Happy Birthday Ellen Kennedy (13th), Grace (15th) and Katie (16th)
Hope you all have GREAT birthdays!
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Happy Birthday Everyone! Bacon Cupcakes for all!
I saw something you NEVER see anymore. It was last weekend and we had bought a new couch at a super discount store (Big Lots). We got the stupid thing home and unwrapped it. Sure enough there were a couple of staples sticking out from the inside the couch through the fabric. So Eli and I haul the damn thing back out of the basement and load it onto the truck.
Nance and I make the long drive back to the store to return it. The guys at the store are unloading it while Nance is removing the cushions from the cab.
Now....here it is....a young lad about 13 or 14 approaches all resplendent in a Boy Scout uniform. His kerchif neatly bound around his neck and an abundance of badges and patches. But room for more.
He asks Nance, "Do you need some help, Ma-am?" Nance quickly replies, "No, thanks."
At the time both of us were in too much disgust to even grasp the moment.
A real live Boy Scout had just asked us if we needed help!!! I thought these guys were extinct!?!
He went on his way, skipping merrily. I have regrets now. We may have delayed the earning of his next badge.
So, our Arts Organization is bringing in the Des Moines Opera Co. tonight for a FREE production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute"...I'll let you know tomorrow how many people show up...last production the Arts Trust paid $10,000 for this great show and less than 100 people showed!
Doesn't anyone get it? This Boy Scout was like a vision. The embodiment of virtue and goodness untainted by shoot’em up video games. Unsullied by the oversexualization of today’s youth. A kid who isn’t a jaded wreck by endless hours of Slip Knot.
This is Beaver Cleaver incarnate. I’m going back to Big Lots to light a candle at the scene of my near celestial encounter.
He's gunnng for Eagle Scout for sure. There have been a couple of kids who were Eagle Scouts in my parish. They were acknowledged at mass and everything. It's quite an accomplishment. Tom, the thing to do is go lie in the parking lot and give him a chance to rescue you.
So today - in addition to being the anniversary of the day the Donner Party Set out is also the anniversary of the day the Titanic sunk.
Here is the last meal enjoyed by the first class passengers. I bet the Donner Party wish they would have died on the Titanic:
The meal began as it did every night, with oysters. These were followed by the soup course of Consommé Olga (a veal stock soup with sturgeon marrow) and Cream of Barley. Third course was Poached Salmon garnished with Cucumbers and Mousseline Sauce, a Hollandaise-esque sauce. After the fish course came the first (yes, first) of the meat courses: Filet Mignons Lili (with artichoke hearts, truffle and (of course) foie gras) and a Sauté of Chicken Lyonnaise served with Vegetable Marrow (a Summer squash). Then came the second meat course: Lamb with Mint Sauce, Roast Duckling with Apple Sauce and Sirloin of Beef with Creamed Carrots, Boiled Rice, Green Peas, Chateau Potatoes (sautéed in butter and parsley) as well as Parmentier (diced and sautéed in butter) and Boiled New Potatoes. The meal wasn't near to finishing at this point and it should be noted that there were wine pairings for each course! The sixth course was Punch Romaine, a wine, rum and egg white mid-meal palate-cleanser. After the diners were appropriately refreshed (or drunker) they were presented with Roast Squab and Cress (a leafy vegetable). A simple course of Cold Asparagus Vinaigrette was served and then more foie gras in the form of a Paté de Foie Gras with Celery. At this point the diners were nearing the end of the meal, which was not to finish with a whimper. The dessert course was Waldorf Pudding (the recipe for which has been lost to the ages), Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly, Chocolate and Vanilla Éclairs and French Ice Cream. Following this course there was an optional selection of fresh fruits and cheeses. The epic meal concluded with coffee, cigars, port and distilled spirits. At least we can be assured that as the ship sank its first-class occupants were far from peckish and most-likely very, very drunk
Mom had sort of a rough evening and night last night. Dad has her at the clinic right now. They are in the lab for different tests and also an x-ray. It seems to be that her "runny nose cold" moved quickly into a "hacking cough cold". But, we'll see. She could barely walk last night.
Woo-hoo! Grace got a job offer for her birthday! Peoria Academy, small class sizes, high academics, lots of creativity and flexibility in teaching methods, tight-knit faculty.
Mom and Dad are here in my office, Mom does have a slight case of pneumonia and low potassium. Her other lab tests are not back yet but her presciption for the pneumonia will cover any other infection. She is walking better this morning. I have fresh NYC coffee cake here from the choc. shop across the street. They are have some now and then Dad will get her scripts, then home to bed for Mom.
The other day Nance and I were out running errands. At our return I noticed that the small step ladder had been moved. I asked Liam what they used the ladder for. He said the remote control helicoptor he was flying outdoors caught a gust of wind and landed on the garage roof. He said he used the ladder and a broom to knock it off the roof.
As it turns out both he and Eli had climbed up on the roof to retrieve the thing and they lied to us. They knew we would be upset with them using a 6 foot step ladder and a hoist of thier arms to gain the roof. They got down by doing the old hang and drop.
During our inquisition of them it was asked, "Why didn't you just fly the helicoptor off the roof? Wouldn't that have been the smarter thing to do?"
They both had a look of surprised reckoning. The thought had never occurred to them. Liam did reassure us that he waited between gusts of wind before standing on the very very top of the ladder (the place that says "CAUTION! DO NOT USE AS A STEP!"). It was an extremely blustery day with gusts up to 50 mph.
I've come to realize that boys 11 to (I hope it ends soon) are really stupid sometimes.
Creighton and Nebraska 1-1 in the fourth. NE has a guy named Kash Kilkowski. It's about 38 degrees and drizzly out. The game sold out right away but the park's half empty, but you can see the field from anywhere in the concourse so I bet a lot of people are in there. Why is 38 so cold in the spring and not so bad in football season?
Grace got offered another teaching job at Pekin High School - or, told that one will become available and that she will have the strong recommendation of the department head and the English department head, but nothing can be absolutely guaranteed so now she is trying to weigh both job offers. Ryan called her the Bret Favre of Pekin.
Mary,was thinking the same thing about Tom and all the stupid things he did...massagies out 2nd floor windows. Tom, your kids are tame compared to you.
I have a lot of seedlings inside that want to be planted outside right now. Should I risk planting them tomorrow (it isn't suppose to freeze again, but get down to mid40s at night), or just wait until next week?
I have strawberries that actually look good now and can wait, but some squash, cucumber, chives and small flowers that look like they want outside. And a raspberry plant sitting dormant in our basement that got shipped a few weeks too early. I'm worried about that one, too.
Oh yes, and I will bring a salad and carrot cake this weekend.
Friday is Earth Day, besides Good Friday. So be extra kind and hopefully it will be warm enough for everyone to reflect of Easter while enjoying the outdoors.
At 4:23 Central Daylight Time: Tom's declaration...I'm thinking I felt the earth shake about 45 minutes ago.
We are now in Steve King's district and Christie Vilsack is moving back into this district and will run against King. I think she could use Tom's declaration as her slogan!
Congrats to Stevo, and maybe Lisa, for winning the Straub Exercisapalooza! We've not heard the final report from Lisa, but they were six days apart in their regimen.
Happy belated Birthday Ellen and Catie! Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone.
Ellen, never plant outside till Mothers Day.
I need some advice and opinions. I'm weighing two job offers, let me know what you all think:
#1. Private school, K-8, 30 minutes away. Classes of 15, I'd be teaching 7th and 8th grade social studies, working closely with the language arts teacher, exploratory curriculum with a "global" outlook, I'd have great control over curriculum and assessments, lots of technology, upper middle class students,almost all will go to college no matter who their teacher is
#2. Public high school, classes of around 27, wide range of abilities, behaviors, incomes, etc., 5 minutes away, my kids' school district, student taught there, know everyone in the so. studies dept and like them all, would be teaching juniors and freshmen, more clsses of juniors than fresh, pension/tenure/etc. that go w/ public school teaching, many kids at this school never graduate and need a teacher who is invested in them
If #2 was a locked-down sure thing it would be harder, but I'm leaning toward #1 right now, just because it's the bird in the hand. Also Illinois' economy is crazy bad now and next year they could lay off 25% of their teachers or something. It wouldn't hurt to get a couple years experience under your belt before you tackle those more challenging students. On the other hand, there is no easy junior high student so what am I saying?
I'm with Cathy. I'd go with #1. Seems like you might have more job stability. Plus it would probably be an easier transition for you for that first year or two when you are learning as much as the kids (just different things). Monica
Grace, when it comes to education I am not qualified to dispense advice. (See what I did there?)
Mary Ellen - I'm not at all sure what you are saying about me but for the record my opinion of Steve King is about the same as my opinion of Michael Moore. Both a couple of facists a-holes.
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Happy Birthday Everyone! Bacon Cupcakes for all!
I saw something you NEVER see anymore. It was last weekend and we had bought a new couch at a super discount store (Big Lots). We got the stupid thing home and unwrapped it. Sure enough there were a couple of staples sticking out from the inside the couch through the fabric. So Eli and I haul the damn thing back out of the basement and load it onto the truck.
Nance and I make the long drive back to the store to return it. The guys at the store are unloading it while Nance is removing the cushions from the cab.
Now....here it is....a young lad about 13 or 14 approaches all resplendent in a Boy Scout uniform. His kerchif neatly bound around his neck and an abundance of badges and patches. But room for more.
He asks Nance, "Do you need some help, Ma-am?" Nance quickly replies, "No, thanks."
At the time both of us were in too much disgust to even grasp the moment.
A real live Boy Scout had just asked us if we needed help!!! I thought these guys were extinct!?!
He went on his way, skipping merrily. I have regrets now. We may have delayed the earning of his next badge.
Tom
Happy Birthday Ellen K.! Perhaps a boy scout can help you celebrate! Hope it's a great day.
p
Happy Birthday, Ellen K! Hope it's a great one!
Oscar got his cast yesterday. He chose hot pink.
Happy Birthday Ellen! We'll see you this weekend.
Go Oscar. Already a man sure of his masculinity!
Monica
Happy BIrthday to the bevy of beautiful babes born in APRIL---the best month of the year!
Happy Birthday Catie!!!
Happy Birthday Grace!!!
Happy Birthday Ellen K.!!!
Have a WONDERFUL Day!!!
And always Be Prepared!
So, our Arts Organization is bringing in the Des Moines Opera Co. tonight for a FREE production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute"...I'll let you know tomorrow how many people show up...last production the Arts Trust paid $10,000 for this great show and less than 100 people showed!
Happy Birthday, Everybody! Tell us how you celebrated.
REAL men wear pink.
Doesn't anyone get it? This Boy Scout was like a vision. The embodiment of virtue and goodness untainted by shoot’em up video games. Unsullied by the oversexualization of today’s youth. A kid who isn’t a jaded wreck by endless hours of Slip Knot.
This is Beaver Cleaver incarnate. I’m going back to Big Lots to light a candle at the scene of my near celestial encounter.
Tom
He's gunnng for Eagle Scout for sure. There have been a couple of kids who were Eagle Scouts in my parish. They were acknowledged at mass and everything. It's quite an accomplishment. Tom, the thing to do is go lie in the parking lot and give him a chance to rescue you.
All the Eagle Scouts I have met have been really nice kids-geeky? For sure but good kids.
Monica
There are 2 Eagle Scouts graduating from Garrigan next month...a little geeky but popular.
Tom, your boys still have time to join...it's not too late. I know there are some used uniforms on the racks at Ex. Op...just let me know!
I refudiate Trump.
So today - in addition to being the anniversary of the day the Donner Party Set out is also the anniversary of the day the Titanic sunk.
Here is the last meal enjoyed by the first class passengers. I bet the Donner Party wish they would have died on the Titanic:
The meal began as it did every night, with oysters. These were followed by the soup course of Consommé Olga (a veal stock soup with sturgeon marrow) and Cream of Barley. Third course was Poached Salmon garnished with Cucumbers and Mousseline Sauce, a Hollandaise-esque sauce. After the fish course came the first (yes, first) of the meat courses: Filet Mignons Lili (with artichoke hearts, truffle and (of course) foie gras) and a Sauté of Chicken Lyonnaise served with Vegetable Marrow (a Summer squash). Then came the second meat course: Lamb with Mint Sauce, Roast Duckling with Apple Sauce and Sirloin of Beef with Creamed Carrots, Boiled Rice, Green Peas, Chateau Potatoes (sautéed in butter and parsley) as well as Parmentier (diced and sautéed in butter) and Boiled New Potatoes. The meal wasn't near to finishing at this point and it should be noted that there were wine pairings for each course! The sixth course was Punch Romaine, a wine, rum and egg white mid-meal palate-cleanser. After the diners were appropriately refreshed (or drunker) they were presented with Roast Squab and Cress (a leafy vegetable). A simple course of Cold Asparagus Vinaigrette was served and then more foie gras in the form of a Paté de Foie Gras with Celery. At this point the diners were nearing the end of the meal, which was not to finish with a whimper. The dessert course was Waldorf Pudding (the recipe for which has been lost to the ages), Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly, Chocolate and Vanilla Éclairs and French Ice Cream. Following this course there was an optional selection of fresh fruits and cheeses. The epic meal concluded with coffee, cigars, port and distilled spirits. At least we can be assured that as the ship sank its first-class occupants were far from peckish and most-likely very, very drunk
Wow! That's what I had for dinner last night!
Happy Birthday Grace April! I hope you get to stay at home today!
p
Mom had sort of a rough evening and night last night. Dad has her at the clinic right now. They are in the lab for different tests and also an x-ray. It seems to be that her "runny nose cold" moved quickly into a "hacking cough cold". But, we'll see. She could barely walk last night.
Happy Birthday, Grace! Make those kids serve you dinner! Have a good one.
love,
Mom
Oh no. Thanks Mary. Please keep us informed.
P
Woo-hoo! Grace got a job offer for her birthday! Peoria Academy, small class sizes, high academics, lots of creativity and flexibility in teaching methods, tight-knit faculty.
Mom and Dad are here in my office, Mom does have a slight case of pneumonia and low potassium. Her other lab tests are not back yet but her presciption for the pneumonia will cover any other infection.
She is walking better this morning.
I have fresh NYC coffee cake here from the choc. shop across the street. They are have some now and then Dad will get her scripts, then home to bed for Mom.
Congrats Grace, Bravo!!!
Glad it was not too serious.
Congrats Grace!
p
Happy birthday, Catie! Hope it's a great day.
P
Happy Birthday Catie! Have a great day.
Grace, that is an awesome birthday present! Congratulations!
Monica
Interesting article on hurling, calls the goalkeepers the craziest men in sports.
http://www.slate.com/id/2291001
p
Dont' forget to post your final week of exercising!
p
wait... final week ever? i never have to work out again? hooray.
So, maybe my kids aren't so smart.
The other day Nance and I were out running errands. At our return I noticed that the small step ladder had been moved. I asked Liam what they used the ladder for. He said the remote control helicoptor he was flying outdoors caught a gust of wind and landed on the garage roof. He said he used the ladder and a broom to knock it off the roof.
As it turns out both he and Eli had climbed up on the roof to retrieve the thing and they lied to us. They knew we would be upset with them using a 6 foot step ladder and a hoist of thier arms to gain the roof. They got down by doing the old hang and drop.
During our inquisition of them it was asked, "Why didn't you just fly the helicoptor off the roof? Wouldn't that have been the smarter thing to do?"
They both had a look of surprised reckoning. The thought had never occurred to them. Liam did reassure us that he waited between gusts of wind before standing on the very very top of the ladder (the place that says "CAUTION! DO NOT USE AS A STEP!"). It was an extremely blustery day with gusts up to 50 mph.
I've come to realize that boys 11 to (I hope it ends soon) are really stupid sometimes.
Tom
About 25, maybe? Think back.
That was me.
Cathy
Creighton and Nebraska 1-1 in the fourth. NE has a guy named Kash Kilkowski. It's about 38 degrees and drizzly out. The game sold out right away but the park's half empty, but you can see the field from anywhere in the concourse so I bet a lot of people are in there. Why is 38 so cold in the spring and not so bad in football season?
38 is always too cold to sit and watch a game of any kind!
Snow coming down in big, fluffy flakes. I'd appreciate their beauty if we were preparing for Christmas- not Easter.
Grace got offered another teaching job at Pekin High School - or, told that one will become available and that she will have the strong recommendation of the department head and the English department head, but nothing can be absolutely guaranteed so now she is trying to weigh both job offers. Ryan called her the Bret Favre of Pekin.
Wow Grace!! Congrats.
Tom, I think you did the hang and drop many times, from the 2nd floor on Durant Street
Mary,was thinking the same thing about Tom and all the stupid things he did...massagies out 2nd floor windows. Tom, your kids are tame compared to you.
Monica
That's right, tame!
I have a lot of seedlings inside that want to be planted outside right now. Should I risk planting them tomorrow (it isn't suppose to freeze again, but get down to mid40s at night), or just wait until next week?
I have strawberries that actually look good now and can wait, but some squash, cucumber, chives and small flowers that look like they want outside. And a raspberry plant sitting dormant in our basement that got shipped a few weeks too early. I'm worried about that one, too.
Oh yes, and I will bring a salad and carrot cake this weekend.
Friday is Earth Day, besides Good Friday. So be extra kind and hopefully it will be warm enough for everyone to reflect of Easter while enjoying the outdoors.
Ellen - it doesn't matter what you do with your plants. According to the movie Skynet became self-aware at 8:11 PM last night.
Monica,
I'm sure any massagees dispensed were in the interest of pure and benevolent justice.
I'm just completely amazed at how stupid boys can be.
Tom
At 4:23 Central Daylight Time: Tom's declaration...I'm thinking I felt the earth shake about 45 minutes ago.
We are now in Steve King's district and Christie Vilsack is moving back into this district and will run against King.
I think she could use Tom's declaration as her slogan!
Congrats to Stevo, and maybe Lisa, for winning the Straub Exercisapalooza! We've not heard the final report from Lisa, but they were six days apart in their regimen.
Go Stevo GO!
Go LISA GO!
P
By which I meant, we didn't get Lisa's final week of exercise, and so if she worked out 7 days she won. If she worked out 6 days, they tied.
P
Happy belated Birthday Ellen and Catie! Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone.
Ellen, never plant outside till Mothers Day.
I need some advice and opinions. I'm weighing two job offers, let me know what you all think:
#1. Private school, K-8, 30 minutes away. Classes of 15, I'd be teaching 7th and 8th grade social studies, working closely with the language arts teacher, exploratory curriculum with a "global" outlook, I'd have great control over curriculum and assessments, lots of technology, upper middle class students,almost all will go to college no matter who their teacher is
#2. Public high school, classes of around 27, wide range of abilities, behaviors, incomes, etc., 5 minutes away, my kids' school district, student taught there, know everyone in the so. studies dept and like them all, would be teaching juniors and freshmen, more clsses of juniors than fresh, pension/tenure/etc. that go w/ public school teaching, many kids at this school never graduate and need a teacher who is invested in them
If #2 was a locked-down sure thing it would be harder, but I'm leaning toward #1 right now, just because it's the bird in the hand. Also Illinois' economy is crazy bad now and next year they could lay off 25% of their teachers or something. It wouldn't hurt to get a couple years experience under your belt before you tackle those more challenging students. On the other hand, there is no easy junior high student so what am I saying?
I'm with Cathy. I'd go with #1. Seems like you might have more job stability. Plus it would probably be an easier transition for you for that first year or two when you are learning as much as the kids (just different things).
Monica
Grace, when it comes to education I am not qualified to dispense advice. (See what I did there?)
Mary Ellen - I'm not at all sure what you are saying about me but for the record my opinion of Steve King is about the same as my opinion of Michael Moore. Both a couple of facists a-holes.
Tom
So, I read Mary's name in the Algona paper today. And, I read on Facebook that young Joe broke his hand and got a concussion. Scary. Glad he's OK!
p
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