Joey was looking at some Easter decorations that Tia had recently brought out. Suddenly, he shouts, "Dad, we don't have to keep this angry, wild animal, do we?...You know this thing scares me!"
I had no idea what he was talking about so I had him go get it to show me....what did he bring me? the answer is at: http://goldbarbarians.blogspot.com
ronjon
Mar 27, 2009
Rambling
Ever since Rich typed the post about his hazy memory about his childhood, I've been trying to conjure up a few distant memories myself. Unfortunately, I, like Rich, have few solid memories of any time from my childhood.
I do remember, however, have a few memories of what the rest of you were like...
Deb: Brown Maverick w/ 8track player, Snoopy doll, leather hippy vest and moccasins
Jim: Curly hair, roller skates, made me hold a bucket while he shot a bow and arrow at it, ran like the wind, rocking chair
Dave: Fingers twisting hair, crushing my potato chips before I ate them, waking up just to get ready to take a nap, making weird guttural noises. Deep water drowning tactics.
Rich: Hid M&M's in the air-conditioning vent above his bed, had a wheel-O, Fuji bike, trumpet, had a maze thing with the steel ball bearings.
Jean: Made sure I never had 2 bowls of cereal, Roger-Baby, liked a guy named Ken, Kirsten Nix, Rick Springfield
Me: Took a lot of undeserved abuse from siblings, wondered where Rich was to share in abuse delivered from older siblings, was the voice of reason, never got to ride snowmobiles due to older siblings abuse of the machines, never knew the meaning of "sour-grapes".
Jodi: Insides were "shrinking" (whatever that meant) and had to have an operation, played with Sonya, nicknamed Toad, Projectile vomiting, looked bewildered a lot.
There you have it...I'm sure this is fairly accurate. Please let me know if you disagree.
Ron
I do remember, however, have a few memories of what the rest of you were like...
Deb: Brown Maverick w/ 8track player, Snoopy doll, leather hippy vest and moccasins
Jim: Curly hair, roller skates, made me hold a bucket while he shot a bow and arrow at it, ran like the wind, rocking chair
Dave: Fingers twisting hair, crushing my potato chips before I ate them, waking up just to get ready to take a nap, making weird guttural noises. Deep water drowning tactics.
Rich: Hid M&M's in the air-conditioning vent above his bed, had a wheel-O, Fuji bike, trumpet, had a maze thing with the steel ball bearings.
Jean: Made sure I never had 2 bowls of cereal, Roger-Baby, liked a guy named Ken, Kirsten Nix, Rick Springfield
Me: Took a lot of undeserved abuse from siblings, wondered where Rich was to share in abuse delivered from older siblings, was the voice of reason, never got to ride snowmobiles due to older siblings abuse of the machines, never knew the meaning of "sour-grapes".
Jodi: Insides were "shrinking" (whatever that meant) and had to have an operation, played with Sonya, nicknamed Toad, Projectile vomiting, looked bewildered a lot.
There you have it...I'm sure this is fairly accurate. Please let me know if you disagree.
Ron
Mar 25, 2009
Please Pray
My boss got married on 7-7-2007. When her and her husband were on their way to the hotel the night before they were to leave for their honeymoon, some lady pulled out in front of them in HW 65. My boss ended up T-boning the lady. Sarah and Kyle had to go to the ER and wear neck braces and so on. Sarah had re-scheduled their honeymoon (thank goodness for insurance on it!) A few days before they were suppose to leave a second time, Kyle found a lump in his neck. The doctor said it was fine and all that. I believe it was the day before they were suppose to leave, they got a phone calling from the doctor telling Kyle he needs to go to the doctor and his lump could be more than a lump from the car accident.
Well, shortly after Kyle found out he had cancer. Kyle had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the fast growing cells. He is only 37 years old. So since about Nov of 2007 Kyle had chemo and all sorts of tests. He stopped chemo because nothing was found. He went in for another scan and they found more traces of the cancer, so again he had to do chemo.
Before Kyle started chemo, Sarah wanted to get pregnant. That did not happen; but after he was done with chemo and feeling better, they of course tried again. In Dec 2008, she found out she was pregnant. The doctors at the sperm bank said this was a miracle child because the sperm count for Kyle was very low.
Sarah got to hear the heartbeat, which was very strong. The doctor told her that she was way past the miscarragie stage; which relieved Sarah very much!! Yesterday March-24, Sarah had her first ultrasound. The doctor said things looked great. This morning she got a phone call from the doctor. They want her to go take a level 2 ultrasound. The doctor said the fetus could have kidney problems (I guess they looked small) and also a cleft lip. I had called Sarah this morning when I got up and it was shortly after the doctor called her. She started crying when she was on the phone with me. I feel so bad. They have been trhough so much in the while they have been married. Sarah just turned 30 on Monday the 23rd. This is her first pregnancy.
Sarah said to me this morning, "This is so unfair!!"
I am asking you to keep her, Kyle and their unborn child in your prayers.
Thank You,
Brandi
Well, shortly after Kyle found out he had cancer. Kyle had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the fast growing cells. He is only 37 years old. So since about Nov of 2007 Kyle had chemo and all sorts of tests. He stopped chemo because nothing was found. He went in for another scan and they found more traces of the cancer, so again he had to do chemo.
Before Kyle started chemo, Sarah wanted to get pregnant. That did not happen; but after he was done with chemo and feeling better, they of course tried again. In Dec 2008, she found out she was pregnant. The doctors at the sperm bank said this was a miracle child because the sperm count for Kyle was very low.
Sarah got to hear the heartbeat, which was very strong. The doctor told her that she was way past the miscarragie stage; which relieved Sarah very much!! Yesterday March-24, Sarah had her first ultrasound. The doctor said things looked great. This morning she got a phone call from the doctor. They want her to go take a level 2 ultrasound. The doctor said the fetus could have kidney problems (I guess they looked small) and also a cleft lip. I had called Sarah this morning when I got up and it was shortly after the doctor called her. She started crying when she was on the phone with me. I feel so bad. They have been trhough so much in the while they have been married. Sarah just turned 30 on Monday the 23rd. This is her first pregnancy.
Sarah said to me this morning, "This is so unfair!!"
I am asking you to keep her, Kyle and their unborn child in your prayers.
Thank You,
Brandi
Mar 20, 2009
Mar 17, 2009
*News Release
Release to all newspapers and wire services!
The Department of Defense briefed the president this morning. They told President Obama that 2 Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq.
To everyone's surprise, all the color drained from Obama's face.
Then he collapsed onto his desk, head in his hands, visibly shaken, almost in tears.
Finally, he composed himself and asked,'Just how many is a brazilian?'
This is not surprising, since he obviously has no understanding of a billion or a trillion either.
Deb
Mar 16, 2009
Government ppfftt
So the new government says " we will make the country better and stop this recession and to keep the economy growing. (by the way we will be taxed to death by this) they decide to give these B.S. companies bailout money without stating a clause that they cannot use that money to pay bonuses, hhhmmm, now Barack is mad? What right does he have when he is one who ok'd it. What is sad is: David the Rocky Mountain Newspaper is gone, did they get help? NO, the Star & Tribune is now owned by the Pioneer Press, did they get help NO, The World Market who gets their merchandise from importing from other countries is gone hhmmm think about that one and all the other small people.
I guess the saying is true who cares about the little people. Everybody is blaming Junior on this recession, but sit and reflect when the cheater Clinton was president is he not the one who ok'd all those crappy mortgages and why was it okay for the banks to give them when they knew it was a bad, bad idea? My mortgage is through U.S. Bank and they drilled us for weeks and not only wanted the past 2 years of tax returns but a whole lot of stuff that didn't have anything to do with a mortgage, I had to get information from my child support worker, past employees, they actually called our references we put down current ande past etc... U.S. bank is doing great, TCF gave their money back, Wells fargo sucks.
Where I work I am privy to information regarding banks, mortgage companies that no one else is, some of the stuff I read makes me want to puke.
The whole " I am going to get those troops out of Iraq thing hahahha Barack didn't even know how bad it was over there that is why some of Ty's unit, A friend of Debbie and Brandi's is getting sent oh yeah and yet another unit of the Guard which one of them is a very close friend of Ty's, don't get me wrong I totally support those guys but know what your saying before you know the whole picture. Yes I am pretty sure Ty will be going and that is totally okay, he has the sniper rifle.
Okay I am done ranting and welcome any comment.
Jodi
p.s. excuse my mispelling or any other English mistake
I guess the saying is true who cares about the little people. Everybody is blaming Junior on this recession, but sit and reflect when the cheater Clinton was president is he not the one who ok'd all those crappy mortgages and why was it okay for the banks to give them when they knew it was a bad, bad idea? My mortgage is through U.S. Bank and they drilled us for weeks and not only wanted the past 2 years of tax returns but a whole lot of stuff that didn't have anything to do with a mortgage, I had to get information from my child support worker, past employees, they actually called our references we put down current ande past etc... U.S. bank is doing great, TCF gave their money back, Wells fargo sucks.
Where I work I am privy to information regarding banks, mortgage companies that no one else is, some of the stuff I read makes me want to puke.
The whole " I am going to get those troops out of Iraq thing hahahha Barack didn't even know how bad it was over there that is why some of Ty's unit, A friend of Debbie and Brandi's is getting sent oh yeah and yet another unit of the Guard which one of them is a very close friend of Ty's, don't get me wrong I totally support those guys but know what your saying before you know the whole picture. Yes I am pretty sure Ty will be going and that is totally okay, he has the sniper rifle.
Okay I am done ranting and welcome any comment.
Jodi
p.s. excuse my mispelling or any other English mistake
Mar 9, 2009
I need your...
Hey All I was wondering if I could get your e-mail addresses that you use the most!!
Just send a blank e-mail to B_Midkiff@hotmail.com so I can enter it!!
Thank you
Brandi
Just send a blank e-mail to B_Midkiff@hotmail.com so I can enter it!!
Thank you
Brandi
Mar 8, 2009
Just thinking
Why aren’t people more freaked out about the economy?
I know if I were to write a check for let’s say $5,000.00 and it turned out to be bad, I’d be taken to court, sentenced and most likely locked up and listed as a felon. Yet we are letting our government spend money it does not have and they are racking up a huge bad check. (1.5 trillion dollars)
If I have to budget and you have to budget, shouldn’t our government be held to the same ideals. Sure it would be nice to have that really cool Yukon, but I can’t afford it, it is out of my budget, so I drive an old Blazer, it’s rusty and trusty. I remember a time ago when the Police cars would stay on the road until they got pretty shabby, only then you would see a new Police cars.
Now government will ask for more tax money, but with income tax, state tax, sales tax, property tax, hunting tax, fishing tax, boat tax, dog tax, road usage tax, ifta tax, entertainment tax, building permit tax, gas tax, tobacco tax, inheritance tax and gaming tax haven’t we been taxed enough already?
How about a responsible government that has to answer for spending.
J-me
I know if I were to write a check for let’s say $5,000.00 and it turned out to be bad, I’d be taken to court, sentenced and most likely locked up and listed as a felon. Yet we are letting our government spend money it does not have and they are racking up a huge bad check. (1.5 trillion dollars)
If I have to budget and you have to budget, shouldn’t our government be held to the same ideals. Sure it would be nice to have that really cool Yukon, but I can’t afford it, it is out of my budget, so I drive an old Blazer, it’s rusty and trusty. I remember a time ago when the Police cars would stay on the road until they got pretty shabby, only then you would see a new Police cars.
Now government will ask for more tax money, but with income tax, state tax, sales tax, property tax, hunting tax, fishing tax, boat tax, dog tax, road usage tax, ifta tax, entertainment tax, building permit tax, gas tax, tobacco tax, inheritance tax and gaming tax haven’t we been taxed enough already?
How about a responsible government that has to answer for spending.
J-me
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