Tuesday, May 29, 2007

party

dear blog,

it has been so long since i have posted last. i hope that that is okay with you. life has been really busy, what with finals and papers coming due. this is my last week of classes and i have three more papers to write so i am still really busy. after thursday eveything will be all better though. i should probably let my family know that i want them to come to my graduation if they can come. it is going to be on saturday afternoon (i think its at three... but you know me, i never get times right). after the graduation, we are going to have a party at my house in south minneapolis. i wonder if pete will feel safe enough to come down? i am just so thankful for my family! well, i better get back to doing school work. talk to you later, matt

ps. here is a picture for the party

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARAH!


Somebody in this picture is celebrating a birthday today (and it's not Kojoe!)...Happy Birthday, Sarah! Hope May 22nd is wonderful for you, and the start of a fantastic year ahead! Love you much! Mom and Dad

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Anna's party





Anna had an awesome kitty birthday party! 11 6 yr old girls for 2 1/4 hrs is a lot of work, though. Just ask mom- I don't think I could have done it without her. The drama is amazing. Luckily no more parties for 11 more months. I'll talk to everyone later. Abby
PS After Tom got his present from Matt, Anna said "I hope I get a sock for my birthday!" It was the first present she opened. She was so excited. In the end, though, I didn't compete with the peeing (and pooping!) baby.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

m day



here are some picts from mother's day. it was nice to see most everyone (and it will be nice to see everyone on wednesday). have a great night, matt

Mother's Day

Thank you all for such a great Mother's Day, and Mother's Day weekend. How fantasic seeing pictures of my new little grandson with his cute nose (and all his other parts).... relaxing on Megan and Peter's deck on such a wonderful May evening - and after a great walk around Como Lake.... eating lots of good food - Megan's bakery buys and Jimmy Johns sandwiches, Matt's burgers and pineapple, my favorite salad at Applebees, a too rich dessert at TGIFridays.... going to church with Megan and Peter (and a great message).... Sarah and I following Matt and Paul as they meandered around looking for a Perkins (which they never did find, even after asking directions, after making several U-turns, and after signals to turn right and turning left instead!);coming home to a wonderful message from Anna on the answering machin...there was so much more too, that made this so nice. But the best was a chance to visit, chat, talk, catch up...Your dad and I are just so, so blessed by our family - kids, son and daughter in law, and grandchildren. So - thank you, all!

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Tuesday thoughts

Well, where to begin? First, thank you all for your thoughts and calls while I was in the hospital. And Abby, thanks for coming, and for cheering me with conversation, the home and garden network, and a game of Scrabble. I can't say how much I appreciate FAMILY...you are so special to me!I'm doing ok now...although I can't say I'm just positive that acid reflux is really my problem...but I'm going to try to read up some about it and then I see the dr next week again, so maybe will have some intelligent questions by then.

Peter, the dr put me on Nexium, but as you said, it's really expensive. Larry said it would be about 85 dollars for a month, and suggested a generic instead, which was less than six dollars. He called the dr and she agreed...so I'm starting on Omepraz. Could you let me know anything you know about it? Is it the same deal as Nexium and as effective? They said to take Nexium half an hour before breakfast, but the Omepraz came with no instructions (just "one by mouth daily")...should I take it before a meal too? Any thoughts to enlighten me would be great. Also, does it work right away or take a bit to kick in? And any side effects? Thanks!

Next subject: The new BOY coming into the family!!!!! I'm so excited! And so happy to know that everything looks good to this point...now I can't wait to see some pictures. Peter and Megan, I definitely plan to pass all of Peter's baseball cards and Twins stuff on to junior - maybe I can keep it until he turns eight, but then it all moves into your house!

Sarah---you blogged!!! That's great! Now that you know how, I'll be expecting more! We definitely plan to come for your pinning. I know Peter works - Matt gets off work at 6:30 so will plan to come - and Abby and T/A are considering coming up with us, but are not sure if the details can work out yet. We'll drive up Wednesday afternoon, and leave early Thursday AM so both your dad and I can get to work Thursday morning.

(The Friday after Sarah's pinning I have the fun of helping Abby with Anna's birthday party - a kitty theme if any of you have ideas for it! I was thinking a live kitten for each girl to take home as a door prize, and, of course, one for the birthday girl...but Abby nixed that thought!)

Thomas, it was wonderful to see how well you did on your research project on Alaska - 50 out of 50 points! Do you get to bring the project home sometime so I'll be able to see it? Also - did your mom tell you that I saw you on television? I saw you on the 10 o'clock news - you were wearing a green shirt. Grandpa saw you too :>) Very cool!

When I talked to Matt he said his graduation is the first Friday night and Saturday in June...details to come.

We're hoping to come to the Cities Friday evening - your dad would like to finish the plumbing work at Peter's for sure...so we'll keep in touch. So for now I'm heading to bed...I didn't sleep the best in intensive care, and will really appreciate my own bed tonight.

Again, thanks to each of you for thoughts and prayers and concern - Love you, Mom

Monday, May 7, 2007

Graduation

Just a note... my graduation is on Wednesday, May 16, at 7 PM. Anyone who can come is welcome. Thanks! Sarah