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  • Mr & Mrs. Gerald Bongean…50 Years Together…

    Can you imagine making it to 50 years!!! WOW…Saturday night we had a small celebration with Nicks parents…We cooked them Steak and Lobster with all the other fix-ins and they talked about when they got married…They were married at 9 in the morning…The neighbors cooked lunch and supper in the Hall for them.  The neighbors…

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  • Happy Valentines Day Everyone..

    Nick & I are on the Carnival Magic ship…it is beautiful right now in Key West, and then we are off to the Bahamas in a little bit…I was asked to teach, on the days we are at Sea…I think this might be the best gig I have had so far….lol..we went ashore today and…

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  • its time to start making the wedding quilt!

    My youngest Jake, (who some of you met in Paducah) has asked his girlfriend of many years(since they have been in high school) to “Marry him” last Saturday night…they met us on Sunday at the boat and told us…we then went out for dinner with them and Lauren’s parents, Bill and Gretchen to “celebrate”…it is…

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  • TS

    Do u know what TS stands for? Well here in MN it means Taylor Swift. SHe is here at the same place the Q show is at. Well sometimes when the opportunity knocks you have to open the door…so Nick and I wanted to see her concert. Me because I knew it would be a…

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  • stawberry festival

    It very early in the morning, I can’t sleep so I’ve read for a couple of hours and now I am going to blog…I need to start working out so I can SLEEP! Hopefully I will not be too tired today to go for a long walk/jog…as soon as I am done here 4am is…

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  • Pie, anyone?

    Here is my beautiful Mother making her Thanksgiving day pies…we were all busy, making curtains, ironing dust ruffles, painting tables, putting 18 sewing chairs together today…all while Mom was in her new kitchen at The Gathering making her holiday pies…jealous?  Sorry, tomorrow’s party is for my family but you can get the pattern for these ornies…

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  • MENASHA WINS!

    CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MENASHA BLUEJAYS DEFEATING THE (POWERHOUSE)APPLETON NORTH LIGHTNING.  8 TO 3.  THERE WERE 3 OPPONENTS ON THE FIELD MENASHA, APPLETON AND THE WIND.  MENASHA’S DEFENSE  SCORED A SAFETY IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO GO UP 2 -ZIP .  APPLETON NORTH SCORED AN ALMOST 50 YD FIELD GOAL IN THE THIRD QUARTER WITH HELP…

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  • “I hate being ill…..”the gathering” update..

    I have not been feeling well since Sunday….we had a nice day out on the boat with the kids and girl friends, until I tried something I never have done before…Looking back my Husband should have stopped me…but anyway…for some hair brained reason I thought maybe I could “wake board”.  Like snowboarding on water…the first…

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  • I forgot to post…before i left for the weekend

    Here is my “after” shot of the garage…on Friday.   And now here is what my basement storage area looks like now…all it needs is a few runners on the floor and it should be all set.  I know this is probably boring for you, but for me, it is a big deal, sorry…LB

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  • new garden photos…

    what can I say….at least the roof is still on the house…I only have a little water in my basement…my neighbors had big trucks over today sucking the water out of theirs…and that is before this last storm…my siding, roof and window trim are damaged and that can all be fixed….the flowers will also grow…

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