Summer's Last Hurrah??

I surely hope not! Seems like it just started and the forecast for this weekend sounds great (except for the wind of course!). It better hold true!! And by the looks of the beans, the warm weather better hold out for quite a while - they need alot of time!! The wheat harvest went really good. The average bushel number was GREAT and the harvest only last about a week, so things went really smoothly. Thanks so much to our wonderful son, who stayed with us, worked at his real job in the mornings and then came and ran the grain cart for his Dad. It helps so much and he really is a farmer at heart so think he likes it alot.

The bank move is complete and we have been in there for two full weeks. The building is beautiful, and I love it, but getting used to all the changes has been hell. Maybe I'm to old for this change - I don't know - but this hasn't been as much fun as I was hoping it would be. For one thing Kathy and I have been putting in 10 to 12 hour days trying to keep everyone on track and get things running smoothly again, and I KNOW I am to old for that!! Boy am I tired at nite and my bad knee is killing me! The place is 2 1/2 times the size of the old one and the walking on all the ceramic tile is not great for the knee. Anyway - enough complaining - It is getting better and every day goes a little better. The 3 new part timers should know their stuff in a couple of weeks and then I can get back to my regular hours! I have racked up 4 1/2 days of comp time so far this year, which would be really great news IF I would ever see compensation for them or an offer to use them as vacation days! I'm sure that will never happen though. At this point even a thank you from management would be greatly appreciated!

I am writing this at my happy place with a beer by my side so all is well now. Dave and Kim Jones are coming for the Labor Day holiday which will make the weekend all the better and you can bet some pontoon time will be necessary. We also have Briggs visiting this weekend (he and Riley are actualy getting along better finally!) while Jenn, Mike and Jack are in South Dakota for a visit with his parents. They actually live in Arizona but are in the area for a visit and went to their home state of SD to visit some friends. We will meet them for the first time on Sunday or Monday so are very much looking forward to that! Jenn says they are great people and very easy going - not surprising since they raised such a great son!! I will post some pics from the weekend later. I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend - stay safe - Love you all. Becky

Another wonderful weekend!

Yes folks, the summer is rolling right along - much to fast as everyone can agree. We had a beautiful weekend at the lake with some good friends along to keep us company. Bil and Mark had Tom and Pat McManus from the cities at the cabin and Dave, Kim, and their daughter Kate Jones came to visit us. Along with her dog Oden a black lab and hound dog mix who came to play with Riley and Briggs. They got along splendidly and chased after the ball like two good friends should. We even had a tandem poop in the tall grass that we were wishing we had a camera for. Kinda gross - but it made us all laugh! Briggs spent most of the time wishing I would let him off the chain so he could run too, but most of the time he would run straight to the mud side of the dock and the cute white puppy would be a smelly, ugly, mess!! I was a mean grandma and kept him by my side most of the weekend to keep him out of trouble! He is so cute and we did our duty and delivered him home, tired, cranky, and dirty! Watch out Andrew and Meagan - we will do the same with your baby except for the dirty part!!

We spent all day Saturday on the pontoon again, and it was a perfect day. Not to hot - no wind - and a mixture of our first Hop Skips of the season to make the day! It was hard to leave the water again, but Billie and Mark had planned this wonderful meal that we put together at our house. It was delicious as always!! A fire, star gazing, and listening to We Fest from afar rounded out the nite. Perfect. I, like all of you, wish summer would never end.

This week at work has consisted of packing and hauling boxes and boxes of "stuff" out of the old bank and into the new. This Friday at 10am the bank will close and the big push will begin. We have movers to haul the bigger furniture, and computer geeks hired to get all the computers moved, but it will still be and has been a huge undertaking. It will be so worth it when it is all done, but getting there is a long process. I have a hard time believing I had to haul bank record books from 1919 from one bank to another but my boss (my favorite person in the whole world right now - ha ha) says we need to. I tend to disagree. I'm surprised he hasn't fired me yet. I tend to get a little cranky when I'm hot and tired and I can't seem to keep my feelings to myself!! Probably waiting until the hard labor is done and then will fire my ass for insubordination. Oh well - could be the best thing that could happen to me maybe?!?!? Anyway - think of me this weekend when you are all enjoying your weekend. We will be working until we are ready to be up and running for business Monday morning at 7:00 AM. No matter how long that may take!! Tom says he will supply pizza and beer to make up for it. Big spender.