Category: About Joy

  • Flood waters are receding

    This has been an interesting week.  After almost 6 inches of rain over the short course of three or so days, we were flooded here.  This turned out to be the highest rate that the Fox River has ever seen on record.  The river finally crested at 7.48 feet.  That meant that the channels around […]

  • Happy Easter

    Happy Easter! Once again, it was a good day for a Polish eating holiday. We had pierogi and sausage for brunch along with Mimosas for the adults. Zurek soup was on lunch followed by lamb, wild rice, and crescent rolls for dinner. Rich picked out a really nice pinot for the adult beverage.We had the […]

  • March in like a Lion

    Winter again?!?  Tuesday, it snowed again.  I planned ahead this time though.  I ended work at home on Monday, so I had to go into the office on Tuesday.  My plan was to stay at the office until the snow started and then go home.  I had a meeting at 10:30 and no snow yet.  […]

  • Latest holiday season

    So instead of writing my blog on Sunday, I went down to The Roundhouse for appetizers and beers.  We decided to take a road trip to Aurora with a friend.  We had wanted to go down and check out the surroundings for Two Brothers.  We’ve had some of their beers and now it was time […]

  • Ah, the sounds of winter

    So it is officially winter here. We have the gentle buzz of snowmobiles out on the river.  The last week has been very cold and the river finally froze over solid enough for the steady stream of machines to be buzzing up and down that temporary highway.We went out to dinner this evening and then […]

  • Our holiday season 2012

    The holidays are winding down.  We had a great Christmas, twice.  New Year’s Eve has come and gone.  Now it is 2013.  Hopefully, it’ll be another great year for us.  So let’s get caught up on the holidays. Christmas is a quiet, family affair at our house.  It’s just Rich, Rick, and I.  Oh yeah, […]

  • Week of September 10

    Monday started out extremely busy.  My list of things to do was growing very rapidly.  Work had a lot going on.  Now that we are down one person, I’m twice as busy.  We’ve figured out the logistics and we are looking for a new contractor.  I hope we can find someone who is willing to […]

  • Aww! End of summer already?

     I always hate to see Labor Day come.  It’s the end of summer and it starts the beginning of fall and cooler weather.  If you didn’t know it, I love, love, love the hot weather.  Growing up in Southern Indiana, it was usually warm and humid.  So I’m used to that type of weather.  I […]

  • Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 3: Up Close AND Personal

    I slept in this morning again.  I got up about 8:30 and started preparing for the day. Rich continued to sleep on though.  Finally, he opened his eyes and started moving around.  Time for a shower and then off to breakfast.  That’s two days in a row that we’ve eaten breakfast late. We headed down […]

  • Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 2: Up Close

    Those days when you can sleep are so nice.  For me, that meant sleeping in to 7:00.  Sascha wasn’t there with a wet nose and the alarm wasn’t trying to tell me something.  Now if the housekeeper doesn’t try to roust me out before I’m good and ready, it will be glorious. I think the […]