Happy Birthday Josh! Enjoy your day. Pat, grill him something spectacular to eat with lots of fatty,red,juicy meat in it. No grilled chicken breast and beans.
This picture looks like Mary has some weird clawlike appendage growing out of her neck stealing Josh's dinner, so you better fry him up something. Happy Birthday, Josh!
We saw Mary and Mike off this morning at about 6:00AM - they had to do a final walk-through with the buyer, then they officially leave Omaha. Well, Mike might bring over a couple things that wouldn't fit in the truck and take a shower, but they're really truly gone now. Sigh.
Happy Birthday Josh. Zane's best bud on his team is the only other kid as small as he is. They call themselves "The Attack of the Littles". They're so cute. Uh, I mean cool. And tough.
This is too awesome. Here's some words for all the Pisces out there today:
PISCES: Mysterious ailments plague you until you dive into the mystery of you. When you allow your spectacular inner experiences to guide your day-to-day world, malaise is replaced with enchantment. No, you're not crazy — you need to swim with dolphins AND talk to angels. Do you know who your angels are? Flower essences soothe your emotions. Past-life regression answers secrets, and so does hypnosis.
They say every time a church bell rings an angel gets it's wings. But what they don't tell you is every time a mousetrap snaps an angel gets set on fire.
The trouble with past-life regression is that the chances are overwhelming that if you had previous lives you were a peasant living in a hovel on cabbage and onions, or a slave hauling blocks up the pyramids rather than a royal or courtier. Or even if you were a medieval princess, you bathed once a year and lived in a stone building with open windows and straw or rushes on the floor of the dining hall with dogs and fleas and old bones all winter long and stinky toothless servants sneezing on your haunch of venison.
I want to thank Cathy, Steve and Bryan for helping Mike and I move on Saturday! We could not have done it without your help! All those steps...almost 40 steps (from the bedrooms) down to the driveway with those big dressers...watching the big screen TV go down the steps was scary...THANK YOU. Mike did all the packing and moving!!!!
Joe4 told me he tried out for the musical at garrigan and will be Conrad in Bye Bye Birdie. That's the Elvis-inspired rock star drafted into the Army who, as a last publicity stunt, has a contest to kiss a fan live on the Ed Sullivan show and ends up getting punched out on live TV by the girl's jealous boyfriend. Lotsa hyjinks and I don't imagine you could ham up a role like that too much. It's in November sometime and if there are any true lovers of culture out there I'll let you know when.
Uh-oh. Another possibly productive student-citizen lost to the theatre. Can't wait to see it. Can we make it a football-musical theater weekend? Tell Joe4 the only way to look dumb in this role is to NOT ham it up to the hilt. Over the top is the only way to go.
(ALGONA, IA) In a bold move to get the hard hitting Liam Straub involved in the offense Coach Mike McCall has put Straub in at tail back for this Saturday's game.
In last night practice Straub ran the ball pretty well and was happy to find someone to hit when he wasn't. Coach McCall said that Straub needed to get off the ball quicker and hit the holes faster but otherwise looks good at tailback.
Meanwhile, on the 5th grade team Eli Straub remains at full back. In practice he took several hard hits. One was a blindside hit from a 150 pound defensive lineman. Straub had fumbled the ball and was making a effort to pick it up and run when Josh Thilges creamed him from the side. Straub flew backwards and was on the ground for a few moments. However, in the end he only had to sit out one play.
Later, in practice he had some nice runs. On one dive play the middle was clogged so Straub took his run to the outside delivering a nice stiff arm and then a spin move of a 10 yard gain.
Weird feeling as a parent to watch your kid lie on his back blinking at the sky, isn't it? You're not really scared yet but you're saying to yourself, "Come on, move!" and then they finally do. Sounds like the boys are naturals.
Do you think that if my ad says,"Featuring Authentic Mexican Dishes and 2 for 1 Margaritas" that people will think that ALL I'm serving is Mexcian Food on that night?
I wouldn't think that. But someone not familiar with Sarah's might think that. But you're aiming at people who already know Sarah's, just letting them know about Mexican Monday, aren't you? If not, you could add something like "as well as our regular favorites" or something.
I wouldn't think that either, but you could clarify. Marvelous Mexican Monday Menu, including 2 for 1 Margaritas as well as our anything but ordinary regular menu.
Here's another special that we'll be running, beginning next week.
EXPRESS LUNCH at SISTER SARAH'S
5 Choices - 5 Minutes - Only $5
1 - Chicken Salad Croissant with Cantaloupe 2 - Bowl of Texas Steak Chili with Corn Bread 3 - BBQ'd Pulled Pork Sandwich with Potato Salad 4 - Baked Rigatoni with Italian Sausage 5 - Hot Beef Pot Roast Sandwich with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
These 5 lunches are guaranteed to be delivered within 5 minutes.
You're making me hungry. Try substituting "guaranteed to be served within 5 minutes" instead of "guaranteed to be delivered within 5 minutes" unless you are planning to deliver meals.
Hoo-rah and Go! Go! Go! to Eli and Liam. They're doing great and are a couple of gridiron gargantuans. Can't wait to see them in action. Even better, can't wait to see them play together on the same team in High School. They will probably be called the "Stormful Straubs" or something like that.
Also, Hoo-rah and Go! Go! Go! to Zane. You may call yourself "The Attack of the Littles" but I know that you have a BIG heart and a tough disposition and never give up. (Just like your Mom.)(And Dad.) Nini and I will be coming to see you play soon. You don't have to be big to make big plays. Keep doing what you are doing because you are doing great.
Ty started flag football this week. I'm glad to report he rocked the monkey dance. Later we realized it was actually the pee-pee dance. All the bathrooms were locked. Ryan took care of it. I didn't ask.
Hoo-rah and Go! Go! Go! Ty. Get dem flags. I'm sure that Ty will be as tough as his brother and will probably want to turn it into a full contact game ASAP. I can feel his smile when he makes a good play or scores a TD. What is the monkey dance?
Emily - I like the way you think. We are going to go $5.55 each. They order a drink and we'll be able to get 7.05 out of each customer. I can live with that.
Desmond's on his way to L.A. to sign up the new voice of BEEF...Sam Shepard was getting hard to work with and has diversified (voice of IBM, etc...) so they've chosen Matthew McConaughey (sp?) and Des meets with him at 2:00...I've asked for a full report!
I work across the street from the old Bergoff's resturant in Chicago and there is an Octoberfest going on all week long on the corner.
Every lunch this week has been a brat with a beer and pretzle with german music and folks dancing in the their german outfits. This is not something that I would get in Naperville.
BTW - the brat beer and pretzle is more than $7.05 and I get it immediatly.
There was a full page ad in the New York Times with a big picture of General Petreaus (spelling?). The ad inferred that the General had betrayed the US. They referred to him as General Betrayus.
The ad was placed by Moveon.org. Usually the New York Times gets $180,000 for a full page ad. Moveon only had to pay $65,000.
Leave it to Moveon to slander a General who has devoted his life to our defense. And leave it to the New York Times to cut them a deal on it.
Also, leave it to Hillary Clinton to also impugn the reputation of the General. During the recent hearings she said that his report requires the suspension of disbelief if one wants to give it any merit. Again, a cheap political shot.
On another note. The Johnny Edwards campaign had called me a couple of weeks ago. They wanted to have Johnny come to Sister Sarah's. They had it tentatively set up for this Friday. They never got back to me so I had to call them. They decided to have him speak at the library instead. Never bothered to call me.
On the flip side - Joe Biden's sister called me at home on monday when I was out. I returned her call. She said she had been in town and just wanted to meet me in person to thank me for letting her brother come to Sister Sarah's. She said her brother had told to look me up (true? - I don't know but maybe).
When Biden was here he lingered on and on talking to anyone who wanted to shake his hand and meet him. I didn't get in line to meet him. Even though he's my guy and I would have liked to have met him I figured he was busy and wanted to get going to Mason City, their next stop. I had this notion because when Edwards was here he blew in and blew out. You could tell he couldn't wait to get out of this po-dunk town. No eye contact - nothing.
I sat outside on the bench in front of Sarah's thinking maybe I could catch Biden on the way out. I hadn't planned on stopping him. Only to sit there just in case the opportunity presented itself I could then meet him. While I was sitting there one of his people came out and said, "Hey Tom. The Senator wants to met you." So I went inside and shook his hand. Told him we needed to get him in front of more people and that if he came in the evening I could fill the bar with people for him.
They are holding me to my word. He will be here shortly (week - 10 days probably). You all gotta help me fill the bar when he comes. Not just so I don't have egg on my face. Rather, because once you see and hear him I think you will vote for him.
I'm a member of moveon.org...they have allthe good musicians...also, maybe the NYTimes considered it a public service announcement. This guy may be a General but he doesn't have the balls to tell us the truth!
Any general who takes that job has already sacrificed the rest of his career. I think Petraus knowingly made that sacrifice for the good of the country. But I also think he selectively used numbers to give the best administration slant he could, probably because he wants to keep his job because he thinks he can do some good. The military leaders who don't support this policy all took their retirements or were forced out by the axis of idiocy (Bush-Rumsfeld-Chaney) But I don't trust MoveOn not to tweak numbers and info any more than I trust the far right radio creeps. The politics of incivility are not going to solve anything by polarizing every issue.
Before Petraus took that leadership role, he was having good results wherever he was stationed in Iraq by engaging with and talking to and listening to locals and maintaining good discipline with his own troops regarding their dealings with the Iraqis. I'm kind of sorry to see him being the administration's spokesperson/future whipping boy.
On Meet the PRess, when Russert asked Biden about the Move On ad, Biden replied that he thought it was a low blow and he didn't buy into it. He said that Patreus is put in an impossible situation by the administration by forcing him to answer questions they themselves won't answer. Also that his job is to complete a mission, not to make policy. I too have always liked Biden and I'm liking him even more. He was also on Hardball a couple days ago and actually teared up when talking about dead soldiers "fallen angels" who were on the plane with him back from his last trip to Iraq. It was totally sincere.
You all should really try and get to Algona to see him. I wish I could!
Mary, any idea how long Des will be in LA? Maybe Jude and I could drive up and see him or he could take a trip to the OC? Scott's in NY for about three weeks. I'm sure Des is busy, but if he has time...
Em - I leave LA tomorrow morning. I think I'm coming back in two weeks for an extended period of time, though. And I think I want to check out OC. Is it like the TV show?
This is the only photo I have of him. But it doesn't matter bc he doesn't read the blog.
62 comments:
Oh my gosh!
Happy birthday, Josh!
happy birthday Josh. doing anything fun and exciting? sky diving perhaps?
Happy "almost" birthday Josh
Hope Pat did the wash
Dirty grunders today?
My Goodness, no way!
You are far too *Posh!
Happy Birthday Josh!
Enjoy your day.
Pat, grill him something spectacular to eat with lots of fatty,red,juicy meat in it. No grilled chicken breast and beans.
Monica, it sounds like you want me to bring home the bacon AND fry it up in a pan.
P
This picture looks like Mary has some weird clawlike appendage growing out of her neck stealing Josh's dinner, so you better fry him up something.
Happy Birthday, Josh!
Beginning in October, I will be open ON MONDAY for lunch and dinner!
We saw Mary and Mike off this morning at about 6:00AM - they had to do a final walk-through with the buyer, then they officially leave Omaha. Well, Mike might bring over a couple things that wouldn't fit in the truck and take a shower, but they're really truly gone now. Sigh.
so Mary and Mike are the homeless realtors...
Happy birthday to Josh
eat some birthday goulash
if you don't like hungarian
you can try vegatarian
Happy birthday Josh! Another year older and about to start a new career. Time is just "ticking" away. Have a great one.
Good luck Mike and Mary. Have a safe trip back to Algona. We'll miss ya.
Sorry, I misspelled vegetarian.
Happy Birthday Josh.
Zane's best bud on his team is the only other kid as small as he is. They call themselves "The Attack of the Littles". They're so cute. Uh, I mean cool. And tough.
This is too awesome. Here's some words for all the Pisces out there today:
PISCES: Mysterious ailments plague you until you dive into the mystery of you. When you allow your spectacular inner experiences to guide your day-to-day world, malaise is replaced with enchantment. No, you're not crazy — you need to swim with dolphins AND talk to angels. Do you know who your angels are? Flower essences soothe your emotions. Past-life regression answers secrets, and so does hypnosis.
The mystery of me is why I like to swim with angels and talk to dolphins. Simplifies everything.
They say every time a church bell rings an angel gets it's wings. But what they don't tell you is every time a mousetrap snaps an angel gets set on fire.
Tom
SNAP CRACKLE POP!
So,Patricia...did you and JC go out for dindin?
The trouble with past-life regression is that the chances are overwhelming that if you had previous lives you were a peasant living in a hovel on cabbage and onions, or a slave hauling blocks up the pyramids rather than a royal or courtier. Or even if you were a medieval princess, you bathed once a year and lived in a stone building with open windows and straw or rushes on the floor of the dining hall with dogs and fleas and old bones all winter long and stinky toothless servants sneezing on your haunch of venison.
I want to thank Cathy, Steve and Bryan for helping Mike and I move on Saturday! We could not have done it without your help!
All those steps...almost 40 steps (from the bedrooms) down to the driveway with those big dressers...watching the big screen TV go down the steps was scary...THANK YOU. Mike did all the packing and moving!!!!
That truck was packed like a Rubik's cube.
A Rubik's cube.
Did Steve oversee packing the truck? He's good at that.
Joe4 told me he tried out for the musical at garrigan and will be Conrad in Bye Bye Birdie. That's the Elvis-inspired rock star drafted into the Army who, as a last publicity stunt, has a contest to kiss a fan live on the Ed Sullivan show and ends up getting punched out on live TV by the girl's jealous boyfriend. Lotsa hyjinks and I don't imagine you could ham up a role like that too much. It's in November sometime and if there are any true lovers of culture out there I'll let you know when.
Joe3~ That is so cool. Will he be singing? He must...yes?
looking forward to it. Let us know when.
Uh-oh. Another possibly productive student-citizen lost to the theatre. Can't wait to see it. Can we make it a football-musical theater weekend? Tell Joe4 the only way to look dumb in this role is to NOT ham it up to the hilt. Over the top is the only way to go.
HOPPY BELATED B-DAY live from Algona Realty!
This is the first time I've been able to check in with the blog in a week!
Mike
Bye Byr Birdie was one of my favs as a youth! What a fun role.
Cathy is right...as Conrad if you go over the top...you still may not have gone far enough! :-<> :-)
Ok
We need some dates!
Football schedule and theatre dates so that we can see if we can see Joe 4
PREDATORS MAKE PERSONNEL CHANGES
(ALGONA, IA) In a bold move to get the hard hitting Liam Straub involved in the offense Coach Mike McCall has put Straub in at tail back for this Saturday's game.
In last night practice Straub ran the ball pretty well and was happy to find someone to hit when he wasn't. Coach McCall said that Straub needed to get off the ball quicker and hit the holes faster but otherwise looks good at tailback.
Meanwhile, on the 5th grade team Eli Straub remains at full back. In practice he took several hard hits. One was a blindside hit from a 150 pound defensive lineman. Straub had fumbled the ball and was making a effort to pick it up and run when Josh Thilges creamed him from the side. Straub flew backwards and was on the ground for a few moments. However, in the end he only had to sit out one play.
Later, in practice he had some nice runs. On one dive play the middle was clogged so Straub took his run to the outside delivering a nice stiff arm and then a spin move of a 10 yard gain.
...for a 10yard gain.
Not sure what I'm gonna call Mondays but, thinking maybe "Mexican Mondays." I'll be open from 11-2pm and 5-Close just like the other weekdays.
Nice and simple. Makes me hungry.
Weird feeling as a parent to watch your kid lie on his back blinking at the sky, isn't it? You're not really scared yet but you're saying to yourself, "Come on, move!" and then they finally do. Sounds like the boys are naturals.
Do you think that if my ad says,"Featuring Authentic Mexican Dishes and 2 for 1 Margaritas" that people will think that ALL I'm serving is Mexcian Food on that night?
I wouldn't think that. But someone not familiar with Sarah's might think that. But you're aiming at people who already know Sarah's, just letting them know about Mexican Monday, aren't you? If not, you could add something like "as well as our regular favorites" or something.
I wouldn't think that either, but you could clarify. Marvelous Mexican Monday Menu, including 2 for 1 Margaritas as well as our anything but ordinary regular menu.
Here's another special that we'll be running, beginning next week.
EXPRESS LUNCH
at
SISTER SARAH'S
5 Choices - 5 Minutes - Only $5
1 - Chicken Salad Croissant with Cantaloupe
2 - Bowl of Texas Steak Chili with Corn Bread
3 - BBQ'd Pulled Pork Sandwich with Potato Salad
4 - Baked Rigatoni with Italian Sausage
5 - Hot Beef Pot Roast Sandwich with Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
These 5 lunches are guaranteed to be delivered within 5 minutes.
Only $5!
Only at SISTER SARAH'S!
That's a great bargain. I'd eat lunch at SS five days a week and try them all! Myabe you dould charge $5.99 and make an extra buck.
You're making me hungry. Try substituting "guaranteed to be served within 5 minutes" instead of "guaranteed to be delivered within 5 minutes" unless you are planning to deliver meals.
Hoo-rah and Go! Go! Go! to Eli and Liam. They're doing great and are a couple of gridiron gargantuans. Can't wait to see them in action. Even better, can't wait to see them play together on the same team in High School. They will probably be called the "Stormful Straubs" or something like that.
Also, Hoo-rah and Go! Go! Go! to Zane. You may call yourself "The Attack of the Littles" but I know that you have a BIG heart and a tough disposition and never give up. (Just like your Mom.)(And Dad.) Nini and I will be coming to see you play soon. You don't have to be big to make big plays. Keep doing what you are doing because you are doing great.
Ty started flag football this week. I'm glad to report he rocked the monkey dance. Later we realized it was actually the pee-pee dance.
All the bathrooms were locked. Ryan took care of it. I didn't ask.
Hoo-rah and Go! Go! Go! Ty. Get dem flags. I'm sure that Ty will be as tough as his brother and will probably want to turn it into a full contact game ASAP. I can feel his smile when he makes a good play or scores a TD. What is the monkey dance?
happy birthday Josh!
buena suerte con tu nueva carrera.
to you and and Pat.
love
pete&mely
Stevo~ Good idea about saying, "served," versus delivered...thanks.
Emily - I like the way you think. We are going to go $5.55 each. They order a drink and we'll be able to get 7.05 out of each customer. I can live with that.
Tom
WooHoo!
Desmond's on his way to L.A. to sign up the new voice of BEEF...Sam Shepard was getting hard to work with and has diversified (voice of IBM, etc...) so they've chosen Matthew McConaughey (sp?) and Des meets with him at 2:00...I've asked for a full report!
Desmond should show up w/o a shirt on...to make Matthew more comfortable.
I work across the street from the old Bergoff's resturant in Chicago and there is an Octoberfest going on all week long on the corner.
Every lunch this week has been a brat with a beer and pretzle with german music and folks dancing in the their german outfits. This is not something that I would get in Naperville.
BTW - the brat beer and pretzle is more than $7.05 and I get it immediatly.
Bergoff's is closed, right? I thought I heard that somewhere.
There was a full page ad in the New York Times with a big picture of General Petreaus (spelling?). The ad inferred that the General had betrayed the US. They referred to him as General Betrayus.
The ad was placed by Moveon.org. Usually the New York Times gets $180,000 for a full page ad. Moveon only had to pay $65,000.
Leave it to Moveon to slander a General who has devoted his life to our defense. And leave it to the New York Times to cut them a deal on it.
Also, leave it to Hillary Clinton to also impugn the reputation of the General. During the recent hearings she said that his report requires the suspension of disbelief if one wants to give it any merit. Again, a cheap political shot.
On another note. The Johnny Edwards campaign had called me a couple of weeks ago. They wanted to have Johnny come to Sister Sarah's. They had it tentatively set up for this Friday. They never got back to me so I had to call them. They decided to have him speak at the library instead. Never bothered to call me.
On the flip side - Joe Biden's sister called me at home on monday when I was out. I returned her call. She said she had been in town and just wanted to meet me in person to thank me for letting her brother come to Sister Sarah's. She said her brother had told to look me up (true? - I don't know but maybe).
When Biden was here he lingered on and on talking to anyone who wanted to shake his hand and meet him. I didn't get in line to meet him. Even though he's my guy and I would have liked to have met him I figured he was busy and wanted to get going to Mason City, their next stop. I had this notion because when Edwards was here he blew in and blew out. You could tell he couldn't wait to get out of this po-dunk town. No eye contact - nothing.
I sat outside on the bench in front of Sarah's thinking maybe I could catch Biden on the way out. I hadn't planned on stopping him. Only to sit there just in case the opportunity presented itself I could then meet him. While I was sitting there one of his people came out and said, "Hey Tom. The Senator wants to met you." So I went inside and shook his hand. Told him we needed to get him in front of more people and that if he came in the evening I could fill the bar with people for him.
They are holding me to my word. He will be here shortly (week - 10 days probably). You all gotta help me fill the bar when he comes. Not just so I don't have egg on my face. Rather, because once you see and hear him I think you will vote for him.
Tom
We were impressed by him the first time he ran. He's smart.
Were you just 'biden your time on that bench? haha We will come!
I'm a member of moveon.org...they have allthe good musicians...also, maybe the NYTimes considered it a public service announcement. This guy may be a General but he doesn't have the balls to tell us the truth!
Any general who takes that job has already sacrificed the rest of his career. I think Petraus knowingly made that sacrifice for the good of the country. But I also think he selectively used numbers to give the best administration slant he could, probably because he wants to keep his job because he thinks he can do some good. The military leaders who don't support this policy all took their retirements or were forced out by the axis of idiocy (Bush-Rumsfeld-Chaney) But I don't trust MoveOn not to tweak numbers and info any more than I trust the far right radio creeps. The politics of incivility are not going to solve anything by polarizing every issue.
Before Petraus took that leadership role, he was having good results wherever he was stationed in Iraq by engaging with and talking to and listening to locals and maintaining good discipline with his own troops regarding their dealings with the Iraqis. I'm kind of sorry to see him being the administration's spokesperson/future whipping boy.
On Meet the PRess, when Russert asked Biden about the Move On ad, Biden replied that he thought it was a low blow and he didn't buy into it. He said that Patreus is put in an impossible situation by the administration by forcing him to answer questions they themselves won't answer. Also that his job is to complete a mission, not to make policy. I too have always liked Biden and I'm liking him even more. He was also on Hardball a couple days ago and actually teared up when talking about dead soldiers "fallen angels" who were on the plane with him back from his last trip to Iraq. It was totally sincere.
You all should really try and get to Algona to see him. I wish I could!
Mary, any idea how long Des will be in LA? Maybe Jude and I could drive up and see him or he could take a trip to the OC? Scott's in NY for about three weeks. I'm sure Des is busy, but if he has time...
Em - I leave LA tomorrow morning. I think I'm coming back in two weeks for an extended period of time, though. And I think I want to check out OC. Is it like the TV show?
I guess I'm suprised and angered by the lack of civility shown towards the military and this General. Politicians, as a rule, don't go there.
When the democrats took over congress they said they would bring civility back to Washington. I guess not.
Tom
Hold it, Tom. MoveOn is not an arm of either Congress or the Democratic party. It's just that there's no Republicans in it.
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