Weekend Update

We had a nice relaxing weekend. Nicole was home most of last week as she was given the week off by her new boss. She went to report to work on Monday of last week and checked in. She went to their testing site at Fairview Riverside and received her credentials (she was also told that she couldn't park in the Doctors Parking lot until she was a licensed doctor) which we both had a chuckle about. She still gets to park free in the ramp, but not out front where the doctors park. I told her when she does get to park in that spot she should drive the Land Rover because it will leave some nice oil spills each day. :)
Her boss was very nice and said to her, when do you want to start working? Nicole said, I'm here to start today. He said when did you finish your residency? She said, last Friday. He says there is no way you are starting today, you have only had 2 days off, you take the rest of the week off and start next Monday. So, she started today at Noon and will be shadowing pretty much this whole week, maybe even into next week. She is excited to dig right in.
So last week with her having an unexpected 4 days off she really got the house in nice shape. There was a lot of clean-up to do downstairs after all the work. We had company on Friday night which was Ryan, Emily and Hattie Ritchie along with their friends Matt, Amy and Mya Boeke. We talked about taking them to this great burger spot in Hudson called Barker's. So Friday during the day they went to the State Fair and then that evening we went down to Barker's. We checked in and it was about a 40 minute wait, so we said fine, let's walk down to the river and Mya and Hattie can eat their supper. So about 30 minutes later we come back to Barker's and the POWER WENT OUT. It didn't just go out at Barker's it was the whole downtown Hudson. So we went to Bricks, our favorite pizza spot in Hudson. They don't cook with any electricity at Bricks, they have a stone fire oven that they do all their cooking in. So we had some good pizza and artichoke dip and everyone but Matt enjoyed it. Matt is a meat/potatoes type guy so pizza with asparagus and olives and peppers on it didn't appeal to him much. We felt bad about not eating at Barker's but it gives them a reason to come back and visit us.
Saturday Nicole and I played golf at Troy Burne, and we played terribly. It was good to just get back out on our favorite course.
Saturday night we had our neighbors and friends Brian and Shelly Thompson over for appetizers and drinks. Then the Wards/Wilsons/Thompson's went to Woodbury Days for an outdoor festival. It was a good time and it was chilly. Nicole was happy as she got to wear her UGGS again!
On Sunday we slept in for a change and then I had a golf outing in the afternoon and Nicole continues to work on her CRP dissertation. We are so happy to be back to our normal life in Hudson.
This coming weekend we are going to Ely, MN for Nicole's uncles wedding. 1 week back in Hudson and we are heading back to THE RANGE!!!