The Annual Quiz

Today's Link

Rambling Woods

Saying for the Day

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

~Benjamin Spock

Picture of the Day

Trout Creek Christmas Tree

How well do you know Betty and I?

Let's find out.

Here is our annual ( almost) quiz. You find the false statements ( there is more than one) and send the information to us and win a priceless prize.

Prizes include”
A Genuine ( no fakes here) plastic dragon
An 8X 10 picture of Dr. John
A Lemax Sugar and Spice Merry Go Round ( Wow!)
5 Christmas Finger Puppets
One Stapler (You can always use a stapler)

One Pre-Read Book

So first here is the information

John

1A. finished the first layout module in January. ( That’s the town on the mountain with the train going round)
2A. confessed in a meme to playing Sudoku .
3A.In January read and hated “ I AM AMERICA ( AND SO CAN YOU) “ by Stephen Colbert.
4A. On January 26 celebrated Maggie’s birthday.
5A. still has his own hair and it’s not gray.
6A. sold a lot of stuff on e-Bay.
7A. Talked to his sister Dawn a lot as she called at least once a week.
8A. Ran a short campaign for President.
9A. Supported Obama.
10A. Supported McCain
11A. Wrote the Ongoing Adventures of Agent o12
12A. Took many, many breathing treatments.
13A. Added three more modules to train layout.
14A. Went to Madison for Thanksgiving.
15A. Uses his electric scooter in Church.
16A. Kept up the St. Mark’;s website ( http://stmarksneenah.com)
17A. Wrote a daily blog ( http://fortresslinna.blogspot.com)
18A. Did puppet sermons with Pennie at St. Mark’s ( Margaret lives again)
19A. Taught Confirmation one Sunday.
20A. Flew to Finland and visited relatives.
21A. Went to train show in Green Bay.
22A. Bought the Lionel Chesapeake & Ohio Empire Builder Train Set
23A. Saw Dark Night in the theater on his electric scooter
24A. Visited often with his grand children.
25A. Still misses Crystal Falls.

Betty

1B. Had a blog of her own ( http://bettygram.blogspot.com)
2B. Went to Bible study almost every Tuesday at St. Mark’s.
3B. Went to Finland with John.
4B. Attended her 50th class reunion in July.
5B. Built mountains for the train layout.
6B. Took on the primary role of driver.
7B. Had fun writing stories for the blog. ( One with John)
8B. Finally got the fireplace mantle put together and installed.
9B. Learned to bowl on a WII. ( At Pat’s house)
10B. Just loved Alex’s python
11B. Helped Pennie make posters for the Sunday School Christmas Program.
12B. Got roses from John. ( Who else)
13B.Takes Maggie for a walk almost every day.
14B. Was surprised one morning by gunshots in the neighborhood and tried to play detective.
15B. Attended a very good Woman’s retreat at St. Mark’s.
16B.Learned to play Zoo Tycoon on the computer.
17B. Had trouble getting Maggie to give up the bird she caught in the backyard.
18B. Forgot Elijah at the house when she took the family to Church on her anniversary.
19B.Was upset by her visit to the Zoo at the way the animals were caged.
20B. Went to the Brown County Fair. ( Met Luke, Peter, and Bree there)
21B. Was pulled by Maggie after a rabbit.
22B. Blogged about two shootings that took place while she was in Crystal Falls.
23B. Considered putting her inherited Barbie Doll collection on e-Bay.
24B. Got a new computer in 2008.
25B. Still misses Crystal Falls

Now e-mail the numbers of the false statements to
jlinna@new.rr.com- (There are exactly seven total false statements)
Then sit back and wait for your priceless prize.

News from Pigeon Falls

The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal.
The :Lake of the Loons is almost frozen over except for a large space in the center. Today the whale surfaced through that space. Tommy UK is really getting worried but he has no idea how to keep the lake from freezing and he can’t get anybody to help him. At this point he is so upset that he’s not speaking to Tammy or the other members of the Tommy Club.
Herman has gotten a job at the hardware store. It doesn’t pay much but he’s working. His wife can’t believe that either. This new Herman is just full of surprises.
Our ghost piano has switched from the Nutcracker to variations on "Auld Lang Sye" and of course the shoes dance on.
The dragons flew down main street this morning fighting a brisk headwind. This winter has to be hard on them.
Petrovich, wife, and children are still in Green Bay.
Nancy and Tommy TW will be returning tomorrow from Marquette Mountain. The skiing has been superb.
While Tommy UK has been caught up with the whale Tammy has been trying to find out as much as she can about the man in black. She found a number of people that saw him but she can’t find out where he stayed. But since he was in town three days he had to stay somewhere.

Wrap Up

I did some reading, watched a bit of the "Burn Notice" marathon, and Betty cleaned. I visited seventeen of my links. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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