August 30th 2009

Well John was on call again all weekend. Yesterday it rained most of the day. Molly and I decided to go out to lunch. First we had a quick visit with Grammy then headed to the Lake House on Route 30. We had been getting the steady drizzle left over from Hurricane Danny all morning, but it stopped for lunch. We had a nice lunch, I had a chicken burrito and Molly had a Philly cheese steak sandwich. We headed to Rutland to the mall but decided to forgo the trip as the hospital was having it's annual health fair and the place was mobbed.

Today we got up early and and walked the dog down the road from the narrows to Saetta's. Our road was really muddy from the recent road work. When we came home we decided to get Kacee out and Molly and I rode her around the block by Grant's. She was awesome..very willing and forward. You just never know! After returning home we headed to Fair Haven for an ice cream at Missy's and fresh corn for dinner. I'm off this entire week! yes and it's going to be good weather! Maybe we can get out in the boat and do some fishing and definitely go riding too.

I forgot to mention that Molly and I did our yearly kayaking excursion to the Chittenden Dam on Wednesday last week. We go up just before school starts, spend the day and take lunch. The weather was great and we saw Loons. We stopped at Saltwater Cowboy on the way home and got fresh shrimp to do on the grill and more fresh sweet corn. It was delicious!!

One of the dorms.
This is the library...built to look like a farm.
Some more photos.....

Visit to Colby Sawyer College

One of the buildings
Very pretty grounds

The Science Center

Molly getting ready for her interview.

Well yesterday Molly and I went to New London New Hampshire and toured Colby Sawyer College. We had an appointment at 10 am and arrived early about 9:15. It's a beautiful campus, located in a very quaint little town. The people were very outgoing and friendly. They made Molly feel very welcome and had a nice packet of information for her about their nursing program. We had a tour and then she had an interview and it went very well. The nursing students do all their clinical time at Dartmouth Hitchcock. The dorms were nice. Classes average 16-20 students....total student population is 1100, not 11,000 like UVM and UNH is even bigger. They also have an equestrian team!

August 10th 2009

Well today was the hottest day of the year! Ken came to shoe Kacee this morning. I rode early while it was still cool. When he arrived he commented that I hadn't gotten any hay yet...I replied that we talked to Zeke, but that his truck was broken down and it would be a while before it was delivered. He proceeded to take off her front shoes and guess who drives in with a load of hay! We quickly moved everything out of the way, Zeke backed into the barn and luckily Ken helped me unload and stack (only 90 bales) We have to go to NH tomorrow to look at Colby Sawyer College...I have a feeling there will be another load of hay dumped on the floor of the barn when we get home. Surprisingly it looks like really good hay for being so late in the summer. I am glad I only need 250 bales and only have one horse now!

July 29th. Today we got a call from Molly saying when she put her car in drive it didn't go anywhere. We went down and it seemed to be working but decided to take it to Alderman's to get the transmission serviced. Amazingly they had an opening at 1:30 so we headed to Rutland and dropped it off. Next was lunch at Applebee's and then a neat ride into Shrewsbury over the CCC road into Plymouth and then to Rt 7 and back to Rutland. They flushed the system. They said the fluid was pretty dirty but that it seemed to be running ok now. Hopefully we won't be looking at a new transmission! Since arriving home we've had nothing but heavy rain and thunderstorms. We need hot dry weather. Hay is going to be outrageous if we ever even can get any. This weekend John and I are going to Burlington for our anniversary. (22 years!) He's hoping for his furlough from GE for Aug. through October. He'll find out soon.

July 29

Hey there! It's been a long time since I updated my blog. We had a great time at Lake Sunset. The weather was reasonable, some rain, but not a washout. We were able to swim, kayak and fish almost every day. Bubba brought his bike and did lots of riding usually 10 or more miles each day. Leanne brought her roommate Jessie and we all really enjoyed visiting with her and Drea her little Yorkie. Megan was able to come down also with some friends too. Carol was fun as usual! Wish Mike could have joined us more, but we understand about farming. We ate way too much, but it was all delicious! Thanks to Grammy we enjoyed a buffet from the Chinese place in Fair Haven. One of the best things about camp was the dishwasher! We also had a great campfire one night, Leanne introduced us to "Buttery Nipples". We also had a nice visit from Paul and Bea on our last night. Looking forward to next year!