I ate all the cherries ... ON PURPOSE!!!!!!!!

I ate probably half a pound of cherries IN BED last night while Dan & Jessica were fishing for crappies on Carnelian Lake. The cherries were delicious.

Now you may be wondering why this is noteworthy & worth blogging about, so let me explain.

I looked in the fridge last night to get something to eat, saw the bag of cherries & thought to myself that eating the rest of those cherries would really be a bit selfish. But while I was gazing at those cherries, I felt a very strange, burning sensation in my back pocket from the charge card I had just used to charge $1085 to buy Jessica a $1085 ( did I mention that it was $1085?) lap top for school.

I ate all the cherries. And when Dan told me this morning that the first thing that Jessica did when she got back from fishing last night was look in the refrigerator for those cherries, I have to admit that I was glad that I had been the one to eat all the cherries.

So much for love and nurturing. I'm about empty.

M

M

BUT!!!!!

They are worth every penny PLUS!!!!!!

So yeah.

I just thought of something. Next year will be the last year that we will pay for tuition & books for our children. Let's see. Both Danielle & Jess did the 5 year plan. Jamie 4. So that's 10 X 2 (semesters) + 4 X 2 = 28 semesters of tuition & books.

Feels kinda like when I realized I paid for my last diaper. Sheesh!! I'm glad we kept making more money , 'cause college costs a LOT more than diapers!!!

flash... I feel kinda deflated or maybe inflated or .... something.

PS

I SWORE I wouldn't blog whore again. Starting..... NOW. Bye.

Yeah I've been gone.

Long story, but a good vacate.

I'm looking forward to my folks coming up. I just told Mom to make sure she brings pants to ride on the four wheeler with me. Woo Hoo!!! I'm gonna give her the ride 'O her life!!

I'll post picts. Old ladies on four wheelers will ROCK!!!

FLASH!

ps. Mom..... you listening? Or did you forget about this blog stuff? I don't trust you.

Thirty Three years of bliss?

Thirty three years ago today Dan & I were married. It hasn't all been bliss, that's for sure, but as I told Dan this morning as we took a nice walk on the Meyer farm, If I had it to do over again I wouldn't change a thing. And that is the truth.

Dan surprised me with this lovely dinner tonight. I am a lucky woman but he is a lucky guy too. That is what makes 33 years of not all bliss worth it.

Mary :)

Jessica is a bad girl!

I just took a series of picts. of Jess studying for the GRE and had to crop the last one for fairly obvious reasons. She is naughty & VERY crabby because she will not be able to use a calculator. boo hoo hoo.

Danielle is going home waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

After a week of fun with her sisters in Rochester, friends in MN & of course Mom & Dad, Danielle is leaving today. Boo Hoo. I'll miss her .

I posted my first poll.

If you don't like my choices, please feel free to make a suggestion.

PS. I am going to the new public library for the FIRST TIME tomorrow!!!!!!

M

Things that I did this weekend... I know it isn't over.

1) I enjoyed having the house to myself.

2) I went on a group ride with my WOW group.

3) I enjoyed having the house to myself.

4) I did a load of laundry.

5) I ate leftovers from the fridge.

6) I did the typical check Facebook, Blogspot & Beginner Biker forum, & Google news

7) I enjoyed having the house to myself.

8) I watched the cat bring a chipmunk into the yard, Buster take it away & then proceed to lose it.

9) I read a book & took two naps.

10) I sprayed off the deck.

Did I mention that I enjoyed having the house to myself? Oh. Yeah. Repeating myself. Bad Mary.

Flash :)

Is it 4:00 yet?

Well, by golly it is!!!



mmmmmmmmmmmm. A full meal deal!!

I am so excited!!

Dan & I are going to Fleet Farm & then Cub Foods!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

Our Garden 2009

One of the things that Dan is getting the most enjoyment out of from being home during the summer is working in the garden. In my opinion this is the nicest garden we have ever had. What I think is especially cool about it is that it is not just in "rows". It has a whole other symmetry to it than ever before.

What have we enjoyed eating from it so far? Let's see, a meal of cooked beets, onions to add to salads, zucchini & onions prepared for the grill, and a few snow peas to add to salads.

Within a few days we we will be harvesting green beans. My favorite is eggplant. I LOVE fried eggplant but it won't be ripe until nearly the end of September. It is worth the wait!!!

A book to share, an observation & a question.

The book: Children of Jihad by Jared Cohen. Check it out on Amazon & if you'de like to read it, don't buy it. You can have mine when I'm done. So far it's pretty intriguing mostly because when Jared speaks to the youth of Iran in 2004 it is like a foreshadowing of their uprising just recently in this past Iranian "election".

The observation: EDIT. Our two youngest are very different :)

The question: Now that they are both at home together I soooooo want to dig out the 300$ + tent I bought over ten years ago & prove to them that when they promised to take good care of it, they didn't. Should I?

The Jacksons are so poor

that they could only afford to buy 3 pair of white gloves. Did you notice that? That some of the brothers had the white , Michael-like glove on the L hand & some on the R.? Must have had one left over.

Ha ha.

anonymous

THANK YOU GOD!!!!!

Step bros. Shane on the L., Craig on the R.
Holy crap. I can hardly believe it. No shit. WOW!!!!! Shane's wife, Sharon, does NOT have cancer!!!!! Whatever that shit was on the MRI between her lung & ribs was NOT, I repeat NOT cancer!!!!!

And Bill????? Just normal aging and loss of short term memory. The Doc does NOT I repeat does NOT suspect Alzheimers at this point. HOLY SHIT!! Oh. Sorry, God. Thank you. I give praise to you & just... well... wow. I am so sick of sick. Woo Hoo!!!!!!




Bill, on the left. Oh, Bill, I am sooooo relieved for both you and Mom.

It is a great day.

Mary, Dan & Buster!!!

Dear God,

Thank you for the many blessings you have bestowed upon Dan & I. We are eternally grateful for our health & the millions of other things, big & small, that we enjoy & sometimes take for granted.

God, please, in this busy summer when so many (including us) are having fun, pigging out & in general celebrating life, bless those who are less fortunate.

Of course , God, I cannot fool you and so you know that I am asking you for something. Please, tomorrow , especially watch over and give a boost of you kind goodness & energy to my step father and his daughter- in- law who are both facing monumental possible life altering health issues that their respective doctors will be looking into.

And, God, whatever happens, please be with all of us, especially my Mom & Shane, as they go through this together with the person they chose to spend the rest of their lives with.

Thanks,

Mary, Dan & Buster

Just in Time for the Fourth.

A website regarding the Civil War regiment my great great grandfather was a member of, the 13th Mass. , is up and running. The fellow responsible for the research is Brad Forbush, a decendent of another member of the 13th. Some of Brad's research is based on Samuel Webster's ( my relative) diaries during the war.

Samuel is the 5th man from the right on the banner across the top of the website here:

Samuel joined with his brother Ike. Sam was 16, Ike 15, both musicians. Sam was very proud of his service and was an active member of the G.A.R. He died in 1919.

M

Other news.

Danielle: was just offered another job. Thank God. She was very unhappy working at a radio station in Denver doing "whatever the advertisement people didn't want to do" including running out for coffee!!!
It's very difficult as a parent to have your grown- up child dis satisfied with their working situation. The new job, which she will accept today , is at a glass company in Denver and she will do what she went to school for: marketing. Whatever that is. All I know is that she is extremely excited & will be coming HOME!!!! For a week or so... soon!! I am very excited to see & talk with Danielle.

Jessica: Jessica and I went to St. Catherine's University in Minneapolis Tuesday night. It's been "University" instead of "College" for just a month. Anyway, the evening was an informational session for their 9 graduate studies programs including Physical Therapy which is the program Jessica will be applying for. They have a fine program there and the competition is VERY stiff... only about 10 students of over 100 who apply will be accepted. Jess is as qualified as any and is applying with guns loaded but she isn't holding her breath.


She will apply to schools in MN, WI & SD as well.


Right now I am feeling very optimistic about both Danielle's and Jessica's immediate futures. As a Mom, that is a very satisfying feeling. News. Good news!!!!

Later,

Flash G with a sore butt from a group ride yesterday... 78 miles & fighting the wind all the way!!!

Happy Birthday America!!

I realize I'm a few days early but this special day is already on our minds. We will be leaving for Adair, Iowa tomorrow to spend the weekend with my parents aka Mom and Bill.

Dan & I will be bringing the Turkey fryer & fish for a fish fry on Saturday for super. My step- brothers Craig & Shane will be there as well along with their respective spouses.

Adair is a quaint little town in western Iowa & I always look forward to a visit especially over a holiday with a parade. Nothing beats a Fourth of July parade in a rural community where the biggest tractor in the county is the biggest attraction!