Yesterday I traveled to Ripon to have lunch with buddies. My car knew the way. I was tempted to stop at the Cookie Outlet Store but cookies are not allowed in my diet (isn’t that ironic) and I really want to remember the Cookie Company as it was 14 years ago. I did not stop. Besides the company has recently changed ownership again and all the signs say ConAgra. It may be new ownership but i still see Rippin’ Good Cookies in the grocery stores. So I got to take a trip down “memory lane”. For a few moments I got to go back in time. Good memories!
Your Mom and I attended Grandson Mitchell’s football game at Sun Prairie last Friday. His team, Middleton has been on a “roll”. Unbeknownst to me, Sun Prairie’s high school football team went 10-1 last year and was runner-up in the State Football Championships. So it was a good game. Tied 7-7 at the half. Middleton ended up losing by 3 points. The front defensive line of Sun Prairie (4 very large, very fast, intimidating players) were the difference. Lots of quarterback fumbles. Lots of tackles in the backfield. For the first time I can’t brag about Mitchell’s team winning again. It was a great Friday night game to watch.
Grasshopper No.3 and son Collin are “batching it” for several weeks while “Mom” is visiting Cleveland. Cleveland? Cleveland. Saturday evening they brought over steaks and we ate good and talked smart. In some ways I envy Collin because he has an exemplary military record, he can go to any college of his choice and the military helps pay for the education.He also has good training in air craft maintenance (which seems to be a great field to work). Collin has a very special girl friend (fiance’?) scheduled to graduate from college next May. His biggest problem is that maybe he has too many choices. Oh the pressure of it all. Ah, to be 23 again.
We got free raspberries and courtland apples recently. Who said we don’t have any friends?
Love,
Dad