Gold Award

So lately I have been trying to get started on my girl scout gold award. This is the highest award a girl scout can earn. So it is supposedly a great honor, but I'm not too excited. It's going to be a lot of work. And it's going to be the kind of work that you don't want an award for in the end. I suppose by now you're all wondering what project I have chosen to do. I will be improving (I hope) my church's garden that gives whatever it grows to the food pantry. Right now there are not a whole lot of people to take care of it so I will put up a sign-up sheet for the wonderful people in my church to help me out. I also have plans for the garden to expand and to sell the produce from the that section at the farmer's market. Because my church is always growing (people wise) and we need to expand. Now I don't know about you but when I go to build something I usually need supplies and for supplies I need MONEY. So I plan to get my gold award, give to the food pantry, and raise money for my church all in one swoop. I'm writing this all down because I may have ambition now, but I one or two months, say, I will want to drop it all soooo badly. Maybe this will hold me to it.

I am going to Rock this blog!!

So here I am. Ready to take over this blog from my too busy mother. Providing that I don't become too busy myself (which I probably will) I will try to be a good blogger and improve the vast internet out there. SO! Get ready for SherBear's blog!!!!

It's Summer and it's going fast.

Earlier, Brent sang with a community choir in Viroqua. Great concert. He was one of the soloist, very lovely. He is currently in Minneapolis area, working as an intern. He will be back in school in the fall. Sheri has gotten soooo tall this past year.

We can't believe we are in the post-fair period of the summer. Of course, the County fair used to be in August, then late July. Now it is just after the 4th.
We have been spending all the time we can working on our basement. The entire middle 30" has to be empty of everything. We are close. Then the carpenters, Sharon's husband Dave and Dave's brother, begin the work of building the walls for the bathroom, kitchen area and an end wall so there is a living room, family room for my parents. They are hoping to be moving at the beginning of September. Wish us luck!

Winter sports with cows.

Sandi- home for the weekend from the new job!- and Sheri got some ice time in and had a little curious company. The ice was rough, could this be why?
Sheri has a skating date with school at an arena tomorrow, she is really looking forward to it. So much less weather. And the ski trip was a great success, Kristina said it was awesome.

It's 2008!

Time to think about another new year. For me always a time to think positively about the possibilities for the next 365 days, so many days to do something new, different, better...
For example, how about getting the downstairs more like an efficiency apartment, before you need it? Or this might be the year to extend the deck around the house, and doesn't a carport size space under it sound the a good idea? Of course, then there are the things like getting in better shape or taking a trip, and though it seems unbelievable- we will be having our 30th wedding anniversary. Seems like most of those year flew.
And then there are also things like how to adjust this farming we do, and there is my job! What to do about that.
So here's to 2008! Let's see what there is to say in Dec. Let's hope and pray for a wonderful year.