We're having a party at our house - bring your own hammer!
We're putting up a fence 8 ft high along our long driveway. Going the cheap route, we purchased 160 individual planks of fence rather than the sheets of fence. Wanna help? RSVP at pstraub@hamline.edu
That's Brian and Andy. At various times, Brian, Andy, Ryan, Joe J and Grace got up there. Brian was the only one who wasn't sore somewhere from clutching on so tight. Those of us under 40 were smart enough to stay somewhat closer to the ground. Pat, are the fence boards vertical with the little dog-ear top or horizontal? That's a lot of work, fastening each board! Is it because of the neighbors?
The patio, at Sarah's, is comprised of, like, 6 feet long wooden panels (Mennards) and they're pretty easy to work with...or, so I am told! Are they that much more expensive than individual boards? How many feet long is the fence you are building? Oh and I think it's a good idea not to place, the fence, close to the ground...for lawn maintenance reasons. That's all I know. Tom knows more. :-)
What are the dates on Eli Cash's head stone? I have a photo...will go and check. That may be a point of reference. Perhaps, your mom knows approximately how old Eli was when he moved there...yes?
That house is an "L" style house. Thus called because the house usually started out as a single roof line structure and then later another addition to the house would be constructed with a perpendicular roof line. This is where the "L" term comes from because the foot print of the structure would often have an "L" shape.
These houses were usually the first made out of milled lumber after the settlers had aquired enough wealth to afford this structure. Prior to that it was usually log homes, "soddies" (sod huts) or a "dug out" (a man made cave dug out of a hillside).
The "L" construction style started in the late 1800s.
I seem to remember Mom saying that the house in the farm was built in the 1890s.
Pat...I agree with Nance, it seems that Menards, Home Depot, etc run sales all the time on the 6 foot fence sections, maybe you already checked it out. Also good advice was keeping it up off the ground, fot trimming!
I am sure there was at least one earlier house, and I think maybe two. There's a picture of Grandpa and his brothers (or is that his dad and HIS brothers) in front of a vertical-timbered or log-type house. I think the current house could even possibly be early-twentieth-century, but late-nineteenth at the earliest. Just think, when it was built, it was probably the latest thing in housing.
All the info is in that "box of farm history" that was given to Mom and Dad last Labor Day by a distant relative. It was given to that relative by Reva, after Mom bought out Reva...Reva is such a ninny that she didn't give the info to Mom, but passed it on to this distant Cash relative. Cathy is right, there is a photo of Grandpa Cash and brothers and their Dad in front of a log type house on that property. Say Grandpa is 8 in that photo, and born around 1904... Mom would know the history (But they're getting ready to leave).
I just read in the Algona news that June 28th is the "Taste of Algona"...is Sarahs's going to have a booth? Do you need help running the booth, sounds fun to me!
I hear they are opening a Starbucks somewhere between the cemetery and the creek. I think Howard Schultz is looking at the space inside the metal shed. Which is great. Just imagine relocating wood piles while sipping on a venti iced extra shot no whip mocha. Or what about finishing the greased bike seat event in the graveyard games and cooling down with the new orange creme frappucino.
Or, a Straub Lite...I don't think there will be any wood piles to re-locate this year!
Caitlin babysat last night for a 2 year old girl..the parents left at 6pm, arrived home @4am (they went to the casino) and she was paid $100!!! She was happy.
Oh - Creighton plays Oklahoma State this Friday in the Reagonals. It is basically a double elimination tournament with those two and two other teams (one being Arkansas) to move on to the Super Regionals. If they win their Super Regional bracket they will then be in the College World Series. Buy your tickets now.
They have that 2 handed pitcher (ambidextrous)...his glove has 2 thumbs, one at each end, and the "pouch"? in the middle. His Dad has been helping him throw this way since he was 3, and made the gloves for him when he was little.
Man, Creighton in the CWS! Wouldn't that be fun? When they were in it before I remember Emily couldn't get a ticket and she was a Creighton cheerleader!
I think the Starbucks idea is a grand one if they're open 24 hrs so determined bonfire-sitters can last through the night. One of Monica's or Grace's kids asked if they could have some kind of energy drink last weekend, I forget the brand. I bet there's parents who let their kids have them and then yell at them because they can't sit still.
My mother gave me cafe au lait in the mornings as well. She also gave me a little bit of bourbon at nighttime. She called it power water and said it would make my muscles bigger.
The thing to stress about tampons is how much they can absorb. Am I wrong? You could have people in a canoe and it tips over and a box of tampons goes in the lake and then suddenly it's a dry lake bed. Or a lady installs one and suddenly she's shrivelled up like a raisin or a dusty mummy. Should I shut up?
Mary-your loving son mentioned procrastinating instead of working on his tampon ad. I've thought about the topic and decided that it's in bad taste and so won't bring it up ever again. Tampons, that is. Never never never. I apologize to anyone I've offended and will, in the future, attempt to refrain from discussing products designed to deal with bodily functions such as toilet paper, tissue, tweezers, nostril razors, toenail clippers, blackhead vacuums, emetics, diurretics, cosmetics, stomach pumps and catch basins. You have my word.
Joe, I like the Tampon idea. You could take that same gag to a high diving tournament. A girl is about to dive but doesn't because she realizes that the girl who dove before her absorbed the entire pool.
You could have a group of Bedouins in a sand storm in front of a tent arguing with each other. They are arguing what to do about the woman in the tent that turned their land into a desert.
Joe...I don't think you've offended anyone, really. I just couldn't find the topic! But let's not stop...it's funny.
How bout...a guy is 3 stories up on a ladder painting, and thinks he's taking an aspirin for a hangover, but it's really a Viagra tablet... uh oh...and he can't climb back down the ladder for 4 hours!
I say how 'bout a housewife working in her kitchen. On the counter is a roll of Bounty and a bunch of grocery bags from a recent shopping trip. Oh no! She spills something! She goes to grab a quicker-picker-upper and gives pause. She then, reaches into her grocery bag and opens up a box of tampons and uses one of those instead. Wearing a, "pleased with myself," smile on her face...she tosses the absorbed tampon AND the Bounty into the garbage can and replaces the paper towel holder with her box-o-tampons...smiling and arranging it ever so neatly upon her countertop.
Speaking of ideas: IF y'all decide you want some sort of screened Graveyard Games dealey-bopper...and, you want me to get it, at cost, through my Dad...now is the time to begin deciding, "who," will be in charge. It takes some time to look for a screenable item that everyone will like, figure out what to screen on it, get the pricing, order and receive at a time my folks visit as not to incur any delivery charges. It may seem far off...but, from our experience it is better to start thinkin' about it a little early as time has a way of escaping. :-) Let us know.
What we need is: 1.) Someone to make the decision on what ITEM to screen. 2.) Someone to decide WHAT to screen on it. 3.) Someone to TAKE the orders and give them to me.
I am happy to look for whatever item is decided upon, figure out pricing, order, bag up, distribute and collect the dinero.
Of course, maybe you don't want anything, or you want to go through a different company and that's cool. :-) I just want it, "out there," that I am happy to do what I can.
Mom told me that she thought the name "Graveyard Games" was disrespectful - sure surprised me, I loved the name and pushed for it - but maybe we should just call them the Games or something else, at least on screenprinted items. Just a thought.
The thing about tampons is not how much thay absorb, it's how little they leak. A fine distinction, but an important one. Ever since PID became an issue, nobody in their right mind uses one for more than a few hours. So the girl in white jeans ad of a few years ago was right on the money, even though a normally cautious woman probably wouldn't wear them anyway. You could show a girl in a white bikini, or a wedding dress, or a fresh white linen sundress romping through a field of daisies...
I don't know any ladies who would buy a product that shrivels them up like a mummy. We spend thousands of dollars trying to avoid shriveling.
Chuck Hagel and Fred Thompson were seen dining together at the Palm, a restaurant in Wash. D.C. where people go to see and be seen. When asked about a possible Thompson-Hagel ticket, Hagel said something to the effect that you never know, anything could happen.
Just a thought...we could do shirts every other year...maybe koozies or something else...(even tho the price is good) it still costs some families $50-60 just for t-shirts, and then add that to the price of gas, etc...
Yah, that's what the folks were sayin'...I think some of the ideas in lieu of tee's were, or could be... koozies head bands/wrist bands bandanas ball caps Yah, a completed tee was about $7.50/each and it does add up. Some things to consider regarding cost are: *Artwork charge...not always needed, but usually. *The number of screen colors. *If the item has a front and a back...that would be add'l screens and each screen is an add'l charge. That's all I can think of at the moment.
"How bout...a guy is 3 stories up on a ladder painting, and thinks he's taking an aspirin for a hangover, but it's really a Viagra tablet... uh oh...and he can't climb back down the ladder for 4 hours!"
I thought you were going to have him take the viagra and then his ladder tips backwards and he falls.
Regarding the Cash games: Mom didn't only not like the the Graveyard Games, she disliked the Straub, since it's a Cash farm and also said the German language is inappropriate since the Cash's are Irish-American. Bandanas sound cheap. And they can do double duty for painters / scrapers.
We haven't done Freedom Rally Tee's in two years and think that we should, again, this year. Previously, we sold black tee's as we thought that, "bikers," would like that. Well, they bought 'em, but they said they prefer light colored shirts due to the heat while riding. Any ideas? Thought about orange, but is that too Harley...yet, not Harley? How 'bout tie die...or, is that faggy? Neon yellow?
m.e.~ Very cool idea. Yah gotta be careful with bikers though...who knows what they would think of cammo. I like it. However, there may be some significance we can't imagine regarding it. I was simply gonna put our logo on the front (small upper left corner) and this cool bikery design on the back...same as the last time we did it. It looked cool and we won't have to pay for artwork again and I think they keep the screen...so there won't be a new charge there either. Keep your creative juices flowin'! :-)
How often do people wear bandanas though? I would use a koozie everyday. I use a pencil everyday, too. I think we could order smencils with Micks and Chicks with Sticks on them.
Good idea, Ellen~ Or, how 'bout plastic tumblers instead of koozies? They would not only be cheap, but you could afford to order a few (home bars) and definitley would use them every day.
We're not really THAT Irish, are we? I mean, Straub is a German name and I think we may all be a mixture of Irish, German and Danish while the Steve is Polish, Mely is Mexican, Randy is Croatian, Scott is French, Ryan and Brian are Mexian, Deb is German, Josh and Nance are Canadian and Erin is Indian.
Joe Kennedy is Irish, though I suspect he's really a protestant.
I'm only bringing this up because Grandpa isn't reading the blog this week.
"2nd Annual, First Renamed Cash Bash Featuring Micks and Chicks with Sticks and..." then put the picture of a drunk Des leprachaun or the ol' classic Elvis below.
Hey...I have a funny. My sister-in-law made a side dish for us, last week, called Protestant Carrots. Anyone had 'em before? It's a casserole with one entire block of Velveeta cheese, carmelized onions and, like, two carrots. Oh my goodness, it is really unusual. Is it good? I don't know...it's just so bad...not good bad, not bad-bad, just unusually and bad...but, good.
Don't you all throw away burger king and McDonald plastic cups... I don't own a plastic cup...how bout koozies or bandanas? Who's gonna wash all those cups at the farm?
Oh, wait...can we do a HEAVY plastic beer mug type, and then we should do a keg instead of cans!!!
Bandanas are the only article of clothing that make me look like a dork. I look fabulous in everything else - but a bandana....no.
I think that goes for most of us. We would all look like Napolean Dynamite's dork-ass brother when he runs off with that "Bootisha" (or whatever her name was) whom he met on the internet.
Not disposable cups...plastic tumblers. We have a few that say Farmers State Bank! Ha, ha. My cousin ordered some from my Dad for a, "bar warming," party he had at his house. They're fun to have. He, also, ordered like 5,000 hockey stick swizzle sticks.
Mugs are probably way more expensive and harder to stack in your home bar or kitchen cupboard.
Just sharing...of course, I'm cool with whatever. :-)
Hey, Tom, we all wore bandannas at the painting weekend, and the only one who looked like a dork was Andy because he tied his under his chin. Ellen told him that's the new cool way in Omaha. All the rest of us looked super cool.
I have been downloading my new QuickBooks 2007 for almost 2 hours now and it says the estimated time left is over an hour! It's suppose to take around 30 minutes, but AMU internet is so slow! Sigh. Anywhoot, as I wait...funny you should mention grey and hot pink. I suggested neon yellow to Tom and he said, "no." He likes orange and I'm not so sure. I said, "how 'bout hot pink?" He said, "grey?" Sounds like it ain't brain surgery and therefore, no biggie. Hmm...it is a biggie. We'll have mucho dinero invested in them and want them to sell. And, them...how much is them? A few years ago, I think we purchased 200+. We were left with @ 30...mostly 2X and 3X. Thought the bikers would be a bigger breed-o-cat. Hmm, I like neon yellow. How 'bout lime?
For shits and giggles and not because I suggested it...I'll ask my Dad about the cost of tumblers and whether we can get a box of assorted colors or if we have to decide upon one. Just checkin' for the hell of it and not because it's been decided. I'm just curious...who knows, maybe, you guys will want bandanas now that we know how fabulous y'all look in them...except for Andy.
Nance...could you ask if he has a mug, with a handle, like a beer mug, I think that would be really cool. Caitlin's pool had one a few years ago, like a plastic beer mug. I don't think it matters if it stacks, cause we would be ordering under 50, i bet.
I remember when I was 10 or 11 we had just moved into the new house on Durant street..Mom and Dad did alot of "sweat equity" on that house...but, Dad was outside planting that hedge, and he was wearing a bandanna...I was sort of embarassed, but I thought it looked sort of cool, I really don't think I had seen one before!
My favorite headline of the day- "Officer loses finger in K-9 training accident!" South Bend Tribune this morning Tom how about those money clips-they're pretty cool.
Big mugs are a good idea, too. We have so many of them, that's all that Andy drinks out of. I always make myself drink one big mug full of water to make sure I'm drinking enough water in the day. They do tend to fade though.
Molly and I talked about how it would be better just to get a keg. Then there will be less cans in the fire pit. Leon only has one place that sells hard liquor. It's in an ally and only open a few days a week. The lady at Hy-Vee looked at us like we were crazy when we asked if they had vodka.
Yeah, that's Ryan and Brian. Andy did get up that high, on the front of the house. Right after I got down. I like beer mugs or koozies, and I like the Eli Cash Shamrock Bash. We can have a contest to see who can say it the most times in a row after 9:30 p.m. when said mugs/koozies have put in a good day's work. They could say, "I got skunked at the Eli Cash Shamrock Bash" next to Elvis. I want some of whatever Monica takes for energy. She never sits down. There were at least two live bats. One sleepily flew away right under my nose. We need Martin houses and bat houses out there for bug control.
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Oh my goodness! Super scary! Not Monica and the boys picking flowers, but Ryan and Steve on the dealey-o. :-()
Thanks again guys and gals! :-)
That's Ryan and Brian.
Sorry Brian. Oops! Sorry Steve. Oops! Oh...never mind. Ha, ha. :-)
We're having a party at our house - bring your own hammer!
We're putting up a fence 8 ft high along our long driveway. Going the cheap route, we purchased 160 individual planks of fence rather than the sheets of fence. Wanna help?
RSVP at pstraub@hamline.edu
Nice work all. Thanks for all the effort.
If anyone does go down to start painting I suggest that they take the cans of paint into the hardware store to be shook.
Maybe after the kids are done with baseball I'll be able to run down for a day and get some painting done. This won't be until after the 4th of July.
Mom and Dad leave around noon today for the class reunion and then Ireland.
Tom
Doesn't monica have a pretty bra on?
P
That's Brian and Andy. At various times, Brian, Andy, Ryan, Joe J and Grace got up there. Brian was the only one who wasn't sore somewhere from clutching on so tight. Those of us under 40 were smart enough to stay somewhat closer to the ground.
Pat, are the fence boards vertical with the little dog-ear top or horizontal? That's a lot of work, fastening each board! Is it because of the neighbors?
no, it's ryan and brian
The patio, at Sarah's, is comprised of, like, 6 feet long wooden panels (Mennards) and they're pretty easy to work with...or, so I am told! Are they that much more expensive than individual boards? How many feet long is the fence you are building? Oh and I think it's a good idea not to place, the fence, close to the ground...for lawn maintenance reasons. That's all I know. Tom knows more. :-)
Actually, it looks like Joe3 and Tom.
I had to feel at least a little pretty. After showering in smelly well water and a weekend of no makeup and sweaty, paint covered clothes.
Monica
But you had a lovely bandanna, and wore it so well.
Monica's hot.
Ellen, that's Andy! Look at that curly hair sticking out above the roof, and he was wearing jeans.
Does anyone know when that house was built? That was the subject of a lot of speculation and half-baked historical discussion all weekend.
What are the dates on Eli Cash's head stone? I have a photo...will go and check. That may be a point of reference. Perhaps, your mom knows approximately how old Eli was when he moved there...yes?
Eli Cash
1795-1849
Cash Cemetary established in 1847...wow, he built it just in time!
That house is an "L" style house. Thus called because the house usually started out as a single roof line structure and then later another addition to the house would be constructed with a perpendicular roof line. This is where the "L" term comes from because the foot print of the structure would often have an "L" shape.
These houses were usually the first made out of milled lumber after the settlers had aquired enough wealth to afford this structure. Prior to that it was usually log homes, "soddies" (sod huts) or a "dug out" (a man made cave dug out of a hillside).
The "L" construction style started in the late 1800s.
I seem to remember Mom saying that the house in the farm was built in the 1890s.
Tom
Clarification - the "L" style was not started in the late 1800s. But it did become the prevelant style for midwestern farmhouses during that period.
Tom
Pat...I agree with Nance, it seems that Menards, Home Depot, etc run sales all the time on the 6 foot fence sections, maybe you already checked it out. Also good advice was keeping it up off the ground, fot trimming!
The scrapers and painters should get first dibs on bedrooms!!! Thanks again...we will do our part this summer :-)
I am sure there was at least one earlier house, and I think maybe two. There's a picture of Grandpa and his brothers (or is that his dad and HIS brothers) in front of a vertical-timbered or log-type house. I think the current house could even possibly be early-twentieth-century, but late-nineteenth at the earliest. Just think, when it was built, it was probably the latest thing in housing.
We taking bets? I say 1889.
All the info is in that "box of farm history" that was given to Mom and Dad last Labor Day by a distant relative. It was given to that relative by Reva, after Mom bought out Reva...Reva is such a ninny that she didn't give the info to Mom, but passed it on to this distant Cash relative.
Cathy is right, there is a photo of Grandpa Cash and brothers and their Dad in front of a log type house on that property. Say Grandpa is 8 in that photo, and born around 1904...
Mom would know the history (But they're getting ready to leave).
I just read in the Algona news that June 28th is the "Taste of Algona"...is Sarahs's going to have a booth? Do you need help running the booth, sounds fun to me!
Yes, we are...but, it's not really a booth...it's just Tom standing there and cooking up something fabulous-o! :-)
I hear they are opening a Starbucks somewhere between the cemetery and the creek. I think Howard Schultz is looking at the space inside the metal shed. Which is great. Just imagine relocating wood piles while sipping on a venti iced extra shot no whip mocha. Or what about finishing the greased bike seat event in the graveyard games and cooling down with the new orange creme frappucino.
That, or a Miller Lite.
We are the best menards shoppers ever. This way saves us about $500.
p
Or, a Straub Lite...I don't think there will be any wood piles to re-locate this year!
Caitlin babysat last night for a 2 year old girl..the parents left at 6pm, arrived home @4am (they went to the casino) and she was paid $100!!! She was happy.
Oh - Creighton plays Oklahoma State this Friday in the Reagonals. It is basically a double elimination tournament with those two and two other teams (one being Arkansas) to move on to the Super Regionals. If they win their Super Regional bracket they will then be in the College World Series. Buy your tickets now.
They have that 2 handed pitcher (ambidextrous)...his glove has 2 thumbs, one at each end, and the "pouch"? in the middle. His Dad has been helping him throw this way since he was 3, and made the gloves for him when he was little.
Man, Creighton in the CWS! Wouldn't that be fun? When they were in it before I remember Emily couldn't get a ticket and she was a Creighton cheerleader!
I think the Starbucks idea is a grand one if they're open 24 hrs so determined bonfire-sitters can last through the night. One of Monica's or Grace's kids asked if they could have some kind of energy drink last weekend, I forget the brand. I bet there's parents who let their kids have them and then yell at them because they can't sit still.
Confession: I used to give my kids cafe au lait in the mornings to get them moving and get some milk into them. It worked out OK.
My mother gave me cafe au lait in the mornings as well. She also gave me a little bit of bourbon at nighttime. She called it power water and said it would make my muscles bigger.
Now I know that it just makes my liver bigger.
kidding.
She never gave me coffee.
The thing to stress about tampons is how much they can absorb. Am I wrong? You could have people in a canoe and it tips over and a box of tampons goes in the lake and then suddenly it's a dry lake bed. Or a lady installs one and suddenly she's shrivelled up like a raisin or a dusty mummy. Should I shut up?
I don't think boys should stress about tampons.
Bigger liver? Cry me a river!
My bonnie Prince Charlie once wrote that he wanted to be a tampon. Maybe he would do a commercial dressed up as one.
It is too Brian, he's wearing a bandana. Andy never climbed up that high.
I've never heard of "installing" tampons before.
Mary-your loving son mentioned procrastinating instead of working on his tampon ad. I've thought about the topic and decided that it's in bad taste and so won't bring it up ever again. Tampons, that is. Never never never. I apologize to anyone I've offended and will, in the future, attempt to refrain from discussing products designed to deal with bodily functions such as toilet paper, tissue, tweezers, nostril razors, toenail clippers, blackhead vacuums, emetics, diurretics, cosmetics, stomach pumps and catch basins. You have my word.
Joe, I like the Tampon idea. You could take that same gag to a high diving tournament. A girl is about to dive but doesn't because she realizes that the girl who dove before her absorbed the entire pool.
You could have a group of Bedouins in a sand storm in front of a tent arguing with each other. They are arguing what to do about the woman in the tent that turned their land into a desert.
Joe...I don't think you've offended anyone, really. I just couldn't find the topic! But let's not stop...it's funny.
How bout...a guy is 3 stories up on a ladder painting, and thinks he's taking an aspirin for a hangover, but it's really a Viagra tablet... uh oh...and he can't climb back down the ladder for 4 hours!
I just thank God everyday that I'm a man.
Tom
I say how 'bout a housewife working in her kitchen. On the counter is a roll of Bounty and a bunch of grocery bags from a recent shopping trip. Oh no! She spills something! She goes to grab a quicker-picker-upper and gives pause. She then, reaches into her grocery bag and opens up a box of tampons and uses one of those instead. Wearing a, "pleased with myself," smile on her face...she tosses the absorbed tampon AND the Bounty into the garbage can and replaces the paper towel holder with her box-o-tampons...smiling and arranging it ever so neatly upon her countertop.
Huh? Good idea? Yeah? Hmm. :-)
Tom~ Me too.
Speaking of ideas: IF y'all decide you want some sort of screened Graveyard Games dealey-bopper...and, you want me to get it, at cost, through my Dad...now is the time to begin deciding, "who," will be in charge. It takes some time to look for a screenable item that everyone will like, figure out what to screen on it, get the pricing, order and receive at a time my folks visit as not to incur any delivery charges.
It may seem far off...but, from our experience it is better to start thinkin' about it a little early as time has a way of escaping. :-)
Let us know.
Good idea, Idea!
I thank God everyday that I'm a post MENses woMAN...men are everywhere!
What we need is:
1.) Someone to make the decision on what ITEM to screen.
2.) Someone to decide WHAT to screen on it.
3.) Someone to TAKE the orders and give them to me.
I am happy to look for whatever item is decided upon, figure out pricing, order, bag up, distribute and collect the dinero.
Of course, maybe you don't want anything, or you want to go through a different company and that's cool. :-) I just want it, "out there," that I am happy to do what I can.
Okay, it's me. Thought I would wait and see if I was laughed at first. :-) Ha, ha.
~nms
Mom told me that she thought the name "Graveyard Games" was disrespectful - sure surprised me, I loved the name and pushed for it - but maybe we should just call them the Games or something else, at least on screenprinted items. Just a thought.
The thing about tampons is not how much thay absorb, it's how little they leak. A fine distinction, but an important one. Ever since PID became an issue, nobody in their right mind uses one for more than a few hours. So the girl in white jeans ad of a few years ago was right on the money, even though a normally cautious woman probably wouldn't wear them anyway. You could show a girl in a white bikini, or a wedding dress, or a fresh white linen sundress romping through a field of daisies...
Oooooh, that will make year #1 tee's that much-moh valuable as they will be the only ones that say, "graveyard."
2nd Annual Eli Cash Farm Games?
Ellen, ask Andy if that's him. He had red marks on his arm from holding on to the gingerbread trim so tightly.
Or, if we wanted to continue with an alliteration...it could be:
2nd Annual Eli Cash Farm Fiasco?
~nms
I don't know any ladies who would buy a product that shrivels them up like a mummy. We spend thousands of dollars trying to avoid shriveling.
Chuck Hagel and Fred Thompson were seen dining together at the Palm, a restaurant in Wash. D.C. where people go to see and be seen. When asked about a possible Thompson-Hagel ticket, Hagel said something to the effect that you never know, anything could happen.
Eli Cash Memoriolympics?
The Cash Bash?
Just a thought...we could do shirts every other year...maybe koozies or something else...(even tho the price is good) it still costs some families $50-60 just for t-shirts, and then add that to the price of gas, etc...
Yah, that's what the folks were sayin'...I think some of the ideas in lieu of tee's were, or could be...
koozies
head bands/wrist bands
bandanas
ball caps
Yah, a completed tee was about $7.50/each and it does add up. Some things to consider regarding cost are:
*Artwork charge...not always needed, but usually.
*The number of screen colors.
*If the item has a front and a back...that would be add'l screens and each screen is an add'l charge.
That's all I can think of at the moment.
"How bout...a guy is 3 stories up on a ladder painting, and thinks he's taking an aspirin for a hangover, but it's really a Viagra tablet... uh oh...and he can't climb back down the ladder for 4 hours!"
I thought you were going to have him take the viagra and then his ladder tips backwards and he falls.
The shirt prices are GREAT...just maybe every other year...we could wear last year's shirt...Mike wear his all the time!
my vote...bandanas, ala Capt. Jack and Sanjaya!
Still like
Die Strauben Spiele
Viagra ad: Weebles wobble, but they can't fall down! haha
I guess it shows that Mom and Dad can't read the blog for 10 days.heehee
Dad asked me to monitor the blog and report any untoward comments.
Tom
another difference...I don't think girls would take their wallets up on the scaffolding while scraping...maybe a cell phone!
I haven't been on the blog for a LONG time.
Happy birthday, Caitlin!
Happy birthday, Phelan!
Happy birthday, Scott!
Regarding the Cash games: Mom didn't only not like the the Graveyard Games, she disliked the Straub, since it's a Cash farm and also said the German language is inappropriate since the Cash's are Irish-American. Bandanas sound cheap. And they can do double duty for painters / scrapers.
We haven't done Freedom Rally Tee's in two years and think that we should, again, this year. Previously, we sold black tee's as we thought that, "bikers," would like that. Well, they bought 'em, but they said they prefer light colored shirts due to the heat while riding. Any ideas? Thought about orange, but is that too Harley...yet, not Harley? How 'bout tie die...or, is that faggy? Neon yellow?
The Eli Cash Shamrock Bash!
"Micks and Chicks with Sticks"
Then have a drunken leprechaun on a bike with a corncob pipe with Des's face airbrushed in.
But, all in all I think Mom liked the shirt...:-) I mean she wasn't mad, or anything.
I like Micks and Chicks with sticks!
Nance...for the freedom T, can you make a camoflauge(sp) one? Like "Hide out at Sarah's"
m.e.~ Very cool idea. Yah gotta be careful with bikers though...who knows what they would think of cammo. I like it. However, there may be some significance we can't imagine regarding it.
I was simply gonna put our logo on the front (small upper left corner) and this cool bikery design on the back...same as the last time we did it. It looked cool and we won't have to pay for artwork again and I think they keep the screen...so there won't be a new charge there either.
Keep your creative juices flowin'! :-)
How often do people wear bandanas though? I would use a koozie everyday. I use a pencil everyday, too. I think we could order smencils with Micks and Chicks with Sticks on them.
Andy said it's Brian. Ha!
Good idea, Ellen~ Or, how 'bout plastic tumblers instead of koozies? They would not only be cheap, but you could afford to order a few (home bars) and definitley would use them every day.
We're not really THAT Irish, are we? I mean, Straub is a German name and I think we may all be a mixture of Irish, German and Danish while the Steve is Polish, Mely is Mexican, Randy is Croatian, Scott is French, Ryan and Brian are Mexian, Deb is German, Josh and Nance are Canadian and Erin is Indian.
Joe Kennedy is Irish, though I suspect he's really a protestant.
I'm only bringing this up because Grandpa isn't reading the blog this week.
Tumblers are a great idea!
"2nd Annual, First Renamed Cash Bash
Featuring Micks and Chicks with Sticks and..."
then put the picture of a drunk Des leprachaun or the ol' classic Elvis below.
Canadian? Huh?
Hey...I have a funny. My sister-in-law made a side dish for us, last week, called Protestant Carrots. Anyone had 'em before? It's a casserole with one entire block of Velveeta cheese, carmelized onions and, like, two carrots. Oh my goodness, it is really unusual. Is it good? I don't know...it's just so bad...not good bad, not bad-bad, just unusually and bad...but, good.
Hey - any of you at the farm this past weekend....Did you see/hear any of the Brood XIII?
Randy is Croatian?
I'm Canadian.
Don't you all throw away burger king and McDonald plastic cups... I don't own a plastic cup...how bout koozies or bandanas? Who's gonna wash all those cups at the farm?
Oh, wait...can we do a HEAVY plastic beer mug type, and then we should do a keg instead of cans!!!
I had generally planned on getting a keg of Straub or Straub Light. I like the giant mug idea.
Did I say Croatian? I meant German. And it's Canada that's just north of Iowa, right? Canada. Where Nance and Josh come from.
Ed. Do you have to go all the way to the brewery to get the keg of Straub?
Bandanas are the only article of clothing that make me look like a dork. I look fabulous in everything else - but a bandana....no.
I think that goes for most of us. We would all look like Napolean Dynamite's dork-ass brother when he runs off with that "Bootisha" (or whatever her name was) whom he met on the internet.
Tom
Not disposable cups...plastic tumblers. We have a few that say Farmers State Bank! Ha, ha.
My cousin ordered some from my Dad for a, "bar warming," party he had at his house. They're fun to have. He, also, ordered like 5,000 hockey stick swizzle sticks.
Mugs are probably way more expensive and harder to stack in your home bar or kitchen cupboard.
Just sharing...of course, I'm cool with whatever. :-)
Oh and these tumblers, of which I speak, are dishwasher safe and so they are a heavier plastic. :-)
If you have any that have Star Wars from Burger King from 30 years ago...I'll take em.
I look fab in a bandana, ask Mick!
Idea for THE GAMES...FASTEST ON CRUTCHES...I can bring a pair...Tom do you have yours?
No, not BK plastic, really super awesome plastic.
Yes, Tom has is 'cuz he never returned them to KRHC.
nance, if you aren't going to do black for the bikers I would do grey. won't get dirty like white and not so offending as some colors can be.
Monica
Hot pink is the new black. I like the tumblers idea to go with a keg. Also, not so many cans to return.
I just got done painting at my new office. I'm getting really tired of painting.
The drunken leprechaun should be carrying a croquet mallet.
Hey, Tom, we all wore bandannas at the painting weekend, and the only one who looked like a dork was Andy because he tied his under his chin. Ellen told him that's the new cool way in Omaha. All the rest of us looked super cool.
I have been downloading my new QuickBooks 2007 for almost 2 hours now and it says the estimated time left is over an hour! It's suppose to take around 30 minutes, but AMU internet is so slow! Sigh. Anywhoot, as I wait...funny you should mention grey and hot pink. I suggested neon yellow to Tom and he said, "no." He likes orange and I'm not so sure. I said, "how 'bout hot pink?" He said, "grey?" Sounds like it ain't brain surgery and therefore, no biggie. Hmm...it is a biggie. We'll have mucho dinero invested in them and want them to sell. And, them...how much is them? A few years ago, I think we purchased 200+. We were left with @ 30...mostly 2X and 3X. Thought the bikers would be a bigger breed-o-cat. Hmm, I like neon yellow. How 'bout lime?
For shits and giggles and not because I suggested it...I'll ask my Dad about the cost of tumblers and whether we can get a box of assorted colors or if we have to decide upon one. Just checkin' for the hell of it and not because it's been decided. I'm just curious...who knows, maybe, you guys will want bandanas now that we know how fabulous y'all look in them...except for Andy.
Nance...could you ask if he has a mug, with a handle, like a beer mug, I think that would be really cool. Caitlin's pool had one a few years ago, like a plastic beer mug. I don't think it matters if it stacks, cause we would be ordering under 50, i bet.
True dat...I'll ask! :-)
I remember when I was 10 or 11 we had just moved into the new house on Durant street..Mom and Dad did alot of "sweat equity" on that house...but, Dad was outside planting that hedge, and he was wearing a bandanna...I was sort of embarassed, but I thought it looked sort of cool, I really don't think I had seen one before!
My favorite headline of the day- "Officer loses finger in K-9 training accident!" South Bend Tribune this morning
Tom how about those money clips-they're pretty cool.
I'll bet when the Age Of The Vikings came to an end they looked around, slapped each other on the back and said, "Hey, good job."
Tom
I bet they were so busy trying to keep the Celts or Anglo-Saxons or whatever from illegally immigrating that they didn't have time to look around.
What is/are the Brood XIII?
Big mugs are a good idea, too. We have so many of them, that's all that Andy drinks out of. I always make myself drink one big mug full of water to make sure I'm drinking enough water in the day. They do tend to fade though.
Molly and I talked about how it would be better just to get a keg. Then there will be less cans in the fire pit. Leon only has one place that sells hard liquor. It's in an ally and only open a few days a week. The lady at Hy-Vee looked at us like we were crazy when we asked if they had vodka.
Remember...Spuds Mackenzie Party Balls?
Yeah, that's Ryan and Brian. Andy did get up that high, on the front of the house. Right after I got down. I like beer mugs or koozies, and I like the Eli Cash Shamrock Bash. We can have a contest to see who can say it the most times in a row after 9:30 p.m. when said mugs/koozies have put in a good day's work. They could say, "I got skunked at the Eli Cash Shamrock Bash" next to Elvis.
I want some of whatever Monica takes for energy. She never sits down. There were at least two live bats. One sleepily flew away right under my nose. We need Martin houses and bat houses out there for bug control.
Someone remember to bring a sharpie so everyone can write their name on their mug.
On Labor Day I'm going to bring goodie bags for all the kids with bubbles, water guns, whatever. How many?
Nance, how about red?
Grace~ Eli and Liam will be there. Thanks...that's very nice!
I like red...however, I think we're gonna do half grey, quarter orange and a quarter black.
Des, I'm not Protestant.
If you were...you'd know about the carrots.
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