RIP, Mr. Grinch 1993-2013

This is hilarious.  Thanks for the obituary, Greg!! 

     Well, the joyous season always has its down moments. The ongoing saga of our beloved Mr. Grinch has come to a bittersweet end. Saturday, after his open heart surgery, he was placed back in his place of honor overlooking all the other decorations in the back yard but suffered a traumatic blow to his seams
that reduced his air pressure to a point that he couldn't stand up on his own again. He was rushed back into emergency surgery but to no avail. Although he tried to recover from the inoperable seam re-sealing procedure, he just couldn't hold any pressure. He was laid to rest in the dumpster Monday morning in a quiet and peaceful manner to join all his other decorations that have gone to the happy living room/lawn in the sky.

It Looked Grim for the Grinch...

Pictures and captions courtesy of my sister :0)

 The Grinch looked dead...

 Then he went in for open heart surgery...

Now he is all better!! :)

Lots of Laughs

     We had a ladies' night out recently to celebrate Simona's birthday.  We headed to the Mall of America to have dinner at Dick's Last Resort.  It was quite the hoot!!  The workers purposely were rude/sarcastic to us (hence the title of the restaurant), so that in itself was an experience!!  We all had specially made "hats" that were very inappropriate, so I am not including photos of those (didn't want to give my brother, Bob, or my nephew, Eric, any ammunition)!!

Claudia, Heather, Holly, Me. Simona, Jill, and Margo

 Our funny waiter took this self photo. :0)

 Our waiter even put a bib on each of us.  Here's Heather and Claud sporting theirs.

 Fun in the elevator...thanks to Claud!! :0)

Lake Maria

Enjoying more of Minnesota's fall beauty...

 It was a beautiful day for a hike and to enjoy the gorgeous leaves!!

After getting our exercise, we enjoyed some comfort food: 

grilled cheese and tomato soup.  YUM!!

Such a fun photo op!! :0)