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March has been a busy, variable and challenging month for Mark and Hilde. Wisconsin weather went up and down, with
thaws followed by bitter cold, laced with icing and a very short season for sap
run. Mark did all the heavy work this
year, allowing Hilde’s back to finally get back to near normal.
March started down in Palatine with Mark helping
John on a dry-walling project. Those two
always enjoy working together and have skills in many areas of home repair,
while Hilde takes pictures and Evie cooks up great meals despite the kitchen
being rearranged. The younger Henkels
are getting lovely new cabinets, so the walls, paints and flooring needed to be
prepped. With the work on I90 finally
finished, the trip back to Rudolph goes more smoothly and quickly!
Mark was exceptionally busy throughout the month as
he and the trial team prepared for both 2 weeks in trial in Iowa and a re-try
of one in Buffalo MN to follow that.
They had everything about ready to ship when, only a week before start
date, the judge postponed the Iowa case.
That is a big let-down for them all, and who knows how long things will
be delayed, as finding two weeks that fit the schedules of the courtroom and
four attorneys is always challenging. However, this means the grandparents will not
be out of state when Caleb arrives, so the delay has positive aspects.
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Hilde got into a super-crafting mood for spring and
made baskets, doilies, and wall art and
baked up some new recipes (and tested them on committee members!). With more light, more energy and less back
trouble, things moved along very well
for the month. She got a multitude of
minor tasks done, and seems to be getting the hang of one problematic print
program. There was a flurry of extra
meetings for her, bracketed by lots of phone calls and the issues seem to
continue, but eventually all the extras will finish and she will be able to
relax more.
At the end of the month, Mark and Hilde assisted
with an early taekwondo testing (shifted due to Easter schedules) where Dr.
Locascio was promoted to sixth dan black belt.
Stevens Taekwondo Academy has 13 people who have been promoted to that
senior master level by Dr. Stevens, which is almost 5% of the persons in USA
reaching that rank. In between the
other activities, they have been pruning fruit trees and considering what they
will do for the summer, after the other two trials are completed and things quiet
down. Chicks will be ordered for late in
June and perhaps a dog to join the family
if Mark decides that way. It has been
over a year since Freddy the Great left us.
The month was a transition from snow to spring, and the last day of
March was just lovely. All but tiny
remnants of snow are gone, the light has shifted to the north and the birds are
returning and filling the air with song.
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