Jimmy Fallon often does a bit with thank you letters on his show...stealing his idea:
Dear City of Coralville,
I want to thank you for putting my yard back the way you found it after correcting the water issue along our bike trail...if I remember right, I did have weeds lining both sides of the trail AND I did have the most godforsaken grass growing horizontally in every direction, but up! AND I did have matted-down hay that had to be raked out every so often so other grass could grow. I also appreciate the tire tracks from the large equipment that ran through here...yep, those were there too! Thank you City of Coralville because I believed you when you said, "Your yard will be put back just the way we found it!"
Now...the upside of lawn repair...it is great therapy. Nothing like getting the frustrations out on your lawn...raking, pulling weeds and seeding...helping the ol' broken heart to mend!
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly of Kinnick Stadium
Many of you know I often choose the theme..."The Good, the Bad and The Ugly"...I even have this movie theme song on my ipod... (right, Rick?)
The Good of Kinnick: Nothing like attending a Hawkeye Football game on a warm, beautiful Saturday with good friends and family...getting the win, cheering with the crowd, enjoying great tailgating, etc. Beating ISU and the like!
The Bad of Kinnick: Have you ever been there at 7:30 am the next morning for stadium clean up? Oh my! High school and junior high athletes in the IC School District are supposed to show up for clean up, then Iowa pays the booster clubs, it is pretty simple and a good way to raise funds. And pretty amazing to see the teamwork and camradery...Zach and I felt compelled to help...well, I felt compelled, Zach not so much, but he is a good trash bag holder. So since I am no longer a Stadium Clean Up Virgin...I have a few requests for those who sit in Sections 104-105...first of all, if you are going to buy the $3.50 bottle of water...drink it! Second, please do not pour your Coke into the popcorn buckets...yuck! And third, clearly a lot of you bring your friend Captain Morgan to the game...how about taking him home with you when you go?
The Ugly of Kinnick: Things you never should hear at Kinnick: On Saturday, during the game, I had the distinct pleasure of overhearing this in the restroom at Kinnick while witnessing a gal...not a young under-age one either... "showering" in the sink with the help of her friend (she needed to, there was vomit everywhere)...her friend says, "Should I go get you some papertowels?" The reply, "No, I don't need any, but you should take some up to the people where we were sitting."
Need I say more...Back to the Good of Kinnick: Thank you folks in Section 133 for keeping it under control...I love my section!
The Good of Kinnick: Nothing like attending a Hawkeye Football game on a warm, beautiful Saturday with good friends and family...getting the win, cheering with the crowd, enjoying great tailgating, etc. Beating ISU and the like!
The Bad of Kinnick: Have you ever been there at 7:30 am the next morning for stadium clean up? Oh my! High school and junior high athletes in the IC School District are supposed to show up for clean up, then Iowa pays the booster clubs, it is pretty simple and a good way to raise funds. And pretty amazing to see the teamwork and camradery...Zach and I felt compelled to help...well, I felt compelled, Zach not so much, but he is a good trash bag holder. So since I am no longer a Stadium Clean Up Virgin...I have a few requests for those who sit in Sections 104-105...first of all, if you are going to buy the $3.50 bottle of water...drink it! Second, please do not pour your Coke into the popcorn buckets...yuck! And third, clearly a lot of you bring your friend Captain Morgan to the game...how about taking him home with you when you go?
The Ugly of Kinnick: Things you never should hear at Kinnick: On Saturday, during the game, I had the distinct pleasure of overhearing this in the restroom at Kinnick while witnessing a gal...not a young under-age one either... "showering" in the sink with the help of her friend (she needed to, there was vomit everywhere)...her friend says, "Should I go get you some papertowels?" The reply, "No, I don't need any, but you should take some up to the people where we were sitting."
Need I say more...Back to the Good of Kinnick: Thank you folks in Section 133 for keeping it under control...I love my section!
I Thought Fridays Were Supposed to be Laid Back
Well, this unexpected entrepreneur did not enjoy last Friday...Accounting, Schmaccounting...I just want to know who chooses to do this for a living...? Though I know I need to get my head in gear, I think something is broken with the gearshift. My head knows lesson plans, teaching, managing children, grading papers...it doesn't always do so well with credits, debits, sales receipts and undeposited funds...BUT I'm confident we will get there! I secretly think my accountant doesn't care for accounting as much as he does it for a living...you should see the man light up when you inquire about his upcoming hunting trips...elk in New Mexico, bears in Canada, deer here.
Then to top off the accounting appointment...my manager put me in training...as he is soon leaving for a fishing trip (notice a pattern here with the boys) I need to be on top of every single thing that goes on every single day...and admittedly, I haven't. After a mere 10 pages of notes, I think possibly I can pull off the daily shipping report, the inventory scan out and the Amazon "Charge When Ship" report...I think. After methodically taking me through every step, Joe (my manager) questions how many pages of notes I have taken..."10" I answer...he then showed me the single small sheet of paper he proudly took notes on a year ago when Keith trained him...needless to say, my two-word reply to Joe was not very nice...
Then to top off the accounting appointment...my manager put me in training...as he is soon leaving for a fishing trip (notice a pattern here with the boys) I need to be on top of every single thing that goes on every single day...and admittedly, I haven't. After a mere 10 pages of notes, I think possibly I can pull off the daily shipping report, the inventory scan out and the Amazon "Charge When Ship" report...I think. After methodically taking me through every step, Joe (my manager) questions how many pages of notes I have taken..."10" I answer...he then showed me the single small sheet of paper he proudly took notes on a year ago when Keith trained him...needless to say, my two-word reply to Joe was not very nice...
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