When we are living in our little house in Texas, there is really nothing that needs our attention each day. Things just seem to take care of themselves. However, back home in Minnesota it's a different story.

We were up and out bright and early for our walk. Once we got home, John did the first of his daily jobs--put wood on the fire. We have an outside furnace that heats our house and hot water. He checks the fire twice a day to make sure the water temperature stays where he wants it and that we won't run out of nice, hot water.


While he was busy with the furnace, I grabbed my camera and took a couple of photos of our apricot tree. It is just starting to bloom. As you can see from the photo we have a long way to go before the trees are in full leaf.



After breakfast, John went down to the shop to make some furniture parts for JD (our son who now runs Uniquely Wood). While he was busy doing that, I finished up cleaning out some household files and getting them back in their right places for the summer. I left home at noon to take our Honda to the dealership in Bemidji to get it serviced and the tires rotated. They gave me a "loaner" car so I wouldn't have to sit and wait. I made a quick stop at the mall and then visited several furniture stores looking at mattresses. The one we have now has a leak--John has to keep pumping up his side a couple of times during the night. Hope to pick out a new one by next week and get it delivered.

John spent the early part of the afternoon working out in the yard--starting his game plan to oust the gophers before they can do some serious damage to underground cables. Matt's basketball team had another practice this afternoon so John went up to the school to help out again. This was the final practice before the big games on Saturday.

We spent a quiet evening watching our favorite Thursday night shows. Survivor is getting better and better.