Betcha thought we were all gone!

Well.......alot has happened to the Waage's since our last update, but we are hear to tell everyone about all the adventure's we have been going through:

I have been doctoring for the last 3 month's with a right shoulder problem. On Oct 8th I went in to have a MRI done at 9pm in the evening. My doctor paid the radiologist to be on stand by to read the MRI report and file the report to my doctor by 8am the following morning. On Friday morning I went to the doctor's office and we found out I had a collapsed shoulder & I needed emergency surgery. The doctor wanted to do my surgery on Monday, but I was unable to get my pre-op physical done in time, so they scheduled it for Wednesday, October 14th. I went back to work and called our HR person to verify I had enough vacation time to take Wed, thurs & Fri off to recoup from my surgery. I did have the available time so I followed up with all the appropriate people in my office. Two minutes later my boss screamed across the room that I needed to reschedule my surgery due to the fact that there were going to be other people out at the same time. My jaw dropped! I was flabber gasted that I couldn't have my emergency surgery, but yet the "other people" off in my office were going hunting. To make a long story short, I grabbed my keys and cell phone & walked off the job. Then I had to call my husband to tell him that I had just quit my job! He was very supportive.

On October 14th I had my surgery. Everything went as well that could be expected.

On October 19th I started my new job with Styer Logistics. I even had 2 job offers to choose from!

On October 29th we finally put the house on the market MLS #3851254. We have had a lot of action & have had open houses even Sunday since.

On October 30-Nov 1, Wayde & Shelley and Klaus & Ann came up to the lake from the Gilligan's Halloween Scavenger hunt. I screwed that up big time and we missed the start, so we decided to just follow behind and drink at all the bars. I could drink because I was on too many pain killers. :( Had a blast anyways

November 7th was my "mom" Rita's Birthday and on November 12th was our John Young's Birthday. So we took them out for dinner & gave them their birthday presents. Another nice evening as always.

November 12-15, Wayde, Shelley & their son Brent came up to the lake to put steps into our basement from the inside of the house. Brent took a whole shit load of pictures, but I have yet for him to send them to me. Boy, did it turn out awesome! We absolutely love it. But now comes all the winter remodeling project that must be done before the 3rd annual Memorial Weekend Bash! don't forget to mark your calenders.......

Thanksgiving.......was a very special day for us. It started with the fact that it was Jonathan's 18th birthday. My baby is now a man. He can be drafted, he can buy cigarettes and he can vote. Happy Birthday, Finn!
Next, since we terminated our position with Little Brothers (due to moving to Wisconsin) we were able to have Thanksgiving with our "real" family...........Pam, Steve, Tamara, Carson, Suzie and Bob. It was one of the nicest Thanksgiving I have had in my entire life. Pam & Steve did all the cooking due to me still healing from my surgery. All Joel & I did was supply the turkey & pies.......they did the rest.
And finally.......Grandma Waage & Uncle John made the road trip up to the lake to join us in our feast. It was nice to have them. Both of them have only been to the lake once and it was more like a stop & drop off the boat instead of a stay and enjoy yourself.

This Thanksgiving, we have a lot to be thankful for. Several years ago, when we parted ways from my side of the family, Ashley and then Abby.........we never thought we would understand why the Lord would have us go through so much heart break.....But the one thing that has keep us all going is our faith in God & his verse:

"Everything happens for a reason - you may not know why, today or tomorrow - but someday it will all become very clear"

Today it is very clear...........

Thank you to all our friends and "real" family for seeing us through those hard times and without all your love we wouldn't be where we are today.

Much love to all

Joel, Amy & Jonathan

P.S.
Yes, I will be back to updating the blog after my little vacation