Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Internet problems and a busy day yesterday

We are having problems with our Internet and it was off line most of the day yesterday. It's up this morning, but I can't be sure if it will stay up. Even so, we were very busy yesterday.

At 9 AM, Penny (Tom's daughter who we haven't seen for a couple of years) called to say that her and Caitlyn were coming up to see Grandma. She had forgotten that she was in Rochester at Sunrise. We invited her to come to our house. It is about a three hour drive from Ft Dodge where they live.

Then, about noon, Nancy called her cell phone and found out that Brian and Michael (one of her two sons) had decided to come along. We invited them for lunch. Nancy quick set a table and ran to the grocery for a few things. They got here about 1:15. A minute or two before they arrived I checked and our Internet was back up. So I checked the email and beheld the bonanza of photos from Amy! I quickly downloaded the photos and email and was printing them as they were coming in the door. We then spent an hour or so catching up and eating.

At three, we took them over to see Grandma. Grandma was especially clear and remembered (after a little help) who Penny was. She remembered bringing Penny home from the hospital to their house and that she helped name her (she even said she was sorry about that). It was a very good visit. I took some video and pictures but don't know when I'll get them up on the blog.

At about 4:30, we went up to Tyler and Jenny's near Zumbrota and picked up a snow blower from Kevin. They live in a very nice remodeled farm house. Ben was home alone, but we called him several times and he had leftover pizza (but no Internet). We got back at 6:30 or so and spent the rest of the night inviting people to our get together on Thursday night

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