Joel, my love, is still commuting 4 hrs a day to Brooklyn Park, MN everyday.......poor guy is exhausted and then add ALL the remodeling he has been doing. He doesn't have much spare time to enjoy anything. But as his deadline draws near (ie: Party, May 30th) as soon as that is here, he is DONE for the summer with any remodeling projects. He has earn many beers! Look out island.......
Jonathan, the second love of my life, has been having an exciting year. April he went to Solo & Ensemble competition in Rice Lake to perform his tuba solo and earned a trip to the state competition in Eau Claire on May 1st.
Throughout his years in the music programs in school, he has progressed & has developed into a fine musician. We couldn't be more prouder of him. So, 2 days before he goes to the state competition, someone broken into the band room & did about $20,000 damage to all the tubas in the band room. The only tuba that went unscathed was the "silver bullet" which is a $30,000 instrument that hasn't been used much due to it's value. Jonathan has played it a couple times, but prefers his old one because the valves are broken it. So needless to say, Jonathan took the silver bullet to state & wasn't comfortable playing his solo on it & fumbled a couple of times. He wasn't happy of his performance, but dad & I were BEAMING when he took 2nd! He will always be #1 in our minds. Once that was over it was onto the Spring Fling. In Chetek they only have prom every other year and of course this was the off year. Jonathan is currently unattached, so he & Daniel decided to go solo.
With Jonathan & Daniel in a room.......everyone around is expected to have a good time. Currently he is on the downhill to graduation. He is excited, then he is scared and then back to excited. He is prepared for his new journey......... with mom & dad on each side of him guiding him down his path. Because he is such a mommy's & daddy's boy.....Jonathan has chosen to attend University of Wisconsin - Barron County in Rice Lake to get his generals & keep the cost down for the next 2 years. As for a major, he is still undecided. He leans from music teacher to forensics or something in science. So the next 2 years will give him time to think.And me......as I said earlier, being a household manager is keeping me hopping. Up every day at 6:00 am & sitting in my office ready to work. Things have been going great (thanks to Sheldon, who has been my #1 supporter my adventure) & I have been holding my own. There are days when I crawl into bed & go over my day in my mind to think "where did the day go".
Supervising the remodeling project takes a lot of my time with making sure the contractors are here when they are suppose it be, fixtures are ordered & the guys are staying on task to hit the deadline......May 30th!The SSP House.......finally sold.......well kinda. Our contract with the realtor expired on April 27th with no luck. I should say, with no offers worth the paper they were written on. We had never seen such stupid & ridiculous offers as the some of the ones we received. Anyways we set out to rent it out and stumbled across the Kasper's. Bill, Nikki, daughter Molly (12) & son Trevor (20) will be taking over where we left off. The house is perfect for them & we are excited knowing that they will take very good care of our home. Bill & Nikki have decided to buy the house on a contract for deed, which we will carry them for 2 years until they are ready to take over for themselves. So last Sunday, May 2nd we rented a moving truck to get the last of our personal items out. Had a moment .......when we were coming back home in the moving truck, Joel was driving, Jonathan was sitting in the passenger sit & I was in the middle of both of them........We were driving east on 94 just crossing over the bridge into Hudson, when I had the most incredible feeling of peace & relief. Jonathan, Joel & I have been through a lot of crap over the last 7 years with Mary (my birth mother), Ashley & Abby.....that crossing over that bridge, just the 3 of us, felt like we left the crap behind & we were literally starting our new life. It was wonderful.
Speaking of Mary & the girls.......Mary is still alive & controlling peoples lives, she lost the family home to foreclosure (gee....what goes around comes around), now lives in an apartment in Inver Grove Heights & has the other Mary (the one she always talked about & degraded behind her back) at her beck & call. Ashley is getting married to Nick in Florida this weekend. She has been step-mother to Nick's 2 children & is still working in collections. While Abby & the Frogged Prince, Joey had a baby on February 2, 2010. So they, as we.....are moving on in their lives as well. Joel, Jonathan & I wish the girls nothing but the best.
Oh....yes, Big Joe........well, he is still Big Joe.
As May 30th draw near, The Waage's are looking forward to seeing all of our family & friends to help celebrate Jonathan's special day & the beginning of summer.
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Joel, Amy & Jonathan
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