December 31, 2010: The End of the Aughts

The first decade of the new millennium draws to a close tonight.  Hard to believe that another decade has come and gone.  This one flew by like crazy.  So much to remember.  This has truly been an eventful ten years.  Today, being New Year’s Eve, really snuck up on me.  Even during the day today …

December 30, 2010: Hanging on the Farm

Today is Thursday.  I am working from dad’s office today.  Very little work going on.  This is the slowest week of the year, the week between Christmas and New Year’s.  I’m not sure if there is any holiday day to take this week but things are so slow that I am just working through it …

December 29, 2010: Heading Out to Dad’s

First thing this morning, but not nearly as early as we had hoped, Dominica, Liesl, Oreo and I set out to drive out to dad’s place to spend the rest of our time in New York.  We managed to divide our time equally in Frankfort and Peoria on this trip.  The roads were good and …

December 28, 2010: Lego Shopping Day

This morning, Dominica, Francesca, Madeline and I went out shopping to look for Legos.  Since Emily and I had already depleted the supplies at the SuperWalmart in Herkimer we decided to head out to New Hartford instead to see what they had there. Overall, the shopping experience was  a bust.  We hit Walmart, then Target, …