Turner Family

Trev and Amelia whiling away the time as we wait for New Moon to start

Starting with Tian and Trace-isms of the week:

Trace took off his boot and puts his hands up in the air and sighs,"My sock has a crack in it." For those of you who speak English - he means there was a hole in his sock.

Tom and I went to run an errand together in Winterset and told Tian she was in charge. ( Okay, we admit it was a bribe to convince her to stay at home!) She of course is delighted with the power that has just been bequeathed to her. Very matter of factly she asks," Now, if you are not home in time for breakfast, what should I make?" Only a girl would think that far in advance!

Trevor was a good sport and joined a few of us to see the premiere showing of New Moon. I foolishly bet him $10 that he wouldn't get up and shout,"Oh Edward I love you!" when Edward first appeared on screen. He did and left the entire audience, especially me and Millie, rolling in the aisles.

Thursday we also had the chance to see a Lewis and Clark show at the civic center for school age kids. It was great. The boys assured me they know everything befor ethe show, but I didn't know Lewis had an air rifle that was powerful enough to shoot deer etc. and was silent. I thought it was fun and Tian didn't even tell everyone she hated it.

After the show we were able to have a tour of the Civic Center. IT was great. We got to see the lighting, orchestra pit, dressing rooms etc. It was really incredible. Tian even sang on stage :o)

The highlight of the tour came with lunch at Fong's Pizza. We went on a lark - I mean what kind of name is that for a pizzeria? The pizza was actually VERY good. We tried Crab Rangoon and Fongolian Beef. I can't wait to make Tom go back on a date! I HIGHLY recommend it!

Trev has been busy doing prep work for his Eagle Project this coming Friday at the Winterset Art Center. I am excited to see the project happen both for Trev and for selfish reasons :o)

Business update: Tom received Certificates of Occopancy on 2 more houses this week - wahoo! Things have been going very well for him and although the bank he working with is holding off on additional projects until they are able to sell a few of the houses he is currently working on, he is keeping busy with bids on some other projects. He missed out on the last two hard bids , but was the second lowest bidder ( I know always a brides maid....), but that tells us he is competitive even in this market which is good news. The third bid's the charm right? The next project bids the first of Decemeber...so we will see what happens...

He is also working with an investor to finish up a larger custom home in Van Meter. We are hoping that comes through since it would offer some good exposure:o) So life is looking better on the financial front and I guess we leave the powdered milk on the shelf another week :o)