Official Notice

Due to the editor's upcoming vacation this will be the last post for two weeks.

Corn Hole Party

Pam Flannagan and Dave Buchanan...once again the Corn Hole Queen and King of the night.
After making Dave and Pam play for hours and hours ... Al and Tony were finally able to defeat Dave and Pam. As you can barely see from the below picture-Al & Tony are making victory signs, while Pam is showing her displeasure by sticking out her tongue.

Tony & Danny playing Dice.

Al and Mister Tray.

Those in attendance were Al, Traci, Tray, Jim, Queen Pam, Bernie, Danny, Dave, Becky and Tony....a good time was had by all.

Pam and Traci even provided food! Egg salad sandwiches on bagels and a big loaf of french bread, taco salad and other appetisers. It was delicious.

River Boat Party

Last week---there was an impromptu meeting in Jim's barn regarding a river boat party for this summer. We actually wrote ourselves a note on Jim's wall, by the door, to remind ourselves every time we walk out to start planning this party.

We would like to get as many people from the hood to come but also our summer hood friends such as Dana, Ed, Tim, Susan, Brother Tim ("The Man"), Tim's wife ("The WoMan"), Steven, Debbie and anyone else with a boat --- or not. Angie must come! Who else? See comment section below....if you come up with other names...send us a note.

We are thinking about sometime in the month of July.

Corn Hole Party

Please plan on attending another Corn Hole Party at Jim's Barn tonight.

If the Corn Hole Queen (Pam) attends---I have dibs on her as my partner.
Becky

Spaghetti Night - February 26th

Well we are finally back on track. The Hood met at Cook's Corner once again for our weekly Spaghetti Night.

Let me rephrase that---some of us are back on track. Mister Mike unfortunately is still missing a day out of the week. For the second time in two weeks he thought it was Wednesday instead of Thursday. He was unable to attend because of his confusion. I don't know how we can get him to "jump" forward one day. Any thoughts on this matter --- please bring it to the next gathering.

However we were lucky to have our former Hood Kids --- Miss Nicky and Mister Bill. Bernie, Tony and Becky were also in attendance. Andrew apparently thinks that bowling night is more important than Spaghetti Night---so he was not present.

The special was beef stroganoff. Every had the special except for Nic and Becky. Nicky has the "Chicken Heart Attack on a Plate" and Becky has a chef's salad. (Becky also helped herself to some of Tony's Stroganoff...it was delicious!)

A good time was had by all.

Corn Hole Party

Who knew that Pam Flannagan was a "Corn Hole Queen". She could not be beat! Pam was partnered with Dave Buchanan. Can't touch this! (Now everyone wants Pam as their partner!)

Those present were: Pam, Jim, Danny, Tray, Dave, Tony & Becky
with a brief visit by Mr. Al.

Danny had to explain to Lucky Spot and BondDo that this was not a game for dogs...but they tried very hard to be part of the sport.

Here is a picture of Danny and Tony trying to act cool.

Corn throwing party - tonight

Jim Flannagan has called together a special meeting tonight in his garage to try our skills at corn throwing. There is a name for this activity but I can't remember it.

I actually hate this game (not as fun as can bowling) but I'm willing to show up to see my neighbors and to participate in the neighborhood gossip.

My brother and his wife may come and stay in the cabin tonight. YEAH! We will treat them to Friday Night in the Hood. Let's try to be on our best behavior. Okay forget it....that's impossible.

Can't wait. See you all, when we see you.

Becky

Spaghetti Night in danger

Spaghetti Night is in extreme danger of getting officially terminated. Once again it was cancelled on February 12 as a board member's son was coming into town. (This is not a good enough excuse -- but we let it slide.)

Then this same board member stated that it was too cold to go outside on February 19th.

We must all band together to continue the Spaghetti Night tradition.

ALL MEMBERS -- please plan on attending next week. Once again, no excuses!

Camera

As many of you know, my camera was stolen for several weeks. It was found last night at Bernie's house with these three mysterious pictures that were not taken by me.....

So who was the thief...sweet Miss Nicky?

Is Andrew trying to look innocent?

And what about this trio?

Party In the Hood

Several hood members got together last night for an impromptu party.

Jim, Danny, Dave, Jackie, Tony, Becky, Bernie, Andrew-see picture below (& all of Andrew's brothers) and of course, Mr. Billy

Several went ATV riding around the neighborhood late into the night. Unbeknownst, to the neighborhood, Dave and Tony climbed the big hill behind Jim's house.

Jackie and Becky had to go back out into the cold to find them, as they were missing for a short period. We thought we would find their four-wheelers turned over and down in the valley....or broken through the ice on the lake, but we found them just chatting at Jim's house. Next time boys---you have to stay with the pack! Jackie and I did not plan on climbing the big, snow covered hill...but you know we love you, so we would go to extreme measures to make sure you are both safe---but don't try our patience! (Don't make us choose between you and the life insurance policy.)

At some point, we ended up at Bernie's house...where Dave Buchanan and Jim Flannagan shared a kiss. Oh my!

The night ended with Tony inviting himself & his wife (Me) to eat at Dave and Jackie's house. Then he forgot to show up until dinner was almost over. Good job Tony!

Dinner was delicious as always, as Dave and Jackie are great cooks. We had baked fish, beans, macaroni salad and corn bread.

Miss Sally

Terrible news in the neighborhood.

Miss Sally (the potbellied pig) passed away. This will be the fourth animal in a year that has died.

Sally used to attend all the parties and was quite a hit with all the kids. She use to run the hood when she was younger. You could look out your window and see Sally in your flower bed stomping all over your precious plants...

I'm sadden that I have no pictures of Miss Sally but here is a picture of Sally's home. She had use of the whole barn but had a personal condo set up on the side.

Goodbye Sally Girl. You will be missed.

Spaghetti Night - February 5th Cancelled

Once again Spaghetti night was cancelled due to cold temperatures.

No excuses for next week. Even if it is 30 below...we are eating at Cook's Corner.

BE THERE!