Cookie Monsters

Has anyone else had their Girl Scout cookies delivered yet? I have mixed emotions about these wonderful treats. 1) Why, oh why do I have to wait a whole year to get a box of Thin Mints and then 2) I'm so thankful that I can only get Thin Mints once a year!
Didn't I mention a few blogs back that we are doing the Biggest Loser at school? What on earth was I thinking when I said I would do that? I suck at that game in general and then you add my girl scout cookie delivery to that and WELL, I just can't help myself!
I think that I ordered 7 boxes. I know that sounds like a lot but I'm already panicking about them being gone too soon. Do you guys understand what I'm saying here? There is nothing more yummy then frozen thin mint cookies. They are the perfect morning snack, mid-morning snack, dessert, afternoon snack and of course bed time snack. The way I'm looking at it right now is this.....they say if you want to lose weight, you should eat every couple of hours so that you don't get too hungry. I think I'm trying really hard to obey by that diet rule. Eat a couple of thin mints every couple of hours and watch the pounds just melt away! As a matter of a fact, I think it's time for my afternoon snack now.

Precious Memories

Grandmas. Aren't they the greatest? I love my grandma more than life itself. She is just the sweetest, funniest, most loving person in the world. I hope that everyone reading this is lucky enough to have a grandma like mine.

I have always been very close to my grandma so I know a lot about her and her daily routines. In spending so much time with her while grandpa was sick, I saw many of those routines put into play and learned things that I didn't know.

Here are things I knew:

1. Saturday cleaning day.

2. Sunday church.

3. Friday town (hair appointment at 1:00).

4. Monday wash.

5. Wash out your baggies, they can be used more then once.

6. Diary entry every night. (I pray someday these will be mine)

Here are things I learned:

1. Saturday evening: shower time

2. It's ok to spend 15 minutes looking for your dryer sheet because they are good for AT LEAST

TWO WEEKS!

3. When writing letters (no one but grandma's do this anymore) keep track of whose turn it is to

write. Cousin Betty sent her Christmas card and WROTE in it but grandma too sent a card

but after she received Betty's. Now, whose turn is it to write next? Grandma was the last

one to send anything but Betty was the last one to actually write!

4. Never and I mean NEVER throw any left over food away. Not even that 2 bites of green

beans. They can be heated up for dinner.

5. Lawerence Welk can still be found on TV.

This is just a tid bit of the info that I knew and learned about my precious grandma. I could probably come up with a million more things but I think you get the idea. I'm smiling now just thinking about her. I will cherish these memories about her forever! Call your grandma today and tell her how much you love her.

Sadness

No one has probably even noticed, but I have not blogged for almost 2 weeks. I had been spending every spare minute I had at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Over those 2 weeks, I sadly watched my dear Grandpa progressively become worse until on February 11th at 10:30am, the Lord called him home. It's strange because for the week that he was confined to a hospital bed, I stood at his bed and silently prayed that he would not have to suffer. When his suffering ended, I prayed for selfish reasons, that there was some way I could bring him back. Losing him was just too painful.
As much as I miss him and will continue to miss him, I think one of the hardest parts of this is watching grandma. The thought of her being without him is almost unbearable to me. They were married for 63 wonderful years and did everything together. Two peas in pod!
Please keep grandma and our family in your prayers as we adjust to life without this very special man.

Yummy to my tummy!

As of this past Monday we started our own version of the Biggest Loser here at school. We have played this game before and I STINK at it. At our final weigh-in, I end up weighing more! Yes, MORE, it wasn't a typo!
Well, we just wrapped up lunch and as I sit here with my very, very, uncomfortably full tummy, I just want to say for the record that it is not my fault that I stink at the Biggest Loser, it is all Ruth Marie Scherer's fault!
For those of you who don't know who Ruth is, she is our beloved cook here at Orearville. She has been here for a bazillion years. You wanna know why? Because she is SO good at her job. I tell her all the time, when she goes, I go! I always feel bad for those people that complain about their school's food because I'm telling you ours is wonderful. So much so, that Karson begged one year for Ruth to come to our house at Christmas to make the mashed potatoes!
I tell myself everyday that I can resist the temptation of her food and then the aroma gets the best of me and I cave! Telling myself that I'll start tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes. Tomorrow's menu is just as good as todays! We have homemade rolls, sausage, homemade biscuits, cinnamon rolls, pig in a blanket, chicken pot pie, pumpkin dessert....there is no way I can list it all, it just goes on and on.
Today's menu: Vegetable beef soup, grilled cheese sandwiches (she cooks mine in the oven because she knows that I love it that way), peaches and corn flake cookies.
See what I mean???
I know you are all jealous, but too bad, you can't have her, she's MINE!
I love you Ruthie for all your yummy food and special treats that you provide for us but most of all I love you for being you!

Sidenote: This pretty dress isn't something that Ruthie would typically wear, it was a "white elephant" gift at the school's Christmas party. Pretty huh??

AW

To most people the letters AW don't mean much and to me they mean everything.

For the past 87 years, this world has been blessed with a man by the name of AW Neff. A man I'm lucky enough to call grandpa.

This blog could go on and on about what a great grandpa he is and always has been. However, anyone that knows him, already knows that. So, I'll just keep it short and say, this world is a better place because he's in it. I love you grandpa!

Gambling Girls

Karson and I both had money on the Super Bowl. We bought these "squares". I put in 20 bucks, which bought me 8 squares on the grid and Karson had 4. Neither of us really understood how this was going to work but what we did know was that when it was all said and done, we had the possibility of winning $250. The game paid at the end of each quarter. $40.00 for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters and $130 at the end of the 4th quarter. First 3 quarters came and went and Karson and I didn't have squat! Now, for the big finale, in the 4th quarter, with less then 2 minutes to play, I'm winning, thanks to that wonderful safety...YEA Christy! No wait, Arizona scores again and now Karson is winning. Holy cow we are all about to pee our pants. There is now like a minute left to play. Karson can't decide, should she put her money in her saddle fund, should she get shoes for Bailey (the horse), oh decisions, decisions. Then can you believe those darn Steelers get the ball and score AGAIN?!? What does this mean in the end? It means that Christy and Karson didn't win &#@*! Notta, nothing. Then to rub salt in the wound, Arizona lost. What a way to start the week!