Here it is Thursday already and I have to decide where to go to weight watchers today. Susan couldn't reach me on Tuesday morning so she made other plans for the W.W. Meeting in Walker. I was having fun with Sharon getting her on her way. She had been here since Friday and our time together was jam packed with fun events. On Saturday we were working at the Library and she got all the paperbacks from "P" into the "S's" in order. We have new shelving for the paperbacks. Four bookcases and two more will be arriving by Friday. We are excited. I know, it's a silly excitement, like over a new recipe for salmon marinade. I have one by the way we just love.
MARINATED SALMON
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons lemon pepper
2 cloves minced garlic
1 pound skin on salmon fillet
Marinate overnight skin side up
Broil 6" from broiler 12 minutes
Allow salmon to rest 5 minutes
OK I never pretended it was good for you but it sure taste good. Anyway back to reporting, we feel we accomplished much at the Library, got home by 2:30 and had some homemade chicken vegetable soup ad left for D.O.S.S., it was at Nancy Green's. Fun fun fun.
Sunday of course we had church but I can't remember Sunday afternoon. Don't you just hate memory lapses.i know we had the wonderful lake trout fish Sharon brought up. she also brought up some Korean Sesame Sauce, a Kalbi Marinade made by Kowalski's in Minneapolis. I could drink it, it's good. I will buy a case next time I go to Mpls. Which will be for Mac's birthday, Fedruary 21st. Skye and I are taking Hope to the Pantages to see "Oliver". Back to dinner, Sharon always brings us something wonderful. It was.
I wish I could remember, oh yes, Sharon took Jim and I out to lunch at "The Pickled Loon" a new bar in Remer. It replaced "L.J.'s".
MONDAY of course we had Bone Builder's at 10am and we took a drive over to Longville. Almost everything was closed on Monday in Longville. What a hoot. I did get some flowers for Gail who is going through Chemo. We dropped them off on the way home. Sharon being a breast cancer survivor had a little something for Gail.
We had soup again for lunch, I made a stock pot full, yummy.
Sharon took off TUESDAY morning and we had to go to the Rapids. Our tires are not holding air the way they should. We stopped in at Verizon and looked at the new phones we are going to get. By hook or by crook Jim is going to get a waterproof one. We will go back on February 12, that is the date we sign our new contract. Jim has since talked to Verizon and we will update some things and get some discounts. He is a master at that.
We got some more flowers, the ones I got at Tabakas in Longville were already fading so I got 2 bunches at Cub, when I got home I brought a bunch to Martha and a bunch to Gail from the women at church. The WELCA women. On Wednesday Jim and I went out to see Marcia and Al. Now starting Monday he will be facing skin grafts.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL FAMILY NEWS
Well what a blessing that has happened, my brother Mark and his girl Jean have finally made it official. They are engaged.
How very wonderful for Mark and how very wonderful for us to have yet another sister. She is perfect for Mark and I love the Gislason connection. She is the widow of Lyle and Lyle is the brother of Neva Gislason on of my sear friends and classmates from school. Lyle is a year older than Neva and I. I just wish Neva was around to enjoy it. Can't wait to tell Deanne.
Loosing friends is the part of life you have to accept but you never get used to it. I still miss Audrey and she has been gone at least 28 years.
How very wonderful for Mark and how very wonderful for us to have yet another sister. She is perfect for Mark and I love the Gislason connection. She is the widow of Lyle and Lyle is the brother of Neva Gislason on of my sear friends and classmates from school. Lyle is a year older than Neva and I. I just wish Neva was around to enjoy it. Can't wait to tell Deanne.
Loosing friends is the part of life you have to accept but you never get used to it. I still miss Audrey and she has been gone at least 28 years.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Near the end of JANURARY
Well here we are almost to the end of Janurary.
At least 4 Sunday's have passed. Today is our Grandson's Finley and son John's birthday. John is our oldest and now he is 45. Can you believe it. Our bookends Mac almost 37 and John 45.
Life goes by so fast. So fun to see the kids grow. Jim is having the time of his life Ice Fishing.
I am having lots of fun doing doing doing. Jim is in the cities for an uncle's funeral. I was there for granddaughters Hope's birthday party and for the funeral of a good friends son.
This is really a busy week. I am excited because my. Friend Sharon is coming up for the next DOSS.
I am so excited. We has our annual church meeting Sunday and a party out to Chuck and Pam's. We went for a walk in the wood, some wore snow shoes but they really weren't necessary, we just don't have enough snow. They made a wonderful pot of chili, Linda brought some wonderful breads and Jean cookies and I brought the herring, pitc crackers and Audrey brought crackers. What a fun day for a church get together.
HEY it is now the first day in February.
Lucky me Sharon Kuubits is up for a visit. We worked at the Library yesterday and went yo D.O.S.S. (Wine club) last night, too fun. Church this morning and chicken dinner tonight.
I so appreciate company willing to make the 3 1/2 hour drive to see me. Wish my kids would treck this way more often. I know, they are busy. I know.
I can't see that on Valentine's day we will be having the dog sled races. We don't have enough snow right now. They may be getting blasted out East but not here.
At least 4 Sunday's have passed. Today is our Grandson's Finley and son John's birthday. John is our oldest and now he is 45. Can you believe it. Our bookends Mac almost 37 and John 45.
Life goes by so fast. So fun to see the kids grow. Jim is having the time of his life Ice Fishing.
I am having lots of fun doing doing doing. Jim is in the cities for an uncle's funeral. I was there for granddaughters Hope's birthday party and for the funeral of a good friends son.
This is really a busy week. I am excited because my. Friend Sharon is coming up for the next DOSS.
I am so excited. We has our annual church meeting Sunday and a party out to Chuck and Pam's. We went for a walk in the wood, some wore snow shoes but they really weren't necessary, we just don't have enough snow. They made a wonderful pot of chili, Linda brought some wonderful breads and Jean cookies and I brought the herring, pitc crackers and Audrey brought crackers. What a fun day for a church get together.
HEY it is now the first day in February.
Lucky me Sharon Kuubits is up for a visit. We worked at the Library yesterday and went yo D.O.S.S. (Wine club) last night, too fun. Church this morning and chicken dinner tonight.
I so appreciate company willing to make the 3 1/2 hour drive to see me. Wish my kids would treck this way more often. I know, they are busy. I know.
I can't see that on Valentine's day we will be having the dog sled races. We don't have enough snow right now. They may be getting blasted out East but not here.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
A NEW YEAR
Well here we are in 2015, in all honesty, thinking back to 1999, and yes the song by the same name, 1999, by Prince is one of my favorites - and I do feel as if we have partied through the past 15 years. It is hard to believe we lost Mom in 98 and Stanley in 2000. And on New Years Eve Tif lost her 41 year old son, Craig. All of a sudden he couldn't breath. A light goes out.
So sad. The funeral is FRIDAY, I am busy Thursday night so I won't be going down till Friday morning.
We had a wonderful Christmas with Skye on Christmas Eve and with John and Carrie and families on Christmas Day.
The only sad note is Jane, Jim's ex-wife couldn't be there. She had been very ill and is in a home. Her heart is only working at 50% and to add to it had a tumor removed on her petuitary glan, she is always there and cooking and baking, she puts out the most lovely Christmas letter every year about the grandkids. She was missed.
We are back to routines, and life keeps us very busy.
On Monday my neighbor Linda and I went to our first crochet class. There are three. We are also practicing together at 8:30 .in the morning for 2 hours. We are good girls we are....
That takes care of Monday nights for a month.
It just seems the calender fills up so fast. We have bone builders every Monday and Friday morning at 10 am. There is a class offered free on January 12th in strength training for Seniors, a MONDAY, I have a conflicting schedule that day and I will have to see what I can do. I can't be in Crosby and Deer River at the same time.
We have crafter on Thursday mornings and once a month ..
WELCA on Thursday night and Lions once a month on
Monday night. On N.Y. Day we spent 7 hours doing Lions inventory. Counting unsold pull tabs. Hundreds and hundreds of them. Now on Thursday's I will be going to Weight Watcher meetings. I honestly don't know if there is anything I can do about my weight but I have to try. So here goes.
I will get to see Paul St Martin and I haven't seen him for almost 30 years.
His son Craig was 41, same age as Ali and Jay, we had a triple baby shower for them all.
Jim and I both got shots in our left eyes yesterday. We go to Brainerd for this. Wonderful Dr Reynolds does it. He finally took on another Dr. He is from Banglor India, tall and handsome. Tall is unusual for India.
We will get him sometime but not yet. Insurance, we just switched to another provider so we will see how we like it. Tomorrow I am having some work on the car done and I a going to get Jim to stop in at the YMCA in Grand Rapids and see if we now qualify for a silver sneakers program of some kind. I need to go to Crafter's Thursday and WELCA at night and W.W. In Longville and pack. Three nights in the cities and seeing the kids.
Maybe I get to babysit Hope and Hudson. Who knows.
My tree is still up and will be till Feb. then I will take the ornaments off and just leave it lit up.
I love lights, poor Jim, has to put up with me.
You should see the Roses I got for our Anniversary, a whole box of long stem red roses from Bogata Columbia, 25 of them, he bought the whold box. They still look great. Blessed to have such a wonderful man. 30 years next year. Do I hear a cruise in the works. I think so. It has been so cold this year we need it now. Oh well, by the by little Otto had an 8th birthday January 4th. Makons will be 9 June 4th. My goodness they like their dog treats. Boy do they have us trained.
I think I will get them started on a leaner dog food. I think I can pinch an inch on Makons.
I know I can pinch 2 inches on PJ. Kill me.
I love to eat.
I was able to paste a picture of Craig.
So sad. The funeral is FRIDAY, I am busy Thursday night so I won't be going down till Friday morning.
We had a wonderful Christmas with Skye on Christmas Eve and with John and Carrie and families on Christmas Day.
The only sad note is Jane, Jim's ex-wife couldn't be there. She had been very ill and is in a home. Her heart is only working at 50% and to add to it had a tumor removed on her petuitary glan, she is always there and cooking and baking, she puts out the most lovely Christmas letter every year about the grandkids. She was missed.
We are back to routines, and life keeps us very busy.
On Monday my neighbor Linda and I went to our first crochet class. There are three. We are also practicing together at 8:30 .in the morning for 2 hours. We are good girls we are....
That takes care of Monday nights for a month.
It just seems the calender fills up so fast. We have bone builders every Monday and Friday morning at 10 am. There is a class offered free on January 12th in strength training for Seniors, a MONDAY, I have a conflicting schedule that day and I will have to see what I can do. I can't be in Crosby and Deer River at the same time.
We have crafter on Thursday mornings and once a month ..
WELCA on Thursday night and Lions once a month on
Monday night. On N.Y. Day we spent 7 hours doing Lions inventory. Counting unsold pull tabs. Hundreds and hundreds of them. Now on Thursday's I will be going to Weight Watcher meetings. I honestly don't know if there is anything I can do about my weight but I have to try. So here goes.
I will get to see Paul St Martin and I haven't seen him for almost 30 years.
His son Craig was 41, same age as Ali and Jay, we had a triple baby shower for them all.
Jim and I both got shots in our left eyes yesterday. We go to Brainerd for this. Wonderful Dr Reynolds does it. He finally took on another Dr. He is from Banglor India, tall and handsome. Tall is unusual for India.
We will get him sometime but not yet. Insurance, we just switched to another provider so we will see how we like it. Tomorrow I am having some work on the car done and I a going to get Jim to stop in at the YMCA in Grand Rapids and see if we now qualify for a silver sneakers program of some kind. I need to go to Crafter's Thursday and WELCA at night and W.W. In Longville and pack. Three nights in the cities and seeing the kids.
Maybe I get to babysit Hope and Hudson. Who knows.
My tree is still up and will be till Feb. then I will take the ornaments off and just leave it lit up.
I love lights, poor Jim, has to put up with me.
You should see the Roses I got for our Anniversary, a whole box of long stem red roses from Bogata Columbia, 25 of them, he bought the whold box. They still look great. Blessed to have such a wonderful man. 30 years next year. Do I hear a cruise in the works. I think so. It has been so cold this year we need it now. Oh well, by the by little Otto had an 8th birthday January 4th. Makons will be 9 June 4th. My goodness they like their dog treats. Boy do they have us trained.
I think I will get them started on a leaner dog food. I think I can pinch an inch on Makons.
I know I can pinch 2 inches on PJ. Kill me.
I love to eat.
Sunday, December 21, 2014
SUNDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Well here we are starting CHRISTMAS week.
I listen to Dr David Jeremiah at 6am on Sunday morning.
We have used many Bible studies using his materials.
Our church doesn't recommend using his material because it's not "Lutheran" based. Kill me. I really have a problem with us saying "As Lutheran's we believe" where I feel far more committed to "As Christian's we believe. I just wish we could all join together but I know that is pie in the sky.
I have worked at the Library for the last two Saturday's, a week ago Santa showed up. What fun.
On Sunday we met Gerry and Mary at The Bungalo for dinner.
Monday we went to our Lion's CHRISTMAS party and had the worst meal I have ever had, imagine if you can boiled red cut up potatoes with canned green beans dumped on top. I can't say any more about it. Yuck.
Thursday was kind of fun, we had crafter's at Lorretta's, we worked the food shelf and the "Remer Crawl" at night. Was fun meeting at the Muni and walking to our local businesses.
Two of our businesses had open houses and I need to find out where our insurance company gets its ham. It was to die for.
Friday Nancy S and I cleaned the church, Jim went in on Thursday and cleaned the sanuarary so I just had do the bathrooms and downstairs. We will clean again on Tuesday before Christmas. The church looks beautiful with the flowers.
I almost hate it not being Christmas soon.
I love the decorations, trees and lights. It's bad enough that the town put up wreaths this year instead of lights because of money.
I listen to Dr David Jeremiah at 6am on Sunday morning.
We have used many Bible studies using his materials.
Our church doesn't recommend using his material because it's not "Lutheran" based. Kill me. I really have a problem with us saying "As Lutheran's we believe" where I feel far more committed to "As Christian's we believe. I just wish we could all join together but I know that is pie in the sky.
I have worked at the Library for the last two Saturday's, a week ago Santa showed up. What fun.
On Sunday we met Gerry and Mary at The Bungalo for dinner.
Monday we went to our Lion's CHRISTMAS party and had the worst meal I have ever had, imagine if you can boiled red cut up potatoes with canned green beans dumped on top. I can't say any more about it. Yuck.
Thursday was kind of fun, we had crafter's at Lorretta's, we worked the food shelf and the "Remer Crawl" at night. Was fun meeting at the Muni and walking to our local businesses.
Two of our businesses had open houses and I need to find out where our insurance company gets its ham. It was to die for.
Friday Nancy S and I cleaned the church, Jim went in on Thursday and cleaned the sanuarary so I just had do the bathrooms and downstairs. We will clean again on Tuesday before Christmas. The church looks beautiful with the flowers.
I almost hate it not being Christmas soon.
I love the decorations, trees and lights. It's bad enough that the town put up wreaths this year instead of lights because of money.
Monday, December 15, 2014
MONDAY - Again
Well here I am again behind doing my blog as usual.
Got a busy week.
Church yesterday and I did some sewing of infinity scarfs in the afternoon. We met Jim and Sue Brown at the Bubgalow for dinners Emily. Always so good to see them. They have such a beautiful place on Dagget Lake in Cross Lake.
On Saturday I worked at the Library but before I went in at 10am I made two appetizers for D.O.S.S., stuffed sausage mushrooms and ricotta thing on a baggette but I bought the wrong kind of cheese.
Next time. I bought romano instead of ricotta cheese. Too funny, hey they both started with an "R".
I was fortunate enough to see Santa twice on Saturday. Once at the Library, what fun having Santa there for a couple of hours.
We had D.O.S.S. at Sue's "Balsom Bay Campground group cabin. Was too fun.
We had not only a visit from Santa but Mrs. was also with Santa. Denise made a wonderful Mrs. Claus. We got wine and chocolates so weren't we the lucky ones plus we had a wonderful spread of food.
FRIDAY we had Bone Builders and I recruited some workers to clean the church. We had fun doing it. We have Linda the month of December off. Not much but a good start.
We had fun cleaning and Gary was there to help too.
THURSDAY we had crafter's at Audrey 's and I picked up
Lorretta. Did the same in the afternoon whe we worked food shelf. It makes you so humble working food shelf, and you go home thanking God for your blessings.
WEDNESDAY we had 2 Bible studies. Enjoy them both.
You should see the pointsettas at church. I bought a smaller one a while ago and just purchased a larger one on Saturday but when I walked into church Sunday you should see the giant ones. They truly are $100 plants. At least that's what they look like - they were brought over after the funeral at the Alliance Church for our Mayor. He was 62. They look so beautiful at the front of the church.
Got a busy week.
Church yesterday and I did some sewing of infinity scarfs in the afternoon. We met Jim and Sue Brown at the Bubgalow for dinners Emily. Always so good to see them. They have such a beautiful place on Dagget Lake in Cross Lake.
On Saturday I worked at the Library but before I went in at 10am I made two appetizers for D.O.S.S., stuffed sausage mushrooms and ricotta thing on a baggette but I bought the wrong kind of cheese.
Next time. I bought romano instead of ricotta cheese. Too funny, hey they both started with an "R".
I was fortunate enough to see Santa twice on Saturday. Once at the Library, what fun having Santa there for a couple of hours.
We had D.O.S.S. at Sue's "Balsom Bay Campground group cabin. Was too fun.
We had not only a visit from Santa but Mrs. was also with Santa. Denise made a wonderful Mrs. Claus. We got wine and chocolates so weren't we the lucky ones plus we had a wonderful spread of food.
FRIDAY we had Bone Builders and I recruited some workers to clean the church. We had fun doing it. We have Linda the month of December off. Not much but a good start.
We had fun cleaning and Gary was there to help too.
THURSDAY we had crafter's at Audrey 's and I picked up
Lorretta. Did the same in the afternoon whe we worked food shelf. It makes you so humble working food shelf, and you go home thanking God for your blessings.
WEDNESDAY we had 2 Bible studies. Enjoy them both.
You should see the pointsettas at church. I bought a smaller one a while ago and just purchased a larger one on Saturday but when I walked into church Sunday you should see the giant ones. They truly are $100 plants. At least that's what they look like - they were brought over after the funeral at the Alliance Church for our Mayor. He was 62. They look so beautiful at the front of the church.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)