Happy Thanksgiving

Denise and I certainly know what we're thankful for...

Calvin

Denise and I would like to officially welcome Calvin Jacob Schmidt to the world. He was born Saturday, November 21, at 3:58pm. He was 8lbs 10oz and 21" in length.

Goodbye, Grandma

In honor of my grandma's passing on Oct. 30th, I'm posting a copy of her obituary...

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.

Still No Kid...

Well you had to think that any offspring of Denise and I would be a little on the stubborn side... the little bugger is 5 days late today. So just to update everyone, Denise is tentatively scheduled to be induced this Friday.

Full Term

Denise hit 37 weeks today so according to the OB this morning, she's now officially considered full term...

Auto-Tune the News

For those who haven't yet discovered the genius of Auto-Tune the News yet, here are a few links to get you started:

• 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.

Auto-Tune the News #6: Michael Jackson. drugs. Palin.

Wild Preseason Game

I got to go to the Wild preseason game tonight. Not only were they amazing seats (in the corner, only 3 rows up) but they were free thanks to my brother-in-law's girlfriend (thanks again, Missy!). And if that weren't enough, it was against the Chicago Blackhawks which means you can always count on plenty of intensity (read: lots o' fighting).

Even better, the Wild won 3-0!

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