Mowing with my Sister 8-11

I love my sister and she would like it if we decided to move out here near her, but I don’t see it happening. Especially when she says things like 8 months of winter and every house has a basement in case of tornadoes (she didn’t say that about basements, just an observation we have made). It is wonderfully green, but the flip side of that is that it is awfully wet. The biggest down side is our girls and grandsons are waaayyyyy across the country from here and as we have decided we don’t like being long distance Grandparents. That is the clincher! So I just have to make it a point to get out here more often. It has been 10 years. She was busy and we were busy and then flying got to be a pain in the butt after 9/11. Like the saying goes, I will have to “Just Do It”!

I even actually like my sister. She used to be REALLY high strung, but now she isn’t any worse than anyone else who has two kids in college and has a high stress job. She is a nice, witty, conscientious, caring person who has a great relationship with her husband Mike, who contributes greatly to keeping her feet on the ground. She is also a tall beautiful Goddess. We are having a lot of fun. Nobody can share your history like a sister can and I miss that, especially with our parents being gone.

Lori works the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift at Riverside Hospital in Columbus. She is an Oncology nurse. Her patients are all battling cancer and she is a very compassionate R.N. who doesn’t have a big head and puts her patients needs first as much as she can with the frustrations of bureaucracy and the egos of her fellow staff. I’ve learned a lot from her this week and admire her immensely!

Lori and I mowed the homestead today. It was a cool day with a nice breeze and pretty clouds scudding by. By far the best day we could have picked to sit on mowers in the sun! She takes a nap and then heads out to work. Her first day back is the hardest for her, because her schedule has to get flipped back around after so many days off. It takes her about 40 minutes to get down to Columbus from here on a good day.

Larry and I will miss her on her work days (she’ll be sleeping during the day) but we hope to lose the pounds we packed on this past week while she is busy and not fattening us up! Definitely a food pusher!

This is Lindsay (22) Lori's oldest girl, Lori (45), Val (46) and Larry (48).