| DOW was off 3.97% this months and 13.29% for the year. That's quite a hit. The big event this month was Marty and Amanda's wedding in California. It was a beautiful wedding and we all have a great time. They had a live band and Marty and Amanda did a choreographed dance number that was cute. Brandon and Philly rented two cars (the van they tried to rent wasn't available) and we hiked a couple of hikes - a Red Wood Forest without any redwoods and a park overlooking Golden Gate Bridge. We also went to Ghirardelli Chocolate in San Francisco. We paid for the grooms dinner, about $5000 altogether with tip. We also bought kayaks this month (2) - one a Theisen's and one off of Amazon. We also bought life jackets and paddles at Jax. Got the oil changed in the Lincoln and Camry at Jiffy Lube. We washed the Lincoln using our new DeWalt power sprayer. We cleaned the garage and packed for camping. Our camper was to be resided where the hail damage was but Easy Camper had the wrong siding. Dave Swanson sold his business and Donovan's son's Justin took over, but our camper fell through the cracks. Our TIVO was out for several weeks and then one day it just started working again. I ordered Cookie's BBQ sample pack for Amanda as a welcome gift from Iowa. Sean started college. We met Brandon and Philly and family in Waterloo at eh Other Place for pizza and to go to Alyas' first freshman football game. He played receiever and defensive back and intercepted a football. I ordered Psalms and Proverb books for all the staff for Christmas. Sophia started at the office and is very good at editing so she's helping me with some writing projects. Just a reminder, the "Other Assets" are family loans to Emilie, Brandon (including his buying out 1/4 of the company) and Jeffrey that all three are paying back each month |