Category Archives: Places to visit

St. Nicholas Day

Posted on December 6, 2012 by farm2011

Happy St.Nicholas Day! Since we celebrated St. Nicholas day early this year with my family, it seems a little weird to be still thinking about it. But today is the ‘official’ day. I was talking about it earlier this week … Continue reading →

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Keeping in the Christmas spirit

Posted on December 2, 2012 by farm2011

This afternoon we had a chance to go and listen to William singing at his college in Ames for their Holiday  Concert. We had great seats, but just my luck where the microphone was staged it blocked my view of … Continue reading →

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Getting in the Christmas mood

Posted on December 1, 2012 by farm2011

Early this morning, Mom and I headed to town to finish up some of those last minute gifts for Christmas. My mom is so organized. She comes with a list in her hand and what stores where she wanted to … Continue reading →

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Awards and Pistachios

Posted on November 19, 2012 by farm2011

What a great weekend we had! On Saturday we went to the to see Daryl’s brother recognized for an award that he received in Nashville this summer. They wanted to recognize him also in Iowa, so at the High School … Continue reading →

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Road Trip

Posted on November 13, 2012 by farm2011

I had the chance last weekend to spend some time with some of my friends from my previous job. We’ve been talking about it forever and finally one night this summer on the golf course – we made the decision … Continue reading →

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Today’s purchase and working on a new project

Posted on November 4, 2012 by farm2011

Today was Day Light Savings and we had to turn back the time. Now I don’t know if you are a fan of this process.. but I HATE that we have to do it. It literally screws me up. I … Continue reading →

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Date Night

Posted on November 2, 2012 by farm2011

I’ve been wanting to go Roller Skating for some time now, and in the past there was always something else that came up that made us postpone it. But Friday night? We had nothing going on, so we put on … Continue reading →

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The Weekend – Part Two, Meatloaf Concert

Posted on October 21, 2012 by farm2011

Sunday night, Meatloaf Concert We heard about the music group Meatloaf performing in our area a couple of weeks ago and we just couldn’t resist getting tickets for the concert. And soon Daryl, my brother and his wife, and I, … Continue reading →

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The Weekend – Part 1, Festival of Lights in West Union

Posted on October 20, 2012 by farm2011

I had so much going on this past weekend that I thought I’d make it into 3 posts. Part 1 –  Saturday and Christmas If I could only pick two people in the world who would represent Christmas, I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Parents Weekend at college

Posted on October 14, 2012 by farm2011

What a fun weekend we had. It was parents weekend where William goes to college, so we headed down on Saturday morning to Ames to go and visit him. We were a little worried about the weather that we might … Continue reading →

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