Champions!
Wow, has it been since June since I lost wrote! So some quick updates.
Over the 4th of July we went to Branson, MO. Visited my son’s birthmom. She is living in a women’s shelter. Not what we expected, but doing good. At the end of our visit, we wondered would our son want to stay with his birth mom, or come back with his adopted parents (us). When it was time to leave, he was waiting in the car, ready to return to his life and friends back home. He likes his life here!
As a tourist town, Branson for the most part is not for me. Too many Elvis impersonators for my taste! However, I did enjoy Dolly Parton’s dinner theatre. You ate the whole dinner without utensils, including the soup and a whole chicken. It was a blast! We also visited the Titanic museum. Wasn’t what I expected but still interesting. We also did the free wine tasting at a local winery. Enjoyed that as there was no limit on the number of wines you could taste. Sort of reminded me sitting at a shot bar! LOL.
My fall soccer team had a great season. Only one team we couldn’t beat during the regular season. Would we be able to beat them in the season-end tournament? Nobody thought we had a chance. As expected, we met them at the championship game and won! Such a huge victory. What a feeling when you come back as the underdog and win.
I previously mentioned that I was being sued for towing a car, that I didn’t tow. I went to court. The person suing me never showed up, so the case was thrown out.
Speaking of court, I’m on jury duty. Where we live, jury duty lasts for 3 months. You call in about once a week and listen to a recording. The recording says to come to court, or call back again. I’m one month into jury duty, and so far I have not had to come in. Only 2 more months to go!
Once again this year we went to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Stayed at the Buffalo Chip a wonderful 5 days this year. Our favorite concerts were Kid Rock, Sugarland, 3 Doors Down and Kellie Pickler. I found it interesting that you could ride your motorcycle right up to the stage and watch the show that way. Aeorosmith is already scheduled for next year. This year we rented a cabin. It was really nice, except no bathroom facilities. And to get to a ‘good’ bathroom, the walk was so far away that it was just easier to ride the motorcycle to go take a crap. Next year we’d like to bring our own camper. So been watching the classifieds. There is an auction coming up next Saturday for one. Maybe it’ll go cheap!
As for parts sales, this is our busy season with lots of furnace parts being sold and shipped. We also are just in the process of expanding our store. We rented the empty space next to us. Made our shipping room bigger. Gave my wife a bigger office. Also moved the furnace parts to its own room so we could expand the showroom with other mobile home items.
My tv ad contract is still running. I still have mixed reviews about it. I think it ends perhaps next month!
Voting is in 2 days. Get out and vote! Have to say that South Dakota has been a little immune to the whole election process. Our 3 electorial votes don’t mean much to the presidential candidates, so they don’t waste much time and money here. We also don’t have any big earth-shattering senate or house races that could change the make-up of congress or the senate. So we are enjoying a lot less election commercials than many of you are getting.
Mark
November 3rd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Mark -
Are you going to the Chip Again for the 2009 Party!!?? hope to see you there!