End of the holiday parties?

As usual, let’s start with a weather update…we’ve had the first freezing rain storm of the winter. I miss the 30’s and 40’s of earlier this month. Matt went and bought ice to put down and I can’t use cruise on the drive home. I guess I can’t complain, I can still see the ground and I haven’t been wishing for my snow blower.

Work was crazy this past week. I’ll start seeing my client campaigns in the media; whether it be a Mandan meat company, a Minot college, or the largest fair in ND…they’ll be showing up soon. Right now it’s a ton of work and getting things organized and sorted and on time. Creativity often times has to be rushed, and there is nothing worse than looking at a AV guy, a creative director, and a graphic designer and say I need a proof yesterday, what ideas have you got? They hate that.

Mom and Dad had Dickinson Bull Days. The bulls looked pretty good, and another bonus, they acted well too. I asked a designer to help with the posters this year and I was happy with what she came up with. It helps when we have some great product to show off. I’ll admit; I was also excited to see that one of my bulls also has been on display. What’s sad and shows that I’ve been in this business for some time is that one of my favorite herd cows (number 7) will be sold this coming week. Hard to believe she’s been around for so long and the cows that I used to know by heart (48, 38, 22, 9) aren’t around anymore.

We had Matt’s Rural Fire Department Christmas Party this week. What a great group of people! The meal was great (turkey, porkchops, mashed potatoes, etc) and then afterward they had a casino night with games and fake money. The money was then used to buy auction items; we took home a great embroidered blanket that will probably find its way into the camper this summer. Matt kept me out pretty late but I’m glad he had a good time.

We also had guests stay at his house. Brendan and Claudia had just gotten back from their honeymoon in Hawaii. We shared a few pizzas and some laughs. It was nice to have a nice couple’s night and catch up a bit. Claudia and I think a summer trip to an amusement park might be in the works for us!

Meal of the week: Not a big week for eating, I made BBQ pizzas for myself but probably the best was the homemade blueberry cinnamon rolls for Matt and I’s Sunday brunch.

“Weather forecast for tonight: dark.” -George Carlin