ORCHARD — Funnel clouds and hail made Tuesday night an anxious one in Mitchell County. Lori Mehmen, who lives on Main Street in Orchard, took a photo from just outside her front door of a large funnel cloud forming shortly after 9 p.m. “It almost looked like it was going to to take the (grain) elevator,” she said. The funnel cloud came near the ground just briefly and then went back up in the clouds.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL YOU ROOKIES.

Dear Folks,
Today I discovered Will’s neck as I gave him a super duper haircut (still leaving some to keep his ears warm). Speaking of ears - Gareth has Morse Micky Mouse ears rather than Brady Mighty Mouse ears and as a friend said, “They seem stuck pretty nicely on his head”.

Will got a raise and as a result is no longer eligible for the $160 traveling expense money we’ve been getting monthly from the county. We hadn’t expected the 160 in the first place, but it was nice while it lasted. Hell be taking a test in an application for a carpenter’s apprentice soon. If he makes it we’ll all be very happy (if not we’re happy anyways - up here any job is a good fortune).

Gareth seems to have his first rash - on his face - which seems to leave out soap or pee as a cause. I think it’s temper. He looks like the “before” for a Phisolex commercial.

Ken’s still invited if he’d like to come up. You all are of course. I really think you’d like this house better than our last one.

Here is a picture of the Brady Batch of Norfolk. Note the panelling. Will says do NOT note his hair. The picture was taken in a hurry by some company - we spent a long time trying to get Gareth to open his eyes and when he did… well, you can see. He has nice gums don’t he?

Thank you again for the cookbook - I say that because I use it so often.
My father is sending us the 2-in-1 stroller from Sears and I was able to warn him about the address business.
Since we don’t have a TV player we’re becoming demonic players of cards, Risk, and Go. If you ever come up, better brush up.

Did we mention that we have aquired a very ornate pump organ and rocker?

We’re paying for a 2 seater couch that has arms that go out for a bed, second hand of course. Perfect for us because we don’t have room for a big sofa or a guest bed.

S’all for now.

Love,
Cathy, Will, & Gareth (”the old pooperoo”)

The good news is that I did manage to get all my plants into the ground (even bought more). Even somehow managed to get everything out of storage before I had to dish out the $80 for another month. But that just means I have another garage full of stuff to sift through. Can’t figure why I ever chose to save half the stuff. At least I have gotten far enough to plan on my first yard sale (of course the weather report is now looking like rain).

I’m jealous actually, he will be visiting the “BodyWorlds 2″ exhibit and it looks really quite interesting. Several displays are shown not only as body parts, but as human ingredients in action, just without all that boring skin and clothing.

Generally I like to go on a trip like this with him but I have too much to accomplish both at work and at home so I’ll have to miss out on this trip. No worries, I’m still going to have my own fun with it. I am eager to ask that he describe EVERYTHING he saw on the trip just before presenting a hot platter of spaghetti in clumpy meat sauce for dinner — LOL
or should I say: “MeuwWah-HAHAHAHA!”.

This past month I’ve been going through all of the things that we collected for the past 12 years. Wendy was even kind enough to come over and spend the day going through everything we had in the attic. The result ended with a major trailer hall of trash to the dump and a bunch of stuff for me to take to flea markets and donate what I can’t sell to Goodwill.

With storage fees due for next month so this week has been a surge of panic as I am hustling every moment I can to sort through everything in my garden shed, garage, and art studio only to refill the space with my storage stuff (sadly that will mean another load of stuff to sort through). I long for the moment I feel my life is simplified but in the meantime I guess I’ll have to do without having a life until the job is done.

I’ve also purchased a ton of flowers and a couple of tomato plants hoping that I can get them dropped into the ground within the next week despite my load of chores. My neighbors got their yards looking so smart that it motivates me every time I pull up. Hopefully I can get them plants in the ground before they die waiting.