Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everone has a nice and relaxing Thanksgiving!

Shay Misses Riker

Our nephew Shay loved having Riker stay at Grandma and Grandpa's house. I thought these picture of him with Riker were SO cute. Kathy said that he was always crawling over to his kennel to visit him when he was in there.

Knefla Man/Lefse Lady

This past Sunday was coincidentally "exploring cultures" day in Paynesville. While Dan slaved away, at home, making his famous knefla soup, I made lefse, for the first time ever, with a bunch of German ladies! While my lefse turned out well and is in the freezer waiting for Thanksgiving, the knefla soup had to be compromised and made with potato dumplings:( They didn't do it justice. So, for Christmas, please send some the real stuff that you can only get in North Dakota. We were disappointed when we introduced our soup to our dinner group and couldn't provide the "real" thing! We must redeem ourselves!

Like I said, I made lefse for the first time in my LIFE last Sunday. As a proud Norwegian I wore my sweater and didn't burn one piece. This was achieved through heavy supervision, but who cares? Grandma Selma would be proud! As we (all 30 0f us) talked about all of our heritages I realized I was only one of two Norwegian's in the room. Weird! My favorite lady was the Dutch/Finnish Jewish lady that flipped with the best of them!

Which leads me into a new practical problem I deal with often: The lefse flipper. Is that ALL it's used for? The practicality of my being made it hard for me to grasp that one flat stick can only be used for one traditional task once or twice a year. I've compiled a list below of ways you can get your money's worth from a $20 dollar lefse stick.

-an ankle scratcher

-a teacher's pointer

-a replacement for Howard's cane when trying to get pretty nurses' attention

-you could use it as a door stop for your sliding glass patio door from opening

-a backbrace for a cat

-kung fu panda practice for Dan since he's watched the movie three times in one week

-a mouth shut "her" upper for all of the ornery mean teachers at my new school

-and of course, if you use it 20 times, as a real lefse flipper, it really only costs one dollar!

The Greenbay Packer Poncho Picture Coming Soon......

must figure out how to get pictures from our phone onto our computer......my camera broke!

The Happening

DUMB-DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE IN FEAR OF YOURSELF BECOMING DUM!

Mr. President Barack Obama

It's Official

irecycle

Too bad recycling isn't as easy as running some type of ipod, iphone, imac, or ishootmyselfinthefoot. I can't figure this dumb thing out! Every piece of garbage I come across has me wondering, and in some type of a panic as to whether or not it's recycleable. Aghghg....it's agonizing. I've resorted to just asking Dan about each and every item until he finally told me that even toilet paper should be recycled. End of conversation. I no longer ask.........him anyway. We called city garbage for a tutorial or an inservice, but they only sent us a lousy sticker! A sticker that yes, tells me glass/plastics, aluminum and tin, and paper products, BUT keep your junk mail and newspapers seperate. Where do those go then? I think I would have even appreciated some stereo type instructions to get us through this. Do we shred every single piece of paper? Do you recycle receipts? As you can see this is quite the paralyzing ordeal albeit I do feel good about the fact that we are recycling and doing something good. If anyone needs me though, I'll be sorting my new Minnesota garbage in our garage or digging out a spot in our backyard for our new compost site.