http://wcco.com/local/money.found.garage.2.1024300.html
If you didn't get a chance to watch the news, my coworkers thought they would call in the local station (WCCO Channel 4 News) and get me an interview about those darn boots. If I knew how to post the video, I would do that instead but for now, here is the link that will bring you to the article and video.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
One for the movies
I couldn't believe what happened to me today. It was just like something you would see in a movie!
Here is the story.
We were putting on a garage sale (fund raiser) for the company I work for. Someone had donated a pair of rubber boots and Mike was looking at them thinking, "Hey maybe they would fit me." Unfortunately they were only a size 9 and too small for his big feet. I thought that maybe I could use them at the cabin so I could pull weeds without getting wet in the lake. I was about to put my foot inside the boot when I noticed something white in the bottom of the boot. Now mind you, these boots come up to my hips so I really had to dig down to get out whatever this white thing was. It was an envelope.
I opened up the envelope and saw a pile of cash! It wasn't just a small pile either but $8000 tied neatly together. I thought I might just go into labor right then and there or have a heart attack. My breathing stopped and I just thought "this has to be fake!" I turned to my boss Jeannie and asked who had donated the boots. She thought that they had come from one of the residents family members who had died recently in the last year. Then she asked why, because apparantly my face had a look of shock on it. It did! I walked slowly up to her and whispered "I just found $8000 dollars in that boot!" She couldn't believe it! I handed her the envelope and tried not to scream as their were garage sale shoppers nearby. She got the same shocked look on her face as she opened up the envelope and saw the hundred dollar bills in their little bundles. Mike was still there and couldn't understand what we were doing and I just said "Oh my, oh my!" I went over to the boots, grabbed them and looked inside. What did I find? Another envelope! This one only had $500 in it this time but it was crazy! I just couldn't believe my eyes. Where did this money come from?
I would like to say that I shoved the money in my pocket and ran or even that we were able to use the money towards the fund raiser, but I felt like it wouldn't be fair to the family if we had kept it without so much as a phone call. So being the good people that we are, we tracked down the family and notified them that we had found some money in their dead uncles boots. Bear in mind, this uncle had been dead for a little while and was known to have stashed cash around his house. Apparently, they had found $1000 under his mattress. The family was never told just how much we found but I am sure they will be just as shocked as we were.
To put an end to this story, I would have really enjoyed spending $8500 but I feel pretty good knowing that it is in the right place. The moral should be that whomever the shoe fits, finds the cash.
Here is the story.
We were putting on a garage sale (fund raiser) for the company I work for. Someone had donated a pair of rubber boots and Mike was looking at them thinking, "Hey maybe they would fit me." Unfortunately they were only a size 9 and too small for his big feet. I thought that maybe I could use them at the cabin so I could pull weeds without getting wet in the lake. I was about to put my foot inside the boot when I noticed something white in the bottom of the boot. Now mind you, these boots come up to my hips so I really had to dig down to get out whatever this white thing was. It was an envelope.
I opened up the envelope and saw a pile of cash! It wasn't just a small pile either but $8000 tied neatly together. I thought I might just go into labor right then and there or have a heart attack. My breathing stopped and I just thought "this has to be fake!" I turned to my boss Jeannie and asked who had donated the boots. She thought that they had come from one of the residents family members who had died recently in the last year. Then she asked why, because apparantly my face had a look of shock on it. It did! I walked slowly up to her and whispered "I just found $8000 dollars in that boot!" She couldn't believe it! I handed her the envelope and tried not to scream as their were garage sale shoppers nearby. She got the same shocked look on her face as she opened up the envelope and saw the hundred dollar bills in their little bundles. Mike was still there and couldn't understand what we were doing and I just said "Oh my, oh my!" I went over to the boots, grabbed them and looked inside. What did I find? Another envelope! This one only had $500 in it this time but it was crazy! I just couldn't believe my eyes. Where did this money come from?
I would like to say that I shoved the money in my pocket and ran or even that we were able to use the money towards the fund raiser, but I felt like it wouldn't be fair to the family if we had kept it without so much as a phone call. So being the good people that we are, we tracked down the family and notified them that we had found some money in their dead uncles boots. Bear in mind, this uncle had been dead for a little while and was known to have stashed cash around his house. Apparently, they had found $1000 under his mattress. The family was never told just how much we found but I am sure they will be just as shocked as we were.
To put an end to this story, I would have really enjoyed spending $8500 but I feel pretty good knowing that it is in the right place. The moral should be that whomever the shoe fits, finds the cash.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
More pics
The view of the lake from the cabin
Estella playing outside in her new activity center.
Stella's new "Big Girl Bed"
Mike's work of laying down insulation. Ready for concrete! YEAH!!!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Cabin
This weekend we spent time out at our cabin. Actually, we are calling it our lake home but either way, it isn't much of a retreat quite yet. Mike and I purchased it last August and over the winter have been tearing down walls, digging up flooring and working hard at demolition. We are now in the process of remodeling it. Mike is really the one doing all of the work and I am so amazed by his strength and determination. I just try to help where I can.
This is the start of the demolition process. View from the kitchen to the front door.
Next weekend is the big concrete floor pour. In order to get to this point, Mike had to gut the house, redo all of the footings because they were rotted, level the house (using car jacks I might add), add a bunch of sand, add foam insulation, wiring, pex tubing and plumbing. I am really looking forward to seeing the concrete because I will feel like we have made it over one big hurdle. There is so much to do after that but seeing those floors will make it feel like we are finally getting somewhere. 
The living room view
Another view from the kitchen to the front door
This weekend we finished up all of the loose ends for the pour and enjoyed sitting outside with a bonfire in the back. My sister and niece came over and we roasted marshmallows and made s'mores. They came and dug up some trees for their new home and I planted a small vegetable garden and some flowers. The lake is starting to look beautiful with all of the greenery in bloom and the flowers on the trees are finally blossoming too. We tried to clean up the yard because even though the house is in destruction, it still is relaxing to have a place to sit and enjoy the day. I can't wait to show the progress through the next coming months. It should be fun!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Baby naming
Before I was pregnant with Stella, I told Mike that if we ever had a little girl, we should call her Estella Jean after both of our deceased grandmothers. So, even though we played back and forth with the idea of what to call our little girl, when she came, I knew right away that we were going to call her Estella.
Now that I am pregnant again, we are having trouble coming up with new names that both of us liked. The harder part is that we are having a boy so all of the great girl names we had listed from last time really don't work for us. Mike likes traditional names where I have a flair for more uncommon names. That isn't to say that I am a fan of the Hollywood craze of naming your baby after fruit or inanimate object. I just like names that are unique and haven't been widely used. With a common last name like Meyer, it is easy to find lots of Deb's and Mike's or Jack and Jills. I pride myself with knowing that Estella is the only Estella Meyer at our clinic, which makes her easy to find and the doctors remember her when she comes to visit.
As it comes down to the nearing months, we really wanted to have a name for boy Meyer so that we can get Stella used to his name. She already refers to my belly as "baby brother" and sometimes points to her belly and does the same. Mike and I were lying in bed the other night and he said "I think we should settle on his name and stick with it." I totally agreed but was a little wary as to what Mike was thinking of settling on. We had a long list. We both liked Thomas, Benjamin, he Charlie, me Emmett. But, we did have one name that we both really liked and hadn't had too much opposition to. The name Westin.
Westin James. I really like it and so does Mike. It isn't very common but not too crazy for Mike's tastes either. It has some family lineage, taking on Grandpa Jim's (James) name for his middle name. After much thought, it reminds me of a verse in the bible that I really like too. It is Psalms 103:12 - "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." I have my little Eastella and now will have my Westin with the knowledge too that God has taken away my sins. I know it is a far shot but it was kind of a neat coincidence. Two of my bible study ladies pointed that out and told me that there is a song from Casting Crowns called East to West. It is a great song and is pretty popular on KTIS.
What do you think? I hope you like the name as much as we do. I don't think there will be any changing of it this time either. The only changes that we were having trouble with was the spelling. Weston, Westin or Westen. Any thoughts on that?
Now that I am pregnant again, we are having trouble coming up with new names that both of us liked. The harder part is that we are having a boy so all of the great girl names we had listed from last time really don't work for us. Mike likes traditional names where I have a flair for more uncommon names. That isn't to say that I am a fan of the Hollywood craze of naming your baby after fruit or inanimate object. I just like names that are unique and haven't been widely used. With a common last name like Meyer, it is easy to find lots of Deb's and Mike's or Jack and Jills. I pride myself with knowing that Estella is the only Estella Meyer at our clinic, which makes her easy to find and the doctors remember her when she comes to visit.
As it comes down to the nearing months, we really wanted to have a name for boy Meyer so that we can get Stella used to his name. She already refers to my belly as "baby brother" and sometimes points to her belly and does the same. Mike and I were lying in bed the other night and he said "I think we should settle on his name and stick with it." I totally agreed but was a little wary as to what Mike was thinking of settling on. We had a long list. We both liked Thomas, Benjamin, he Charlie, me Emmett. But, we did have one name that we both really liked and hadn't had too much opposition to. The name Westin.
Westin James. I really like it and so does Mike. It isn't very common but not too crazy for Mike's tastes either. It has some family lineage, taking on Grandpa Jim's (James) name for his middle name. After much thought, it reminds me of a verse in the bible that I really like too. It is Psalms 103:12 - "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us." I have my little Eastella and now will have my Westin with the knowledge too that God has taken away my sins. I know it is a far shot but it was kind of a neat coincidence. Two of my bible study ladies pointed that out and told me that there is a song from Casting Crowns called East to West. It is a great song and is pretty popular on KTIS.
What do you think? I hope you like the name as much as we do. I don't think there will be any changing of it this time either. The only changes that we were having trouble with was the spelling. Weston, Westin or Westen. Any thoughts on that?
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