September 2010
09/10/2010 (Recent)
Grumpy says,"All sorts of sports going on this weekend. High school football, the NU volleyball tournament, college football and the big game day tomorrow. And we mustn't forget the Kansas City Royals." (Fri 7:56am)
Grumpy says,"By the way, does your shelter use the microchips for ID? I heard a story last night about a dog that was lost for seven years and was finally identified with the microchip." (Fri 7:55am)
Grumpy says,"Chris: I'm sure glad you get a day off tomorrow. It's about time." (Fri 7:53am)
chrik says,"what color should we paint the kitchen? the appley green is not working with the brown floor. makes it feel like an andes mint. was thinking something more of like an icey light blue. i need david bromstad." (Fri 7:19am)
chrik says,"work today. 14 days in a row. have tomorrow off. yay." (Fri 7:17am)
grumpy says,"test" (Fri 6:08am)
09/09/2010
Jen says,"Glad you got out of the Cave mike... you need to do that daily while it is nice :-)" (Thu 8:51am)
Jen says,"Send pictures of painting !!! I hope you took and are taking before, during and after like we did w/ our bathroom... too fun!" (Thu 8:50am)
Jen says,"Pictures of kids and new puppy are so cute!" (Thu 8:49am)
Grumpy says,"Beautiful morning this morning. I even went outside and took a buzz around the court." (Thu 7:30am)
Grumpy says,"Send some pictures of your kitchen painting -- it looks good." (Thu 7:29am)
Grumpy says,"Chris: you just have to put your foot down and tell the shelter that you need a day or two off." (Thu 7:29am)
chrik says,"love you guys" (Thu 7:07am)
chrik says,"painting is going well. lovin' our cabinets..." (Thu 7:07am)
chrik says,"just a day to chillax and do laundry and stuff....." (Thu 7:07am)
chrik says,"i really need a day off....." (Thu 7:06am)
chrik says,"even though i love my job. and even though i would maybe go for a visit to the shelter anyway. and even though i only work till noon today....." (Thu 7:06am)
chrik says,"mornin' " (Thu 7:05am)
09/08/2010
Grumpy says,"Oh well, back to work. :)" (Wed 8:17am)
Grumpy says,"Hmmm, maybe I ought to buy a 110 gallon aquarium for the Cave. That would give the lady of the house something to do. (I'll get in trouble for that one.)" (Wed 8:16am)
Grumpy says,"I sometimes wish we could do another dog but this place just isn't conducive to having them." (Wed 8:14am)
Grumpy says,"I hope the new pooch in Alma is doing well but I couldn't resist putting the little tease on my banner this morning." (Wed 8:13am)
09/07/2010
Grumpy says,"Going to lunch :argh:" (Tue 11:16am)
mom says,"I am working so hard I needed to take a break" (Tue 11:15am)
Grumpy says,"I'm always watching you." (Tue 11:14am)
Grumpy says,"Get off the post and get to work." (Tue 11:13am)
mom says,"Good Luck with new puppy! Hopefully he will let everyone sleep tonight" (Tue 11:13am)
mikey says,"getting New puppy tonight. Kids very excited. Cat is not. We will post pictures" (Tue 9:45am)
Jen says,"Thank you so much for lunch yesterday... it was so fun and relaxing (as mom did all the work!) What a nice day!" (Tue 8:20am)
Grumpy says,"It was nice to hear that the Almaites got back from their road trip to the Ozarks okay." (Tue 8:06am)
Grumpy says,"We only had run the air conditioner about six hours yesterday. Then a cold front came in and cooled everything off." (Tue 8:04am)
Grumpy says,"Brad and I watched one of my favorite movies " The Wind and the Lion"." (Tue 8:03am)
Grumpy says,"We had a nice Southern fried chicken Labor Day lunch yesterday. What's the old expression "a good time was had by all" (I think anyway).:)" (Tue 8:01am)
09/06/2010
Grumpy says,"we hope all of you have a great Labor Day holiday." (Mon 10:18am)
Grumpy says,"it was a whole lot different than the mayhem we see in movies today." (Mon 10:17am)
Grumpy says,"I watched the Sound of Music last night -- the whole thing. I had forgotten just how wonderful a movie that was. Some might consider it a little hokey in parts but it was just an all-around feel-good movie." (Mon 10:16am)
Grumpy says,"We're having the Novotny's over for lunch today. Hope the weather cooperates and stays cool." (Mon 10:14am)
09/05/2010
chrik says,"oh. there i am. yay for pius!! hope they get their lunchroom before the snow." (Sun 8:55am)
chrik says,"hey. where is my icon??" (Sun 8:55am)
09/04/2010
mom says,"Here I am - going to the Husker game - for all of you who voted for pius on kohls bless your heart our ol school got 500,ooo.oo :clap: " (Sat 11:05am)
Jen says,"Met his "cath lab ladies" last night. They are truly wonderful people, and Cathy (my age) has officially adopted himt!" (Sat 9:39am)
Jen says,"Also Steven has paid off a student loan... he is down to one! He has paid off 1/3 of his loans :clap:" (Sat 9:38am)
Jen says,"Steven was so excited after last nights game... all the coach were having cigars to celebrate." (Sat 9:38am)
Jen says,"Found out where Almaites are... they are in the Ozarks for the long weekend w/ Jess's parents. :clap:" (Sat 9:37am)
Jen says,"Yea for Westside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Sat 9:36am)
Jen says,"GO HUSKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Sat 9:36am)
Grumpy says,"Have a good day up there in North Dakota." (Sat 8:10am)
chrik says,"mmmmm.....enjoy....lov eyou.." (Sat 8:10am)
Grumpy says,"You remember, bacon, eggs, and toast." (Sat 8:09am)
Grumpy says,"I don't have much time, the lady of the house was fixing our farm breakfast this morning and it's almost done." (Sat 8:08am)
chrik says,"fun pics for the webmaster i'm thinkin' ;-)" (Sat 8:08am)
Grumpy says,"Yes, I was getting the pictures too." (Sat 8:07am)
chrik says,"hey, hi dad!" (Sat 8:07am)
chrik says,"jen, you should email those phone pics to dad." (Sat 8:06am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning Chris!" (Sat 8:06am)
chrik says,"fun pics of stevie and his football coaching" (Sat 8:06am)
09/03/2010
Grumpy says,"Big weekend of sports." (Fri 11:37am)
Grumpy says,"System outage this morning -- I'm way behind." (Fri 11:37am)
chrik says,"ps. saw a really cute movie last night, called 'The Switch' :)" (Fri 7:31am)
chrik says,"anyhoo, love you guys..." (Fri 7:31am)
chrik says,"iky's parents don't know how good they had it with jessie, they (and he) will miss her. they always took advantage of her though i think.......maybe b/c they were young too, they don't know how the whole 'nanny' thing should go" (Fri 7:30am)
chrik says,"someone found the kitty when they took out their trash and saw something move in the pet taxi. then she brought it in to us. we don't think she was lying b/c she is a member. " (Fri 7:29am)
09/02/2010
Jen says,"Got to get to work!" (Thu 2:27pm)
Jen says,"Elizabeth isn't working for me... I think I want to be Chris Cowan? tee hee" (Thu 2:26pm)
Jen says,"Kevin... I need a new picture, when you aren't building homes, computer programs, garden fences, chicken cages and any other million jobs you are currently working on. :-)" (Thu 2:26pm)
Jen says,"Chris... send pictures when the pretty poodle gets cleaned up!" (Thu 2:25pm)
Jen says,"She is anxious to get back to Babies :-)." (Thu 2:24pm)
Jen says,"She has already started at PCCC and they are creating a baby room that she will help create, then be in charge of :clap:. Right now she is with the 2yr - school age depending on the time of day. " (Thu 2:24pm)
Jen says,"Jessica is officially done working for Isaac's parents :-) however, she is going to miss him terribly :-( . He is such a cutie. She is spending the afternoon with him and his Grandmother which was nice." (Thu 2:23pm)
Jen says,"Congrats to Momma... loved the State Fair pics, but I didn't see Mom in any of them!" (Thu 2:22pm)
Jen says,"How did someone find the Kitty? chris only gives us part of the story, it's amazing that someone found it!" (Thu 2:21pm)
Grumpy says,"Be sure and look at the new Cave pics" (Thu 9:01am)
chrik says,"love you guys." (Thu 8:15am)
chrik says,"happy for grammy. " (Thu 8:15am)
chrik says,"anyhoo, off to work again. hopefully no stupid will happen today. " (Thu 8:15am)
chrik says,"yesterday at work some idiot put a very sweet 1 year old kitty in a pet taxi with some food and threw him in the dumpster. i just don't get who would do something like that. and why the food? so he can not be hungry before he gets trash compacted? idiots." (Thu 8:14am)
chrik says,"i can just imagine how excited she was. :bounce:" (Thu 8:11am)
chrik says,":clap: yay grammy!!" (Thu 8:11am)
Grumpy says,"We're going to apply the winnings to our fund for a new RV." (Thu 7:42am)
Grumpy says,"Big news! The lady of the house won $110 on a keno card yesterday at the state fair. As far as I can remember that's the first time she's won big on a keno." (Thu 7:40am)
Grumpy says,"" People are stupid" ? I wonder if that means all people. Hmmm, Chris must've had a bad encounter today" (Thu 7:37am)
09/01/2010
Jen says,"Chris' comments remind me of jessica's... one liners that leave us to wonder?" (Wed 9:32pm)
chrik says,"people are stupid." (Wed 1:21pm)
Jen says,"Got to work or will be fired!" (Wed 11:32am)
Jen says,"The Kansas City crew are also a two - dog family now. Saw the newest addition last weekend, really cute American Shepherd was named Camden, but now is Devany (we pushed for the second name)" (Wed 11:32am)
Jen says,"don't know if I told you that Kelsey's grades were extremely high, his biochem grad was 4th in the class, and the majority got c's or below, two were kicked out of school due to failing grades. I guess it's no second chance " (Wed 11:31am)
Jen says,"He was hoping to move south, but at this point just wants his foot in the door!" (Wed 11:29am)
Jen says,"He has a second interview next Wednesday for the job that he was most excited about, this one in milwaukee. Interview #1 was a phone interview, this is in person." (Wed 11:29am)
Jen says,"Oops not minneapolis, but Milwaukee, duh me" (Wed 11:28am)
Jen says,"Back to news.... Brad (aka "Lil shit") has three job possibilities in the works, two in Minneapolis and one in Chicago." (Wed 11:27am)
Jen says,"Glad Mom is going to the Fair, should be a nice day for it!" (Wed 11:26am)
Jen says,"Much news at Novotny Home.... Jessica is enjoying her new job at PCS Daycare, hope that continues and it not just the "newness" Roxane (her boss) is happy to have her there :clap:" (Wed 11:23am)
Jen says,"Happy belated birthday John!!!!!!!!!!" (Wed 11:22am)
Grumpy says,"So I'm going to have to spend the day batching it." (Wed 8:01am)
Grumpy says,"I hope everyone has a good time. The only problem may be rain." (Wed 8:00am)
Grumpy says,"The lady of the house is going to Grand Island to the state fair today. It's another St. Joe's bus excursion." (Wed 7:59am)
08/31/2010
Grumpy says,"I've got some hardware problems this morning so I guess I better get on with it and try to fix them." (Tue 8:07am)
Grumpy says,"A little behind this morning. It looks like Chris was on bright now to this morning." (Tue 8:06am)
chrik says,"just checking for my reese icon" (Tue 7:24am)
chrik says,"john's bday today. what should i get him?? any ideas??" (Tue 7:23am)
08/30/2010
chrik says,"we love it" (Mon 7:58am)
Grumpy says,"My telephone is ringing I better go." (Mon 7:58am)
chrik says,"we used our grill again the other day... hamburgers this time" (Mon 7:58am)
Grumpy says,"No, just another day I guess." (Mon 7:57am)
chrik says,"you guys going to dinner or anything?" (Mon 7:57am)
Grumpy says,"Well, there are nights like that. Although, we don't have them too often." (Mon 7:57am)
chrik says,"hmmm. i guess you're right. b/c i was 6. well. happy 36th then. :o)" (Mon 7:56am)
chrik says,"aww. sorry to hear it (that you didn't sleep well). we were up too. mostly b/c of the dog....he wasn't sleepy either." (Mon 7:56am)
Grumpy says,"If my decrepit memory serves me well I think we were married in 1974." (Mon 7:55am)
chrik says,"but jonah is 10" (Mon 7:55am)
Grumpy says,"We had a bad night last night. The lady of the house and I both fell asleep early in the evening and then woke up and couldn't get back to sleep." (Mon 7:55am)
chrik says,"36?? really??" (Mon 7:55am)
chrik says,"Oooh. A new gas range! The traditional 35th anniversary present." (Mon 7:54am)
Grumpy says,"No, I think it's the 36th." (Mon 7:54am)
chrik says,"Hi dad" (Mon 7:54am)
chrik says,"Love you guys. Hope you have a great day. :o)" (Mon 7:53am)
chrik says,"It's your 35th, isn't it?? wow." (Mon 7:53am)
Grumpy says,"Thank you. We are giving each other a new gas range for the kitchen whenever we find the right one." (Mon 7:53am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning Chris!" (Mon 7:52am)
chrik says,"Happy Anniversary Dad and Harry!! :toast: Cheers to you!" (Mon 7:52am)
08/29/2010
Jen says,"We have been to Kansas city and Cedar Bluffs, NE this weekend so it has been on the go non stop. Laundry is the most I will be doing today. haha" (Sun 8:49am)
Jen says,"Novotny's are being lazy and not going to church today, our church is having a big community event, so we had planned to go to steve's church today, but he wanted to go to the singles group today so we are being bums" (Sun 8:48am)
Jen says,"Maybe Alma hasn't started school. I just missed you by a few minutes chris... bummer." (Sun 8:47am)
chrik says,"sure would be nice to see alma's first day of school pics. " (Sun 8:36am)
08/28/2010
chrik says,"love you guys" (Sat 8:32am)
chrik says,"what about the google thing? i don't get it. " (Sat 8:31am)
Grumpy says,"I'm going to learn more about it the next few days." (Sat 8:12am)
Grumpy says,"Google has come up with something neat. You can use Google mail to call anyone in the country. I tried it on the lady of the house yesterday while she was at work. It worked like a charm." (Sat 8:11am)
Grumpy says,"I got a late start today and I have a lot of stuff to do. Seems like the work is never done." (Sat 8:10am)
08/27/2010
chrik says,"chrik out" (Fri 7:02pm)
chrik says,"Jen--I totally got several loads of laundry and also unloaded/loaded the dishwasher, plus folded a bunch of backed up laundry loads. I only read for a short time. (it was hard to resist though)" (Fri 7:02pm)
mikey says,"peace out" (Fri 4:56pm)
mikey says,"if people continue to make fun of me i will no longer post." (Fri 4:56pm)
Jen says,"Peace Out.... who am I haha" (Fri 8:49am)
Jen says,"One more thing.... Chris is so going to spend her day off reading #10 not cleaning or laundry :clap:" (Fri 8:48am)
Jen says,"Love to all." (Fri 8:47am)
Jen says,"Pictures from Alma??????" (Fri 8:47am)
Jen says,"Ok.... I got a little Teary looking at lizzi walking into high school.... wow" (Fri 8:46am)
chrik says,"chrik out" (Fri 8:06am)
chrik says,"day off today. hmmm....what to do?? laundry perhaps?" (Fri 8:06am)
Grumpy says,"I can hardly wait to see the Husker volleyball team tomorrow night. I hope they're as good as they look like they are on paper." (Fri 7:39am)
Grumpy says,"I think Brad and Jen are on their way to KC. Hope they have a safe trip." (Fri 7:38am)
Grumpy says,"Well anyway it is awfully nice to hear from Mikey again." (Fri 7:37am)
Grumpy says,"Nice to see Mikey on again. Although, I'm not sure what the "peace out" means. He could've said something Trekie like "all communication channels closed"." (Fri 7:36am)
08/26/2010
chrik says,"love you guys..." (Thu 12:34pm)
chrik says,"mikey---you're not going to crop her ears are you?? ugh. i hate it when people do that. it's illegal in other countries. plus they look way cuter with their ears as God intended them. cute puppy though. :)" (Thu 12:34pm)
mikey says,"peace out" (Thu 8:18am)
mikey says,"will keep you updated" (Thu 8:18am)
mikey says,"don't have a name picked out yet....could be a point on contention" (Thu 8:18am)
mikey says,"morning all. Okay...have not been on in a while. Kendall has started school and likes 1st grade. We did buy a dog finally. Got a female Boxer but we don't pick her up for 2 more weeks" (Thu 8:17am)
Grumpy says,"You have a good day too Jen. I'll get you the information you need." (Thu 7:41am)
Jen says,"Better get to work, have a good day, and yes please get me the pius stuff and I'll post it at the office for Patients also." (Thu 7:40am)
Grumpy says,"I believe so." (Thu 7:40am)
Jen says,"Has Kendall started school?" (Thu 7:39am)
Jen says,"We have a pt, that is looking for a good home for a med. sized dog that is wonderful and fully trained :-)" (Thu 7:39am)
Grumpy says,"I don't think they've got the dog yet." (Thu 7:39am)
Grumpy says,"Wait until the lady of the house sees that post. My name will be mud." (Thu 7:38am)
Jen says,"Mikey purchased a dog, and didn't send pics... what is with that?" (Thu 7:38am)
Jen says,"I think you need a big old Bull Dog :clap:" (Thu 7:38am)
Grumpy says,"I think Mikey and Jess also purchased a dog -- a boxer I think. So I'm on my way to the want ads. Hmmm, maybe a Great Dane" (Thu 7:37am)
Jen says,"Steven is really hoping when she gets her CNA that she considers moving to Omaha and working at Children's Hositpal. would be a good fit for her." (Thu 7:37am)
Jen says,"I think it will be too, and she is excited to be in on the ground floor of the Baby room." (Thu 7:37am)
Grumpy says,"I'm sure happy for Jess. I think this new job will be a good fit for her." (Thu 7:36am)
Jen says,"Kelsey and Alyssa bought a new dog, a german shepherd. From a reputatable breeder, not a puppy mill, don't worry chris. :-)" (Thu 7:35am)
Grumpy says,"Yes, I saw those pics. I called Lizzi this morning figuring that she would answer her cell phone and she did." (Thu 7:35am)
Jen says,"Jessica gave her notice to her Nannyee yesterday, she starts at Parkview on Sept. 7" (Thu 7:34am)
Jen says,"Great pics of Lizzi on Chris' facebook account. They went to school yesterday, she looks so "adult" it's scary" (Thu 7:34am)
Grumpy says,"It is arcane. I'll tell you what I'll have to do. I'll go on and figure out a path and then call you. Is that okay?" (Thu 7:34am)
Jen says,"I need specific directions how to vote for Pius on Kohls.... why do they make this so hard?" (Thu 7:33am)
Grumpy says,"I thought I might find you on here this morning." (Thu 7:33am)
Grumpy says,"thank you Jen" (Thu 7:32am)
Grumpy says,"Boy, if it weren't for Chris and Jen I'd never get a piece of Caniglia's pizza. So thank you Jen and Chris for going to bat for the portly grumpy." (Thu 7:32am)
Jen says,"Love your new camera, the pic of you in the am is great." (Thu 7:32am)
Grumpy says,"Called Lizzi this morning and she, unlike her mother, answered her phone. We wanted to wish her good luck on her first day of high school." (Thu 7:29am)
chrik says,"love you guys" (Thu 1:14am)
chrik says,"poor dad didn't get a caniglia's pizza. :( i would bring you a pizza" (Thu 1:14am)
chrik says,"lizzi is very excited to start tomorrow. she has an awesome class schedule :)" (Thu 1:13am)
chrik says,"so far jonah and ani are enjoying their school" (Thu 1:13am)
chrik says,"will be sending 1st day of school pics after lizzi starts tomorrow..." (Thu 1:13am)
chrik says,"hello all." (Thu 1:12am)
08/25/2010
Grumpy says,"I put some pictures on the cave of Kevin's project. They're not real good pictures but they'll have to do until I get better ones." (Wed 8:02am)
Grumpy says,"I wish I'd hear from Mikey even though he thinks I'm annoying when I'm on the phone." (Wed 8:01am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning Jen and now goodbye again. I was having a hardware problem or I might've gotten on when you did." (Wed 8:00am)
Jen says,"good morning! :-)" (Wed 7:32am)
08/24/2010
Jen says,":clap: :beer: :bounce:" (Tue 6:12pm)
Jen says,"Yes... I am still working people! But our new receptionist is catching on so quickly that we will be able to get away in October." (Tue 6:12pm)
Jen says,"I care enough for you that I would personally drive to Omaha just to pick you up a pie from Caniglias." (Tue 6:11pm)
Jen says,"For the record.... I suggested to Mom that she take you an individual pizza and she said "not this time", what is with that?" (Tue 6:10pm)
Jen says,"Where are first day of school pics? Come on Alma and North Dakota people." (Tue 6:09pm)
Grumpy says,"I turned my air conditioner off today even though the air is a little humid. Trying to save my electric bill." (Tue 7:40am)
Grumpy says,"Jen: I'm really upset with your mother that she didn't pick up a Caniglias pizza for me while she had the chance. I wonder how far west they deliver" (Tue 7:39am)
Grumpy says,"Chris: Looking forward to seeing the first day pictures. Mikey (if you see this) I'd like to get a picture of Kendall on her first day as well." (Tue 7:37am)
08/23/2010
chrik says,"Took pics of the school kids today. Will send them later. Lizzi starts Thursday." (Mon 12:37pm)
08/22/2010
Jen says,"Had a fun dinner, and ate tooooo much food!" (Sun 7:05pm)
Jen says,"That picture of Mom and Steven is fantastic as is the one of Jess and G and Gpa stemper :-)" (Sun 7:05pm)
Jen says,"Yes... my son is 25 years old and no I am NOT old enough to have a 25 year old." (Sun 7:05pm)
chrik says,"Happy Birthday Stevie!! Looks like a fun birthday dinner! Hope you had a great day! " (Sun 5:33pm)
Grumpy says,"I even watched a little pro football last night -- Chiefs versus Tampa Bay. I'm not a big pro football fan but I watched it and the Royals baseball game at the same time. Multitasking you know." (Sun 8:30am)
Grumpy says,"I'm really excited about the volleyball season. I haven't seen the type of talent we have now for several years." (Sun 8:29am)
Grumpy says,"I'm glad everyone had a good time at the birthday party yesterday." (Sun 8:28am)
Grumpy says,"John and Chris's anniversary, Tom and Betsy's anniversary and Steve's birthday. There's more on the way." (Sun 8:27am)
Grumpy says,"Boy, do I have a lot of the events to take care of or what." (Sun 8:26am)
08/21/2010
Jen says,"Good morning... looking forward to Birthday Dinner tonight :clap:" (Sat 10:27am)
Grumpy says,"Bought a handy-dandy iron for 28 bucks at Amazon (where else)." (Sat 9:52am)
Grumpy says,"Special breakfast today -- waffles." (Sat 9:51am)
Grumpy says,"Sleepy Saturday today." (Sat 9:49am)
08/20/2010
chrik says,"when does kendall start school??" (Fri 10:18am)
chrik says,"oh, jonah and ani start monday, lizzi starts thursday. " (Fri 10:18am)
chrik says,"love you guys. happy friday. " (Fri 10:18am)
chrik says,"17 years. " (Fri 10:17am)
chrik says,"going out to dinner tonight though with my hubby. haven't gone out on a 'date' with just us in years. unless you count trips to Lowe's, which we usually do count as dates" (Fri 10:17am)
chrik says,"nixed the camping trip----didn't want to face the bad storms." (Fri 10:15am)
Grumpy says,"Mikey: your mom tells me that you have a shotgun. I've got a gun cleaning kit and a cleaning mount that are brand-new (unopened) that you're welcome to." (Fri 7:36am)
Grumpy says,"I hope John and Chris's camping trip went well although the weather forecast showed some storms in that area last night." (Fri 7:34am)
Grumpy says,"I guess I shouldn't say that, the lady of the house is always up and running at that time as well." (Fri 7:33am)
Grumpy says,"My goodness, Jen is up and running early this morning. She puts us all to shame." (Fri 7:32am)
Jen says,"I suppose EVERY one is asleep while some of us are already working... actually I am not working yet, but will be soon :-)" (Fri 5:52am)
Jen says,"Hope they didn't get the rain we got as they are camping... very romantic Anniversary :clap:" (Fri 5:51am)
Jen says,"Happy Anniversary John and Chris... How many years is it?" (Fri 5:51am)
08/19/2010
Jen says,"Sounds like fun." (Thu 12:11pm)
Jen says,"Are you going for the entire weekend?" (Thu 12:10pm)
Jen says,"When do the kids start school.? Lincoln already started." (Thu 12:10pm)
chrik says,"goin' camping tonight. :clap: hope it doesn't rain." (Thu 8:56am)
chrik says,"sheesh. better get a card or something...." (Thu 8:56am)
chrik says,"omg! John and I's anniversary is TOMORROW!!" (Thu 8:55am)
Grumpy says,"Sorry about that." (Thu 8:21am)
Grumpy says,"For some unknown reason I tried to use a different editor. I had used before but it was a long time ago. I had forgotten that it can't handle my webpages." (Thu 8:21am)
Grumpy says,"If any of you were trying to get on my webpage today (probably not) I had a bad mess up." (Thu 8:20am)
08/18/2010
Grumpy says,"Are they going to put fish in it? It really sounds like a great addition to your neighborhood." (Wed 8:03am)
Grumpy says,"Chris: it's funny you should mention that Lake. I was wondering about it a couple of days ago and even Google earthed your house to see if I could see the Lake." (Wed 8:02am)
Grumpy says,"I said on my banner that was muggy today. Big contrast with the beautiful dry day we had yesterday." (Wed 8:01am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning everyone!" (Wed 7:59am)
08/17/2010
Grumpy says,"All the pics are going to Facebook these days." (Tue 12:26pm)
Grumpy says,"Time will tell." (Tue 12:25pm)
Grumpy says,"Kev's date was OK. Probably will be a moral support type association." (Tue 12:24pm)
Grumpy says,"Wonder why the crazy day." (Tue 12:22pm)
chrik says,"probably will not sit down again until about 3:30pm. sigh...." (Tue 7:45am)
chrik says,"crazy day today." (Tue 7:44am)
08/16/2010
Grumpy says,"The lady of the house and I even enjoyed a cup of coffee out on our upper deck. We even got to watch a few golfers." (Mon 8:27am)
Grumpy says,"But life goes on. We have a fairly beautiful morning this morning to go with a beautiful day yesterday." (Mon 8:27am)
Grumpy says,"The whole episode has been a little weird (check that, a lot weird)." (Mon 8:26am)
Grumpy says,"Kevin called yesterday afternoon and guess what? He was going to try to meet that mysterious lady again. I wonder how it all went down." (Mon 8:25am)
Grumpy says,"And now the beginning of another week. I don't know where they go. I've got tons to do and the time just keeps flying by." (Mon 8:24am)
08/15/2010
chrik says,"Happy 15th Anniversary, Mikey and Jess! :toast: Hope you had a good one. " (Sun 5:51pm)
chrik says,"How was the party yesterday?? Wish we could have been there. " (Sun 5:50pm)
chrik says,"Good evening...." (Sun 5:50pm)
Grumpy says,"Tired today and so is everyone else it seems." (Sun 11:08am)
08/14/2010
Grumpy says,"However, you might have been thoughtful and spelled it Mooney!" (Sat 11:42am)
Grumpy says,"Chrik: Nice picture of Moony on your Facebook." (Sat 11:41am)
08/13/2010
chrik says,"love you guys..." (Fri 9:40am)
chrik says,"wish i was at the rummage sale drinkin' coffee and eating a lamars with grumpy and grammy" (Fri 9:40am)
chrik says,"Happy Friday the 13th! :hide:" (Fri 9:39am)
chrik says,"Good morning...." (Fri 9:39am)
Grumpy says,"Cherie wants to set me out there but I resisted." (Fri 8:32am)
Grumpy says,"Cherie spent more on Lamars rolls than we've made at the sale." (Fri 8:31am)
Grumpy says,"More garage sales today. We don't have many goods." (Fri 8:30am)
Grumpy says,"Morning all!" (Fri 8:29am)
08/12/2010
chrik says,"love yous..." (Thu 9:06am)
chrik says,"rummage sale in your court today!!! :bounce: wish i was there!!" (Thu 9:06am)
08/11/2010
Grumpy says,"Wish the Royals were doing better." (Wed 9:43am)
Grumpy says,"I'll bet he'll really get excited when they have their first game." (Wed 9:41am)
Grumpy says,"I think it's great that Steve is going to coach." (Wed 9:40am)
Jen says,"Have a good day all... i;m going to " (Wed 8:15am)
Jen says,"heat, heat, heat." (Wed 8:15am)
Jen says,"He has been exhausted... he took three days of vaca to help with two a days and he is soooo tired." (Wed 8:15am)
Jen says,"Steven received his official Westside School Coaching Staff shirt and is excited" (Wed 8:14am)
Jen says,"oops :clap:" (Wed 8:14am)
Jen says,"Whitney is catching on very well :clap;" (Wed 8:14am)
08/10/2010
chrik says,"see ya" (Tue 7:44am)
Grumpy says,"OK Chrik" (Tue 7:43am)
chrik says,"yeah. that's what i told lizzi" (Tue 7:43am)
Grumpy says,"We had to work alot." (Tue 7:43am)
chrik says,"anyhoo, have a nice morning dad. i will try to call you lateron. love you" (Tue 7:43am)
chrik says,"yeah." (Tue 7:43am)
Grumpy says,"And too much money." (Tue 7:42am)
chrik says,"i told lizzi that i think kids have too much time on their hands nowadays" (Tue 7:42am)
Grumpy says,"What ever happened to green rivers?" (Tue 7:42am)
chrik says,"they also play a 'choking game' where they will choke each other just until they pass out. crazy!" (Tue 7:42am)
chrik says,"sigh" (Tue 7:41am)
chrik says,"kids actually drink hairspray b/c of it's high alcohol content (after sniffing the aresol that is)" (Tue 7:41am)
Grumpy says,"I guess." (Tue 7:40am)
chrik says,"pretty scary" (Tue 7:40am)
chrik says,"the counselor went over drug info" (Tue 7:40am)
Grumpy says,"Have a good day Chrik." (Tue 7:40am)
chrik says,"we're good. lizzi had her hs orientation last night" (Tue 7:40am)
chrik says,"ah. tis ok. i work at 8 this morning so i should probably go and get ready so i can leave in a few minutes" (Tue 7:39am)
Grumpy says,"You guys OK up there?" (Tue 7:39am)
Grumpy says,"Don't have my dictation running so I'm slow." (Tue 7:39am)
chrik says,"how goes it?" (Tue 7:38am)
chrik says,"good morning to you!" (Tue 7:38am)
Grumpy says,"Hi Chris" (Tue 7:38am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning everyone -- or anyone?" (Tue 7:38am)
chrik says,"hello" (Tue 7:38am)
08/09/2010
chrik says,"love you guys." (Mon 1:25pm)
chrik says,";-)" (Mon 1:25pm)
chrik says,"Love kev's new place. Now all it needs is a yurt." (Mon 1:25pm)
chrik says,"Jen, what MK?" (Mon 1:25pm)
Grumpy says,"Where did you go Jen?" (Mon 11:26am)
Grumpy says,"Hilarious Facebook posts about Kevin and his chickens." (Mon 7:49am)
Grumpy says,"I think I discovered how to fix the problem when it occurs." (Mon 7:48am)
Grumpy says,"Sorry about the double post." (Mon 7:47am)
Grumpy says,"Glad we're up and running again." (Mon 7:46am)
Grumpy says,"Glad we're up and running again." (Mon 7:46am)
08/08/2010
Jen says,"Night" (Sun 8:24pm)
Jen says,"Going to go to bed.... Our Modem went out at work, and Inet nebr is suppose to have one for me tomorrow, Thurs and Fri were difficult." (Sun 8:24pm)
Jen says,"Chris... you little Stephy reader you, or should I say "Joe watcher" haha, anyway, did you get the MK I mailed you, just concerned because you didn't say." (Sun 8:23pm)
Jen says,"Mike... I actually just made your site my home page with I log onto the Internet... I want to point out I did this with no help from ANYONE! :clap:" (Sun 8:22pm)
Jen says,"Steven starts his volunteer coaching tomorrow and is very excited to be with a football team again. Knowing Steve he won't sleep tonight." (Sun 8:21pm)
Jen says,"Brad and I are trying to get healthy... him through diet and working out, me through diet only - come on me exercise haha." (Sun 8:20pm)
Jen says,"Fun pics of Kevin's new place. Kevin you are looking great... bet you are feeling great." (Sun 8:20pm)
chrik says,"I'm going to look at pics of kevvy's place." (Sun 6:55pm)
chrik says,"Hey it logged me on!! I haven't been able to log on for several days. " (Sun 6:55pm)
kev says,"love you guys!! :)" (Sun 9:44am)
kev says,"Glad the site is back up and running. Hope everyone has a fun sunday!" (Sun 9:44am)
kev says,"morning all! pics look great, pop... thanks for posting them." (Sun 9:43am)
Grumpy says,"I'm looking forward to seeing your posts." (Sun 7:58am)
Grumpy says,"Some people might think that the Post-it site is restricted to only family members." (Sun 7:58am)
Grumpy says,"I'm going to be making some changes (small ones) to the site. I'm going to change the name from the Cowan family chat site to something different to see if any other people might choose to post." (Sun 7:57am)
Grumpy says,"I don't know what happened to the post-it site, but I'm glad it's fixed and up and running again. I miss your posts." (Sun 7:54am)
08/07/2010
Grumpy says,"Hope the post7ers come back." (Sat 6:00pm)
Grumpy says,"Don't know what happened but it's back." (Sat 5:59pm)
08/06/2010
Jen says,"My internet has been down at work, waiting on a new modem.....love technology :clap:" (Fri 2:13pm)
Grumpy says,"Testing" (Fri 12:22pm)
08/05/2010
Grumpy says,"I wonder if Jen got her new router yet? I'll be glad to help if needed." (Thu 7:44am)
Grumpy says,"Mainly the bathrooms and the kitchen so we'll see." (Thu 7:43am)
Grumpy says,"After much debate and a good recommendation from Jen we decided to give Reve a whirl." (Thu 7:43am)
Grumpy says,"Well, we have cleaning people coming here this afternoon. This should be interesting." (Thu 7:41am)
08/04/2010
chrik says,"kev needs an electric fence to keep the cows out" (Wed 8:18am)
chrik says,"Ani's hair sure grew in weird. " (Wed 8:17am)
chrik says,"good morning." (Wed 8:17am)
Grumpy says,"Enjoy the day everyone --:)" (Wed 7:48am)
Grumpy says,"On the other hand, the parents of little munchkins are probably waiting anxiously as well. For a variety of reasons." (Wed 7:47am)
Grumpy says,"It's getting close to school time. I imagine all the little munchkins are anxiously awaiting the new school year." (Wed 7:46am)
Grumpy says,"Not much going on here today. Same old, same old." (Wed 7:45am)
Grumpy says,"Hi everybody (or anybody)." (Wed 7:45am)
08/03/2010
Grumpy says,"At last report he was trying to build some kind of temporary fencing to hold the beasts out. That may take some doing. The grass always looks greener etc. etc." (Tue 8:23am)
Grumpy says,"Kevin's having an awful time keeping the livestock out of his encampment (where he keeps his Jeep, pop up camper and other stuff)." (Tue 8:21am)
Grumpy says,"Still messing around with my new camera but I have to find some new WebCam software for the Windows side of my system." (Tue 8:20am)
Grumpy says,"Well first, I hope you had time to look at the cave. The Cornhusker pictures are getting old but my picture might have interested you." (Tue 8:19am)
chrik says,":bounce:" (Tue 7:01am)
chrik says,"Good morning! Hey! I am first today! Heh, heh, heh" (Tue 7:00am)
08/02/2010
chrik says,"love you guys..." (Mon 8:42am)
chrik says,"is the picture flipped backwards though? i keep trying to figure out where you're sitting. " (Mon 8:42am)
chrik says,"love the new camera-----we can see your fabulous, smiling, grumpy (and sometimes grammy) faces. :)" (Mon 8:41am)
Grumpy says,"The only thing I don't like about the new camera is that it shows my ugly bald, fat, old, crippled body. The five horsemen of the apocalypse.:)" (Mon 8:02am)
Grumpy says,"I'm having fun playing with my new WebCam. Thanks to all of you for the Amazon.com chits. I was going to get something else with those gift cards but I couldn't make up my mind. The camera is great." (Mon 7:59am)
Grumpy says,"I would say that Larry, Darryl, and Darryl are consummate rednecks. Perfect for your nuptials." (Mon 7:57am)
Grumpy says,"Mikey: who is selling the frogs and opossums -- Larry, Darryl and Darryl?" (Mon 7:56am)
mikey says,"maybe we can put some homemade salsa on them" (Mon 7:46am)
mikey says,"redneck plans coming along. got a guy who sells frogs and opossums. should be good eating" (Mon 7:45am)
08/01/2010
Jen says,"Most go dice... bye for now!" (Sun 12:23pm)
Jen says,"Did I spell quacamole right... that wouldn't be good. Steven has great news... but I'll wait to post until 100% for sure, how is that for a tease :cool: " (Sun 12:22pm)
Jen says,"Really like the new camera. Will email san diego pics soon. Just so you all know.... I think I am ready to open a mexican restaurant.... canned 12 pints of salsa yesterday, and starting on 5 more today. Also mad quacamole for the first time yesterday and MAN IS IT GOOD!!!!! " (Sun 12:21pm)
Grumpy says,"If it weren't for the power button, the install would have been a snap." (Sun 9:09am)
Grumpy says,"Some tense moments." (Sun 9:08am)
Grumpy says,"So I thought my screen was fried or something." (Sun 9:08am)
Grumpy says,"I didn't know there was a power button." (Sun 9:07am)
Grumpy says,"The Lady of the house accidentally hit the power button on my screen and the whole screen went black." (Sun 9:04am)
Grumpy says,"There was some blood-letting during its installation." (Sun 9:03am)
Grumpy says,"Sorry, hit the wrong button." (Sun 9:02am)
Grumpy says,"That's it? Just "nice"? It's Grumpy and Grammy (sometimes) in high def." (Sun 9:00am)
chrik says,"nice! :)" (Sun 8:41am)
07/31/2010
Jen says,"Didn't have the internet unti l just now." (Sat 5:09pm)
Jen says,"Great picture, love the new camera" (Sat 5:08pm)
chrik says,"a new webcam, eh? always love to see the smiling grumpy's face. ;-)" (Sat 7:58am)
chrik says,"where is everyone??" (Sat 7:57am)
07/30/2010
chrik says,"just obviously not too much as to get burned......but a little might be good. " (Fri 6:27pm)
chrik says,"dad, you really should go out to soak up some nice sunshine. " (Fri 6:27pm)
Grumpy says,"Haven't been out for weeks." (Fri 7:52am)
Grumpy says,"Going outside to see what fresh air smells like. Hope I don't melt." (Fri 7:51am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning all!" (Fri 7:49am)
07/29/2010
chrik says,"love you guys..." (Thu 8:17am)
chrik says,"salsa with homemade tomatoes sounds awesome" (Thu 8:17am)
chrik says,"glad kev is feeling better." (Thu 8:17am)
chrik says,"whatever the reason, i am glad to be able to sign on again :)" (Thu 8:16am)
chrik says,"our internet provider had to shut down and fix something b/c they said that everything just kept getting slower and slower, so they finally just shut down and fixed it. i think that that was more likely the reason." (Thu 8:16am)
chrik says,"you know what else happened yesterday that may have caused our computer probs?" (Thu 8:15am)
Jen says,"Have a good day... I am still playing catch up...not fun! :-(" (Thu 8:13am)
Jen says,"Not from our little tomato plant, but from the inlaws." (Thu 8:13am)
Jen says,"Great to be back from San Diego, truly no place like home. I have like 40 tomatos so I am going to be a salsa making maching this weekend" (Thu 8:12am)
Jen says,"What does netflix have to do w/ getting on this site?" (Thu 8:11am)
Grumpy says,"Kev said he was feeling better last night." (Thu 7:26am)
Grumpy says,"Yaay, Chris is back. Jen is back in town as well. Now maybe there will be more news on the post." (Thu 7:25am)
07/28/2010
chrik says,"hmmmm....curiouser and curiouser...." (Wed 6:47pm)
chrik says,"As soon as netflix was available, so was the cowan website. " (Wed 6:47pm)
chrik says,"Maybe it had something to do with our Netflix. Weird..." (Wed 6:47pm)
chrik says,"Hey! It's me!! " (Wed 6:46pm)
Grumpy says,"Kev is sicky today. Threw-up last night." (Wed 12:07pm)
Grumpy says,"She thinks John may have changed something on their router but he's out of town." (Wed 12:06pm)
Grumpy says,"Still no Chris." (Wed 12:05pm)
07/27/2010
Grumpy says,"Sherry can get on from work, Kevin from Sarasota, Mikey from Alma, etc. I'm really stumped." (Tue 7:31am)
Grumpy says,"I wish I could figure out why Chris can't get on the site anymore. It is mysterious." (Tue 7:29am)
07/26/2010
Grumpy says,"Thanks Mikey." (Mon 4:32pm)
mikey says,"i am good getting on here" (Mon 12:05pm)
Grumpy says,"I don't think it's on my end but I'm still looking into it" (Mon 8:09am)
Grumpy says,"For some reason she can't get on the site." (Mon 8:08am)
Grumpy says,"Is anybody else having trouble with the site other than Chris?" (Mon 8:08am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning everyone!" (Mon 8:07am)
07/24/2010
Grumpy says,"Not much planned this weekend but the weather's going to be fairly nice -- temperature in the 80s." (Sat 8:19am)
Grumpy says,"We talked about expensive cars, Michael Jackson's last house and Alex Gordon." (Sat 8:18am)
Grumpy says,"Been having some spirited text messaging with Jen out in California. Never a dull moment." (Sat 8:17am)
07/23/2010
mikey says,"hope all is well" (Fri 8:09am)
mikey says,"weekend of staying home. Jess on call" (Fri 8:09am)
mikey says,"Alma is here. Used the Traeger last night to cook a couple of chickens....FANTASTIC" (Fri 8:09am)
Grumpy says,"I wonder what Traeger person and his family are doing today." (Fri 7:31am)
Grumpy says,"And Chris, that was nice for you to say you liked my smiling face. Some mornings I have to paste one on but I always try to give a :-)" (Fri 7:30am)
Grumpy says,"Wow! It's great to see a post from Jen and all the way from San Diego. Glad you're having a good time out there Jen. " (Fri 7:28am)
07/22/2010
Jen says,"heard i was missed so nice to be missed! having a great time " (Thu 10:20pm)
chrik says,"Hope everyone is well. Love you guys.." (Thu 7:57am)
chrik says,"Makes me very thankful that I am not a full-time working parent. " (Thu 7:56am)
chrik says,"My work schedule has been totally insane this week (and last). " (Thu 7:56am)
chrik says,"My favorite was was your smiling face! ;-)" (Thu 7:55am)
chrik says,"Nice pics Dad! :o)" (Thu 7:55am)
Grumpy says,"Still haven't heard anything more about Kev's news." (Thu 7:21am)
Grumpy says,"Maybe we can get some new people to post." (Thu 7:20am)
Grumpy says,"Boy it's slow on here. I'm going to make some changes to attract more posters." (Thu 7:19am)
07/21/2010
chrik says,"well, i am off to clean ani's room. i know.....the fun never ends around here. ;-)" (Wed 1:37pm)
Grumpy says,"We had a little more rain this morning. This June and July has really been rainy." (Wed 8:17am)
Grumpy says,"Kevin may have some news in the next day or two that may be interesting. We'll have to wait and see." (Wed 8:16am)
Grumpy says,"I've got to do something to encourage people to post a note. It makes me feel wanted." (Wed 8:15am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning everyone -- or anyone?" (Wed 8:15am)
07/20/2010
Grumpy says,"I hope the bassett puppy finds a good home." (Tue 9:08am)
Grumpy says,"He acted like he was a lazy old hound until we mention the word walk then he became very smart." (Tue 9:07am)
Grumpy says,"Chris: yes, I love the old hound dog bark. We had Willie around for years." (Tue 9:05am)
Grumpy says,"Hope Mike and Jess had a good time at their birthday dinner last night." (Tue 9:04am)
Grumpy says,"Well, the Novotny's on their way to San Diego for a short vacation. San Diego is really a beautiful city. I especially love Coronado Island." (Tue 9:03am)
07/19/2010
chrik says,"The new bassett puppy is completely adorable. His ears drag on the ground almost and he cried when he is in his kennel. Gotta love the hound dog bark....."Arrouu" :)" (Mon 8:15am)
chrik says,"Day 8 of working 13 in a row. This week I work 37 hours (last week 34). Normal for most people....a lot for me. So happy I love my job, even if Lizzi makes more $$ than I do :-)" (Mon 8:13am)
chrik says,"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKEY AND JESS!!! :toast: Cheers!" (Mon 8:12am)
Grumpy says,"Antoine beckons!" (Mon 8:03am)
Grumpy says,"I keep getting cute Bassett hound movies from North Dakota. Do you suppose that these are hints or something?" (Mon 8:02am)
Grumpy says,"Never a dull moment down there in Sarasota." (Mon 8:01am)
Grumpy says,"Kevin is supposed to close on his land this week. He did get his Jeep moved from where he had it stored at the other property to the new one." (Mon 8:00am)
Grumpy says,"I suppose you all have noticed the big double birthday we have today. Happy birthday again to Mike and Jess." (Mon 7:59am)
Grumpy says,"Darn it, now Jen logged on before me. My dictation software wasn't working right so I had to reboot my machine." (Mon 7:58am)
Jen says,"Better get to work... busy day :-)" (Mon 7:53am)
Jen says,"Thank you for lunch yesterday, it was so good! I wasn't even hungry for dinner!" (Mon 7:52am)
Jen says,"San Diego.... highs in the 70's, lows in the 60's ahhhhhhhhh" (Mon 7:52am)
Jen says,"I have a stupid question so I'll call you!" (Mon 7:51am)
07/18/2010
Grumpy says,"The lady of the house prefers the cold." (Sun 7:54am)
Grumpy says,"I'll bet my electric bill is humming right into the stratosphere." (Sun 7:53am)
Grumpy says,"Supposed to be a little cooler than that will be nice. Although I don't think it's been that hot this summer. I think the record temperature for yesterday was something like 115°." (Sun 7:52am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning! Cloudy day with thunder today." (Sun 7:51am)
07/17/2010
Grumpy says,"Patty and her kids will be here until August 26." (Sat 8:38am)
Grumpy says,"It was kind of interesting, Mike and Patty wanted a typical, old world, Swiss looking house but all the Swiss want newer modern homes." (Sat 8:37am)
Grumpy says,"Yes, Patty needed a wireless hook up to send some work back to San Francisco and came to our Café. It was a lot of fun." (Sat 8:35am)
Grumpy says,"Darn it Chris, I just missed you." (Sat 8:34am)
chrik says,"cool pics! glad you had a nice visit. :)" (Sat 8:28am)
07/16/2010
chrik says,":loveya: love you dad. :)" (Fri 6:43pm)
Grumpy says,"Now I'm all smiley faced :)" (Fri 10:32am)
Grumpy says,"Sorry everyone. I didn't have very much energy this morning and was frustrated." (Fri 10:30am)
chrik says,"Congrats to Kendall and Jess! Wish we could be there! Got my invite the other day----I saw it and was thinking 'What? Duct tape?!!' Then opened it and it was your redneck invite. lol. so funny." (Fri 8:32am)
chrik says,"@Mikey; I can't walk on rocks anymore either---I am blaming it on my less-than-fit physique ;-)" (Fri 8:30am)
chrik says,"@ Dad; so cheerful this morning! ;-)" (Fri 8:29am)
Grumpy says,"You can accomplish a lot but it's just harder." (Fri 7:36am)
Grumpy says,"Nobody ever talk to me about the "golden years". Maybe they should be called the Jell-O years." (Fri 7:35am)
Grumpy says,"The horrible truth is, it gets worse." (Fri 7:34am)
Grumpy says,"Mikey: time changes us all. When Chris was here she was having to read her book by holding it as far away as she could from her face. I teased her by offering her my reading glasses." (Fri 7:34am)
07/15/2010
mikey says,"2nd....remember when we were young and would run all over the farm in out barefeet. Rocks, sticks, stickers....did not matter. I just walked out to my truck in the street my feet are burning. I am weak" (Thu 5:13pm)
mikey says,"Found out today that both my girls are swimming in Lexington. Jess got in based on time" (Thu 5:11pm)
mikey says,"Found out today that both my girls are swimming in Lexington. Jess got in based on time" (Thu 5:11pm)
chrik says,"love you guys." (Thu 8:37am)
chrik says,"glad to hear mikey finally got his traeger. hope to hear how it's doin'. :)" (Thu 8:37am)
chrik says,"that's about it though. we are so not very exciting. " (Thu 8:37am)
chrik says,"then in the afternoon they can have a little screen time." (Thu 8:36am)
chrik says,"the kids are still just doin' their summer thing. homeschool teacher lizzi, makes her pupils, jonah and ani, do workbook pages and other stuff while i am gone." (Thu 8:36am)
chrik says,"i work 13 days in a row. good thing i love my job..." (Thu 8:34am)
chrik says,"not much.....am working a lot this week and next b/c everyone is on vaca." (Thu 8:34am)
chrik says,"hmmmm.....what is new here today....." (Thu 8:33am)
Grumpy says,"Nothing from Mandan or Pier 1 either. Sigh... Very dull." (Thu 7:38am)
Grumpy says,"No word from Alma about the new Traeger grill or anything else." (Thu 7:37am)
Grumpy says,"Not too much new to report this morning. No word from Sarasota Florida on Kevin's new project." (Thu 7:35am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning everyone! For some reason everything was early this morning so I'm posting early." (Thu 7:34am)
07/14/2010
chrik says,"love yous....." (Wed 8:30am)
chrik says,"wish we could be there. sigh..." (Wed 8:30am)
chrik says,":woohoo: YAY KENDALL!!! :bounce: " (Wed 8:30am)
Grumpy says,"Again, congratulations Kendall!" (Wed 8:01am)
Grumpy says,"Of course, I loved swimming underwater -- part of my SCUBA diving past." (Wed 8:01am)
Grumpy says,"Swimming is good. I was never a fast swimmer but I could swim for long distances." (Wed 8:00am)
Grumpy says,"Congratulations Kendall and her relay team for making the state meet." (Wed 7:59am)
07/13/2010
mikey says,"just found out...Jess did not make it to state in her event, but Kendall made it in her Relay. Off to Lexington Saturday" (Tue 11:45am)
Grumpy says,"I'll check back in later." (Tue 8:10am)
Grumpy says,"Mikey: where are we going to have this smelling of the foil? Sounds delicious." (Tue 8:09am)
Grumpy says,"Chris: sorry about the phone dropping last night. I wasn't sure if you are going to call back or whether I should call you so I just waited. I sat by the phone until after midnight but nobody called." (Tue 8:08am)
Grumpy says,"Good morning everyone!" (Tue 8:06am)
Jen says,"Hope everyone has a great Tuesday.... Love to all!" (Tue 7:47am)
07/12/2010
mikey says,"Traeger worked Great...kids swam in Lake....good Sunday in Alma" (Mon 8:20am)
mikey says,"I think the texas Tickets have already been given to me, however in the spirit of good faith I will let you sniff the foil that I have the leftover prime rib in....how about that?" (Mon 8:20am)
Grumpy says,"Well, Antoine beckons." (Mon 8:03am)
Grumpy says,"Why are you reading late at night Chris? I guess we should talk -- we were watching Becker almost until midnight." (Mon 8:02am)
Grumpy says,"We received almost 2 inches of rain Saturday night and now it looks like it's going to rain again this morning. At least the rain gives the lady of the house a reprieve on her watering chores." (Mon 8:01am)
Grumpy says,"Don't know what went wrong with the chat site yesterday. I'm glad to see it working today." (Mon 8:00am)
chrik says,"yaaaaaaaaawwwnnnnn....(stayed up too late reading the new meg cabot book----it's good) :)" (Mon 7:52am)
07/11/2010
Jen says,"Going to bed... night" (Sun 8:21pm)
Jen says,"Did anyone qualify for the State Meet?" (Sun 8:21pm)
Jen says,"Hi.... finally able to post haha. Had a great time w/ mom yesterday watching "the swimmers"" (Sun 8:21pm)
chrik says,"Wish we could have been there. Glad everyone did well! :)" (Sun 9:55am)
chrik says,"Great pics from the swim meet! Loved the one of the kids and Grammy" (Sun 9:55am)