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Corey and Danielle have set a date to get married – September 25, 2010 October 17, 2009. We love Danielle like our own so we are ecstatic to have her “officially” in our family. Corey proposed and gave her the engagement ring on November 7, 2008. We look forward to their future together. Corey……you did good!!! Danielle……we’d like to humbly say we think you did too!!! We love you both.
This is Corey and Danielle when we were leaving Menards with a whole bunch of fence. This was the second load. Corey and Danielle had already picked up the concrete, posts, screws, etc. On the back of the truck, you can see we answered the age-old question “Where’s Waldo?”. Who knew he was hiding on the back of a Menards truck.
This is Mark and Corey working on the front corner.
This is the first beautiful section finished. The whole fence is finished now. It took two days of working in wind and rain and cold. Don’t let the beautiful sunshine in the picture fool you. It was cold and Danielle and I both have fierce windburns on our faces. All that is left to finish is the gates, which is the easy part. We all agreed the worst part was setting the posts. We also had our first sleepover at Corey and Danielle’s. Since they only live forty minutes away, we have never spent the night there. It was a fun and very productive weekend.
Keith, Justin, Mark and myself went to this Japanese restaurant last weekend. The tables were each in “pits” where you sit on cushions on the floor and your legs and the table are in the pit. As is tradition, you also take your shoes off before you go to your table. We had a blast, especially watching Justin with his wasabi. His face would turn beet red with every bite. When Keith suggested avoiding the wasabi, Justin said no, he liked the feeling when it got to his stomach. Keith, Mark and I got the tempura chicken (typical Americans). Justin ordered this beautiful plate of sushi.
Myself, I like sushi but not the kind with raw fish. I’m not a seafood fan so I’ve actually never even tried the ones with raw fish. I did it this night because Justin asked and I usually try whatever the food is that I haven’t tried yet unless it still has eyes in it or repulses me, i.e. squid and roe. For the record, the brighter orange item on this plate is roe. Wiki defines roe as “the fully ripe internal ovaries or egg masses of fish and certain marine animals, such as shrimp, scallop and sea urchins”. Wiki describes eggs as “usually chicken eggs, but also those of other birds and turtles, as well as those of fish”. It even seems the Wiki definition is trying to scare me, even though an egg should just be an egg.
I ate a piece of the green sushi, which was cucumber. Mark also tried that one and didn’t like it. His palate is not adventurous. He likes a good burger or some lasagna. I also tried the raw fish one. It’s not for me – it’s hard enough for me to eat cooked seafood let alone raw. Keith had already tried the raw previously and is o.k. with it if you can get past the texture. All in all though, we had a great time.