The Quad Cities and the Blue Collar Band

Last weekend Cely and I decided it was time to go pick up Cupcake (Cupcake's Facebook page) and bring her to her new home. We had taken her to June's house in order to help sell our home in Corvallis. I think it worked because the house sold in 3 days.

On Friday, before we left, I got an e-mail from Carol Anne Chouteau saying that the Blue Collar Band had cut a CD and wanted to send me one. She also mentioned that they were having a release party on Saturday night. So Cely and I called some friends, Tony, Maria and Jim, and Rick and we all went to the gig. Carol Anne was in top form as usual and they had a big crowd. The Blue Collar Band has a big following in the Quad Cities and are a lot of fun to hear. Check them out if you ever get a chance. This is us at Martinis on the Rock having a couple of beers and listening to the music. I had a great time because I got to hear Carol Anne and see some friends from the St. Ambrose University Library

Still No Home Internet

I am sitting with a bunch of kids at the Eau Claire Public Library. Still no internet at home and I don't want to use my office machine to do this personal stuff. So I talked Cely into coming to the library so I could put in a quick note. She is looking at the Cottage and Bungalow magazines to find decorating ideas for the house. Tomorrow the cable guy comes and sets up our cable and high speed internet. More to follow when that is all good.

Sunday night Adrienne drove up from Milwaukee to visit. She just left after dinner tonight. It really brought home the reason why we moved back here. She and Alexis can pop up for a weekend and we can do the same pretty easily. It is a 4 hour drive but that is not so bad. It was really nice to have Adrienne around to help out with some of the unpacking. Still tons of stuff to do in that area. We hung our first painting today though. It is one of Emil's; a great one of two conchas. Adrienne brought it up.It looks great in the dining room.