Suburban Bliss

The last few months have kept me busy.  I have updated photos on the flicker page which you can click on the “badge” to the right and it will lead you over to the photos.  You can view the photos and leave comments.

Ridge graduated and is currently working for Dept Of Natural Resources this summer prior to officially signing on with the Air Force this fall.  He wanted to take the summer off and you know I can’t blame him.  The truck he bought that we all told him was a bad decision because the engine sounded bad came true.  Two weeks after he got done adding new wiring to the truck the engine blew up on him.  Sometimes you just have to learn for yourself.  He has now purchased his Uncle’s motorcycle and although I know he is loving driving it a Mom can’t help but worry.  It isn’t his driving ability that worries me since we had him driving his own dirt bike at the age of 3 (he learned how to ride it before the bicycle) it is his inexperience with other drivers who don’t see motorcycles and the deer that can jump out.

Janie has had a busy summer.  She is not working at the Inn At Eagle Creek this summer.  Although it is great money for her, they tend to work her 40+ hours often in the summer and she didn’t want to work the whole summer like she did last year.  She is working about 2 days a week at a small bar and grill in town.  This week she is at a camp called Girls State at Eastern University.  It is sponsored by the American Legion and there are approximately 500 girls from all over the state there.  She was chosen along with one other girl from the school to go.  Girls State is basically a camp about government and politics.  On each dorm floor is a County and then her group is a City.  Each County and City elect Mayors, Judges, Congressmen, Senators, etc.  Their days are filled with an assembly of meetings on running “their government” along with special speakers.  Friday evening the final day is a formal dinner where our actual Senators and Congressmen attend and interact with the girls.

Garrett is loving baseball as every 7 year old does.  He has been having a great time swimming when we go over to Jeff’s to spend the weekend and at his Dad’s he has been fishing in the pond and catching tadpoles.  He is such a funny kid.  He has been missing Janie terribly this week while she has been gone and you can’t really talk about Ridge leaving for the Air Force or he gets upset.  Even as Janie talks about college next year it upsets him.  He has a big attachment his siblings.

Work is busy as usual for me.  I will be uploading some new photos of the Paul Mitchell school my company is opening in Chicago.  It is right downtown and in just a beautiful spot.  It is a great pride for our company as it will be one of the premiere schools for Paul Mitchell in the country.  Needless to say though I have a lot of traveling to do up that way in the next couple of months.  We have the grand opening for the school and then Paul Mitchell sponsors the pro beach volleyball tournament on the North Shore Beach downtown which is in a few weeks.  Janie will get to go with me to both of those and she is very excited.  Then the first weekend in August is the Paul Mitchell sales camp seminar in Vegas.  Vegas sounds fun….but two full days of sales seminars & team building excerises does not!

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