I am pro life

One very certain in my life is the fact that I am pro life. I believe that all things stem from life. I know that God loves life and he loves all of us. I continue to pray for stronger moral values. The news about the death of George Tiller is very upsetting and certainly has all of us thinking. I know that abortion is murder but so is the killing of Mr. Tiller. I pray for his soul. Click on the below ad to learn more about the pending appointment of a new Supreme Court Justice.

Rain and quilting :)

It is a rainy Saturday and so a good excuse to try out that new sewing machine and see what I can do. I had pinned the two remaining doll quilts on the way to Craig and Cindy's last weekend so this morning I was able to get the rows together on one of them. I also put the border on the first one. We are going to Dan and D'Lynn's this weekend to see Anna's dance recital and Will's baseball game. I am hoping to do a little hand sewing as we travel.

Ronnie is touching up a few places in the newly painted bathroom. He also sanded, stained, and varnished the door for the laundry chute. He still has the ceiling to paint yet. When it's finished we will move on to another room.


I was able to move most of my perennials this week. All that I have left are a few columbine and the annuals to set in. Every time I go out there are a few more weeds so they have to be taken care of first. The peonies are in full bloom and the clematis is started. I love how things look in the spring.

Ronnie used the weed eater to take the weeds down in the garden and clean off the perennial beds. He also mowed and used the weed eater all over the lawn. It looks fantastic. Bad news - the weed eater broke.

Went to Ethan Bubek's wedding last night. It was very beautiful. Was tired and did not really want to go but was so glad I did as he introduced me to his new bride as his second Mom.

Picked up lots of boxes for the Carlson's at work yesterday. My little PT is jammed full. I have to clean it out before I can go anywhere. I am going to try to do that today also.

Thinking of family and friends and wondering what joyful things are happening in their lives.

God is so good to us.

I can count on one hand.

When I came home from work today I told Ron that I just have 5 more days of work. He said "you can count that on one hand".

We have had a fun week starting with Cindy's birthday on Saturday We celebrated by going out to dinner at Legends. Great food and even better company. Just before dinner Cindy called to say that they had an offer on their house. Looks like they will be moving into a bigger and newer house in the next few weeks. :)

Izzie's baptism on Sunday. She was such a good baby. Izzie seems to be making up to all of us now. I guess she is finally arriving.

Looking forward to having tomorrow off and getting a few things done outside. Praying there will be no rain. We are meeting the Naeve's for brunch at the Village Inn. I would also like to get another quilt sewed together so I can work on it on the way to Omaha Sunday. It is the weekend of Anna's dance recital. Monday night we will stay for Will's baseball game.

Lots of Memorial Day company and the arrival of the new baby

Last weekend we celebrated Memorial Day beginning on Friday night with Cindy, Craig, Katie and Izzie. They were here in time for some great Tom Thumb broasted chicken. I wonder why I don't loose weight.

Saturday brought Dan, D'Lynn, Joe, Sam, Will and sweet Anna. They arrived in time for lunch that was made up of sandwiches, chips and fresh vegetables. D'Lynn arrived with a chicken pasta salad(yummy) and some yummy Scotcharoos. Those were gone long before the weekend was complete. Fran and Jim came after lunch and brought my new baby girl. I named her "Hussy". She is beautiful and I plan on using her often. She is a Husqvarna sewing machine "SAPPHIRE 850". Let the quilting begin.

Saturday evening we spent some quality time together as a family. Mass at 4:15PM and then dinner a Ron and Dan doing a little playing and singing. Love having everyone around.

Sunday we took off for the cemeteries and put flowers on graves in St. Benedict, Wesley, Algona and Whittimore. We were able to stop and see Aunt Dorothy. She has deteriorated a lot since last summer. What a wonderful lady - she looks so like my sweet mother. We ended the day with pizza at Godfathers and Cindy and Craig heading home. We were able to get in a short game of dominoes at the end of the day.

Monday morning it was off to work at 4:30AM. Got home around 11AM and we went to the Moorland cemetery to put flowers there. Everyone left early in the afternoon.
We took a lot of cemetery pictures. I will have Ronnie add a few. Fran also emailed me a list of people that we leave flowers for and I added a few names.
Here it is for future reference.

Cemetery Visits

Take 169 North to B55.
Take B55 east to P60.
Take P60 north to N46. The old Seiler farm is located on the corner of P60 and N46. The next place on the north side of N46 is the old Rahm farm.

Take N46 to the St. Benedict cemetery. At the St. Benedict cemetery, place flowers at
• Mary and Henry Seiler (parents of Anna Bleich, grandparents of Vincent Seiler).
• Theresa and Nick Raskopf (sister of Mary Seiler) died of breast cancer
• Anna and John Raskopf (sister of Mary Seiler)
• Catherine and Julius Seiler (brother of Anna Bleich)
• Barbara (Ferstl) and Martin Rahm (parents of Mary Seiler)
• Martin and Elizabeth Seiler (brother of Anna Bleich)
• David Seiler (son of Martin and Elizabeth Seiler)

Take N46 east from the St. Benedict cemetery to R14 which will take you to the Wesley cemetery. At the Wesley cemetery, place flowers at:
• Anna and Martin Bleich (mother of Vincent Seiler)
• Anthony and Katherine Seiler (brother of Anna Bleich)

Take R14 to Highway 18. Take Hwy 18 to Calvary Cemetery in Algona. At the Calvary Cemetery place flowers at:
• Roscoe and Dorothy Fuoss (sister of Margaret Seiler)
• Lyle and Bernice Reynolds (parents of Margaret Seiler)
• Celestine Eisenbarth (adopted sister of Mary Seiler)
• Victor Garman (father of Vincent Seiler)
• Thomas Seiler (son of Vincent and Margaret Seiler)

Take Highway 18 west of Algona to the Whittemore, IA cemetery. At the Whittemore cemetery place flowers at:
• Lawrence and Mary Jane Besch (daughter of Anna Bleich)
• Ronnie and Phyllis Hansen (sister of Margaret Seiler)+ daughter Sandy

At Our Lady of Good Counsel Cemetery in Moorland, IA, place flowers at:
• Vincent and Margaret Seiler (parents of Mary Buck and Frances Cleary)
• Troy Thomas Buck (son of Ronnie and Mary Buck)
• Alexander Lee Reedy (grandson of Dorothy Seiler)
• Donna Jean Greiner(friend of Mary Buck)
• Debbie Hofbauer (friend of Mary Buck)
• Daniel and Sharon Coppinger (friends of Ronnie and Mary Buck)

Bathroom completion

Last we week we were able to get the new shower in and the sheet rocking, sanding, texturizing and painting complete. We now have a lovely yellow bathroom with a shower that is not cracked in the bottom. A few of the pictures follow. We are so happy to have this job done but are not looking ahead to the arrival of that bill. YUK!!!