http://maxima.megaweblog.com A Minnesota Nice weblog Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:24:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chinese Wedding Night:    A young Chinese couple gets married. She's a virgin. Truth be told,  he is a virgin too, but she doesn't know that.  On their wedding night, she cowers naked under the sheets as her  husband undresses in the darkness.  He climbs into bed next to her and tries to be reassuring.  'My darring,' ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/08/15/my-contribution-to-the-olympics/ ohhhhhhhhhhh I miss everybody, so I am back. I have had very little time to give attention to the computer, so I read everybodys blog quick or look at the pictures and enjoy them and then have to be gone.  Well, I miss not being able to listen to everybodys comments about ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/08/09/im-back/ A few weeks ago I was looking for something in the basement.  That is quite a project involving just digging in box after box.  I came across a camera that I did not even remember having.  It had 35 mm film in it with 14 pictures taken.  If I try hard ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/04/09/a-new-contest/ Mona is a snarfer.  That is the official scientific description by the vet of what kind of eater Mona is.  The vet says some dogs eat slow and some dogs are snarfers (inhale their food).  I felt bad that Mona only gets 1.5 cups of dog food and eats it ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/03/29/snarfing-solution/ My mom was at my brother's in St Cloud, so we went to join the family for Easter.  We had a short but nice day.  Orleen had all the traditional foods and we added croisants, spinach salad, and an impulse purchase......chocolate drizzled macaroons.  We did cut the macaroons in half to ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/03/22/easter/ You know how I love clocks.  And last night we had to turn our clocks ahead one hour.  Daylight savings time came really early this year.  After the first few, it occured to me that it was quite a job to turn all those clocks ahead.  So, to the person who can guess the ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/03/09/guess-for-cookies/ We had a nice day last Thursday.  We both were off work and we started out the day with coffee from Sati Coffee.  It is very European tasting.  We were running late so we got a scone which is presently forbidden so I thought it would be twice as delicious.  ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/03/09/ok-with-retirement/ I had to beg to get permission to put this mornings birthday pictures on my blog.  Yes, blips had a birthday today.  We started the day with pancakes,  even Mona got some.  Then we went to Caribou for coffee.  Blips coffee was free......mmmmmm large mocha.  Next was Chinese buffet but we ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/03/02/i-had-to-beg/ Mona has been a bit lost since I am now gone many hours of the day.  She is used to me being her daily pal and long walks in the afternoon or snuggling on the couch in the sunshine while I read a book.  Here she is with her blankies ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/02/29/mona-mona-mona/ A couple local guys, Dave and Nick, invented a new bike.  It's called ........ta da...... drum roll please........The Big Dummy.  They ride bikes all year round and found a couple things difficult.    1--transporting large cargo like from Home Depot  2--stability in the winter  3--multiple loads like kids and groceries at the same time.  ... http://maxima.megaweblog.com/2008/02/28/the-big-dummy/