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December

12/3/19 On Tuesday Mark and I, along with our newest employee Mich, drove to MN for an Ag marketing conference. We stayed at the Millennium hotel, a repeat trip we had taken 3 years ago. The last trip, I spent my whole day shopping in the skywalk shopping mall with a huge Macy's with a fashion consultant. I was looking forward to that. The Macy's had closed along with many of the other shops downtown. It was so sad. There wasn't much for me to do, I spent most of my time catching up on reading and my blog. i enjoy quiet time now ant then. Mark's conference focused on markets and prices. The China trade has really created a challenge. Prices look to be going up for corn and beans. The farmers are way overdue for good prices.
I enjoy December, not the Christmas preparing and shopping frenzy, but the together time. i enjoy having all family together. There are 2 weeks where you are home nestled in toasty and warm. No school, youth group, activities, and time off work. I like to watch Christmas movies and warm by the fireplace. Making Christmas candies and taking some to the neighbors are tradition. Our family plays games, read Christmas books, and spend a lot of good time together. I have a collection of Christmas books that I pull out just for the season that we have read year after year, more so when the kids were little. One favorite is Snow Cat. It is even more special because Aunt Alice had a cat named "Snow Kitty". She was a white fluff ball given to her by Karen and Orrie. She was just a cat that showed up on their farm and Alice was happy to take her. She became her house cat, beautiful white long haired and well cared for. It's also bitter sweet remembering Aunt Alice and all the Christmases spent together. So many memories shared together. This would be the first Christmas without here. Holidays are extra hard without those special loved ones.

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