Catch Up on the Caseys!

WOW - I am very behind in blogging for 2009. I know you're all dying to hear what we've been up to. Not much!

The biggest news is that I'm NOT on jury duty! God answered my prayer about that one. I was on call for the months of January and February - I tried to get them to postpone it until summer, but they wouldn't. So, I just waited to be called. The letter arrived and I had to go down to the Federal Court House in Minneapolis to spend the day last Wednesday assigned to a panel. It took me 5 hours to write the plans for two different substitutes. I couldn't find one who would be available for 3 days in a row. I had to be ready for 3 days just in case I was picked for the case. There were about 50 of us, and 36 were chosen for the initial questioning. I was one of the 36.

I spoke to the judge one-on-one to try again to be excused because of many school related issues that a substitute can't do in my position of Coordinator of Enrichment for 700 students, but he wasn't interested. So I had to sweat it out. At 4:45 they finished the questioning, and we had to wait in the hall for 30 minutes while the federal prosecutor, the judge, and the defense lawyers decided on the 12 jurors. Not me - hurrah! The case was going to go on over a three week period - that would have been disaster for my school programs!

What else is new, you ask?

Check out Jane's blog for a description of a nice dinner out with Jane and Chuck, and Ted and Pat on Valentine's Day.

Paul and I had another fun night out on Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Old Log Theatre. Christie gave us a gift certificate for Christmas, and we enjoyed a great dinner and a show! Paul had prime rib and I had walleye. The play was called Unnecessary Farce, and the show was very funny. We especially enjoyed being there after reading a book about Clellan Card (Axel and His Dog) - remember the TV show from the 50's and 60's? The man who started the Old Log playing Axel's dog and cat (puppets)! He still introduces every show, but his son runs the theatre.

Coming soon - pictures from the Waterbrooke Youth Ski Retreat that is in the planning stages for this weekend - Feb. 20-22. Stay tuned for more from the Caseys!