Mary Jo assured me it wouldn't be bragging if I told you we went to Phoenix last week. John and Joe went last year for Spring Baseball Training and when Joe wanted to go back and was still agreeable to traveling with us, we thought we should take him up on it. After being the navigator for his father (the driver) and watching John's knuckles turn whiter and whiter in Phoenix traffic, this might have been the last trip! It was my first time to Phoenix...pretty place, despite it being very BROWN...all the houses/apts/condos are shades of about three basic browns, and of course most of the yards are cactus and rocks. I thought the most amazing thing was the lack of billboards and large advertising signs. They're nowhere. No golden arches announcing a McDonalds down the street...the WalMarts are even brown stucco! Whoever laid out the city surely installed some tight controls on advertising. The weather was great...not a cloud in the sky and in the 70's...the locals are friendly, but why wouldn't they be when they're all retired with lots of money! We saw three baseball games and joe got to play golf one morning with my cousin's husband (they're among the newly retired spending the winter there).
Suki and I had lunch today, as we do most Thursdays, and we got talking about Callahan's Football 101 Class. Are a group of you ladies going to that? Nancy's letter had mentioned that Connie received that package as a Christmas gift... If so, and if we wouldn't be butting in, Suki and I would probably be interested in going too. The website has changed since this morning when i first looked....earlier there was a quiz out there to determine what 'level' you'd be...I really thought I'd have to stay at home because my football knowledge is very limited...but i correctly answered 8 out of 10 questions and that put me in the 'advanced' group...that should tell you what kind of questions they were asking!! When I looked at the site again just now, (UNL, Football) they're officially announcing all the details of the day, and I can't find the quiz...Well, anyway...we'd like to hear about who all is planning to attend.. it says they only take the first 1200!!!, so i suppose we should sign up soon.! Let us know...
Joe is busy starting a lawn-mowing company. He's named it Shamrock Lawns and he's bought a BIG lawn mower and a trailer to haul it in (behind his dad's truck which he'll have to borrow for the summer)! Today he spent all day taking a class on Fertilizer and Pest Control at the Douglas County Extension office, so he can get a license to apply chemicals. He said the test was kind of tough, so hopefully he passed it! We hope he's still this enthusiastic in July when it's 100 degrees out and he's got lots of yards to mow!'night to all....
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