May Highlights

Highlights:
-we've put in a new patio, repainted the trim on the house and garage, painted the picket fences, stained the deck (I got to feel tough or in pain many days - good times), Dad kindly built us a raised flower bed, then Bethany planted a garden and cleaned out the garage. Now it's a two car garage.

-We girls got to go to the preview showing of Pirates 3. Charity and I dressed as Pirates to shake up the neighborhood a bit.
-speaking of "shaking up" I got pulled over for what I would like to call the Foley version of drunken joy riding. At some point in the beginning of the evening I had a beer. Then Bethany and I drove to my parents' house for something. It was about midnight when we finally were back in Foley and a cop started following me at a stoplight, we took a left, a right, a stop sign, another left and all the way to our dead end street where he finally pulled me over in the driveway for not signaling for that final right turn. I was driving "suspiciously". Quite entertaining. Those cops are so bored. I forgot to mention that it was a wild Monday night. Next time we get followed home by a cop we plan on changing course and just aimlessly cruising.


-Grandma Lofthus turned 80

-Grandpa Sorenson had a week in the hospital because his platelets were incredibly low.
-this was just days days after my aunt had gotten her gall bladder removed. Dad and I were Up North a lot.

-I'm now working for Dad rebuilding classic wood boats. My job is to take apart the rotten original.
-Charity has a job. She's not happy about that but it's some training in computers and now she doesn't have to watch her savings slowly trickle.
-Uncle Mikey started work on his cabin.

Some of these last things I mentioned to help explain why the boat is so far behind schedule. Dad has done a lot of home improvement stuff as well.

Did I tell you I'm going to North Carolina after Alaska? Immediately after. I arrive in Minneapolis at nearly midnight from Anchorage then less than 6 hrs later I'm flying to North Carolina. So fun. I hope I'm all haggard and crusty when Jason picks me up. I like having the feeling that I've just crawled out of some ditch and I shouldn't be out in society.

Talk to you soon.