So, 99 degree weather, heat advisory, wind advisory...yep, it's a good day to play tennis. :)
Brooke played in the Clinton tournament today (Monday, June 18, 2012) and ended up in the consolation bracket after losing the first match (1-6, 2-6). She won the second match (8-4), and played a friend from Muscatine for the winner of the consolation bracket. She lost that match (2-8), but it was fun for her and great experience.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Girls & guns!
In the Muscatine Journal, there's a good article about the class I took on Saturday regarding "Girls and Guns" and gun safety. http://muscatinejournal.com/news/local/area-women-take-a-shot/article_e125f380-b8d9-11e1-a8e4-001a4bcf887a.html The photo of the target above is after my first 30 rounds.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Dan in Canada - Surprise back home
Dan has been in Canada fishing with some guys from work, sort of a work-related "retreat." They left last Saturday and will be home tonight. It looks really pretty there, although he said there are lots and lots of BIG bugs, and though it is sunny today, the past few days have been very, very cold and rainy.
So...while he was gone, we wanted to do something special for him to let him know we were thinking of him every day. The girls and I decided to tackle something we weren't sure if we could accomplish in just one week: Take on the Garage! We wanted Dan to be able to breathe easy next time he was looking for a tool, and we thought maybe he'd enjoy parking in the garage! - he's on his way home today from Canada, and we are really hoping he is surprised and is happy with what we've done. *gulp!*
So, here are a few "before" pictures:
Note the white tall cabinets - you won't see them again in the "after" pics. :)
Haley had a great time organizing small items into these bins...
Haley & I assembled a workbench for Dan, which was pretty fun to do! Moriah, Haley, & Brooke found lots of hand tools and misc items to hang from the peg board.
If you saw in the "before" pictures the white cabinets that were on the wall, we took them down. Dan has said he wanted them gone and they were very impractical, so we replaced them with shelves we already had in addition to one more we purchased. Moriah went through all the old electronics & cables, Brooke & Haley put similar items together, and then we started labeling and re-shelving.
And the wood pieces are sitting in a rack that I built, which isn't that great. I chose the wrong casters to put on it - I should've bought heavy duty casters, but hopefully we won't need to roll the cart too often.
It was a fun project, although fairly time consuming. As a motivation, we said we would treat ourselves to new cell phones at the end of the week IF we actually could pull this off. Well, by Thursday night, we had two parking spots (hopefully Dan's Suburban will fit in that empty spot), and by Friday morning, we were on our way to Verizon!
Happy Early Father's Day, Dan!!! We love you, and we missed you!
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