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Oneeta Reuter

Funeral service for Oneeta Wanda Reuter, 96, Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Anoka, took place Nov. 16 at Thurston-Lindberg Funeral Chapel, Anoka. Rev. Gary Wilkerson.

Reuter died Oct. 30. She was born April 13, 1913 in Kiota, Mo., to Charles E. and Fanny F. (Gault) Tracy and was a retired nurse at the state hospital.

She is survived by her children, Charles Reuter, Dallas (Nancy) Reuter and Mary Kay (Larry) Schmidt; 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Interment was at Forest Hill Cemetery, Anoka. Arrangements were by Thurston-Lindberg Funeral Home, Anoka.

My grandma was also famous in our family for having a quaint colloquialism for pretty much any situation. Here are a few I could think of off the top of my head:

• “Excuse the pig, the hog’s out walkin’.” (used when one of us burped, a personal favorite of mine.)
• “I’m so hungry I could eat the north end of a southbound horse.”
• “I’m so hungry my stomach thinks my throat’s been cut.”
• “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
• “It’s like straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel.”

Updated 12/2:

• I haven’t . . . since Hector was a pup.
• . . . ’til who laid the rail.
• . . . (doing/going something) hell bent fer ‘lection.
• He’s as thick in the muck as she is in the mire.
• I’ve gotta pee so bad I can taste it.
• She already had a stallion in the paddock.

• Auto-Tune the News #6: Michael Jackson. drugs. Palin.
• Auto-Tune the News #8: dragons. geese. Michael Vick. (ft. T-Pain)
• Auto-Tune the News #5: lettuce regulation. American blessings.
• Auto-Tune the News #7: texting. rhyming. pat buchanan fail.
• Auto-Tune the News #2: pirates. drugs. gay marriage.

The see them all, Michael Gregory (co-creator) posts them all under the YouTube account schmoyoho.

Even better, the Wild won 3-0!

I post some pics from my cell phone on Facebook here.

Denise and I took a weekend road trip to Wisconsin Dells with our friend, Gredd. No occasion really, other than it being most likely our last little vacation before the baby arrives, which is also why we had to drive. But despite Denise being pregnant, we did manage to play no less than 271 holes of mini golf!

And while we’re on the topic of statistics, although it started off as a kind of sad commentary on modern life, it’s actually becoming a road trip tradition in our family to count Walmart trucks. One which began on our honeymoon. The funny thing is we only saw 51 on our entire 4,365-mile honeymoon road trip. Last weekend, we saw 55 on our little 574-mile road trip… and 35 of those were on the way there!

After a few weeks, due to a complication or two, our deck is finally done! Thanks again to Nick for all his hard work in building it!