Empty Nest

The old farmer and the wife of his youth are officially empty nesters now!  Son #2 took an engineering job with HawkeyePedershaab in Mediapolis, Iowa.  He moved out and started the new job last week.
The gold key found its way ahead of him to welcome him!  (Inside family joke!)

The motherboard died on our laptop computer.  I decided I wanted to replace it rather than buying a new laptop (which was recommended).  Son#1 ordered one for us and then on Thanksgiving Day at our house, he and SIL's disemboweled the laptop and replaced the board.  It has been working great!

With five grandchildren now, I think I spent most of Thanksgiving watching/playing with kids!

We did go on a couple of date nights in the last couple of weeks.  One Saturday night we went out to eat at McDonald's (her choice!) and then spent some time in Menard's (my choice).  This week we drove down to C-U to watch nephew Ned perform with the U of I Symphony Orchestra.  They played Wagner (Vagner!) and Stravinsky, including one of our favorites, Firebird Suite.  Afterward, as is our custom, we took him to DQ.

We went to Uncle Bill's one night last week, because our Alaska cousins were in town.  It was a nice evening, and I heard a new joke.

What do you call three rabbits walking backwards?

A receding hairline!

And winter has arrived on the farm.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Proverbs 27:8