"The Soo Line Saloon" - we had "The Pickled Loon" in that spot for six months but they left town and moved their place to Outing. Big mystery there but if this place has good eats we will be super happy. Opens at 5pm.
Love having decent food in town. We have "The Woodsman" but we have our Lions meetings there once a month with dinner so having something else too is always nice, we are only a town of 370 I think or 317 - I never can remember.
Been busy - Sunday I am happy to say went wonderfully- we were 28 for the fish fry - we went through 138 fillets of sunnies. I cut them in half and this time we used McCormics beer batter and it had just the right amount of spices. Every piece went. Wonderful Dar brought an extra 30 fillets just in case and I packaged them up and gave them away at the end - all people had to do was guess my favorite number and of course it's #7. I even have a rock at my front door with the #7 on it. It's funny I have had #7 in so many addresses - in Alexandria it was 207 Hazel Hill Rd - Jim's address was 2070 Carnelian Lane - we lived at 207 Heritage Circle in Burnsville to name a few - of course I was "Idea Agent - Wester, PJ Wester 007." At ChartHouse so "7" is an endearing number and it was so funny because Susan guessed it right away.
Now to get Jim willing to make fish for me for D.O.S.S. On the 28th. We girls will gather here at 4pm. Most of us are retired so we think it's 5 o'clock somewhere at any given time in the afternoon.
Jim took care of the flowers at church and used the back stairs and low and behold- we found 4 old funeral bouquets all dead and dried out. What a hoot. I came back at 4 pm Sunday but just to deliver the communion cups. It was Audrey's and my turn to do the set up, I am now a member of Alter Guild and Audrey is a great partner for that. She did the setup, mainly because I forgot to show up on Saturday morning at 9:30, so I did the clean up. Worked out fine because she was not at church on Sunday.
On MONDAY Jim met me at church and we cleaned up the mess in the back hall. I sure would be interested to know who left it. We could have used the flowers at church instead of have them die in the hall way. Bet there is a story there. Maybe someone got locked out. Our dehumidifiers at church are running overtime. I am there every M-W-F for bone builders and we usually do the cleaning on Thursday or Friday these days so plenty of Chance to empty them.
I had such a busy day Monday, after bone builders,and we had 6 of us there, good turnout.n anyway I saw Pat Jansseen at the Remer Arts and Crafts, I used to work with her for two years at the RAC store. She makes beautiful cards and she wants some wine bottles. Now that I can accommodate. She makes wind chimes out of them. They are adorable, she had some on display at the store. We chatted for an hour. Time does fly, I was going next door to see if they had any old bananas, want to make Banana bread. If you like Banana bread you have to go on line to allrecipes.com and look up Sour Cream Banana Nut Bread. I tell you that recipe is to die for. I no longer coat the pan in cinnamon sugar like it suggests, just too messy bit I get 8 Minnie loafs and freeze them, great to have on hand when company pops in or you visit someone. I have never had a complaint about that bread being dry.
Went home, Jim told me Pam-John, Rachael and Mickie were coming to spend the night, house and guest rooms were in order so I just had to make chocolate chip cookies without nuts and made up some Bergers for us to grill and a salad to pass for our Lions picnic at 5:30. We drove separate and Jim got home right after the kids drove in from up North, Park Point Resort in Voyager National Park, they had been there since Thursday. Jims kids have had their hands full with the passing of their Mother, Jane, she was just 72. Heart failure brought on by a heart attack a year ago. We went to the funeral last Monday a week ago. Fortunately Jim was able to be there for Carrie and John three days before she died and when she passed. They took her ashes down south near Sleepy Eye. Forget the name of the town. I think she is buried with her grandparents. Carrie just is in the process of selling her house, took a lot of thing and put them in Janes townhouse, sounds like it's full to the brim. Should have put their things in storage so they could move. Been crazy time for them, they now have to find a place to live, probably in Stillwater. Carrie has checked out schools there and likes that area. David's business is in Maple Grove so that could prove to be quite a drive to work. We will see where they end up.
Was a full day anyway, here it is Tuesday and I have two Doctor appointments on the calendar. One in Remer for physical therapy on my back and one in Deer River for an MRI. We just want to see if something can't be done to releave some of the pain in my lower back, you know my philosophy is "just keep going" if you sit too long - you might never get up again.
Been busy - Sunday I am happy to say went wonderfully- we were 28 for the fish fry - we went through 138 fillets of sunnies. I cut them in half and this time we used McCormics beer batter and it had just the right amount of spices. Every piece went. Wonderful Dar brought an extra 30 fillets just in case and I packaged them up and gave them away at the end - all people had to do was guess my favorite number and of course it's #7. I even have a rock at my front door with the #7 on it. It's funny I have had #7 in so many addresses - in Alexandria it was 207 Hazel Hill Rd - Jim's address was 2070 Carnelian Lane - we lived at 207 Heritage Circle in Burnsville to name a few - of course I was "Idea Agent - Wester, PJ Wester 007." At ChartHouse so "7" is an endearing number and it was so funny because Susan guessed it right away.
Now to get Jim willing to make fish for me for D.O.S.S. On the 28th. We girls will gather here at 4pm. Most of us are retired so we think it's 5 o'clock somewhere at any given time in the afternoon.
Jim took care of the flowers at church and used the back stairs and low and behold- we found 4 old funeral bouquets all dead and dried out. What a hoot. I came back at 4 pm Sunday but just to deliver the communion cups. It was Audrey's and my turn to do the set up, I am now a member of Alter Guild and Audrey is a great partner for that. She did the setup, mainly because I forgot to show up on Saturday morning at 9:30, so I did the clean up. Worked out fine because she was not at church on Sunday.
On MONDAY Jim met me at church and we cleaned up the mess in the back hall. I sure would be interested to know who left it. We could have used the flowers at church instead of have them die in the hall way. Bet there is a story there. Maybe someone got locked out. Our dehumidifiers at church are running overtime. I am there every M-W-F for bone builders and we usually do the cleaning on Thursday or Friday these days so plenty of Chance to empty them.
I had such a busy day Monday, after bone builders,and we had 6 of us there, good turnout.n anyway I saw Pat Jansseen at the Remer Arts and Crafts, I used to work with her for two years at the RAC store. She makes beautiful cards and she wants some wine bottles. Now that I can accommodate. She makes wind chimes out of them. They are adorable, she had some on display at the store. We chatted for an hour. Time does fly, I was going next door to see if they had any old bananas, want to make Banana bread. If you like Banana bread you have to go on line to allrecipes.com and look up Sour Cream Banana Nut Bread. I tell you that recipe is to die for. I no longer coat the pan in cinnamon sugar like it suggests, just too messy bit I get 8 Minnie loafs and freeze them, great to have on hand when company pops in or you visit someone. I have never had a complaint about that bread being dry.
Went home, Jim told me Pam-John, Rachael and Mickie were coming to spend the night, house and guest rooms were in order so I just had to make chocolate chip cookies without nuts and made up some Bergers for us to grill and a salad to pass for our Lions picnic at 5:30. We drove separate and Jim got home right after the kids drove in from up North, Park Point Resort in Voyager National Park, they had been there since Thursday. Jims kids have had their hands full with the passing of their Mother, Jane, she was just 72. Heart failure brought on by a heart attack a year ago. We went to the funeral last Monday a week ago. Fortunately Jim was able to be there for Carrie and John three days before she died and when she passed. They took her ashes down south near Sleepy Eye. Forget the name of the town. I think she is buried with her grandparents. Carrie just is in the process of selling her house, took a lot of thing and put them in Janes townhouse, sounds like it's full to the brim. Should have put their things in storage so they could move. Been crazy time for them, they now have to find a place to live, probably in Stillwater. Carrie has checked out schools there and likes that area. David's business is in Maple Grove so that could prove to be quite a drive to work. We will see where they end up.
Was a full day anyway, here it is Tuesday and I have two Doctor appointments on the calendar. One in Remer for physical therapy on my back and one in Deer River for an MRI. We just want to see if something can't be done to releave some of the pain in my lower back, you know my philosophy is "just keep going" if you sit too long - you might never get up again.
