The NOMADS

The NOMADS came to Sand Creek Adventures yesterday!  NOMADS stands for "Nomads On a Mission Active in Divine Service" providing volunteer labor for United Methodist organizations.  They travel in their RVs, usually spending three weeks on a project.  The project they're currently working on is building an addition to the Lydia Methodist Church.  Lydia?  You know, that small town just south of Prior Lake . . .

Did I mention they were all retired?  Which means "older than average"?  I had the honor of sending them down the zip line.  The next to last one to go was Jodi.  She was one of the oldest and confessed her extreme fear of heights: "Someone sing a hymn.  I can't do this!"  My response: "I can only think of 'Amazing Grace'."  Jodi:  "Oh, that's a funeral hymn!"  (That was news to me - maybe she doesn't know my version!)  Then one of the NOMADS who wasn't zipping began to sing, "Onward Christian soldiers . . ." and off she went! 

Thankful Thursday on Friday!

This week, I'm thankful for a lovely week (except when THEY were arguing about which TEEN was going to drive!) at the North Shore and since a picture paints a thousand words . . .

On Palisade Head

On Palisade Head

Boating was a blast!

Rainbow at Cascade River

Lovin' those heights!

Having a blast!

All hooked on - and see the glove for self-braking!

Another lovely evening on the lake . . .

Thankful Thursday!

My friends, it is Thankful Thursday with much to be thankful for today!  First of all, the tree top that went down last night in our backyard did not hit the house or the fence . . . and the tree removal company we called is pretty sure they can get it out of the other trees without destroying the fence!  Yay!

I am so thankful that my Water Safety Aid Class ended today with my kind of party - and it was the class' idea!  We had chocolate chip cookies, brownies with chocolate frosting, chocolate Dove ice cream bars, rice krispie bars with chocolate chips and popcorn (sadly without chocolate)!  Delicious!

I also thankful I earned enough money teaching that class to pay for the carpet being cleaned today.  Easy come, easy go . . .

Did I mention I am thankful for our new car?  And all the work Sam did to get it and sell my old car?  Supposedly I am the owner of an 2016 Attitude Black Toyota Camry and have been for two weeks.  However, I haven't driven it yet - but I am thankful for the children who want to go places with their mom so they can drive her car!  Micah even drove me to the dentist today where she sat and read and I, thankfully, had no cavities!

Happy Birthday, Annie!

Our crazy black lab-wannabe is celebrating her eleventh birthday today!  She loves opening presents, so we chose gift bags that were ready to be recycled and each gave her a present:

 

Neighbor Nancy . . .

Neighbor Nancy had knee surgery earlier this summer and while she was laid up . . . she googled "free food on your birthday".  I mean, you really can only read so much or watch so much TV.  Today is her birthday and she started out with a free breakfast at Perkins and followed it up with a free iced coffee at Caribou . . . and that was just the before-lunch report!  She has places to go today!

Happy Birthday, Nancy!

Gone! Gone! Gone!

Micah's wisdom teeth are gone!  Surgery took less than 30 minutes; recovery was a different story.  She had two doses of Zofran before she felt well enough to come home and one more dose at home.  Now that she's had three doses of Zofran, two bowls of applesauce and one bowl of ice cream, the nausea is gone and she's packed in ice to hopefully slow down the swelling.  My sweet chipmunk cheeks . . .   

Thankful Thursday!

Oh, the things to be thankful for today!  That it stopped raining so my sister and her husband won't get as wet as they drive in on their Harley . . . that I don't have to work tomorrow . . . that it's Micah getting her wisdom teeth out tomorrow and not me . . . that my sister won't get here until after we get back from PT . . . that we're done not eating chocolate!