Monday, December 31, 2007

Out with the old; in with the new

A little musing on the past year. All four "boys" are doing great. They're all growing into great adults. Brian continues to work as a Certified Crop Advisor. Luke is nearly done with vet school and has been offered a job in NEBRASKA of all places. Joe's halfway through his plumbing apprenticeship and is with a great company that is working on the new Sherman Hospital in Elgin. That job could last two years! Mike is nearly done with four years at UIUC. He's got one more year left. He just accepted a summer internship at Goldman Sachs in New York City! He has one more year left, and then all of the guys will be out of school. That will end many, many years of paying tuition! Russ's mom fell last summer, and her recovery has been very slow. It's sad seeing such a vibrant person grow so feeble. I guess, at age 87, she's not doing too bad. The farm is still chugging along. It seems as if Russ is always feeding pigs, shoveling out after pigs, hauling that "stuff" that he's shoveled, grinding feed for the pigs, loading hogs, hauling hogs.... Still, we managed to get away for two long weekends at the Dells. We managed to get all the guys and girlfriends up there at least once. My mom went too, which was great fun. She's amazing. Here's hoping I can be that way when I'M 75! So, we're looking forward to a healthy and prosperous 2008. Karen

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