it's been a long time

since i have written anything. we've been doing conventions and now they're finally done for i think the year. we just got back wednesday night from madison wisconsin and i think that's the last one. we're not doing south dakota this year as it's in deadwood south dakota. it's a 2 day drive out there and 2 day drive back and probably no one will show up because it's in the western part of south dakota and bruce would sit at his booth for 2 days talking to none of his customers.
we have been doing some yard work and trying to get the garden in, but our tiller is in the shop. it should be done this next week. i have 2 areas by the deck that are fenced off from the dogs and i can't quite decide what to put there. on one side i was thinking of strawberries and some asparagus and the other side i was thinking of an herb garden like some chives and some horseradish, garlic and such. i don't know. i noticed last night my rhubarb is ready to cut, so when i go to knoxville next week to take mom out to lunch for an early mothers' day, i am going to take some rhubarb to penny.
mom was supposed to be having surgery last week and she cancelled, now it's re-scheduled for may 3rd. we leave the next weekend for branson for a week's vacation so we're not going to be home mother's day. she always like to go to mister c's in knoxville and i thought i'd take her down, i'll do the driving and she can just sit back and relax. ha! we have to take her car.
bruce's truck is being fixed, he hit a pole when we were in st. paul for the convention, so he's driving the truck i always drive and i'm driving the rental vehicle which is a chrysler town and country van. it's nice, i can reach the drive up window at the bank without taking my seat belt off. it was rewal handy when i went to sam's a couple of weeks ago, all i had to do is open the back and everything fit in there.
we've been out biking a few times, rode about 10 miles a week ago last tuesday and last sunday. it was great only i think my butt is getting bigger with the extra exercise. ha! i walk everyday on the treadmill 2.8 miles in an hour. so i get my exercise but with the biking and swimming, i feel better than i have in a long time. i went swimming when we were in madison. i think some people think if the water is cool, then that's considered heated. it was chilly. i had a good swim though. we were sick for about a week and a half with a nasty cold so we weren't over at the altoona community center, we went over there the sunday before we left for madison, it was a gorgeous day and hardly no one was there at all. we almost had the pool to ourself.
uncle ray called last sunday and he wanted to come over for a little bit monday but we were leaving. he has his house up for sale and the realtor had someone she was showing it to so he had to leave for a bit. i haven't talked to him to see how things came out. i should call him.
i better get busy around here. i noticed today when i was downstairsa i was out of the christmas jam so guess i better get busy next week and make some. that's my favorite jam. i froze a bunch of cranberries when they were in season just so i could make the jam when i wanted to.
hope everyone is doing well. we've had new additions to the family lately. amie, uncle ray's daughter, had a baby boy and kelly jo, penny's daughter, is having a boy in july sometime. our nephew and his wife are expecting in september. i have an afghan made for them, all i'm doing now is the fringe. i have an afghan started for a friend of mine, her daughter is getting married in june. so i have some time. i work on them when we have the t.v. on. since it's raining today, i'll probably finish the fringe tonight. (I hate making fringe) Love and God Bless, treasa