekend. After much adjusting and umph it is installed and I am cooking Chicken Terrazini and Beef roast in it right now. Had to sell a lot of cows for that one. But it is finally coming all together. Now I just need a countertop, sink and new dishwasher. Maybe by next year.
Other than that I was a beautiful but bitter cold weekend. The wind blows so hard here that I have considered a wind generator. I had to go into Columbus on work on Saturday and discoevered that there was no wind in town. You have fasten everything down here or your Christmas decorations end up in the gulley!
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Wow! This really works! Greetings from the M...
January 10, 2003 by Betsy in Betsy
Wow! This really works! Greetings from the Middle Earth. Patrick and I went to see Harry Potter this weekend and ended up seeing Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers instead. Some of the battle scences reminded me of the east freeway in the morning. (With all the roadkill.)
We are in process of doing homework and getting ready for bed. So while I go start the shower for Will and get him moving I will let Patrick post a very little with his "Little Red Dog" in his lap.
Wow this is cool,I will post things here so you can read it.
I just started typing and I like cats & dogs and I will post millions pictures of them. I will post pictures at the bottom of the page. Say hello to Cousin Sam.
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