Good morning, everyone! I can't believe it's the end of May already -- being retired has been wonderful, but it hasn't done much for honing my time management skills. I seem to be able to get through a whole day sometimes without doing too much of any importance.
Oh well....on to the news....We received an e-mail from Wendy this morning. She is on her way home -- she is presently in Kuwait. She and the rest of her unit will be debriefed at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin for about five days before she can head home to San Antonio. We are so glad that she will soon be on American soil.
Here is a photo from a two day trip we took in April -- we went to Platte River State Park and really had a good time, especially since it was so early in the season and the place was fairly deserted. We had a roomy cabin right next to a small lake, and enjoyed the hikes with our dog, in addition to the hot dog cookout.
Vince is staying quite busy with his volunteer work -- between the hospital visits and supportive phone calls, he is also working on a counseling course (at his own pace, in-home) and he's doing very well in this endeavor.
If it ever stops raining here (we've had a ton a rain the last week), his big outdoor project is constructing a wood-fired outdoor oven. We have the bricks for it, so that is a good start. I'm excited about baking bread and pizzas in it!
A couple of weeks ago I went to the International Quilt Study Center which is right next to the UNL East Campus. Dr. K -- if you are here in Nebraska and have the time, you would really enjoy seeing some of these quilts. (You can see some of them online at www.quiltstudy.org) It's quite an amazing story how this project of housing 2,300 quilts came about, and even for a non-quilter like me, it's pretty darn interesting. And, not the least of it, these quilts are truly works of art. Anyway, it was an eye-opener for me.
That is about it for now -- we'd love to hear updates from the rest of you.
