Hey Family ~
Just wanted to let you guys know how blessed I feel to be a part of such a great family. This past weekend was amazing and I'll never forget it. I love you all so so so much!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Pictures
I just sent you all Bobby's pictures. They are amazing...mine were okay but these are great! Keep them coming, guys.
Amy
Sunday, June 17, 2007
We're almost there!
Well, I had quite the weekend helping my mom and dad get more of the farm ready. My wages came in the form of potato salad with my lunch and a roast on Sunday. Yeah, I thought it was a good deal, too!
We thought a reminder should be sent out to all those who like to take a dip in a pool that there is a pool at the Wild Rose Hotel so bring your suit! Bill, speedos are no longer allowed, just so you know:) ha ha
On a side note, I passed my national counseling exam so now I'm a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)! Whoo hooo! What a relief. My dad takes his big certification test August 1st so we'll have to send him well wishes and brain waves that day. Then this family will be all certified out and ready for a study break.
See you Friday!
We thought a reminder should be sent out to all those who like to take a dip in a pool that there is a pool at the Wild Rose Hotel so bring your suit! Bill, speedos are no longer allowed, just so you know:) ha ha
On a side note, I passed my national counseling exam so now I'm a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)! Whoo hooo! What a relief. My dad takes his big certification test August 1st so we'll have to send him well wishes and brain waves that day. Then this family will be all certified out and ready for a study break.
See you Friday!
Thursday, June 14, 2007
I think I'm gonna make it :)
Well, I am finally feeling better and eating again. I had my first chocolate chip cookie and milk, in 10 days and it tasted good! You know you're on the mend, when you want cookies!
This weekend, Amy is coming home and Joe, Amy and I are going to do some more cleaning and painting. We'll have most of the downstairs done...and maybe when things settle down again, I'll try tackling the upstairs...but that can wait for now.
Joe took Pat to her appointment today in Mason City and everything was fine. That's always good to know.
We've changed the menu on Saturday to hot turkey sandwiches and ham sandwiches (along with all the salads, baked beans, chips, veggie/fruit trays and cake), instead of the grilling action. I bought turkeys today, which are thawing in our downstairs fridge, and the middle of next week, I'll cook them and have them ready to go for sandwiches. It will be much easier on Saturday, then grilling all of that food. I told Joe my idea to switch to that and he must have been happy as he let out a big long sigh, and just said, "Thank you!!!!!" I think he was contemplating hours at the grill otherwise. :) This will just be more fun instead of having people stand and cook at a grill. I hope this meets with everyone's approval...I've never really seen any Nearys complain about anything to do with food...other than if someone ate the last piece of pie that everyone had their eye on. :)
Patti Baker called tonight and says hi and wishes she could come up next week, but they will be on vacation at the lakes up north.
This weekend, Amy is coming home and Joe, Amy and I are going to do some more cleaning and painting. We'll have most of the downstairs done...and maybe when things settle down again, I'll try tackling the upstairs...but that can wait for now.
Joe took Pat to her appointment today in Mason City and everything was fine. That's always good to know.
We've changed the menu on Saturday to hot turkey sandwiches and ham sandwiches (along with all the salads, baked beans, chips, veggie/fruit trays and cake), instead of the grilling action. I bought turkeys today, which are thawing in our downstairs fridge, and the middle of next week, I'll cook them and have them ready to go for sandwiches. It will be much easier on Saturday, then grilling all of that food. I told Joe my idea to switch to that and he must have been happy as he let out a big long sigh, and just said, "Thank you!!!!!" I think he was contemplating hours at the grill otherwise. :) This will just be more fun instead of having people stand and cook at a grill. I hope this meets with everyone's approval...I've never really seen any Nearys complain about anything to do with food...other than if someone ate the last piece of pie that everyone had their eye on. :)
Patti Baker called tonight and says hi and wishes she could come up next week, but they will be on vacation at the lakes up north.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
New couch for the farm
Today, Chris and I went to Peterson's Furniture in town and Matt Furniture in Spencer and looked at couches (and bought one). I talked to Pat ahead of time and said we were all going in together and getting them a new couch for their anniversary. I thought I had better say something, because I wanted to ask if she still wanted the motion couch, a particular color, etc... After she said something like, "Oh, you all are doing too much....but I know we really need a couch....bless your souls..." or something to that effect! She said she really would like the 'motion' type couch...and laughed and said because she sits at that one end of the couch alot and she knew she'd use it. :) She said she no preference on color, other than something that didn't show dirt. :) She was perfectly fine with having us pick it out...didn't have a desire to go look herself. So with that in mind, we had a couple of nice ones to choose from...they were both a dark khaki color. We chose the microfiber one that looks like suede. The sales clerk said it's sturdier than the fabric type material, and that spills wipe up easily, and doesn't puncture easy either. They knew it was a gift, and said they would put a gigantic big red bow wrapped on the couch. :) They'll deliver it (for free) on Monday morning and take the other one away (for free). I was a little short on $$$, so we may need to throw a little more in for that and for other costs during the weekend. I think you'll like the couch, and it will definitely have room for the pile of cousins that it usually holds over the holidays. :) The living room with the new paint and super duper cleaning by Chris, Margaret and Joe looks great....and you'd never guess how much room there is in that front porch now (where the pies and candy are kept at Christmas). It looks great. Joe is planning on doing some additional painting in the kitchen and other places, and hopefully I'll be feeling better in a couple of days (have had some 'food borne illness' for 8 days---today was the first food I've eaten that has stayed where it's supposed to!) and I will be doing some more cleaning and washing windows, etc. I planned on helping Margaret and Chris but I was out of commission, so to say. I'm probably the only person who would be disappointed that I couldn't go out and clean... must be a cleaning gene in me, because I was looking forward to it...
One other thing....the article and picture (about the anniversary) were in the E'burg paper today. I took the picture of Bob, Pat,the 5 boys and Margaret in front of the hay bails and had that resized to 4 x6...but the paper enlarged it bigger than that. I thought they might make it smaller, but they made it bigger. It looks really nice and the article is just as I wrote it...which I was glad they didn't change that. One person already saw it, and was working down the road, and so he drove his tractor to the farm, just to say that he saw it in the paper and he just wanted to wish them Happy Anniversary. I know they'll get lots of cards and I think they'll really enjoy them when they come.
See everyone NEXT week! YEA!!!!!!!! How'd we get such a great family anyway?! How many people do you know that are so excited and anxious to spend time together?! Way to go Nearys!
One other thing....the article and picture (about the anniversary) were in the E'burg paper today. I took the picture of Bob, Pat,the 5 boys and Margaret in front of the hay bails and had that resized to 4 x6...but the paper enlarged it bigger than that. I thought they might make it smaller, but they made it bigger. It looks really nice and the article is just as I wrote it...which I was glad they didn't change that. One person already saw it, and was working down the road, and so he drove his tractor to the farm, just to say that he saw it in the paper and he just wanted to wish them Happy Anniversary. I know they'll get lots of cards and I think they'll really enjoy them when they come.
See everyone NEXT week! YEA!!!!!!!! How'd we get such a great family anyway?! How many people do you know that are so excited and anxious to spend time together?! Way to go Nearys!
Friday, June 8, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
College Football's Worst Uniforms on Sports Illustrated
8. Iowa State <--check out the link to see the picture!
Monday, June 4, 2007
Summer Update!
Hey Family!
One month of summer is already over! Crazy! I just started my golf class today. We were there about 7 minutes and the instructor dismissed us. It sounds like it's going to be pretty easy. The only way you can miss points in the class is if you miss more than 4 classes (there are only 16 total) or if you make the instructor mad. We get to golf at least 9 holes every class period. It's pretty sweet!! I have acclimated to apartment living very quickly. I did laundry today and actually enjoyed it! I didn't have to haul my 6 weeks worth of laundry down four flights of stairs and didn't have to worry about people stealing all my clothes or that I'd have all my clothes turn brown (which happened surprisingly often last year). I love having my bed on the ground and having a bathroom with a door. My two roomates are pretty laid back and extremely wonderful. We are having a blast! On Saturday Dad, Mom and I got to go to the Iowa Speedway to an ARCA race. It was pretty amazing. We took the RV with us and just watched from our site. Dad picked the veteran favorite and he won; I picked the young rookie and he got third; mom picked the purple car and he got 5th. So we did pretty good overall. : D
Bill - I'm sooooo proud of you! What a stud. I can't imagine how hard it's been for you. You're doing great - Keep it up! Love you!!
I can't wait to see everyone in a few weeks!! Hope everyone is enjoying their summers! Love you guys!
-Megg
One month of summer is already over! Crazy! I just started my golf class today. We were there about 7 minutes and the instructor dismissed us. It sounds like it's going to be pretty easy. The only way you can miss points in the class is if you miss more than 4 classes (there are only 16 total) or if you make the instructor mad. We get to golf at least 9 holes every class period. It's pretty sweet!! I have acclimated to apartment living very quickly. I did laundry today and actually enjoyed it! I didn't have to haul my 6 weeks worth of laundry down four flights of stairs and didn't have to worry about people stealing all my clothes or that I'd have all my clothes turn brown (which happened surprisingly often last year). I love having my bed on the ground and having a bathroom with a door. My two roomates are pretty laid back and extremely wonderful. We are having a blast! On Saturday Dad, Mom and I got to go to the Iowa Speedway to an ARCA race. It was pretty amazing. We took the RV with us and just watched from our site. Dad picked the veteran favorite and he won; I picked the young rookie and he got third; mom picked the purple car and he got 5th. So we did pretty good overall. : D
Bill - I'm sooooo proud of you! What a stud. I can't imagine how hard it's been for you. You're doing great - Keep it up! Love you!!
I can't wait to see everyone in a few weeks!! Hope everyone is enjoying their summers! Love you guys!
-Megg
Sunday, June 3, 2007
We're finally done moving
Hi everyone, We finished the fourth move of the month yesterday as we got Emily settled into her new home in DesMoines. Her new address is: 609 Linnwill Place, DesMoines, Iowa 50265.
She lives about 4 blocks from Valley Junction, so we headed over there for lunch on Saturday and found all kinds of sports bars, pubs, ice cream shops, etc. She is really enjoying her CNA class and is already a pro at taking vitals. She has impressed some of her teachers with her knowledge but she quickly told them that her dad told her about blood pressure, etc. She is using Jim's stethescope from med school and the kids think it's so "retro" looking!!!!! She seems very happy with all her choices ... so of course that makes us happy!
Megan is moved in and working hard at school-taking golf-for her Personal Wellness class. She said that someone has warned her to start out really bad because the only way you get an A is by improving- so she's gonna do everything wrong the first few weeks. We do have to go over sometime this week and put her headboard on, hang her quilt on the wall and hang the drapes that I have to get made tonight. The great thing about all this is that come August, we don't have to move anyone. Yeh!!! (Megan's new address is: 1118 W 20th Street, Cedar Falls, 50613)
Congratulations to Bill on quitting smoking. Think of all that money you're saving!! We'll keep you in our thoughts!
Terry, Margaret and I are going to spend some time at the farm on June 10, 11, 12 doing some cleaning and perhaps clearing some things out of the house to make room for all the people at the party. If anyone feels compelled to join us, let us know. Everyone is welcome!!!
We're all very excited about seeing everyone. Take care, chrisandjim
She lives about 4 blocks from Valley Junction, so we headed over there for lunch on Saturday and found all kinds of sports bars, pubs, ice cream shops, etc. She is really enjoying her CNA class and is already a pro at taking vitals. She has impressed some of her teachers with her knowledge but she quickly told them that her dad told her about blood pressure, etc. She is using Jim's stethescope from med school and the kids think it's so "retro" looking!!!!! She seems very happy with all her choices ... so of course that makes us happy!
Megan is moved in and working hard at school-taking golf-for her Personal Wellness class. She said that someone has warned her to start out really bad because the only way you get an A is by improving- so she's gonna do everything wrong the first few weeks. We do have to go over sometime this week and put her headboard on, hang her quilt on the wall and hang the drapes that I have to get made tonight. The great thing about all this is that come August, we don't have to move anyone. Yeh!!! (Megan's new address is: 1118 W 20th Street, Cedar Falls, 50613)
Congratulations to Bill on quitting smoking. Think of all that money you're saving!! We'll keep you in our thoughts!
Terry, Margaret and I are going to spend some time at the farm on June 10, 11, 12 doing some cleaning and perhaps clearing some things out of the house to make room for all the people at the party. If anyone feels compelled to join us, let us know. Everyone is welcome!!!
We're all very excited about seeing everyone. Take care, chrisandjim
Saturday, June 2, 2007
New Job and Neary Wknd
Hey all,
It's official, we have internet. This last week was horrible! Anyways, my first week at Pella (as a "real" employee) is complete. I'm already dreading the transition to second shift, but that's still 3 weeks away. I go to Story City all of next week for a continuous improvement team which is a good way to actually understand what it takes to stay ahead of the competition. It also sounds like I'll be "making" doors once the training program is complete.
But back to the important stuff, it appears Eliza and I may make it up early enough Friday night to enjoy some Hickory Park. I'd say it's around 80% for sure that I'll be done working at noon in Pella (it's the last day of training and I find out for sure where I'll be working). If that's the case, we'll be there ready to eat!!!
Right now, I've got to get back to laundry and clean up. Eliza says hi and if anyone's around D.M. next weekend and wants to check out the old guys playing golf, I've got an extra ticket to the Principal Charity Classic. I know someone that can get a couple more if needed.
Take care everyone.
It's official, we have internet. This last week was horrible! Anyways, my first week at Pella (as a "real" employee) is complete. I'm already dreading the transition to second shift, but that's still 3 weeks away. I go to Story City all of next week for a continuous improvement team which is a good way to actually understand what it takes to stay ahead of the competition. It also sounds like I'll be "making" doors once the training program is complete.
But back to the important stuff, it appears Eliza and I may make it up early enough Friday night to enjoy some Hickory Park. I'd say it's around 80% for sure that I'll be done working at noon in Pella (it's the last day of training and I find out for sure where I'll be working). If that's the case, we'll be there ready to eat!!!
Right now, I've got to get back to laundry and clean up. Eliza says hi and if anyone's around D.M. next weekend and wants to check out the old guys playing golf, I've got an extra ticket to the Principal Charity Classic. I know someone that can get a couple more if needed.
Take care everyone.
B'days, Football & Baseball
Good Morning, Happy Birthday this weekend to Bob & Joe. For some reason I never remember which one is the 2nd & which is the 3rd. (B'day Alzheimers I think). We'll celebrate on the 22nd.
Wondering if anyone is considering going to Chicago on Labor Day weekend to watch the Hawkeyes game at Soldier Field? We're looking into it. Do you Bears fans know of a good place near Soldier Field to stay? Let me know.
If anyone is in Johston this afternoon, stop by the Johnston Little League complex. Cole has games at 1:00 & 5:00. It's almost as exciting as the Yankees this year.
See you soon
Wondering if anyone is considering going to Chicago on Labor Day weekend to watch the Hawkeyes game at Soldier Field? We're looking into it. Do you Bears fans know of a good place near Soldier Field to stay? Let me know.
If anyone is in Johston this afternoon, stop by the Johnston Little League complex. Cole has games at 1:00 & 5:00. It's almost as exciting as the Yankees this year.
See you soon
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