Big Important Official Litzau News

Greetings all, I have a BIG IMPORTANT, OFFICIAL, LIFE ALTERING ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Please see below.

Thank You
Steve

Back from out Yonder

Greetings from the North

Last week we had a nice (although very busy) weekend. The primary aspect was a trip to Wild River State Park for some "camping" with our small group. I use the quotes, because we stayed in a "camper cabin" and I have not yet let myself classify that as camping. Some day maybe, but for now, I think you need to have a tent, and if you can't see the car...that is better. Anyway we had a great time. It rained just enough to keep us on our toes, but not enough to really make us wet. The sun was out long enough for the solar cooker...almost. But the cookies were good enough, if not completely done. And, possibly most importantly, a significant amount of sugar was consumed under the guise of "s'mores". I was going to post some pics, but I think Kara beat me to it on her Facebook page, so check there or drop her a line.

Blah...

Kind of a blah set of days we have had around here. It (the weather?) decided that summer was over and it has been a bit cool and plenty rainy the last couple of days. They figure it will be around for a few more. I am thinking that we might be in for a tough winter, just speculation on my part, but that is my gut feeling these days. We actually had the heat on the last day or so, which is too bad, last year we almost made it to November before turing it on. Oh well, real intent of the post is to let you know I have posted a few new pictures of Lucy (and her siblings) over on the website. Have a great day all.

Steve

Miscellania...

We'll we have completed our first full week at home with all five of us. It went pretty well, Kara still has all of her hair left after I went back to work Wednesday. I think we can say that we are still far away from having a routine, but Kara did get everyone to the library the other day. It went so well, I don't think she left the house at all the following day. I enjoyed my time at home, however, I wonder at times if taking time off is really worth it if you have to go back. That is really it, some new photos on the website, and one here of Jack. I might someday get tired of pictures of him holding Lucy, but it will probably be well after he gets tired of holding her.

Pictures...

Just a quick heads up, I have post photos of Lucy on the website.

Lucy Is Here

I don't know if anyone will stumble upon the blog that will be unaware of our news, especially given the lack of posting in the last year plus, but just incase.

Lucy Anne Litzau has joined us Minnesota Litzaus. She was born yesterday just after four. A picture you say? Okay.

More pictures to follow, the computer is at home and the camera at the hospital so they will have to wait. Next day or two at the most, any longer and I will likely have trouble on my hands with relations in Colorado.

Trim low hanging tree branches

Hi, all! It's been a while, we know. So I am feeling a little resentful that it is not quite spring here in Minnesota. We had snow on Easter. In fact we had to buy a new shovel on Holy Saturday. This being Minnesota, there were still shovels available for purchase in mid-March - which is good, because we needed one. That being said, it has begun to warm up this week, all the way to the mid-40s. That means it's time to go for a walk. Actually, if it's over freezing and not windy, it's time to go for a walk, which Mommy, Jack and Charlie did this afternoon. Charlie was not super excited; he fell asleep. Jack, however, was quite pleased to be out and about, exploring lots of new things. "I find more dirt" was a frequent refrain. We were out for about an hour. That makes it sound like we went really far. We did not. We went really slow. The real event of the afternoon came just as we were finishing up our expedition and passing our next door neighbor's house. Jack was not looking where he was going but was looking at the ground when he walked into a bush. Shouldn't have been a big deal, right? Bushes don't tend to be fearsome things. However, this bush had a big fat branch sticking out of it right at eye level. It got Jack in the corner of his left eye. He had a scrape from the top of his forehead to below his cheekbone. He cried. We went inside, wiped off the scrapes, and gave him some ibuprofen and a bag of frozen peas wrapped in a napkin for his eye. Then I called the triage line at our clinic to see if I should get his eye looked at in case the cornea had been scratched or something. The nurse didn't sound too concerned. So, I called Steve at work to see what he thought. Not super helpful. Then, I called my mom. Not home. Then I called my sister. Also, not home. However, my brother-in-law was so I told him. He said corneal scratches are usually very painful and that if Jack had scratched his cornea we would know because he would be crying and rubbing his eyes and they would be red. Then Kate came home. She said, how does Mike know cornea scratches are really painful? Mike said, "it's common knowledge," or something like that. Kate said, "I'd google it." So, I did. And now we come to the point of this story. The web site said , "a corneal abrasion is usually quite painful...You may notice tears or blurred vision, or your eye may look red." And under prevention: "Trim low-hanging tree branches."