SOUP SATRUDAY

I had a very nice surprise Friday night when I arrived at my camper. I was invited to a soup tasting on Saturday. There were five families involved. I brought pie, yum, yum. The others brought cake and soup. There were three kinds of soup. Chicken noodle, vegetable beef and everyone's favorite, broccoli cheese. Large pots so there was lots for all. There were bread bowls to put your soup in if you wanted too which were excellent, different kinds of bread and cheese and some lunch meat to make a sandwich. After the meal there was good conversation for awhile, food was put away and arrangements were made to gather again at 8:00 to finish up what was not eaten at lunch time. We did this as well as fight off the mosquito's. All in all it was a very pleasant day and evening ending with us gathering around a campfire for more good conversation and jokes. I was about 12:00 when we all said goodnight.
The sad thing is that there are only two more weekends to enjoy the camper and friends.

GOINNG TO A WEDDING

Weddings are nice times. You get to see a young couple uniting in matrimony, promising their love for each other and sealing it all with a kiss. That is what I will be doing on the 28th of September. Witnessing a very good friends daughter getting married to a very nice guy. The wedding and reception will take place at the Gary Beach Auatorium which overlooks Lake Michigan. There will be food, drink and music. What else can you ask for. Seeing that I don't get out much I am really looking forward to this. In future blogs I will tell you of what a good time I had. Isn't it funny, I have known this couple for many years, I know the brides first and last name but only the grooms first name. It takes a wedding invitation to find out his last name, Peterson. Well good luck to the bride and groom, Jessica Elaine Jansen and Charles Lee Peterson. Have many happy years as my wife and I had. I will see you on Sunday.

HE FALLS ASLEEP ANYWHERE

When my daughter was in from Texas she went shopping for clothes for her kids. Spencer is hard to fit so whatever she buys for him he has got to try on. Spencer also likes to play hard, very hard. He is always moving in one direction or another, sitting only to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner or anything else. The evening or Lorri's shopping spree she told Spencer to take his clothes into the bathroom and try them on and come out so she could see how they fit. After about fifteen minutes she and all the rest of us were wondering why he had not come out yet. I went to the bathroom to see what the problem was and lo and behold there was Spencer asleep on the toilet seat. Of course I couldn't let this opportunity go by without taking a picture which I am sharing with the rest of you. As I say, Spencer can fall alseep anywhere.

WAS I DRIVING FAST?

In this quiet state of Indiana, State Police were shocked to see a car zooming along I-65 and was clocked at 118 miles per hour. After a brief chase the car came to a halt and guess who was behind the wheel of the car, a 17 year old girl (and they don't want to raise the age to get a drivers license) who along with the three passengers in her car said that they were trying to get to school on time. What's this, all of them had been drinking. Can you imagine that. Was it alcohol from the night before or something that they had consumed on the way to school? Great breakfast. I wonder if they had Cheerios with that. Oh yes, the girl was arrested and taken to the Lake County Juvenile Center. The other three were taken to State Police post in Lowell where they were ticketed and released to their parents. End of story unless they print the sentence of the driver.

CLEANING - CLEANING

Now that all of the hustle and bustle of the summer are coming to an end, it is time, maybe, to get the house cleaned. I live alone so it is not hard to keep the house clean, but when there is a house full of children as it was this summer, there is a certain amount of cleaning to be done when they leave. I also no longer have a dog who with her illness had a habit of throwing up on the carpet and this of course leaves stains.

The best investment I ever made was the purchase of a Bissell ProHeat 2x, 12 amp carpet cleaner with attachments to do furniture. Unlike having someone come into your home like Steam and Clean and other carpet cleaning companies, I have the option to take my time, go over and over the areas to extract the water thus getting out more dirt and speed drying time. Last week I did the spare bedroom, today I did my bedroom. I have the fan going and the window open to help the carpet dry. Both rooms look really, really good, like new carpet. Another thing to look at is not only is the carpet clean but look at the exercise I got. Tomorrow I will do the living room and dining room, then I can start washing cabinets. The kitchen and bathroom floors I did yesterday with my new Swifer Wet Jet cleaner. Aaaaahhhhh how wonderful the american way is to make things easier.

If this is the time of year you get around to doing the same thing all I can tell you is HAPPY CLEANING.

WHO'S WORTH THE MILLION

Who is worth the million dollars and a headline spot in Las Vegas. If you have been follow America's Got Talent you should have your own opinions by now. If you watched last night, Piers Morgan was being the jerk he always is, buzzing almost every act. I won't name names because I really can't remember them, just their act. The number one loser last night was the guy eating fire and whatever else he did. There were some great acts such as the guy who had not sung in 11 years because of the throat injury. He is one that I would like to see go on. About the little 4 year girl. Yes she is sweet and charming but is she worth the million and a show in Vegas. Question. Would go and see her at Vegas prices? and could she give a hour and a half show?.
You be the judge. Sharon Osborne said she was on key the whole song. Another losing act was the two sisters who sang and danced. Piers was right, go back where you came from and don't waste our time. The last contestant from Wisconsin who played the piano and sang was great and he should definitely be in the top 20. All said it is a good show and a shame that it is coming to an end. I hope and am sure they will keep it on next year.