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This morning we were up and out the door to Costco. We did shopping of us, mom and Phil. So, on the way back is was time to drop things off. We stopped at moms and invited her over to the house tomorrow for King Crab Legs. Then we headed to Phil's and dropped off his stuff. He really didn't ask for much. It was good to see him.

Then came home. I was a little tired but I stayed up. I put the groceries away with Patrick. Then he went out to mow the grass. I messed ...

Friday night it was the consensus that I was to get some sleep.  I had a rough go of things with my own doctor appointments and sometimes, when a person can’t do much of anything they can control, sleep is the only medicine that does any good.

Kelli and Kayla were here.  We went to Good Friday church then came home and tried to figure out something I could eat….something Kramer could eat and something Kayla could eat.

Kramer’s problems with swallowing have progressed over the last couple days.  Eating is getting harder and harder.  The doctor ...

Through all of Kramer’s cancer we have both been trying to deal with the wide range of emotions that comes with this.  Everything is so much more and so much bigger.

Let me start this story back a little further….back to my childhood…back to Kramer’s childhood.

I grew up in a family that wasn’t big on emotions.  Once I went to school I don’t ever remember getting a hug.  I don’t ever remember being told that I was loved.  Really, that never bothered me.  I knew I was loved.  I knew my mom ...

So today was doctor day for me.  It was quite the day all around.  Kalissa, Gannon and Kayla went with me.  Kelli took Kramer to his radiation appointment.

For us, this is a trip from NE Iowa into Southern Minnesota, to Rochester, MN.  One of the towns we go through it Spring Valley.  If you’re a Kramer, Spring Valley means the bakery.

Everytime we go to Rochester we purposely leave a little early just so we can stop at the bakery.

Spring Valley also has some awesome old houses.  This one is Kalissa’s favorite.  She loves the black ...

For the past three days we've had a little helper here, things are sadly quiet this morning. Over the last few months Mr. Goodneedle and I have tried to have each of the grandchildren for a weekend, by themselves, as schedules allowed. We didn't get Lucy Ann for a weekend but did manage the first three days of her spring break from school this week. We've now four for four, she was the

For the past three days we've had a little helper here, things are sadly quiet this morning. Over the last few months Mr. Goodneedle and I have tried to have each of the grandchildren for a weekend, by themselves, as schedules allowed. We didn't get Lucy Ann for a weekend but did manage the first three days of her spring break from school this week. We've now four for four, she was the

This morning I took my time getting ready for my Brazilian embroidery meeting. Called Sherry to see if we could go separately because I needed to go to moms. She agreed.

So, I headed out to see Ethel to pick up some fabric for Faye. Then I went to the BE meeting and we worked on the detached buttonhole stitch. That is not an easy stitch when one doesn't know what they are doing or looking at. But it's an easy stitch once one gets to know it. I enjoy doing it, I just forget how to get ...

Back in the beginning of April, I wrote this article about Richard's dad, who had become bedridden and losing his battle with COPD and dementia. We lost him last week. He struggled for weeks unable to breathe, though his memory had a few days of clarity. He was able to recognize those who visited and say goodbye. It was heart-wrenching, but having the closure and knowing he was ready must make his loss easier for Mrs. Carolyn, his wife, and Richard and Steve, their two sons. 

Mama and Papa

Last night Chad and Nicole were replacing drawer glides on a drawer. Addie was sitting right in the middle of the action giving advice and eating cookies. And drinking a rootbeer. I’m even going to miss old Speck taking up 2/3 of my sleeping spot. The good news is . . it won’t be long...

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Chad picked up more lumber yesterday. I think he said these are white oak. He sells some of the wood but he wants to make river tables with the really pretty wood. I would love to have something made out of this one. The figure is beautiful but I’m betting Granny doesn’t get the cream...

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I doubt I’ll leave on the day I had planned to leave because I don’t think I’ll be up to driving 10 hours and stopping and spending the night along the way isn’t something I want to do. I have a doctor’s appointment next week (annual . . that I need to get before Medicare...

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On Saturday I had nothing that I had to do.  None of our kids were at our house.  I woke up and for the most part it felt like Saturdays of my past…a whole do to do my choosing.  I can’t tell you the last day I had like that.  It felt like a luxury.

There was an auction I could go to….there was a house I could clean…there was yard work I could do…there were blog posts I could write.  But what did I do?  I called Kelli and asked if she had some ...

Chad and Nicole had been talking about getting Addie a trampoline and she’s been begging for one. She takes gymnastics so he loves getting on the trampoline and doing flips. They had decided to get one for her birthday in August but I suggested they get it now and every day, remind her that it’s...

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Yesterday Nicole, Addie and I went to Joplin to do a little shopping and eat out. I love that Addie dresses herself . . and adorns herself, for these shopping trips. Complete with earrings, necklace, hair bow . . and a dress with leggings under it. We ate at Olive Garden and she kept folding...

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Remember the logs I showed on Chad’s trailer a week or so ago? Yesterday he and a friend took the friend’s trailer and went up to the sawmill and picked up lumber they had both had milled. What’s in the back of Chad’s truck is from one of the logs. The sawmill guy hadn’t finished...

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One of the things Addie’s class did this week was a grouchy ladybug. Look at her angry face. Good grief . . I don’t like that face! Here’s what she wrote: She feels grouchy when “we do not go to Joplin!” I suppose if that’s the only thing that makes her grouchy, she’s a lucky...

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When I was here in October, I asked Addie if she would like to go to the library. She said “NO! You have to be quiet in there!” OK . . at least she knew being quiet was a hard thing for her. About three days a week, she brings home a book from school...

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