Cool stuff arrives all the time

New line of furniture

The Power of Red

Original oil on canvas - 18 x 24

Laurie Justus Pace

Laurie and her husband, Terry, came down from Dallas to drop off some new pieces. We are going to have a show at the store on Oct. 10th and 11th with her work.

It was so nice to finally meet Laurie in person, although I feel like I have known her all my life. The visit was too short, but we will have more time in October when she returns.

I just got back last night from Des Moines. Sean and I had a great time tricking out his new apartment.

Hard to believe my baby turns 21 on Sept. 7th.

Happy camper

Sean's frat house is 2 blocks off campus

Sean's apartment building is actually on campus

To be a "kid" again.....

I am flying to Des Moines tomorrow to spend the week-end with Sean tricking out his new apartment. Drake just built on campus apartments for the upper classmen and Sean will be one of the first students to move in. I will post pictures when I get back.

While I am in Iowa, Stefan arrives in Tow to stay with us. I thought about blogging that we had our own personal chef, but that would be stretching it abit. We met Stefan through John's friends, Cully and Karen, when they were in town last month. Stefan has accepted a job as a chef at the nearby Horseshoe Bay Resort and will stay with us until he gets settled. He is driving down from Becker, Minnesota and should arrive sometime this week-end. Wonder what's for dinner......

Raining at last

After 60 days of temperatures above one hundred degrees, we are finally getting some much needed rain. I can hear it hitting the metal roof of our building - the sound reminds me of sleeping on the porch as a child at the cabin.

Tow, Texas is not that different from Cottagewood, Minnesota or even Birchwood, Wisconsin. I have been very blessed in my journey.

Signage above the door

Television...

Well, shortly after we received the note from our cable provider (that there would be no more TV for us after Sept. 1st), the reception started to crackle during the Olympics. Eeeeegads - John quickly called his friend Bibeau and we got the VIP installation today from DirectTV. I haven't seen it yet (I manned the store solo today), but John is at home watching the Cubs on High Definition and says it's great.

There are days when our new life feels a little bit like an episode of "Green Acres". This past week while every high definition channel known to man was installed, the traveling goats have occassionally been in the yard eating the grass and the feral cat had kittens (again) by the porch.

You know you live in the boonies when......

...your cable tv provider says you live too far out to make it worth their while to continue providing cable service!

Monica and Caleb with Billy Bluegill

Last weekend, my daughter, Monica, and her boyfriend, Caleb, went to our cabin. They spent time with Joe and Donna and had dinner with my sister,
Monica, and Bruce. John and I were here in Texas wishing we could be in Wisconsin with some of our favorite peeps!