To her family Gramma G means.......
DUMPLINGS! OH, YAH!!
One starts with pork steak and almost dry bread. Roast the pork with garlic and caraway seed, pour in water for gravy. Mix the bread pieces with grated potatoes, shape into baseballs and boil for 30 minutes. Cook up a bit of sauerkraut. (homemade in the old days)
Add the hungry folk..
And its family time!
Mom Jen, cousin Eddy and Uncle Al
Birthday cake time for mom.
So, we (Devin and I) had this intellectual (though, not intelligent on my part) discussion about an algebra problem I saw presented on the computer.
9-(3 divided by 1/3)+1 =?
Most people came up with 3, 7, or 9 which are all wrong. The answer is 1.
I have never favored algebra (It's a bunch of confusing, useless number and symbols. My panicked little math brain cells start bombarding each other.)
Devin was trying to explain to me that 3 divided by 1/3 equals 9. (How absurd, one multiplies)
Next he tried explaining to me a practical application for dividing by a fraction. OBSERVE:
y=1/x. (in other words)
y=the amount of snow on the ground
1/x=1/temperature
Therefore (my logic)
y=4 inches of snow on the ground
1/10= 10 degrees above zero
THEREFORE: At 100 degrees there is 40 inches of snow on the ground.
Time to howl at the almost
full Wisconsin moon!!
THEREFORE: At 100 degrees there is 40 inches of snow on the ground.
Time to howl at the almostfull Wisconsin moon!!
(Friday night)
Jen and Burt Schmidt family minus 2
Burt and Jen are flying west to Hawaii....
WE are driving "up north" to Park Falls....100 miles
Traffic the way Gram G likes it!! Wide open fields...
Northern Wisconsin rest area.....
Crossing the Wisconsin River
Single lane roads, blue sky,
soft clouds, spring green
AND
bug splatter....
We are approaching "Up North"
Finally....
A little evening darts and pizza with Uncle Al
A Captain Nemo sub for Gram
Off to "ruffin it" at the cabin for Sat. night...On the Flambeau River
Soaking up the warm Sunday morning sunshine.....
Snuggling with 3 of 5 little furry friends at cousin Sandy's house...
Last minute river fun....
Time to drive back home on a Sunday afternoon....
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ,
(great, entertaining musical),
rides to and from school and play practice, a pot of beef stew, laundry and stretches.....
A Tuesday of rides to and from school, one last walk, packing, blogging, an evening of high school variety show...Devin singing, visiting with Gram JoJo (my replacement),Good bye hugs all around.....
THEN......
Another successful Gram G's AT (annual training) is completed....
IT'S....
Off to Back Home in Indiana on Wed.
This has been a good 8 AT days on the life of Grandma G.
"But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these'."
(Luke 18:16)
"But Jesus called the children to him and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these'."
(Luke 18:16)
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