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The Bulletin
Heart Warmers Last night Caity, Jayce, and Grandpa Beaver were having a great time with a couple new toys. The kids were blowing their train whistles from their train visit. Then when Grandpa Beaver took his turn blowing, Jayce collapsed with laughter. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lori told me of a web site that you can visit to register votes to support Toys for Tots (http://www.excedrin.com). I have been visiting every day to vote. She says their company has quite a few charity Christmas drives at work. (Her comment: I can finally afford to participate.) The company held a raffle and bake sale, took donations for VEAP this year. The department she is in decided to sponsor a family in need and were able to get them very nice presents and gift certificates for the holidays!!! Very nice!!!!! ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo School Activities & Plans A paragraph of a letter from Lori: I just finished up studying for and passing (yippee!) another insurance test. This one was called ARe 141, which is for my new field of reinsurance. It was a tough test, though, so I'm glad it is over! There are three more in this series to receive my ARe designation, so I still have a lot of work to do in the future. ------------------------- Whitney is getting ready to do a presentation (PowerPoint) on light therapy -- planned for Wednesday, the 18th. Good luck! ------------------------- I asked you students for your new Semester Classes. This is Eric's response. He will be taking Freshman English II, Introduction to Psychology, Business and the American Economy, and Fundamentals of Music. He is now a regular student again and says he hopes to be done at NHCC in less than two years!!!! I am thrilled for you, Eric. Be sure you let your Grandma and Grandpa Working know, too!!! ----------------------------- Chris had a final for each of his 5 classes. He says he thinks his teachers got together and decided that he should have a final in every class -- to end up his requirements for his degree with a big bang!!!! He is almost done; still has not figured out his plans for after graduation -- but he will keep us informed!! ------------------------------- Dan had his first basketball game. All was going well 18 points, 10 rebounds, 2 steals -- a twist of the ankle and a facial grimace -- only about a minute left of the game... Yes, you guessed it -- he sprained his ankle. So no game this week ... he's benched. In fact he chose not to go to school, cuz of not wanting people fussing over him!!! (That was a Wednesday report; I expect things are pretty well back to normal by now!) --------------------------------- Rachel played a great game, too -- she had 7 points. She had rebounds and assists and -- the best part -- she had so much fun. It is starting out a far more encouraging year in basketball for her than last year!!! I guess that tells us all when pursuing something we want -- don't give up -- stick in there!!! AN INTRODUCTION I want you to meet Jessy: Her full name is Jessica Colleen Wolf. She is from Hettinger, North Dakota. She is in her third year at Moorhead State University and is majoring in elementary education. She is pretty important to Chris!! I quote some of his comments: things are going really well between us, and we get along great. We have been seeing each other for about three months now, but I have actually known her over a year. We are going to have to make one difficult transition, though. I think that I will be moving to the cities when I am done with school, so we are going to take a shot at a long distance relationship thing. It may be difficult, but I think that it will work!!! General Information These are just some news items about various ones of our family. I guess almost all of you know this -- but I will make it an item in case anyone missed hearing it. Eric and Leona have planned their wedding for August 16th -- a Saturday. They are including this news in their Christmas letter. ----------------------------------- Donna had a "sleep study" one night this week. She said it made for a strange night, trying to sleep with cords attached to several places on her head, face, chest, side, and legs. She had to wear a mask with oxygen or whatever. They will get back to her about the results. ------------------------------------- Lori is looking forward to the holidays. She is looking forward to two separate family days -- her dad's side the weekend before Christmas and the "Andersons" side after Christmas. She says her shopping list is growing by leaps and bounds ... and she loves it. Okay, to be honest, "I love shopping, in general." --------------------------------------- We are looking forward to our Minnesota visitors. We hear it will be three!!! Mindy is riding along with Donna and Beaver and will spend her Holidays (like Ary calls vacation) with us. That should be a fun visit!!!!!!!! We are really looking forward to that visit and just hope the weather will cooperate! ********************************************** Have a good day -- and thanks for all the mail. I hope to hear from the rest of you college kids as to your next semester classes. |