The Adventures of The Merschmans

Even Eddis.....

...succumbs to peer pressure.  Yesterday morning, he was telling me about some pizza that he bought in Iowa City the night before.  I asked how much the pizza cost.  He told me it was $10.00 a pizza.  I had to look at it again, it didn't look $10.00 worth to me.  His friends bought several and they all swear it is the BEST pizza money can buy. 

 

Yes, it is an Iowa City thing but really...look how little it is.

 

This is what Eddis usually buys...oh, wait!!!  Only if it is on sale for 10 for $10.00.  I sure hope he enjoys his pizza!!!!

Catholic Schools Week...In Review

Monday was buddy lunch...I have not posted all week because I have been struggling with a sinus infection, for that I am sorry not have posted AND thankful for antibiotics.  I am feeling much better...thanks for asking!

I told them is picture was not good but they would not pose for another and by the time I got down to lunch Eddis was gone....like a freight train!

 

MaryElizabeth and her buddy, Aunt Amy, she LOVES Aunt Amy even more than she loves her own mother...most of the time!

 

 

 

 

Looks just like her...

 

 

Poor Uncle Tim didn't get an invite this year...he is usually the one the kids fight over...Amy has never been able to come before, and Nick felt sorry for Eddis...no one seems to feel sorry for me...I have only been asked one time 13 years!!!!!

 

OK, we all know AMY ROXS!!!  Apparently, my children get their spelling ability from their father!!!

 Amy and her 4th grade teacher, that is now our wonderful Principal.  She is wonderful, we are very blessed to have her.

Finally, Getting A Lot Done!

After not much going on this weekend has really helped the cause above.  MaryElizabeth's room is almost all done, as in, all clean and organized.  I am praying, this time, it stages that way.  I know, I may be asking for a miracle.

Friday night, we went out with friends, we went to dinner at Osaka.  It was wonderful.  Brad was feeling no pain when he came over, which ended up not being a good thing.  After dinner, we went to couple other places and chatted.  It was fun, I don't know what time Brad finally picked up his car but it was after noon.

Last night, we went to Rachel and Doug's for a little football.  We watched Mitch King play in the Senior Bowl.  Mitch's little nephew Coulter is about the cutest, funniest thing in the world.  Nick is holding the ski jump record at the Tingley house.  Oh and their dog B I N G O is adorable!

So, today, well, it was spent getting MaryElizabeth's room moved around, a different bed, take down the bunk beds to take to the lake.  Eddis and I are going to try to get down there so we can buy a new bed and Eddis wants to get some things done.  We have a four day weekend coming up.  We will see.

Today was the beginning of Catholic Schools Week.  We have a big week planned.  Tomorrow, is buddy lunch...the kids love that.  Everyday there is something different.  It is a really fun way for our kids to celebrate the fact that they go to a Catholic school and embrace the faith they get there.

NEVER Give Up On A Dream!!!!

>At the bottom please read THE REST OF THE STORY ON THIS MAN.
>
>
>KURTIS THE STOCK BOY AND BRENDA THE CHECKOUT GIRL
>
>In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice
>came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was
>almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the
>call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the
>new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, and he
>was only 22) and he fell in love.
>
>Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find
>out her name. She came into the break room,
>smiled softly at him, took her card
>and punched out, then left. He looked at her
>card, BRENDA. He walked out only to
>see her start walking up the road. Next day, he
>waited outside as she left the supermarket,
>and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless
>enough, and she accepted. When he
>dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see
>her again, outside of work. She simply
>said it wasn't possible.
>
>He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a
>baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the
>baby-sitter. Reluctantly she accepted
>his offer for a date for the following
>Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived
>at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. The
>baby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well,
>let's take the kids with us."
>
>She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not
>taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally
>Brenda, brought him inside to meet
>her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug, Kurtis
>thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was born a
>paraplegic with Down Syndrome.
>
>Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids can't
>come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a woman
>with two kids, especially if one had
>disabilities - just like her first husband
>and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had a
>different mindset.
>
>That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the
>movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he
>needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out
>of his wheelchair, took him and
>brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening, Brenda
>knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life
>with.
>
>A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children.
>Since then they have added two more kids.
>
>So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl? Well,
>Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona , where he is currently employed
>as the quarterback of the National Football
>League Arizona Cardinals and has his
>Cardinals in the hunt for a possible appearance in the Super Bowl. Is this a
>surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person.
>
>It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.
>He has also been the NLF's Most Valuable Player
>twice and the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player.
>
>
>AND THE REST OF THE STORY:
>
>Today at church our minister mentioned that when
>Kurt, his wife and 7 children go out to eat he
>has one of his children pick out a family eating
>at the restaurant. Kurt then tells the wait staff he is
>picking up the tab for that family's dinner
>annonimously. He remembers the days he was working nights
>in the grocery store and feeding his family on food stamps.

 

The BEST part....this all happened in Des Moines, Iowa and Eddis knows someone that turned him down for a loan when he worked at Hy-Vee!

Re-Cap Of A Week In History

WOW, what a week it has been.  A week ago, today, around 150 people were preparing to get on a plane later in the afternoon bound for warmer weather.  They were either, traveling home from working in the "Big Apple", off to golf with buddies, the list goes on.  None of them ever imagined they would end up in the Hudson River and safely rescued by ferry boats.  The historic and amazing landing of the US Airway's plane by the senior pilot and hero.

Our new President Obama was sworn into office on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.  The first Black American to become President.  He has a hard road ahead of him and I am sure he will get as much done as humanly possible.  We need to remember that he is human.  I'm a little afraid that some people think we are going to have live changing events over night.  That he will make our lives an Utopia. 

I love having a young family in the White House.  I read a little article, that, it is "hip" to have young children.  Seriously, how can you not love that little Sasha!  What a great family, they are just so happy to be with each other.  I love that.  Hopefully, it will make people realize that family is important and can follow from example.  I wish President Obama all best, he has an amazingly hard job ahead of him.

We have some family historic moments as well.  First, I cannot go with saying how proud Uncle Eddis is of Bailey not to have been on the floor once at his basketball game on Sunday.  We are happy to announce that Nick's Lourdes basketball is still undefeated.  After going through years (3 to be exact) of only winning one game when Teddy played at Lourdes, it is nice to be on a winning team.  We love teasing Teddy about his basketball team.  When the coach actually gets up at the end of year sports banquet and says, "believe it or not there isn't a lot of talent up here", you must be bad!!!!  The coach was throwing in the towel!

Here is to a wonderful 4 years for President Obama!!!!  God Bless!

Warmth

Honestly, I can't believe it is 37 degrees....YES, this is above 0!  It won't last..we will be below 0 by tomorrow night. 

Today is the 100th day of school.  What fun for the younger classes.  They are having a feast with 100 pieces of everything from candy to pretzels. 

We have another basketball game this evening.  The boys are having so much fun.  They are doing really well.  Hopefully, tonight proves to be another W, for our Lourdes White Team!

Last night was spent watching the season premiere of Lost.  It did not disappoint.  I am even more sucked in than I was before.  Just when you start figuring things out, they completely turn everything around. 

I am enjoying the beautiful day and looking forward to a great weekend. 

Eddis, The Weatherman

Almost, everyday, I have to hear comparisons on the weather.  Tonight, was no different.  I hear, "Susie, you are not going to believe this, 24 degrees here, 45 degrees at the lake, and 44 degrees in Sarasota."  I can't win.  He just will never understand, it is not only the weather.  It is the way I feel in Florida.  The air, the smell, it is wonderful.  I have not given the lake a "fair chance".  I simply LOVE Florida, that is the way it is.  I will forever hear on any given day, the temperature difference between the lake and Sarasota.  Just another little thing Eddis like to torment me with.....

1st Reconciliation

  This is MaryElizabth's candle she lit after her 1st Reconciliation.

 

All the candles after everyone made their 1st Reconciliation.

I ended up going as well, we are all "free of sin".  Father Marty gave some good techniques to help me with my stress.  Has anyone else ever had a Priest stick their tongue at you during reconciliation?  I love Father Marty!!!!

My Knee & My Eddis

First I have to post of picture of Eddis and Lucy (aka "Skillet").

 

She was cold and tired from the kids being home and playing in the snow while the boys shoveled (OK, Nicky, shoveled).

 

This is a HUGE family joke....Eddis bought these shoes in Florida 3 years ago for $10.00.  I think this is the first time he wore them. 

This was the temperature ready yesterday morning.  It is brutally cold.  Funny, look at the top temp, yes, that is the temp in our house.  Granted, this is sitting right next to the North/East window, but for those of you that do not know...Eddis likes to keep the house so cold you can hang meat!

Now, on to the more serious, if you can call it that, stuff.  I went to the orthopedic doctor yesterday, I have a torn Meniscus and something wrong with my ACL.  So, I got a shot of steroid, which has actually made things worse.  Weird!  I am doing therapy for 5 weeks and then go from there.  They have to fix the tear for sure, they just think there is more going on.  I just don't want to be in a cast for Spring break or in the summer, so it will have to be right after Spring break, so I can be on my way to healing by the summer. 

No School, AGAIN!!!

What is up with this?  The superintendent went on record yesterday saying, "there was no reason to cancel school because the roads were clear and the students went from a warm bus/car to a warm building."  He went on to say, "these children's parents have to get up and go to work, we need to raise children to be responsible adults."  OK, so what happened in the next 5 hours to make him loose those "balls" he had earlier?  Your guess is as good as mine. 

We now have a four day weekend, that is alright, because I guess, it has to be.  Apparently, it was -27 this morning.  I slept right through that.  When we got home last I checked the Internet to see if there was going to be a late start and instead saw that school was completely canceled.  It just really stinks that we have to back to school after Memorial Day. 

Now, I am off to go bury my nose in Eclipse.