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While at the A2 Market we visited the Spice store upstairs in the market building. It was so interesting. I bought some Allspice, Cardamom, BBQ Rub and even some Ginger Twist Green Tea. Don't know yet what I'll do with the Allspice and Cardamom but yesterday we went to Borders and I got a really cool herb and spice book. I had a 25% off coupon for my birthday. I think I'm on a health kick. This morning I made pecan waffles. By the way the tea makes a very yummy iced tea. Today we planted the mint and basil. The lady that we bought the mint from gave us a good tip on how to plant it so it won't spread. Put it in a buried coffee can. So that is what we did.
Tonight we are having some baby back ribs and trying out the rub. I got some of those cute little mini yellow & green squash too.

What Do Golf, Herbs, & Elizabeth's Breakfast Stew Have In Common?

They are all things I have enjoyed previously at one time or another and have partaken of this weekend. Yesterday we decided to dust off the ole golf clubs and headed over to the local 9 hole par 3 course. It was fun and just 5 bucks. The herbs and the breakfast stew kind of go hand in hand. Sarah had a job in Ann Arbor so we decided to head over to the Farmer's Market. We ate of course at "The Broken Egg" and I had my old favorite breakfast, Elizabeth's Breakfast Stew. Many years ago it was named, The Kitchen Sink. It's still the same stuff, hashbrowns, sliced potatoes, ham, bacon, peppers, onions and eggs! Yummy, especially with a spalsh of Clancey's hot sauce. The herbs, well I used to plant and use alot of herbs. I have kind of gotten away from that. I decided today to buy a big bunch of basil and make some pesto tonight. So, that got me to buying a couple of herbs. Of course the basil and also some mint for my iced tea and mojitos!

1958 Babe or Vett - Which Looks Better?

Never mind, don't answer that! We saw this beauty (which one you ask?) at the classic car show in Lexington over the weekend. Had a great weekend at a beautiful B & B right on Lake Huron. Took an unexpected trip to Canada for 20 minutes. That was potentially frightening. Took a wrong turn, couldn't get off bridge and had to go over. Had no $$ to get back so we had to get "denied" access to Canada so we could get back to U.S. for free. The nice Canadian woman did that because it was my birthday. Talk about a "senior moment" ha ha. Sunday we had a small celebration at Mike & Chris's. The Renee's plus the Codes attended. I actually went swimming in their pool. We had spaghetti & meatballs, salad, breadsticks and of course cherry cobbler. Just like Mom would have made, only not quite as good.....

Happy Birthday To Me

We are leaving for Port Huron this afternoon. Gonna hang around and do whatever. W e love to hang out on the river side of P.H. and watch the huge freightors steam up and down the river. Staying at a B & B tonight that is north of Port Huron in North Lakeport. It is supposed to be right on the lake. I'll check back in on Sunday.

Coming Soon to Flint

Sarah saw the sign on her way to work this morning. I am so excited. I wish they would hurry up. I'm waiting for my "Cherry Limeade." The location will be right on my way to work... Miller Road at the I-75 overpass. Well that's if my office is still in the same location. Which is questionable... But I could make it on the way to anywhere, couldn't I?

Suprise Family Birthday Party

So this is the awesome cake that my sister Marlene brought for the BIG occasion! It was absolutely delicioso!! Those planks that you can see were white or dark chocolate all around the cake. We brought the leftovers home, but it's already gone. Laura my sister-in-law had a Mexican food theme complete with gazpacho, chips, salsa & guacamole, a bean dip and then taco lasagna and corn cake. Everything was very yummy. I got a lot of humorous cards and some Gerber daises, perfume and a "SISTERS" scrapbook from Marlene. Oh yeah and Riley picked out the little birdie that you can see by the flower pot.

Home From Vaca

to:
huge piles of laundry
long grass
fried flowers - trying to bring them back to life
heat & humidity
chauffeuring
grocery shopping
but:
a clean house (good job Katie)
my nice fluffy bed

hApPy BiRtHdAy tO mY bIg SiStOpHeR mArLeNe

The Big 6 0 !

C-Ya

Leaving tonight for vacation. Going up to the cottage in Boyne.
Going to:
sleep
eat
read
rest
boat
spend money
watch the sun set
shop
relax
try the new girl scout cookie Blizzard
just plain enjoy myself!

June is Gone

Wow! It's hard to believe it's July 1st!

Some thoughts ~
Trying to keep the flowers hydrated
Love the warm days and cool nights
Evan and I are going to set up the badminton net today - tonight the official tournemant begins
Washing clothes and packing for vacation
The first crop out of the garden - radishes
The bluebirds have flown the coop (nest)
Summer 2008 drink of choice - Mojito
Can't wait to grace the doors of Red Mesa Grill
Got a new weed whacker for the cottage
Got a call from Jeff Grayer (my boss) - It looks like I will have my job back! (Thank you Lord!)

Annonymous Birthday Cards

keep showing up at my house. The latest is a funky 100 year old card from some people I don't Even know, Leona and Herman. Ok, this reeks of my sister Marlene. And anyway there is always an old picture of me when I was a child. She is so funny!

Grandma Rush

Sarah's grandma passed away early Tuesday morning. She was a great lady. She had a really good sense of humor and was very kind! She has just been getting sicker and sicker. She broke her hip about a week and a half ago & then she got a bad infection from an anti-biotic they were using to treat a urinary tract infection. I think she was just tired of not feeling good. The obituary from the Flint Journal is below:

Alva S. (Sy) Rush
RUSH, Alva S. (Sy) - Of Flint, age 86, died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at Avalon Hospice. Funeral service will be held at 10AM Friday, June 27, 2008 at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road, Pastor Doug Klein, officiating. Burial in Sunset Hills Cemetery. Those desiring may make contributions to the charity of their choice. Visitation 1-8PM Thursday at the funeral home.

It's Over, I'm Tired

Woke up Saturday morning bright and early (6:30) to thunder & rain. Oh well. It melted the crepe paper so we had to change the red-spotted tablecloths. Other than that it was okay, by the time we got up it was nice and sunny & everything was drying! We had a nice turn out for the G.P., weather was ok, not too hot. It sprinkled a few times but not too much to ruin anything. We didn't run out of food (the big nightmare!) and actually we had too much. BIG shout out to Tom & Renee, Meckenzie & LeAnn, Mike & Chris(Trenton, Lindsay & too) and Trina for all the help. We couldn't have pulled it off without you guys. It was nice to see everyone. The biggest surprise was Ms. McCann, Katie's third grade teacher from Gaines. She was an awesome teacher! Everyone loved the video that Renee made and hopefully she'll get her business started doing videos. I don't even know if we have any pics - such a busy day. I think Katie took one of the cake, if I can find it I'll upload later today. We had a bonfire after the G.P. Had to stay up on the longest day and all. We toasted the new choclate smashmallows (that's what Syd calls em) that Renee brought over. Different.

June 17, 2008

Sarah turns 40! Some friends decided to decorate the house/yard and we had a little get together to celebrate. It was a cold and cloudy day. The sign kept blowing down, we had to keep putting them back up. Sarah was surprised to see all the signs when she got home from work. She was really suprised to see the blow up picture that Chris did from their middle school year book. We had the Aurands and cousins Mike, Chris & Trenton over for hot dogs & such. A fun time was had by all!

Happy Father's Day to All the Dads

We decided to have Sarah's mom and dad over for brats and burgers. We had an early dinner (4:00) it started to rain about 20 minutes after we got everything in from the grill.

I cooked up 5 lbs of burger (taco) and 3 lbs of chicken today for the G.P. on Sat. Everything is pretty much done. I still have to cook up some more chicken and just buy the fresh stuff.

Yesterday was Katie's graduation at Perani Arena. It was nice and over in 1 &1/2 hours! I will upload a pic when I get up off the couch and get the sd card. We went out to Bubba O'Dooleys afterwards for dinner. It was pretty good. I had a stromboli which was really good.

Week In Review

I'm so happy that Rich's Greenhouse is open. I went and got a variety of fruits and made a yummy fruit salad one night. Sunday we went to the Creek Farmer's Market but it was pretty bad.... Wednesday I attended a luncheon (FCS) to honor the mentors in the mentors program. We're still waiting to hear if the grant to reinstate our jobs will be approved.

Yesterday I was on the computer all day making reservations for our trip to San Antonio and Austin TX. Sarah needs to attend a seminar for one of her service companies so we decided to make a mini trip out of it. We'll be going the last w/end in Sept. Should be fun, I've never been to the Lonestar State before. Probably go to the Alamo, it's in San Antonio. Don't know what else.

Saturday is Katie's graduation ceremony. Then we'll probably go out to dinner. Then of course there is the never ending list of "get ready for the party chores!" Today I'm just chillin - probably do some of the accounting for the buss.

Just Busy

Getting ready for the big par-tay. Renee dragged me out shopping for flowers and pots and stuff one day. Now I just have to plant them! Sarah's been busy painting the deck, putting up and painting a wall in the garage. The grass is coming in good with all the rain we've been having. Yesterday we ordered the balloons and bought more decorations. Did I mention that I can't wait until this bash is over?

Tonight I'm making Monte Cristo Sandwiches. I saw Rach make them and thought they looked yumm-o. I'll tell ya how they are!

June, Wow!

So my fans are getting jumpy again. Have no fear. Anyway, we went camping again this weekend. I had a great idea. Since we were going down to dad's to clean on Saturday I decided that we could camp at Proud Lake and then just hop on over to dad's on Sat. night. That worked out pretty good. And we even got to test out the camper in a thunderstorm! It stormed from 10 p.m. until about 2 a.m.Friday night. I gotta admit it was a little frightening. But the camper held up just fine. Sunday dawned cool and cloudy. All around us we could hear people packing up. I didn't want to get caught packing up in the rain so we booggied and split 45 minutes later. We stopped at National Coney Island at Beck & Pontiac Tr. Man that area has changed so much I didn't even recognize that it was where I lived in the apt.
So by the time we got home it was warming up and sunny. So we decided to start a few projects around the yard. There is alot of work to do. Patching bare spots in the lawn, flower pots, flower beds, etc... Pics are of some of the finished and unfinished projects.

P.s. As you can see we need to buy a new umbrella for our table as the meices have chewed up the old one!

Where Has The Week Gone?

Camping over Memorial with the Renee's was lots of fun. There was all kinds of stuff to do: blanket volleyball, Tye-dye, a DJ, A band, riding bikes, walking to the bathroom. And then of course there is always pushing Sydney on the swing! We ate well and rested well. We did pack up early because we heard there was to be rain/storms and we didn't want to be stuck packing in the rain. We ended up doing the traditional yard work on Monday. Yesterday I did laundry most of the day and then last night was Katie's graduation from skill center. She is a medical assistant and she can now take her test to become a "certified" MA. Today I went to a luncheon that was associated with my old job. I saw the boss people. They are just waiting to hear whether or not the grant $$ will be approved. If so I will start back in the fall. If not I will look for a new job....
Mr. and Mrs. Blue Bird have a flock of young-uns. We can hear them chirping away in the birdhouse. Tomorrow I need to grocery shop and do the accounting for KNS. I am getting behind in that! Sorry I missed my sister-to-pher's 60th birthday party on Saturday. I hear it was very nice! I will have to think of another way to surprise her..........