tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post7638109320810448424..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: Mmmmm Spam Cordon BleuDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger150125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-37105930788680058872007-09-25T11:04:00.000-04:002007-09-25T11:04:00.000-04:00No guy names in your list of winners.(Just thought...No guy names in your list of winners.<BR/><BR/>(Just thought I would pull the "What-About-Men card" and see if it got me any where.)<BR/><BR/>Rick<BR/><BR/>P.S. My real name is Richard. That name means "rich, powerful, ruler." In a house with a wife and three daughters I am neither rich, nor power, and certainly not a ruler. Even the dog is a girl, and I have my suspicions about the fish.<BRRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965400321043093038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-55679575163065884862007-09-24T14:35:00.000-04:002007-09-24T14:35:00.000-04:00Oh...gotta love the Spam. Actually I had "Spam Nu...Oh...gotta love the Spam. Actually I had "Spam Nuggets" at the Minnesota State Fair this year. Let me just say that they were less than desirable. I think they were cheese infused spam dipped in a crunchy breading, deep fried (like everyhting else at the fair) and served with a side of ranch. I think the ranch would have been better without the Spam nuggets!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-42595338595246544242007-09-24T08:42:00.000-04:002007-09-24T08:42:00.000-04:00You've made me curious about the food tax. I've o...You've made me curious about the food tax. I've only lived in two states, neither of which is MN, and we've never had a tax on food. Clothes, yes, but not food. Interesting. I thought only the touristy places where we vacation taxed food. Ya learn somethin' every day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-38285198491644160552007-09-23T15:11:00.000-04:002007-09-23T15:11:00.000-04:00I once found a petrified hot dog behind the movie ...I once found a petrified hot dog behind the movie shelf in our family room. Can you say yum? I'm an LDS reader of yours, and I'm glad to know that I am not learning disabled, either.Annie-Savor This Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06438377679929492575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-43840920903432825322007-09-23T01:58:00.000-04:002007-09-23T01:58:00.000-04:00Dawn,Just a word of advice DON'T ever give your ch...Dawn,<BR/>Just a word of advice DON'T ever give your children a wood burning kit for Christmas. My brother got one, once. My cousins, my brothers, and I proceeded to wood burn in the oak table in Grandma's family room. "Not me" couldn't take the blame for this one because, the smart children we were, had burned our names in the table.<BR/><BR/>I have 5 daughters and you would think we wouldn't Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07826857869726600980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-21409270954459299722007-09-23T00:49:00.000-04:002007-09-23T00:49:00.000-04:00Hey, Im from Oregon too. Whats really bad is when ...Hey, Im from Oregon too. Whats really bad is when you drive to Washington and sit there at the gas station waiting and waiting then having someone come up and say..Hey lady...pump your own gas! Love your blog!!I also enjoy reading everyones comments ! LaurieCharmingdesignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575363077109065288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-92004398213016141412007-09-22T21:52:00.000-04:002007-09-22T21:52:00.000-04:00Hey, I was born in Austin, MN and my parents both ...Hey, I was born in Austin, MN and my parents both worked at Hormel. I have heard many great and gruesome Spam stories. I'll keep them to myself though, lest I be burned at the stake by the die hard Minnesotans. ;)Making A Modern Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11162076430797098699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-78242896452828612342007-09-22T16:52:00.000-04:002007-09-22T16:52:00.000-04:00Sadly I must say that we also heavily subsidize (I...Sadly I must say that we also heavily subsidize (I CAN'T SPELL THAT WORD!)our local library too. I need a budget line for library fines.<BR/><BR/>I don't remember paying taxes on food (meaning not fast food but food you carry out and presumably prepare at home, which was how it was explained to me when I worked at a grocery store) in TX, MO, KY, or OH.Lori's Light Extemporaneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755604404233681748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-59270903417691749272007-09-22T15:29:00.000-04:002007-09-22T15:29:00.000-04:00LOLLove your blog. Good luck on mudding in the hol...LOL<BR/><BR/>Love your blog. Good luck on mudding in the hole in the drywall.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15752344076797977728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-21584009923644493642007-09-22T13:31:00.000-04:002007-09-22T13:31:00.000-04:00I just discovered you blog. You're so funny! I h...I just discovered you blog. You're so funny! I have 4 children, the oldest being 5. I'm learning very fast what Motherhood is like!<BR/><BR/>By the way, I live in Oregon and we have not sales tax at all. It's great! I really get messed up when I visit other states. It's really embarrassing to find out that I don't have enough money to pay for the items I brought to the check out. Of courseTishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602876557976893681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-14364466842794173492007-09-22T13:27:00.000-04:002007-09-22T13:27:00.000-04:00No sales tax on anything in NH either, except for ...No sales tax on anything in NH either, except for "prepared meals (i.e. restaurants) and rooms" BUT people in NH are so used to being tax free, that back in the days when I scooped ice cream, I would often have an angry customer whenever a cone wasn't $1.39 as the menu board claimed and, of course, it was my fault. So we NH-ites are often surprised by sales taxes.<BR/><BR/>To solve the hot dog /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-57100478040632908242007-09-22T12:36:00.000-04:002007-09-22T12:36:00.000-04:00Hey! I accidentally clicked on your library pictur...Hey! I accidentally clicked on your library picture and noticed that you have an apparently well-read collection of Junie B. Jones! <BR/> <BR/>OF COURSE YOU WOULD. <BR/><BR/>Now there's another writer, like yourself, with a FOR REAL voice, only in her case she gives it to a child! Glad to have a chance to give Barbara Park a global plug. I haven't read Junie B. Jones and her Big Fat Mouth yet,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-5099916819427798652007-09-22T10:53:00.000-04:002007-09-22T10:53:00.000-04:00maybe i did'nt catch the sarcasam but do you reall...maybe i did'nt catch the sarcasam but do you really tell your kids to read in the bathtub? please answer me in your blogstephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695534601748958088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-54785240692840023952007-09-22T09:26:00.000-04:002007-09-22T09:26:00.000-04:00Dawn,Love your Blog. When I can't get to sleep, I ...Dawn,<BR/>Love your Blog. When I can't get to sleep, I go down your kids names.(proper first) Then down to their nick-names. I'm pretty much asleep after spaz. I wonder why his nick-name is spaz ?? Being in MN, there is a city named "Crystal".I live next door in "New Hope" nick-named "No Hope" <BR/>Huuum, pondering makes me tired :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-27639571308406118112007-09-22T08:34:00.000-04:002007-09-22T08:34:00.000-04:00your house is like mine. I found a cheese quesadil...your house is like mine. I found a cheese quesadilla on the sit n spin in the playroom!! YUCK!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566308108036526476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-9848736612378671232007-09-22T08:23:00.000-04:002007-09-22T08:23:00.000-04:00I'm glad to see that I am not the only one to find...I'm glad to see that I am not the only one to find random particles of food lying around my house. Just yesterday when I opened the dishwasher I found a music box!!!! I have no idea how it got there but I suspect it was one of two little munchkins who run around this land of OZ!<BR/><BR/>Love your blog! Congratulations on your success! I wish you much good fortune as you continue to "change Lisa Lou Hoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14528044094871392221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-75807578519194950462007-09-22T04:28:00.000-04:002007-09-22T04:28:00.000-04:00Dawn,The biggest question that I have and I have b...Dawn,<BR/><BR/>The biggest question that I have and I have been waiting for all the "hoopla" to die down. I don't think that is going to happen anytime soon. So here it is..... How in the world did you manage to go to the grocery store and fill up TWO carts and pay less than 300 dollars?? I only have a family of 4, 5 if you want to count my 44 year old sister who came to live with us. And my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-67045022316957963012007-09-22T01:38:00.000-04:002007-09-22T01:38:00.000-04:00I must say, I love your blog! Thanks so much for t...I must say, I love your blog! Thanks so much for the laughs.<BR/><BR/>BTW-Ohio is another state with no sales tax on food (but clothing does)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-6896805007049018172007-09-22T00:56:00.000-04:002007-09-22T00:56:00.000-04:00Dawn, keep up the good work! Just had to tell you...Dawn, keep up the good work! Just had to tell you about my matching holes in the wall. My twins, who are now 10, when they were about 4, decided to burrow through to one another through their joining bedroom walls one day! The amazing thing-is when they got through-the holes actually lined up! <BR/>Jeffie KoppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-34685146619193500482007-09-22T00:34:00.000-04:002007-09-22T00:34:00.000-04:00Living in Hawaii for 4 years we were surprised to ...Living in Hawaii for 4 years we were surprised to find out that Hawaiians Love their Spam so much that for breakfast you can get spam and eggs with rice at Mikey D's...seriously. Also the state government has a wharehouse full of Spam in case of emergency... not even a joke. Ask any Hawaiian. so Austin and Minnisota have some catching up to do.<BR/> I am also glad that I am not the only one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-72621803584189118292007-09-22T00:28:00.000-04:002007-09-22T00:28:00.000-04:00Okay, I live in MN, and I'm sure you're just teasi...Okay, I live in MN, and I'm sure you're just teasing. It doesn't get cold here...just a little chilly. You see, you just eat the Spam (fried in butter is best) and you build up that extra layer--you'll never feel the cold, I mean chill.<BR/><BR/>Last October we cruised up to the North Shore (that's Lake Superior to non-MN people) about the middle of the month, and we slept with the windows opendaisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168831819807523569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-28123349722488258232007-09-22T00:14:00.000-04:002007-09-22T00:14:00.000-04:00LOL!!! you are so funny dawn! once my sister was ...LOL!!! you are so funny dawn! once my sister was trying to be jackie chan by climbing up the wall and she kicked a huge hole in it. its still there from when i was about 7:)(really its still there i nknow because my sister lives there now!(yes the one who made the hole)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11695534601748958088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-65092462460042620442007-09-22T00:00:00.000-04:002007-09-22T00:00:00.000-04:00My little kiddo just picked up a Cheerio off the f...My little kiddo just picked up a Cheerio off the floor yesterday, said, "Mmm, Cheerio!" and popped it in his mouth. I can't even remember the last time I bought Cheerios:(! The least he could have done was knocked some of the dog hair off first.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Montana has no sales tax at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-34306579170737904772007-09-21T23:57:00.000-04:002007-09-21T23:57:00.000-04:00November?? It doesn't get cold here in MN until Mi...November?? It doesn't get cold here in MN until Mid January! November is still outdoor play timestevehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06392484088921542387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-3298796014277626452007-09-21T23:42:00.000-04:002007-09-21T23:42:00.000-04:00The best holes at my house came from my then 3 yea...The best holes at my house came from my then 3 year old he used a screw driver to kill the flys that landed on the kitchen wall. Another funny hole in my house actual came from my husband. He tripped going down the stairs carrying a bucket. The wall braced his fall there is a hole from his shoulder and from the bucket of mud. The screw driver holes are gone but the shoulder hole is still thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com