Travel

It is always the phones. In December we took our son to the Lake of the Ozarks. Big hotel, indoor pool, but what does he want? The phone. We had to disconnect it within three minutes of check-in, for fear we'd be charged a call to Taiwan.

And this week! Another conference, another hotel, another indoor pool. But our little guy... sigh. He wanted the phone.

I guess we could just save a lot of money and stay at home this summer. We could buy a new phone.

F.R.M.S.

Today we leave for a conference. Farm Risk Management Services is our crop insurance company. Each winter they host select clients to attend seminars by marketing experts, insurance lobbyists, farm radio show hosts, and talented speakers. It's at a nice hotel in Kansas City and they cover meals-- what more could you ask for? Brian will learn bunches and little guy and I will swim often. Lots of good times and all because we are such good clients.

Or because Brian's brother is our insurance agent.

Whichever.