I spent today with my sister-in-law over in Grand Forks doing some shopping and catching up.  Her husband, Leroy, left yesterday on a 12 day fishing trip and she wanted to hit the stores and do some visiting today.  We left our place a little after 8:30 a.m. and were in the mall an hour and a half later.  Carol had plenty of coupons for the different stores, so we were able to get some very good deals.  The two of us had a great day--we hadn't been able to get together for our annual shopping spree for the past couple of years, so we made up for lost time today.

While I was gone, John spent his day helping JD do some staining in the shop and then went up to Matt's to cut more firewood and haul it home.  Matt also stopped in this morning after taking Sam to the chiropractor where he got his back adjusted and seems to be doing much better. 

After being gone all day, it felt good to relax this evening and watch some TV before heading off to bed.