Back to Normal

This past weekend was my dad’s birthday. We were able to make a surprise trip to Indy for the party. Dad was completely shocked when we knocked on the door Saturday afternoon. It was a fun weekend with lots of laughing, joking, and quoting old movies. Sunday night we pulled out the old home movies and laugh together about how much we have changed. It was just a plain old good time. We came home Monday morning and rested up before having to get back to real life today. Harvey was depressed to have to leave Joey, the family dog, and lay around all day Monday. He likes to play with Joey although I don’t think Joey feels the same all the time. Harvey is a little to energetic for Joey most of the time. I guess we all have to get back to normal.

We're Back

Ok, so it has been a long time since we updated our blog. We apologize for waiting so long. This was our second Christmas together and it was once again wonderful. We spent time both in Coleman with Michelle's family and in Indy with my family. But as we did last year, we spent Christmas day at home just the two of us and Harvey.

Unfortunately, do to the poor shape that the auto industry is in, my plant shut down extra long this year for Christmas break--three weeks. I was forced to take a large portion of my vacation to cover the down time. The extra time at home was nice, but I am running short on vacation time now and that stinks. Michelle and I just spent time together at home and took small day trips during my extra time off. The good news is my job is secure for the time being. It could have been a lot worse. Last week for the first time in the history of the company we had to lay off 64 floor workers. We are going from three shifts to two and going to four 10 hour days. Which again is sad for those who lost their jobs, but good news for me. It means a three day weekend every week. I think I can get used to that. I usually work ten hours a day anyway.

Michelle continues to hunt for jobs faithfully. She has decided to start subbing in the local schools for something to do and to make a little money. But this is just temporary until she finds something permanent.

Sorry again for being so long between posts.