Grilling...not

Today after church I was thinking, "Memorial weekend, I've got to grill at least once". I thought I would check to make sure I had enough propaine and that everything was working fine. Was I suprised. As you can see from the picture, everything was rusted out. I went to buy some "universal" parts only to find out my grill must not be from this universe.

Have you ever been saving up for a certain item, only to have something break down and need to be replaced. Sometimes it's so hard to get ahead.

If anyone knows of a good grill that you are happy with, please leave me a comment.

Happy Day!

It's a happy day! For over a month my phone has not been syncing with my computer. To say the least, I have been out of sync. Today I was brave and decided I would do a hard reset. A hard reset means that I delete everything on my phone and start fresh. That is a scary thing. My phone has become my brain. Instead of keeping things in my head, it all goes to my HTC TouchPro.

A miracle happened. Everything is working and my phone and computer have reconciled. They are now talking again. Life Lesson Learned...every relationship is fixable.

Perhaps it is time for you to do a "hard reset". Somebody wronged you and you are not talking with them. As hard as it is, forgive, let go, reconcile. It's amazing how freeing it is to let go of the past and start fresh. If your life is out of sync, it's time to get it back in sync. HAPPY DAY!

Yard WORK!

Last summer I began a huge undertaking. I removed about 60 trees from the back yard. I just hauled in 48 yards of black dirt and have it spread out. After picking out 1,000,000 rocks I am now ready to seed. I'm trying to decide if I should put in a sprinkling system first. One thing always leads to another. "I might as well...."

Have you ever tackled a project that eventually tackled you?

If any one is available to help in the next week let me know. I am offering a steak dinner. Cooked to perfection by yours truly.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

I serve on the board of Healthy Communities Collaborative (HCC) of Morrison County which began its roots with the support of CHI - Catholic Health Initiatives. St. Gabriel’s Hospital is a Market-based Organization (MBO) of CHI.

Catholic Health Initiatives has strong feelings of ministry surrounding creating “healthier communities.” Communities in which good health describes lifestyle, environment, social and economic as well as physical health and wellness of its community members.
The leadership of St. Gabriel’s hospital understood that building a healthy community in Morrison County would depend upon gaining the support of others in the community.

Key stakeholders and community members met together in the spring of 2002 and accomplished the following:

• They further defined what health meant (physical, spiritual, social, environmental, economic)
• They defined community as: government, recreation, housing, education, natural environment, medical, arts, media, churches, residents, culture, and heritage.

On Friday, May 15th at 5PM, there will be a spaghetti dinner fundraiser that will take place at Camp Ripley. If you would like to purchase tickets (which include entrance into the Battle of the Band competition that follows the dinner) please email me at kthompson4585@gmail.com by Sunday, May 10th.

The cost is only $9. Proceeds go to build a healthier Morrison County!!!

Brett Favre a Viking?

The chatter in the sports world today is all about Brett Favre and the possibility that he will come out of retirement yet again, this time to play for the Minnesota Vikings.

Last night I saw a news reporter interviewing some packer fans in a Wisconsin bar. Most of them were appalled to think that their god, Favre, could be dressed in Viking purple.

I have never liked Brett. It's not because of who he is as an athlete, to deny his talent would be ridiculous. It's not because of who he is as a person. From what I have read, he is a great family man. I respect him for that. I have never liked him because he played for the Packers. Growing up in Minnesota, there is no other team to cheer for than the Vikings. There has been times his talent beat the Vikings but there has been more times that he was simply lucky. That always frustrated me. It seemed like the majority of times he would somehow pull out a victory.

I can't bring myself to the place of cheering for Favre as a Viking. Somehow my brain just doesn't allow me that option. If the Vikings do get Favre, and they do happen to win the Superbowl, all the Wisconsin cheese heads (and the Minnesota ones) will all be saying something like "The Vikings couldn't do it on their own. They had to have an old, retired Packer".

Red Green closes his show with the guys at the lodge saying something like, "I'm a guy, I can change. If I have to".

There is a small chance I could change. I did come around and start cheering for Darren Sharper when he took a step in the right direction and turned from green to purple.

Andrew's Bday

At 3:45 today, Andrew turned 10. I can't believe my baby is getting so ols. We knew years before he was born that we would have an Andrew. He is an awesome kid that brings our family a lot of laughter and joy.

Alyssa Gets Braces

I just returned from St. Cloud where Alyssa had braces put on. I could buy a decent used car for the same amount of money. The good thing is that we just made the final payment on Kelsey's.

It definately is worth it. I always wished that I had them when I was young.