Even though they claimed RAGBRAI was supposed to be 447.3 miles, we calculated that we rode around 490 miles. This makes for one long week of sitting on a bike. On the first day we rode in a driving rain - threats of lightning. (I twisted my ankle, my front...
Summer has officially arrived. Heat indexes over 100 degrees, parades, county fairs, watermelon, sweetcorn, RAGBRAI, grilling, swimming and boating. These are just a few of the things that remind me that summer is in full swing. Our two year old granddaughter is loving summer. When the Wright County Fair ended...
“In this world you're either growing or you're dying so get in motion and grow.” ― Lou Holtz I had a crazy busy weekend last weekend. The girls had dance competition in Ames and we had the open house for the Garner Clinic. The open house was wonderful and we...
I had this evil cat for 5 months (this was a couple of years ago) and I’d come to work and it looked like I was in a knife fight. He was mean as the devil. I had PTSD from that animal. So, when my friend asked if I would...
July is almost a third over and I saw back to school supplies out already. This means that summer will soon be coming to an end and the kids will be back in school. The schedules will pick back up and the days will be spent running to different school...
There are times that really test us. Good times, bad times, tragic events, celebrations … our ability to muddle through the best to toughest times is what makes us, us. I feel so bad for Iowa Specialty Hospitals & Clinics right now. We had to say goodbye to one of...
"Great things in business are never done by one person; they're done by a team of people." – Steve Jobs Hopefully everyone had a wonderful 4th of July and a restful weekend after all of the activities. We had the lovely gift of having our larger chest freezer stop working...
Summer has arrived - now we just need some nice summerlike weather to feel like summer. My life has begun to change both at work and at home with different responsibilities and duties. It is proven to be a very exciting and rewarding time. I am enjoying my time with...
In the early 2000’s my guitar amp was stolen out of the Methodist church - I probably shouldn’t have kept it there. I got a new one. I dropped and crushed my awesome guitar the day before Christmas eve 15 years ago. I got a new one. My bike --...
