Do'in Yardwork

On Saturday I had some yardwork to do. One job called for digging up a bush in the fromt yard - as I started the laborous task I rememebered that I had a 4x4 and a tow rope - so I decided to make quick work of the task at hand. Didn't that pioneers use their horses to remove stumps and clear the land. Well I have 350 horses under the hood. I think that we can handle one bush. Then I could tell Penni how hard I worked at removing the bush. Here are some pictures with my trustee helpers.

Golfing with the K-man

I have probably mentioned this in the past - but for this story it bears repeating. Grandpa Hansen visited us in November and we took the girls to the driving range. Then in December Grandma and Grandpa Hansen took all the girls golfing at a nice course by our house. They got to ride/drive the golf carts. The girls developed a liking for golf, at the beginning I had to sit the girls down and explain that golfing is going and hitting the ball not riding in the cart - I wanted to make sure that they truly liked to golf and not that they liked to ride in golf carts.

After I was able to confirm that they liked to golf - Penni decided to capitalize on the golf excitement and made a game for the girls. We have a problem at our house where it takes us sometimes 2,4,6 or sometimes it seems like 20 times of us asking someone to do something before it gets done. You know - go to bed, go to bed now, what are you doing still up and you just figured out that you need a drink of water. So Penni developed a game so that we only had to ask once. After 10 days the girls could earn their reward - to go golfing - which meant to me to go hit some balls at the range. To Kristine it meant to go golfing - get a pink ball, ride/drive the cart and get some lunch after the ninth hole and just do it up right. So when Penni heard Kristine's plan she was not having any of this riding in the cart talk - it was you are walking the course. Which I was fine with and Kristine went along. So we did the game and it was time to reward the girls - since Nichole had a birthday party to attend in the afternoon I took her to the golf clinic in the morning and then at 2 o'clock Zoe, Kristine and myself tee'd off to play 9 holes of an executive course. No cart - we were hoof'n it. So at 2 we tee off - I hit from the blue tees and the girls hit from the red tees - it took some time to tee off. Kristine was already complaining about carrying the bag- Zoe was just going with the flow. It is an executive course so the first hole is the longest - a par four. I hit on the left side of the fairway and Kristine hit on the right side of the fairway. I get to the green and see Kristine walking towards me and I had gotten the girls a real nice set of clubs with head covers. I look at Kristine and see that two clubs are missing the head covers - then I look at the path she had taken and notice one head cover in the middle of the fairway and an other one at the tee box. I tell Kristine that she has to go back to the tee box to get the head cover. Of course the Marshal comes up as I am telling her this and he offers her a ride. Here are some more details - yes, you can walk the course but we were the only one's walking everyone else is on carts and these little old people are fast and impatient - OK maybe we were slow - Zoe can only hit is 30 yards at a time.

The Marshal delivers Kristine and tells me that we need to hurry. I got it. From then on it is - let's have fun but let's hurry. But by the third hole Kristine has had enough - how do I know this? Kristine is already complaining about carrying the bag. This picture says it all. She selected one club and then would walk up to the ball and hit it. Forget about taking off the golf bag that was too much trouble. Kristine we love you!!!!

Penni Wears Prada????

(Prada Handbag sells for $15,000)

Penni has started training in a new department. She previously worked in two departments – Pre-Op and Endoscopy – and now has added a third. I have asked her for years what department she would like to work in once her schedule is more flexible. She has said that she would like to be a PICC Nurse.

So recently an opportunity came up where she was able to interview for a position on the PICC team. She had to meet with the whole team to get their approval. It meant that she had two interviews so that she could meet the whole group. At the first interview she took with her a bag that she gotten at women’s conference last year. The bag is nothing special just a bag with a zipper - well at the interview I guess some of the team members noticed Penni’s “cute” bag and assumed that cuteness equaled $$s. At the next interview Penni’s didn’t bring the bag for support. The Manager asked Penni – do you shop at Savers? Penni thought that was a strange question but said “Yes” with a little hesitation. Then came the follow-up question – when you were there last what did you buy – a clear test to see if Penni truly shopped at Savers – Penni responded with “a bread maker for $15”. The Manager exhaled with a sigh of relief and continued with to say that she was hoping to see the bag that Penni had during the last interview because the other ladies have been talking about it. I guess that everyone thought Penni must be a big spender because of the cute bag that she was caring. Penni, again with the puzzled look, what handbag do I have looked expensive? Then as they described the bag, Penni began to laugh and told them that she got the bag at a conference and paid $5 for it.

Penni and I had a good laugh – anyone that knows Penni – knows that she doesn’t like expensive things. Just ask Nichole for confirmation – she hates it when her mom takes her to Ross and Savers. After 16 years of marriage we still disagree on the fact that name brand items taste better/made better than generic.