Today I'm picking up the kids from school and Paige is telling me about some boys bothering her in the classroom. She says that there are 7 of them and they won't leave her and her friend alone.
So she said she turned to them and said, "Listen guys, I know I'm so cute and everything but I need my space so leave."
Gotta love her.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Why CSA is a School of Excellence
Today while working in the library I had the following conversation with a 5th grade boy:
Student: Mrs. Minney, can you tell me if you have any books about Barry Sanders?
Me: Well, it seems like we do but let me check the computer? (while checking I ask...) Barry Sanders is from my home state do you know where that is?
Student: Yes, it is Oklahoma isn't it?
Me: Yes, it is. Do you know where he played college football?
Student: Yeah, didn't he play at Oklahoma State?
Me: Yes, he did.
Student: Then he came to play for the Lions which means that he must have been a first round draft pick since the Lions aren't very good.
Me: You know what? He was because he actually won the Heisman Trophy.
Student: That's right!!! I'd forgotten that.
Me: It is a shame he had to play for the Lions because he didn't get to play for a good college or a good NFL team.
Student: Yeah, Oklahoma State isn't as a good a team as Oklahoma are they?
Me: No, they aren't. Someone is raising you right.
And this is a true story.
In case you care, we do not have books on Barry Sanders but I have some on the "to order" list.
Student: Mrs. Minney, can you tell me if you have any books about Barry Sanders?
Me: Well, it seems like we do but let me check the computer? (while checking I ask...) Barry Sanders is from my home state do you know where that is?
Student: Yes, it is Oklahoma isn't it?
Me: Yes, it is. Do you know where he played college football?
Student: Yeah, didn't he play at Oklahoma State?
Me: Yes, he did.
Student: Then he came to play for the Lions which means that he must have been a first round draft pick since the Lions aren't very good.
Me: You know what? He was because he actually won the Heisman Trophy.
Student: That's right!!! I'd forgotten that.
Me: It is a shame he had to play for the Lions because he didn't get to play for a good college or a good NFL team.
Student: Yeah, Oklahoma State isn't as a good a team as Oklahoma are they?
Me: No, they aren't. Someone is raising you right.
And this is a true story.
In case you care, we do not have books on Barry Sanders but I have some on the "to order" list.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Jacki goes to the Dentist
Usually there isn't anything real blog-worthy about a trip to see my dentist. You go, get your teeth cleaned, pick out your pretty new toothbrush and you go out the door right? Not today.
I was introduced to a new hygienist in the office. We will call her Crazy Kathy. We walk back to the little room where the scraping of six months of plaque will be removed from my pearly whites thereby giving me that snappy smile.
She begins the x-ray process and the small talk. And the small talk became enormous talk. Most of you know me well enough to know I can carry my weight in a conversation. I'm not shy. But I was speechless and not because she was up to her elbows in my mouth.
The first thing Crazy Kathy felt like she should tell me is that she has an allergy problem and that is why she is coughing...this is not a cold so do not be concerned. Oh, ok. She then puts an orange flavored cough drop in her mouth. There are many scents I just can't handle and one of them is orange. It just turns my stomach. I hate all orange candy or air fresheners. Just don't like'em. Nice that she now reaches over into my face with an orange flavored (scented) cough drop right in my face.
Then, in the following hour I learned the following about Crazy Kathy:
1. She has two daughters.
2. One daughter is married to a member of the armed forces.
3. He is over seas right now and so her daughter and grand kids are staying with her.
4. She was born and raised in MI.
5. She is the oldest of 6 kids.
6. She went to an all girls school.
7. It was a Catholic School.
---------------orange scented breath here------------
8. There were 200 kids in each grade.
9. This school isn't open anymore.
10. Youngest daughter was a real trouble maker.
11. She almost had to go to boarding school in Indiana.
12. Her husband objected to this plan so they hired a private tutor.
13. Her brother is a elementary school principal in another state.
---------------orange scented breath here------------
14. Another brother is going through a divorce and her mother is upset about this.
15. Mother chased brother down the street with a wooden spoon because of said divorce.
16. Another brother has a spoiled rotten child.
17. The mom dresses him weird.
18. She talks to her about this but she won't listen.
19. She is afraid he is going to get beat up.
20. He is only 3 right now.
--------------orange scented breath here-------------
I could so go on!!!!!
I was introduced to a new hygienist in the office. We will call her Crazy Kathy. We walk back to the little room where the scraping of six months of plaque will be removed from my pearly whites thereby giving me that snappy smile.
She begins the x-ray process and the small talk. And the small talk became enormous talk. Most of you know me well enough to know I can carry my weight in a conversation. I'm not shy. But I was speechless and not because she was up to her elbows in my mouth.
The first thing Crazy Kathy felt like she should tell me is that she has an allergy problem and that is why she is coughing...this is not a cold so do not be concerned. Oh, ok. She then puts an orange flavored cough drop in her mouth. There are many scents I just can't handle and one of them is orange. It just turns my stomach. I hate all orange candy or air fresheners. Just don't like'em. Nice that she now reaches over into my face with an orange flavored (scented) cough drop right in my face.
Then, in the following hour I learned the following about Crazy Kathy:
1. She has two daughters.
2. One daughter is married to a member of the armed forces.
3. He is over seas right now and so her daughter and grand kids are staying with her.
4. She was born and raised in MI.
5. She is the oldest of 6 kids.
6. She went to an all girls school.
7. It was a Catholic School.
---------------orange scented breath here------------
8. There were 200 kids in each grade.
9. This school isn't open anymore.
10. Youngest daughter was a real trouble maker.
11. She almost had to go to boarding school in Indiana.
12. Her husband objected to this plan so they hired a private tutor.
13. Her brother is a elementary school principal in another state.
---------------orange scented breath here------------
14. Another brother is going through a divorce and her mother is upset about this.
15. Mother chased brother down the street with a wooden spoon because of said divorce.
16. Another brother has a spoiled rotten child.
17. The mom dresses him weird.
18. She talks to her about this but she won't listen.
19. She is afraid he is going to get beat up.
20. He is only 3 right now.
--------------orange scented breath here-------------
I could so go on!!!!!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Fall Musical Revisted
Paige makes her second appearance in a CTH fall musical and Abi her debut in It's a Wonderful Life. And this time...I'm in the audience!!! AMEN to that!!!
We'd love it if you came to the show. And please ask for Paige Kristen's autograph at the meet and greet. She loves that!!!
November 14, 15, 21, 22, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
November 15, 16, 22, 23, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
More to the weekend saga...
When we got back from below mentioned camping trip we unpacked the soaked mess and set everything up and was resting peacefully when the girls noticed that Leonard, our family tortoise, was missing. Leonard has summer quarters out on the deck and Kurtis left the gate open when we were getting things together for the below mentioned horrible camping trip.
Kurtis, the girls and I got our shoes on, grabbed flashlights and began the search for Leonard. We looked in the bushes, out on the nature trail and woods behind our house but Leonard was no where to be found. It isn't like we can give the "Leonard Come!" command, ya know?
I love this tortoise. I am the one who wanted this tortoise when we went to the reptile show to purchase a bearded dragon for Grant. We weren't even looking for a tortoise but I loved him instantly. I was more than upset last night.
I had the poor little thing run over like those losers that purposefully run over turtles on the side of the road. I was afraid some teenager captured him and had decided to make him a science project or something. Michigan winters are rough on cold blooded creatures. What if we didn't find him. He would be frozen solid by late September. You name it, I pictured it.
This morning when I got up Kurtis and Paige had already begun the search again and had made flyers with a picture of Leonard and cheapskate Kurtis even offered a reward for his return. I know you are thinking it is a stupid turtle, right? No, it is a tortoise people!!! And it took my heart right with him I tell you!
Our precious neighbors have many times fed Leonard and our other reptile friends while we have been on vacations and they were anxious to help us find Leonard. They searched high and low and believe it or not...found Leonard!!!! Would you believe he had no explaination for his whereabouts?
Seriously, it was an answered prayer!!
The Calm Before the Storm
...is an understatement.
Let me start at the beginning. The very beginning.... a very good place to start.
It all started on Tuesday of last week when I called Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore to confirm that we would have no trouble getting a campsite without a reservation for the coming weekend. You might ask, "Jacki, why didn't you just make a reservation?" Allow me to answer that. Our national government only allows a certain number of reservable campsites per campground. The ones that were designated "reserved" had all been snatched up for the weekend.
Now, back to my conversation with the park ranger lady....
She replied, "oh, no...you should have no problem ma'am."
Don't call me "ma'am".
So, the Schoebs (our camping buddies) get ahead of us on this journey 4 hrs and 22 minutes to the north of the SE Michigan rat race we call home. They arrive at the campground approx. 10 minutes before us. My cell phone rings and Jayson says, "hey Jacki, they only have one site left and we can only have 6 people on a site (we have a total of 9 camping with us) what are we gonna do?" I'm ticked! Did that crazy ranger lady not tell me we should have no problem two days prior? Yes...yes...she did.
So we are able to get two walk in sites. What's a walk in site? Well, that is a site in which you hike your gear into the site several hundred yards. In our case it was about 200 yards. We take them because we have no choice. We have just driven 4 hrs and 22 minutes. With 5 children. We are tired and we want to climb the dunes and swim on the glorious shores of Lake Michigan. And eat a s'more!
So we do it! We hike two truck loads of gear to two adjoining camp sites. We set up four tents and misc other camping gear. For about 3 hours. Min and I head off for fire wood make a wrong turn and literally the road dead ends into Lake Michigan. It's not as pretty as last time I was here but still I could close my eyes and imagine I was somewhere tropical.
We grab the firewood and head back for our hot dogs, s'mores and pudgie pies.
We clean up that mess.
We played silent football.
Usually this is where we would load all the perishable things in the car for the night, however, it was 200 yards to the car because of the park ranger lady that lied to me so we loaded the food and other supplies in an extra tent.
We take showers and head for bed.
Pretty relaxing and uneventful.
Kurtis and I are laying in the tent reading and he says, "Oh man, I forgot to put on the rain fly. Should we put it on?" To which I replied, "Nah...it never rains when we camp and it will just make it hot." Let's leave it off."
You know where this is going don't you....Keep reading though.....
So, I never sleep well camping. I really prefer camping at the Four Seasons but I'm a trooper and my family likes camping so I like camping. I toss and turn all night long. Abi and I watch the racoons rummage through our trash (because Kurtis also forgot to take the trash to the dumpster-camping 101) and they fought over it for like an hour. I maybe slept a couple of hours. I'm finally having happy dreams of being somewhere....well, somewhere...else...and it happens. No warning AT ALL!!!
BUCKETS, I mean serious...BUCKETS of rain pours in from ALL SIDES of our tent. I yell at Kurtis to grab the rain fly (which is in the tent) he grabs it and goes out in his unders to put it on. He has this head lamp thing that we bought for caving on his head and I have no flashlight so I just stand still and hold it up off the ground. We are soaked!!! The stuff in our tent is soaked. Everything is a good ol' fashioned SOAKFEST!!!
We hear the Schoebs in their tent laughing so we assume they have their fly on and have just been witnessing the stupidity of the Minneys.
I check my clock on my cell to see that it is 6:07am. You are kidding me!!!
Paige has to go to the bathroom so I grab a jacket and hike up to the bathroom with her. (I really wish I was a guy sometimes!)
When I get back both camps are up and the damage is being assessed.
Food tent-no fly-lids on some of the tubs containing food but pretty much soaked.
Schoeb tent-no fly. Status-soaked.
Chairs-soaked.
Clothes-soaked-they were in the tent with us.
Kids-soaked.
Grownups-soaked.
We are done. We decide we are going to head home because everything is soaked. So, we begin that process which takes about 2 hours. It has temporarily stopped raining so we begin breaking things down. Things are packed and loaded near the cars. Notice I said, NEAR and NOT IN the cars.
Yip, rain again. And everything is soaked again.
Jayson says to me, "I think I am too old for camping". And I can't agree more.
We load up...Minneys head home...Schoebs take their kids on to the dunes. When we get home we get to unpack everything again. Set up two tents again so that they can air out from the soakfest. We also have to unload all the gear so that it can dry out so that it doesn't mold and stink so that when we go camping again in 10 years we have it at the ready.
Mindy and I figured out we spent more time actually packing/unpacking, driving and planning this camping trip than we actually did camp. And I didn't even set foot on the dunes or the beach.
Pics of this fabulous journey are here and I'm sure Min will have more but I wasn't much in the pic taking mood.
Let me start at the beginning. The very beginning.... a very good place to start.
It all started on Tuesday of last week when I called Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore to confirm that we would have no trouble getting a campsite without a reservation for the coming weekend. You might ask, "Jacki, why didn't you just make a reservation?" Allow me to answer that. Our national government only allows a certain number of reservable campsites per campground. The ones that were designated "reserved" had all been snatched up for the weekend.
Now, back to my conversation with the park ranger lady....
She replied, "oh, no...you should have no problem ma'am."
Don't call me "ma'am".
So, the Schoebs (our camping buddies) get ahead of us on this journey 4 hrs and 22 minutes to the north of the SE Michigan rat race we call home. They arrive at the campground approx. 10 minutes before us. My cell phone rings and Jayson says, "hey Jacki, they only have one site left and we can only have 6 people on a site (we have a total of 9 camping with us) what are we gonna do?" I'm ticked! Did that crazy ranger lady not tell me we should have no problem two days prior? Yes...yes...she did.
So we are able to get two walk in sites. What's a walk in site? Well, that is a site in which you hike your gear into the site several hundred yards. In our case it was about 200 yards. We take them because we have no choice. We have just driven 4 hrs and 22 minutes. With 5 children. We are tired and we want to climb the dunes and swim on the glorious shores of Lake Michigan. And eat a s'more!
So we do it! We hike two truck loads of gear to two adjoining camp sites. We set up four tents and misc other camping gear. For about 3 hours. Min and I head off for fire wood make a wrong turn and literally the road dead ends into Lake Michigan. It's not as pretty as last time I was here but still I could close my eyes and imagine I was somewhere tropical.
We grab the firewood and head back for our hot dogs, s'mores and pudgie pies.
We clean up that mess.
We played silent football.
Usually this is where we would load all the perishable things in the car for the night, however, it was 200 yards to the car because of the park ranger lady that lied to me so we loaded the food and other supplies in an extra tent.
We take showers and head for bed.
Pretty relaxing and uneventful.
Kurtis and I are laying in the tent reading and he says, "Oh man, I forgot to put on the rain fly. Should we put it on?" To which I replied, "Nah...it never rains when we camp and it will just make it hot." Let's leave it off."
You know where this is going don't you....Keep reading though.....
So, I never sleep well camping. I really prefer camping at the Four Seasons but I'm a trooper and my family likes camping so I like camping. I toss and turn all night long. Abi and I watch the racoons rummage through our trash (because Kurtis also forgot to take the trash to the dumpster-camping 101) and they fought over it for like an hour. I maybe slept a couple of hours. I'm finally having happy dreams of being somewhere....well, somewhere...else...and it happens. No warning AT ALL!!!
BUCKETS, I mean serious...BUCKETS of rain pours in from ALL SIDES of our tent. I yell at Kurtis to grab the rain fly (which is in the tent) he grabs it and goes out in his unders to put it on. He has this head lamp thing that we bought for caving on his head and I have no flashlight so I just stand still and hold it up off the ground. We are soaked!!! The stuff in our tent is soaked. Everything is a good ol' fashioned SOAKFEST!!!
We hear the Schoebs in their tent laughing so we assume they have their fly on and have just been witnessing the stupidity of the Minneys.
I check my clock on my cell to see that it is 6:07am. You are kidding me!!!
Paige has to go to the bathroom so I grab a jacket and hike up to the bathroom with her. (I really wish I was a guy sometimes!)
When I get back both camps are up and the damage is being assessed.
Food tent-no fly-lids on some of the tubs containing food but pretty much soaked.
Schoeb tent-no fly. Status-soaked.
Chairs-soaked.
Clothes-soaked-they were in the tent with us.
Kids-soaked.
Grownups-soaked.
We are done. We decide we are going to head home because everything is soaked. So, we begin that process which takes about 2 hours. It has temporarily stopped raining so we begin breaking things down. Things are packed and loaded near the cars. Notice I said, NEAR and NOT IN the cars.
Yip, rain again. And everything is soaked again.
Jayson says to me, "I think I am too old for camping". And I can't agree more.
We load up...Minneys head home...Schoebs take their kids on to the dunes. When we get home we get to unpack everything again. Set up two tents again so that they can air out from the soakfest. We also have to unload all the gear so that it can dry out so that it doesn't mold and stink so that when we go camping again in 10 years we have it at the ready.
Mindy and I figured out we spent more time actually packing/unpacking, driving and planning this camping trip than we actually did camp. And I didn't even set foot on the dunes or the beach.
Pics of this fabulous journey are here and I'm sure Min will have more but I wasn't much in the pic taking mood.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Totally WICKED!!!!
To quote one of the great thinkers of our time, Junie B. Jones...
Wowwie, Wow, WOW!!!
Wicked was amazing!!! Thanks so much Min and Evy for inviting me, it was a BLAST!
Wowwie, Wow, WOW!!!
Wicked was amazing!!! Thanks so much Min and Evy for inviting me, it was a BLAST!
I had to hold E up so she could get her pic made with the truck. The real prop truck!!! How cool!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Six Flags Trip-Chicago
3 iPods
2 portable DVD players
1 PSP
3 Nintendo DS
yet,
3 kids that are bored for the 4 hour (well like 6 with construction and stupid Chicago traffic) trip to Chicago. What the heck!!
This is our first weekend (although midweek) get away we have had with two teens. They are legitimately weird. Full fledged weird. Example: This morning we stop to have breakfast at Dunkin Donuts which is a huge deal because we don't usually do that. We can't just go in and get a donut. Abi needs a iced mocha latte, Grant needs an omelet croissant, I also messed up the whole system because when I ordered coffee she asked if I wanted cream. Who knew they did that behind the counter for you? Kurtis shorted out knowing that usually I get the non-fat, no whip decaf number at Starbucks so he had to find out what I wanted. He commented that he remembered when going to get a donut was a simple as going into the store and getting a donut and milk. That simple. No choices. Just donut. Milk. Not with teens in 2008 people.
Six Flags was fun and I actually rode a roller coaster for the first time since college. My church college group went before Kurtis and I were married and that is the last time I rode one. So one of the bonuses of older kids is-roller coasters! It was so fun!
Anyway, here are pics from the adventurous weekend. Enjoy!
2 portable DVD players
1 PSP
3 Nintendo DS
yet,
3 kids that are bored for the 4 hour (well like 6 with construction and stupid Chicago traffic) trip to Chicago. What the heck!!
This is our first weekend (although midweek) get away we have had with two teens. They are legitimately weird. Full fledged weird. Example: This morning we stop to have breakfast at Dunkin Donuts which is a huge deal because we don't usually do that. We can't just go in and get a donut. Abi needs a iced mocha latte, Grant needs an omelet croissant, I also messed up the whole system because when I ordered coffee she asked if I wanted cream. Who knew they did that behind the counter for you? Kurtis shorted out knowing that usually I get the non-fat, no whip decaf number at Starbucks so he had to find out what I wanted. He commented that he remembered when going to get a donut was a simple as going into the store and getting a donut and milk. That simple. No choices. Just donut. Milk. Not with teens in 2008 people.
Six Flags was fun and I actually rode a roller coaster for the first time since college. My church college group went before Kurtis and I were married and that is the last time I rode one. So one of the bonuses of older kids is-roller coasters! It was so fun!
Anyway, here are pics from the adventurous weekend. Enjoy!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Random Thoughts with Jacki
Ok, thought this was a weird combo but maybe it is just me.
Today I'm driving around Howell running my hum drum life little errands and I see the funniest collection of bumper stickers/advertising. It was a minivan (strangeness #1) with a bumper sticker that read "I love scrapbooking" -not so strange but with the advertising that with it- "Michigan Paranormal Investigation Organization became strangeness numbers 2 and 3 respectively.
Today I'm driving around Howell running my hum drum life little errands and I see the funniest collection of bumper stickers/advertising. It was a minivan (strangeness #1) with a bumper sticker that read "I love scrapbooking" -not so strange but with the advertising that with it- "Michigan Paranormal Investigation Organization became strangeness numbers 2 and 3 respectively.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Sooner Star Spangled Banner
You do not have to stand and put your hand over your heart but I do expect you to appreciate this special rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner Sooner Style and don't send me nasty responses saying that we are unpatriotic because I won't like you anymore.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
You are gonna be jealous
You really are so think about whether or not you want to read on.
It's not enough that the Minney's live on beautiful Thompson Lake in Howell, MI...oh, no...we had to go beyond.
We have friends (Dummitts!-that's their last name I am not being disrespectful!) that bought those HUGE blow up bounce house water slide toys with tunnels and built in water guns and the sort.
Nope not the Minneys. We wanted more.
We could have bought season passes to White Water or something but we prefer our privacy.
So, we bought a beautiful new pool. With a fountain even.
I know you guys are going to be lining up to house sit when we go places and you are now going to want to have parties here and stuff like that and we are ok with that. We like to share.
Here is Paige enjoying our new pool. Come over anytime. We will leave the heater on for you.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Not even ONE Thunderstorm
Can you believe that?
I return to my roots to spend two whole weeks and I don't even get one good ol' fashioned thunderstorm or tornado. In two weeks!! I guess statistically that isn't uncommon for July in Oklahoma but I thought maybe God could cooperate with me a little bit.
The highlights of the trip home:
1. I sang with my mom in her church choir for a truly amazing night for the International Mission Board Commissioning Service. Standing in the choir loft and singing powerful songs while watching newly called and trained missionaries and their families prepare to travel all over the world-some of them knowing they will not return-to tell of Jesus was truly indescribable.
2. I went to the zoo for the first time since we moved and although Kurtis will complain that they still haven't built a new snake house, I was very proud of my zoo!
3. Oklahoma City has an NBA team for fall!!! Us!!! Little ol' us!!! I think that is way cool! I know that you Michiganders have your pro sports out the wazoo but we have no full fledged professional sports teams. So we are proud!
4. Seeing friends I haven't seen in a long time! I can't really understand why their kids are getting so big but we are still so young. Go figure!
5. Church with family.
6. The kids giggling with their cousins.
7. My kids wanting to play card games with their 85 year old great grandmother and getting beat by her EVERYTIME!!!
8. Celebrating my grandma's 85 birthday party with her.
9. Red dirt.
10. Sonic, Johnnies, Del Rancho, Chelino's, Taco Bueno...yum
I uploaded a bunch of pics to my facebook because they load a ton faster there. So click below and enjoy!
Oklahoma Pics
One more highlight....
I return to my roots to spend two whole weeks and I don't even get one good ol' fashioned thunderstorm or tornado. In two weeks!! I guess statistically that isn't uncommon for July in Oklahoma but I thought maybe God could cooperate with me a little bit.
The highlights of the trip home:
1. I sang with my mom in her church choir for a truly amazing night for the International Mission Board Commissioning Service. Standing in the choir loft and singing powerful songs while watching newly called and trained missionaries and their families prepare to travel all over the world-some of them knowing they will not return-to tell of Jesus was truly indescribable.
2. I went to the zoo for the first time since we moved and although Kurtis will complain that they still haven't built a new snake house, I was very proud of my zoo!
3. Oklahoma City has an NBA team for fall!!! Us!!! Little ol' us!!! I think that is way cool! I know that you Michiganders have your pro sports out the wazoo but we have no full fledged professional sports teams. So we are proud!
4. Seeing friends I haven't seen in a long time! I can't really understand why their kids are getting so big but we are still so young. Go figure!
5. Church with family.
6. The kids giggling with their cousins.
7. My kids wanting to play card games with their 85 year old great grandmother and getting beat by her EVERYTIME!!!
8. Celebrating my grandma's 85 birthday party with her.
9. Red dirt.
10. Sonic, Johnnies, Del Rancho, Chelino's, Taco Bueno...yum
I uploaded a bunch of pics to my facebook because they load a ton faster there. So click below and enjoy!
Oklahoma Pics
One more highlight....
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
Congrats!
My nephew's girlfriend was crowned Miss Teen Oklahoma over the weekend. I've actually only met her once since I live in Michigan and she obviously lives in Oklahoma but I'm proud nonetheless! You know how to pick 'em Ty!
Thursday, June 05, 2008
And the winner is....
Kurtis!
Here are the FAQ's for the award Kurtis won:
1. What award did Kurtis win?
Well, let me answer that for you. Kurtis won a "Boss" Kettering Award.
2. What is a "Boss" Kettering Award?
I can answer that one too!!!
"Now in its 32nd year, the "Boss" Kettering Award is named for legendary Charles F. "Boss" Kettering, who organized General Motors Corporation's research and development efforts in 1920 and dedicated the company to 'intensive study of the problems ahead for the automotive industry.' Kettering was the first head of GM's Research Laboratories and the originator of more than 140 patents. (taken from my program-I can not lie)
3. What did Kurtis do to earn the award?
Kurtis won the award for his part in research and development on the hybrid vehicle regenerative braking team.
4. What does that mean?
Ask Kurtis.
5. What did he get?
One of the cars below. Just kidding. He got a beautiful trophy (see picture below) and a cash bonus.
6. Will Kurtis ever wear that suit again?
No. Never.
This was one of the fanciest dinners I have ever attended in my life and only my chef friend Zac Clegg would appreciate the fine foods we had. Stuffed Zuchinni Flowers!!! Did you know you could eat those!!!! Who would've thunked it!!! Anyway, GM knows how to throw a party.
Here are the FAQ's for the award Kurtis won:
1. What award did Kurtis win?
Well, let me answer that for you. Kurtis won a "Boss" Kettering Award.
2. What is a "Boss" Kettering Award?
I can answer that one too!!!
"Now in its 32nd year, the "Boss" Kettering Award is named for legendary Charles F. "Boss" Kettering, who organized General Motors Corporation's research and development efforts in 1920 and dedicated the company to 'intensive study of the problems ahead for the automotive industry.' Kettering was the first head of GM's Research Laboratories and the originator of more than 140 patents. (taken from my program-I can not lie)
3. What did Kurtis do to earn the award?
Kurtis won the award for his part in research and development on the hybrid vehicle regenerative braking team.
4. What does that mean?
Ask Kurtis.
5. What did he get?
One of the cars below. Just kidding. He got a beautiful trophy (see picture below) and a cash bonus.
6. Will Kurtis ever wear that suit again?
No. Never.
This was one of the fanciest dinners I have ever attended in my life and only my chef friend Zac Clegg would appreciate the fine foods we had. Stuffed Zuchinni Flowers!!! Did you know you could eat those!!!! Who would've thunked it!!! Anyway, GM knows how to throw a party.
Kurtis receiving his award from Jim Queen , Group Vice President Global En
gineeringKurtis and the rest of his team.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Business Time
These are the comedians Kurtis and I saw Saturday night in Ann Arbor and everyone has been asking us where to find the link on youtube for "Business Time" so here ya go... ...this isn't really for kids! When it is over you can scroll through the others to see some of their other songs. My favorite is "Jenny". More family friendly.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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