Ist snow of 2008

Hello and welcome to Michigan as you remember it, a snowy day. Thought you might enjoy at a distance our back yard view earlier this week.


I got to talk to 3 of the 4 Cronley sibs last night. This report is for Charles Sumner who wanted to know if I was giving up the blog for weekly reports on Facebook. Nay, Nay I say.

Chaz and fam spent the weekend inside as they had wintery weather also. Saturday was a TV and computer LESS for the Cronley family due to bad behavior issues. It turned out to be great fun and may be a monthly exercise in togesserness. Sandra has a new boyfriend and is doing well in her sophmore year. Chaz was fighting off a crud thing in his chest. Raymond is sight-reading trumpet music and can play 2 songs now. I feel a family Christmas concert in the air.

Lisa's store did 42K on Sunday in 8 hours. She reports that the store was on the floor (a mess).
She is exhausted and it's not even Thanksgiving yet. She has terrible hours for the next week and then Brian is home for the entire week. They will go to Marion for Thanksgiving and the boys (Brady included) will go rabbit hunting in the morning - Lisa will sleep in>

Kelly and Jay were party animals this weekend but managed to get up to Fairgrove on Sunday for awhile. They are waiting for materials and a day off work next Monday for a long un-interrupted work weekend.

CC was entertaining company when I called so no nooz.

Tom went out to the farm for the first day of deer hunting to patrol the boundaries with a gun and another armed friend. They chased off 2 folks who didn't know the property had changed hands, talked to another group who was hunting off the property but wanted to know if they could retrieve on our property. He went out on Sunday too but no one was trespassing so he used the back hoe and dug some stumps out of the pond. What a guy!
I, meanwhile, went for some retail therapy at the mall with hundreds of other womens.
I did get 2 Christmas presents, tho. Halleluyah...

Have a good week, all.