Wednesday, June 30, 2010

FORE...... Sue

Yes, we all enjoyed the family picnic....good food, good company, great hosts, beautiful weather.... what more could we ask for! And we and the Stamps enjoyed our 2nd annual trip to Duncan, NE for Ribfest...any traveling with John and Steve is usually an adventure, and this time it was even more so, as Suki talked about in her post...

Just had to share and preserve the news of Joe's recent Hole in One!  He and three friends played Sunday at Eagle Hills in Papillion. On the 12th hole, a distance of 173 yards, Joe hit the ball with an 8-iron and they heard it hit the pin. When he got to the hole, there it was in the cup!  He tells me he "dunked" it... it landed straight in the cup rather than rolling in. Guys don't take very good documentation pictures....I'd have taken one with him smiling and holding the ball...; but maybe this is even more authentic...at least we have this much and he got his name in the World Herald today, so that's his few minutes claim to fame!


I must get to my Shamrock Lawns book work.  Today he received a check for over $300 that some guy (who owns his own Financial Consulting Co.) owed him from LAST summer, along with enough to pay him to start mowing again for the rest of this summer!  We had sent the guy numerous 'collection letters', all to no avail, until he apparently couldn't find anyone else to do it and came crawling back.  Justice is served! So I need to get it in the bank quickly! 

See you all on the 17th for Renee's shower.Looking forward to Saturday morning brunch!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Family Picnic, Baby Shower, Duncan Ribfest!

Hi from Suki,
Since we have so much going on with the Bull family cousins with the picnic, baby news, wedding news and other activities, I wanted to post a few pictures to share.

Marty and Gigi and their family hosted another outstanding, successful Bull Family Picnic. The weather was perfect, the food amazing and their home and yard was inviting, roomy and full of fun and activities.

Many, many thanks to Gigi, Erika, Maria and Shaylee for also hosting Niki and Matt's baby shower. She received so many wonderful gifts and so many needed items. The favors from Janice and Kelly were precious and the diaper cake was amazing. I know Niki has thanked you all, but I wanted to throw in my 10-yen as well. It makes a future grandmother proud to be a part of this family.




I also wanted to post a picture of our trip to Duncan, Nebraska on Saturday to the Annual Duncan Ribfest. Tom Talbott serves as one of the pitmasters that cook up these amazing ribs. This was the second visit for us as John, Sue, Steve and I ventured to Duncan last year for this event and it's a must for us from now on. It was well worth the time and effort it took to get there this year, too. The temps were in the 90's most of the day and Steve had all his cattle escape and hide. He and Chuck finally rescued and recovered all of them and we had to pick Steve up in Cedar Bluffs with a change of clothes (following his farm hydrant shower). We got there much later than expected but Stan and Nancy, who were exiting the festival upon our arrival, returned with us and kept us company. We missed E. Bull, Marianne, Connie and Tucker, though.

So everyone enjoy the rest of the summer and I look forward to seeing more pictures of the events you may have.
Suki

Monday, June 28, 2010

Has it really been that long since I've crashed the blog?????

Well, looking back, I guess so. I couldn't even find one darn post!!! You all have covered mine up!!!! LOL!!!! Anyway, so little space, and quite frankly, not much to tell you all. But I shall begin where I always begin: THE MIDDLE! (tee hee).

1) I completed a SECOND Bachelors Degree this past January. Yes, I'm a school addict. I guess I need umm....School-anon!!!! LOL! My second degree is strictly in Human Relations. I couldn't get a darn job with the Liberal Arts with 2 emphasis areas worth a darn, so I went back and got my second degree. Hopefully now, I can get a job--so far, no luck :(. GAH! But NOW I'm looking at going back and getting a SECOND ASSOCIATES degree. Yes, I'm going backwards and not going forwards to grad school. But for me, it might be the best. I'm thinking of going into OTA (Occupational Therapy Assistant), as I can't find any jobs in Human Relations that I want. I've applied for so many jobs and have not gotten a SINGLE interview! I just want to give up!!!!

2) I slipped in the shower on Saturday, bruising my knee pretty bad, bruising my stomach AND hitting my cheekbone on the toilet! LOL! I'm a klutz. I called the on call doc and he said to go to the ER if it wasn't better in 2 hours. Ha! Thanks to mom pestering me NOT to go due to the $50 copay, I waited 5 hours. Finally I went in. It wasn't broken, and yet the darn doc took x-rays! Sheesh! Thank goodness for insurance! But I was given an anti-inflammatory pill that makes me want to zonk out after 2 hours taking it. I'm hoping that side effect will wear off rather quickly, as my supervisor (Heather, because Chris is gone), does NOT think that they should give me that side effect (it IS listed as one). But I'm not restricted from work, as I was this past weekend. I had to miss Sat and Sun because of it.

3) Work is going so-so. As most of you know, if you read my one post before, I have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. I asked for accommodations at work, and they were at first reluctant to give them to me, but I had a meeting with administration about the requests. All of them were reasonable except for one, but we're working on that one. Dr. Wilson, who diagnosed me, was present via the phone. So it cost $180 for a 45 minute phone session, but it was the BEST $180 I spent in my life!!!! With her input and my requests, everything was pretty much met! So work is going to go a LOT better now (0r so I hope). But I would still like to find another job. So far, no luck :(.

4) I have MOVED out and have my OWN apartment!!!! Yee haw!!!!! I have pics, but they are on Facebook. It'll take too long to upload them on here. Sorry, I have no patience tonight, as it's almost 7:20 and my pathetic parents aren't home yet. I skidded over to talk to mom, but naturally she's gone. Dad's at the farm and when I called, he was east of Minden. So I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for them (mainly mom) to get home. But I need to head to town and get some bread (my last one turned moldy as I didn't eat it fast enough) so I can make some sandwiches tomorrow and have some so I can make tuna salad sandwich for supper tomorrow night. Let me tell you, 3 bagels in a day is NOT a healthy meal. Good thing mom isn't reading this yet or I would get the "wrath" of her and lecture on nutrition--something of which I'm tired of hearing (another reason I moved out). Stormy at first didn't adjust to my apt and I was scared she wouldn't. But it took awhile of her staying there and doing short visits. Now, she's happy and likes to lay in my chair, on my bed or look out the window while I'm gone. I can only have 1 cat :(. So Mike and Ike have to stay here at grandma and grandpa's. Every time I come over though, they are thrilled to see me and tell me how "evil" grandma and grandpa are to them and how they're "abused and neglected" as they don't get "played with, and given love and attention". So I take care of that while I'm here to keep them happy :).

5) I'm over the hill!!!! LOL! That's an inside joke at work of course. But I'm now 26 and feel OLDER THAN DIRT!!!! Wait, I've always felt that way! Anyway, when my co-workers asked me how old I was last Sunday (the 20th), I told them "over the hill". Hahaha. They didn't fall for it. I tried. That's all I can say. 26 is NOT young--it's OLD!!!! But ask my grandma (Marge) and she'll tell you that even though I'm 26, my LOVE and OBSESSION for Scooby-Doo has NOT died down and it NEVER will!!!! Tee hee!!!! I have an apt. full of Scooby stuff set up in my bedroom :). I <3 it :). I bought a beach ball and kick board with Scooby on it the other day and am STOKED for tomorrow!!!!! The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo come out on DVD (the complete series). Yay!!!!! So as you can tell, I still LOVE it!

Well, 5 items are enough on here. I've taken up enough space. Dad just walked in, but mom is hiding and being a slow poke and pathetically lazy on getting home. I guess she doesn't want to see the LOVELY mess I made for her while she was gone ;). I'll talk to you all laterz!

Suz

Monday, June 7, 2010

Hello from the Talbotts in Lincoln











I hope everyone is doing well. We are certainly enjoying the warmer weather and after the long winter, I hate to say this but it's almost getting to hot already. We are keeping busy but enjoying the spring/summer. Ben and I just got back from Las Vegas for my step sisters wedding, we were able to spend time with Joan and enjoyed that all very much. Next week we are going to Lake Tahoe for another wedding, we are certainly looking forward to that as neither one of us have ever been there.

I wanted to share some pics of Carlie these are from her 2 year old shoot.
I also wanted to invite you all to Ben's SUPRISE 30th birthday party! This will be at the Red9 in Lincoln on Friday July 9th. Ben will get there about 8pm. Again he has no clue, so please do not mention anything to him:) I can't wait!!!!!!