Funny, but not true. Geez BC you were the guy who proclaimed himself the "Minuteman".
Random Thoughts XI (Eleven Pipers Piping)
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I know you have all been waiting to hear how the trip to the apple orchard was. 
First off, it was overcast and very tolerable out in the morning. And the tractor ride we got on was one with just wooden benches, so no hay. Deal's Orchard over by Jefferson was a lot of fun for the kiddos--lots of things for them to do. Corn pool, bikes/trike track, water play, goats/sheep/llama to feed, slides (big tube, went down on saucer sleds), "hamster wheels", and a big jumping "pillow". Shortly after we got there they lost electricity for some reason, so we had a slight change in some plans, but it worked. Thankfully we had gotten 90% of the kids through the bathroom before it happened since they run on well water. No electricity=no bathroom. Was not looking forward to having 60 kids plus chaperones go in one port a potty before the return trip. The electricity was restored by that time. Crisis adverted.
Observations:
--A 75+min bus ride is long. My butt hurt by the end.
--Apples taste good right off the tree when you pick them yourself
--Putting goat feed in cake ice cream cones is ingenious. So much better than paper cups.
--Lots of farmers out in the fields. We went a little north and then west since Hwy 30 is closed for a stretch. Very pretty countryside drive.
Just saw that the Deal family donated some dwarf Honeycrisp trees to our school landscape classes, so once they start producing our school will have fresh apples in the fall.
First off, it was overcast and very tolerable out in the morning. And the tractor ride we got on was one with just wooden benches, so no hay. Deal's Orchard over by Jefferson was a lot of fun for the kiddos--lots of things for them to do. Corn pool, bikes/trike track, water play, goats/sheep/llama to feed, slides (big tube, went down on saucer sleds), "hamster wheels", and a big jumping "pillow". Shortly after we got there they lost electricity for some reason, so we had a slight change in some plans, but it worked. Thankfully we had gotten 90% of the kids through the bathroom before it happened since they run on well water. No electricity=no bathroom. Was not looking forward to having 60 kids plus chaperones go in one port a potty before the return trip. The electricity was restored by that time. Crisis adverted.Observations:
--A 75+min bus ride is long. My butt hurt by the end.
--Apples taste good right off the tree when you pick them yourself
--Putting goat feed in cake ice cream cones is ingenious. So much better than paper cups.
--Lots of farmers out in the fields. We went a little north and then west since Hwy 30 is closed for a stretch. Very pretty countryside drive.
Just saw that the Deal family donated some dwarf Honeycrisp trees to our school landscape classes, so once they start producing our school will have fresh apples in the fall.
Wow.....Cruise I understand, to me he's an arrogant POS. But I always thought of Hanks as the Jimmy Stewart of today - the everyman. I'll watch anything with Ed Norton, though, or Pacino of course.
Another observation--I am probably a good 10-15yrs older than most of the preschool parents. Older and wiser, right?
I'll take it.
The dad behind me on the bus was talking about the 4yr old and the 2yr old and their baby on the way. All I could think about was how I have one who can drive. I am waaaay over the baby stage. I'll take it.
We seemed to always be oldest parents, even with the first.
Then we went to parents' weekend at oldest's undergrad school that is pretty darn selective. Suddenly, we're the youngest parents! Lots of the kids were only kids or just had one sibling. And pretty sure we were among the poorest based on the types of loans he could get there versus financial aid my ISU boys can get.
Not sure, my kid that played it the most was always hunting and either died of scurvy or accidental shooting all the time.
Judgment in Nuremberg is great, but it's a long movie. Woman in gold is also pretty good. It's about a Jewish woman trying to get a painting that was confiscated by the nazis back.
I'm sorry, but if you didn't think Tom Cruise was amazing in The Last Samurai, you're a ******* liar.
Well yeah, that would be moldy/spicy colon then.
My sons proved that the gathering part of hunters/gatherers was pretty important.
Who knew Michael Bolton was a cinephile? lol"Erin Brockovich is my name!"
I think I can speak for Boxster (even though he is retired) and me and say we are doing our best to feign indignation at the implication.Hold on--I'm neither a politician nor a government employee. Not so sure that sentence applies to Moi.
Better eat something besides meat to avoid the scurvy aye mate.
Pointy ears dead giveaway.
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