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Actually, it is rocket science! Our visit to Space Center Houston

Actually, it is rocket science! Our visit to Space Center Houston

by Steve | Jul 23, 2017 | Feature Where We've Been, USA, Where we've been

Space Center Houston is just what the child inside you wants it to be. As you drive up to the entrance, your view is dominated by a 747 with a space shuttle on its back. I mean, what could be cooler than that? Earlier this summer, we took a week-long road trip south...
Explaining shiplap and shams to my husband at Magnolia Market

Explaining shiplap and shams to my husband at Magnolia Market

by Ann | Jul 15, 2017 | At Home, Feature At Home, Feature Where We've Been, USA, Where we've been

I’m still not quite sure how I convinced Steve to visit The Pioneer Woman Mercantile and lodge as well as Magnolia Market within 24 hours, but I did. After spending two days in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, where he waited in line almost two hours for a taste of Ree Drummond’s...
Our visit to The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond’s Mercantile

Our visit to The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond’s Mercantile

by Ann | Jun 17, 2017 | Feature Where We've Been, Food and Drink, Pawhuska, The Pioneer Woman, USA, Where we've been

About 12 hours after Steve finished his last school board meeting and his ended his career as a middle school principal, we were on the road for a much-needed (and anticipated) vacation. First stop – Pawhuska, Oklahoma to visit The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond’s...

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We’re Steve and Ann Teget. We spent more than two decades in corporate America and public education before Ann’s health and Steve’s aversion to middle school girl drama convinced us to try something new. Now we are making the most of midlife and telling authentic stories about extraordinary travel. And yes, we send ourselves postcards.

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Ann will check in for surgery Monday, Sept. 21, at Ann will check in for surgery Monday, Sept. 21, at 6:45 a.m. We are so grateful to all of you who have asked to know the time of her procedure so that you can be praying for Ann, the medical team at Mayo Clinic, and our family. ⁣ ⁣ Ann will be having surgery in Rochester, Minnesota, to extract and replace one of the leads (wires) that goes from her pacemaker/ICD to her heart. If all goes well, it will be about a 4-hour procedure. While it can be a complicated surgery, we are trusting God and have great confidence in the doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel here. ⁣ ⁣ We’re praying that all goes well and Ann will spend a night or two hospital and after a few days at a nearby hotel, we’ll be headed home.⁣ ⁣ The scripture below has been a comfort to us today and if you are going through something that causes fear, doubt, or anxiety, we hope it will also be a comfort to you.⁣ ⁣ Again, thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. They mean the world to both of us. ⁣ ⁣ *****⁣ ⁣ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7.
Cheers to Steve because today is his birthday! 🎉🍷🎂  Despite everything going on in the world, we are blessed and I’m so thankful to have such a thoughtful, adventurous, and funny man by my side.  While the pandemic has changed the way many people celebrate birthdays this year, we’re making the best of it.  We arrived in Rochester, Minnesota, yesterday and celebrated Steve’s birthday at our favorite restaurant here, Bleu Duck Kitchen. They have a fantastic outdoor seating area, exceptional service, and unique dishes that we don’t get anywhere else. And, they make well-crafted cocktails.  We’ll spend much of today at the Mayo Clinic for my tests and appointments, and plan to maybe get outside later today for a walk and open some presents (his love language is gifts). Then, we’ll enjoy a nice takeout meal back at our hotel tonight.  Not a typical birthday by any means, but we have learned to be grateful for every trip around the sun and to cherish every day.  And today, we’ll celebrate Steve for everything he brings to my world, and to all of yours.   
We will #neverforget. We will #neverforget.
We wanted to give you all a little life update fro We wanted to give you all a little life update from our part of the world and tell you where we’re going next. Several weeks ago, we started making plans for a road trip to see a few of our National Parks safely before the weather turned cold. Those plans are now on hold. Recently, we became aware that Ann’s pacemaker/defibrillator is not working correctly and she will need to return to the Mayo Clinic for surgery. For those of you who are new here, Ann was diagnosed several years ago with an illness called cardiac sarcoidosis. It is an inflammatory disease in which granulomas, or clumps of inflammatory cells, form in her heart, causing inflammation and sometimes scar tissue. As part of her treatment, six years ago, she had a pacemaker/ICD (implantable cardioverter-defibrillator) implanted in her chest to monitor her heart rhythm and detect irregular heartbeats. The ICD can also deliver electric shocks via wires connected to her heart to fix an abnormal heart rhythm. Well, recently, we learned that one of the leads (wires) that goes from Ann’s device to her heart is not working like it should. Could be the lead, could be scar tissue surrounding it. Long story short, Ann is going to have to have a surgery to carefully remove that lead and replace it and the main pacemaker/ICD device. And, we’re praying that the ICD does not unnecessarily “fire” before then. If it does, Ann will go straight to the hospital, so that’s the main reason we’ve been staying close to home. The procedure is scheduled for Sept. 21 back at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where Ann has been treated for her sarcoidosis. Lead retractions are a bit complicated, so we’re thankful to have an experienced team of doctors and medical personnel to perform the surgery in state-of-the-art facilities. This isn’t how we’d hoped to spend our fall, but somehow this seems fitting for 2020. We appreciate all of you so much and wanted you to know. We will also appreciate your thoughts and prayers as we once again head to Minnesota and then begin the journey down the road of recovery.
Fall is in the air! It was almost one year ago tha Fall is in the air! It was almost one year ago that we had the opportunity to @visitmasoncityiowa and @clearlakeiowa to take in all these two towns have to offer.⁣ ⁣ These two communities come together to create one unique destination that truly offers something for everyone.⁣ ⁣ Pictured is a footbridge in Mason City that helped inspire native son Meredith Willson to create the famous musical, "The Music Man." Yes, this is a town where you can see an actual double-belled euphonium and then peek in the pool hall window after school. ⁣ ⁣ And while we're on musical history, head over to Clear Lake to the Surf Ballroom. There you can walk in the footsteps of decades' worth of musical greats. Indeed, the Surf Ballroom hosted the final concert for Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson on the day the music died.⁣ ⁣ Mason City is also home to the @historicparkinn, the last operating hotel designed by renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. ⁣ ⁣ We had a blast wandering the streets of both towns, and we were made to feel like locals as we visited the Central Gardens of North Iowa, and the Clear Lake Farmers' Market. To top it all off, we ate and drank like royalty at incredible restaurants, bars and breweries in both communities. It's no wonder why these two towns are one of our favorite midwest destinations.⁣ ⁣ You can read all about why fans of The Music Man need to visit Mason City, Iowa, on our blog. We've put a link with this photo in our bio. ⁣ ⁣ @traveliowa
We hope you’ll join us in wishing our daughter, We hope you’ll join us in wishing our daughter, Meghan (a caring yet exhausted ICU nurse) a Happy 26th Birthday today! For several reasons, we aren’t able to celebrate in person with her this year. But she does have the day off!  It’s crazy to think that it was exactly one year ago today we were together in Pawhuska, Okla. - no masks and no social distancing. That day, Meghan checked the Oklahoma Board of Nursing website to see that she'd passed the NCLEX (the national nursing exam) and was officially a registered nurse (RN, BSN). Last year, we celebrated her birthday, AND the start of her nursing career.  What a difference a year makes.  On that day a year ago, we never could have imagined the world would soon be in the grips of a pandemic and she’d be on the front lines in the fight against a deadly virus. Meghan had barely begun to know what a “normal” day at work was like when the first cases of COVID-19 began appearing in her hospital. Since then, each day has been more challenging than the last. For seventh months and counting, Meghan, and all of our essential workers, have continued to bravely and heroically put the needs of others before their own.  Needless to say, we couldn’t be more proud of our daughter. She’s a woman of God who has a caring heart and a genuine desire to care for people. Meghan has used her hands, knowledge, and skills to save lives. And, she’s used her empathetic heart to comfort the dying and their grieving families.  Serving others began at an early age for our daughter. When she was in sixth grade, she and Ann went to the other side of the world to Sri Lanka to assist in the aftermath of the tsunami. That experience changed her life and ignited a spark. During college, she helped orphans in Bolivia and volunteered on the Pine Ridge Reservation, one of the most impoverished areas in the Western Hemisphere. These experiences and others led her to become a nurse, putting herself on the line to help others every day.  Today, we celebrate the incredible woman our daughter has become. We love you, Meghan, and are proud of you and the example you set for all of us. Happy 26th Birthday!  
We have really enjoyed our salads this summer. The We have really enjoyed our salads this summer. There’s just something about fresh vegetables on crispy greens on these hot summer nights. It was almost 100 degrees in Nebraska today and by Tuesday, the high is only 50. That means it’s almost time to trade our favorite salads for soup! Well, we should have a few more warm days before then, but it won’t be long. Do you like salads and what are your favorites? We could use a few more ideas.
Our vegetable and herb garden has been bountiful t Our vegetable and herb garden has been bountiful this summer! We've had more cherry tomatoes than we can possible eat , along with four colors of bell peppers, jalapeños, mint, basil, rosemary, sage, and more. ⁣ ⁣ While a garden is a lot of work, we have loved having one this summer and being home to tend to it. A friend of ours built two raised garden beds for us a couple years ago. This year, we added some pebble rock and flagstones to the landscaping around our gardens. ⁣ ⁣ We also added six small garden boxes for some of our favorite herbs and that's been a nice addition to our garden. ⁣ ⁣ Did you have a garden this summer and if so, what did you plant?
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