Happy Birthday to all those who have an August Birthday...
Kristen Sager - 2nd
Stan Wyant - 3rd
Andrea De Joode - 5th
Abilgale De Joode - 5th
Ricky Carl De Joode - 5th
Shelbie Curry - 6th
Carolyn Richeson - 10th
Bill Eiselstein - 11th
Geri Wilson - 12th
Brent McGrean - 20th
Brian Sager - 20th
Joe Hipsky - 20th
Angela Sager - 21st
Bill McGrean - 22nd
Marvin Pearson - 25th
Carrie Christensen - 27th
Brian Mead - 28th
Gary Wilson - 29th
Nate Bettisworth - 29th
Travis Eiselstein - 31st
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Hello All,
Our garden, which was a new adventure for us since we have moved here to Wisconsin, has a lot of room for improvement in the coming summers! The heat has not helped. We did receive a few tips from our neighbors - who are farmers... I think they just all laugh at us and say those Chicago Suburbanite folks! Joseph, my 14 yr old, had a nice little garden last summer in Cary, Il. We expanded on that and have gotten a few beans. Our tomatoes are doing very well and I was able to give a few to my neighbor, who said hers were not quite ready yet because she planted them a bit later to assure she had vegetables coming in stages and not all during her Rock County Fair time. Our corn flopped - but I hear Brent McGrean has some really good tomatoes?? Brent, let us know how your garden is doing! I am looking for a SALSA recipe. If anyone has one - would you be willing to share it?
Our garden, which was a new adventure for us since we have moved here to Wisconsin, has a lot of room for improvement in the coming summers! The heat has not helped. We did receive a few tips from our neighbors - who are farmers... I think they just all laugh at us and say those Chicago Suburbanite folks! Joseph, my 14 yr old, had a nice little garden last summer in Cary, Il. We expanded on that and have gotten a few beans. Our tomatoes are doing very well and I was able to give a few to my neighbor, who said hers were not quite ready yet because she planted them a bit later to assure she had vegetables coming in stages and not all during her Rock County Fair time. Our corn flopped - but I hear Brent McGrean has some really good tomatoes?? Brent, let us know how your garden is doing! I am looking for a SALSA recipe. If anyone has one - would you be willing to share it?
Refrigerator Pickles
4 C sugar
4 C white vinegar
1/3 C salt
1 1/3 tsp turmeric
1 1/3 tsp celery seed
1 1/3 tsp mustard seed
10 medium cucumbers (4 lbs) sliced thin
3 onions sliced (more if you really like onion)
DO NOT COOK
Thoroughly mix spices, sugar, and vinegar. Fill jars with onion and pickles. Pour syrup over them. Refrigerate. Wait 5 days and EAT. Store up to 1 year in refrigerator.
I was given this recipe recently by a neighbor who lives down the road. She has a large farm and a wonderful garden! She gave me a jar of these pickles and they lasted a whole day at our house. They were fabulous!! Let me know if you try them and how you liked them! I am anxious to try them myself. Lyn
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Two first cousins with the same name...
Thank You
We have never received so many cards in our married life, about 60 in all. Like Dick laughingly said, did one of us die, that is when you get so many "cards".... Thank you all for your thoughtfullness and for being a part of our celebration as it mean't so much. "In the picture is Grandma and Grandpa with most of the grandchildren" - Joseph couldn't make this outing as he is in New Mexico with his boy scout troop.
We would like to thank everyone for the beautiful 50th Anniversary cards which we have been receiving for a week or so. There is no better feeling then to go to the mail box and find a card or note from a friend. We really appreciate all our family and friends who helped us to celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Our daughters and families came to Illinois and we enjoyed a delicous meal out for the evening, played some silly games, watched some "ancient old" slides and had a great time.
Traveling On Down The Road
We have been spending a lot of time in the RV this summer with our Cardinal Capers Group, family and friends. Recently we spent about three days at the Rustic Barn in Keiler, Wisconsin. This group gets together at least once a month and we have a great time. One of our games we like to play is the "Falling Towers". Try to pull out a block and place on top without making the stack of blocks come tumbling down. Dick took a turn first. Seems It alway fell when my turn came around.
Phyllis made it through this round,
but Ruth wasn't so lucky - below...
Our next favorite game is bean bag baseball
which is also a lot of fun.
But our favorite pastime is to eat, eat and eat.
Sometimes a lucky grandchild might get to join us...
As we wind up the day, we sat around a camp
fire and enjoy the beautiful sunset. We left Keiler, Wisconsin after a few days
and the group headed to Forest City, Iowa where we all camped for a week
and enjoyed the Winnebago Grand National Rally. This year the theme was
"Pirates", therefore there were some great decorations throughout the camp
grounds and a lot of scary pirates running around. While there Phyllis met a
friend by the name of Bones...
The rally always has an antique car parade. Very interesting cars of all makes and models. Our grandson Dakota was with us and he really was impressed with the different models.
Time to take our grandson back home, we ventured to Hartford, Iowa where we had a two day camping visit with Phyllis' youngest brother. We camped above the Des Moines river banks and it was beautiful to sit and look over the valley. The water tower in the background is the small town of Runnells.
Don and Martha with their camper. And Don sitting on his new golf cart.
Dick and Don and Martha and Phyllis having a great time together.
Don took us all around the campground and above the banks of the Des Moines river. It was very relaxing to sit and look over the valley and see so many miles across the fields and the river.
We finally made it back to Freeport just in time to
celebrate our 50th Golden Anniversay. The summer is going quite
fast...
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Hi all. Nancy and I are busy in our retirement continuing to build our lake home dream. We are building a garage on the end of our house. I do mean we are doing the building. I don't think people ever retire. They just change jobs because we become our own cheap labor. Proud to have the skills and be able to do the work thou.
Take care
Bud & Nancy
Take care
Bud & Nancy
Monday, July 23, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Hi From Hauserman's
Thanks for the invitation, I will try to get something posted in the near future. Great idea.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Looks like we have a few Birthdays for the month of July. Happy Birthday to you all. Hope you all have a great time on your special day...
Mike Timmins - 1st
Nick De Joode - 4th
Janel De Joode - 8th
Steven Eiselstein - 9th
Jean Harrell - 12th
William De Joode - 17th
Rick De Joode - 19th
Shane De Joode - 19th
Jean Wyant - 22nd
William Arthur De Joode - 23rd
Lilyah Pearson - 27th
Gretchen Derry - 28th
Zach Wilson - 28th
Jenny Timmins - 29th
Mike Timmins - 1st
Nick De Joode - 4th
Janel De Joode - 8th
Steven Eiselstein - 9th
Jean Harrell - 12th
William De Joode - 17th
Rick De Joode - 19th
Shane De Joode - 19th
Jean Wyant - 22nd
William Arthur De Joode - 23rd
Lilyah Pearson - 27th
Gretchen Derry - 28th
Zach Wilson - 28th
Jenny Timmins - 29th
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