Spring???

Hello to all. I just wanted to make sure that those Arizona people knew that we in Iowa were lucky enough to have snow over the weekend. In Greene, we only had about 1" and it's all gone now, which is good. That way, the mole that is already working in our front yard can continue his pathways ( at least until the Uncle gets out his TRAPS).

Things are going well here--I spose most of you know that I was lucky enough to have my thyroid removed last Wednesday (what a way to spend April Fools)--home on Friday, no pain, no drain, low Calcium (Tums work great for that), and sutures to be removed this Friday. So, Life is Good.

Eldie is acting house husband, which I really appreciate--find that morning and afternoon naps are good things. He has followup appts in Mason City next week for knees, and Iowa City the week after for followup for his kidney---I am really glad that we are reasonably healthy, because all this doctoring does not fit into our schedule very well. We are anxious to start yard work, glad we waited until the snow was gone!!! Have a Happy Easter, each one of you--God's blessings continue to shower on you.

Catching Up

Greetings to one and all !!
Yes, I am behind in writing, but here it is!
First, welcome Sheila! It's really fun to read "anything" about our great Grush family.

Todd already brought you up-to-date on us, somewhat. We did return to Phoenix Feb. 26-Mar. 9 ---driving straight thro' in 24 hours each way. It seems bad at the time, but when you are at your destination you figure you have saved a hotel bill and about 12-15 hours. We did enjoy some great meals with the AZ "kids". Terry and I managed to golf 7 times in 8 days. We also looked at condos, etc. with our friends. I don't know that they have purchased anything, but it was fun to look.

This is a busy time at Preschool. We just finished up a Scholastic Book Fair that we run in our church -- sold over $1000 worth of books (we get to take out $400 worth of books as our incentive). Our "unannounced licensing visit" was Tuesday and we passed with flying colors -- his only comment was that we needed barrier masks so we could use our CPR skills. Tues., the 7th, is our night of conferences with our parents from 5:15 - 8: 45--we decided to go for one LONG night, instead of 2 shorter ones. Thurs., April 23 is our Registration Night for next fall -- so we are busy answering calls and getting forms all ready for new students. We are changing our schedule for next fall --- will go to 5 mornings a week. I've never worked Monday a.m.s in my whole career--so you can imagine how I am whining about that! But it may be the only way we will survive, so we have to try it.

Terry is busy at the funeral home -- retirement is looking better all the time. Convention is in Ames, April 13-16. Dan will finish his year as President and move to Past President. Terry also received an invitation from the SD association to come and be recognized for his 25 years of being licensed in that state May 12. He has had a license all these years, but hasn't actually conducted a lot of business in that state.

Carin and Dan returned last night from a trip to "George Washington" as Henry called it. They were able to spend time with Ranae and John and really enjoyed it. Carin also spent a day with her friend Heather and her new baby Katharine. So yes, we were in charge of "babysitting". I was the "mean" grandma and Henry couldn't wait for his "real mom" to get home! Funny how I didn't think that pushing friends around was an okay thing to do. However, the kids slept through the nights, which they don't usually do for Mom and Dad! I told Henry I really appreciated that.

We'll have Easter dinner here next Sat. night -- it's really hard for me to have an Easter egg hunt the night before Easter. I can do Christmas anytime, but it doesn't seem right for Easter. However, since we all need to head to Ames on Sunday afternoon, I guess we will adjust.

Hope that EVERYONE has a wonderful Easter and Spring. (As of tomorrow, we are supposed to have 10" of snow, but we're hoping that is wrong.)

Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

Love, A. Sue

P.S. the pictures weren't real flattering, Todd, but it does show that we played wii.