“One of a kind” fountain…CONSUMMATUM EST!

  Well, the new fountain that was in our yard didn’t stay there long…After working endlessly to keep it level, and trying out everything imaginable to hide the reservoir with stones, rocks, bricks, McGyver and I had a meeting of the minds…WHY NOT MOVE IT TO OUR DECK??? Heck fire, it’s much easier to get it to stay level and we can see it from our kitchen…Now, the only problem was how to hide that pesky reservoir above the deck ..For this, we called in the “big guns”…Jim Otto and Sons Construction (owner and master builder Jim Otto)…Jim and McGyver had a meeting of the much smarter minds and came up with a plan…Why not built a box out of treated lumber that will hide the unsightly container of water at the bottom…allowing moi to junk it up with plants and rocks…  

Again…it’s a work in progress!! (McGyver worked for Otto right after he retired from Cat.)

Thanks, Den and Jim…It will look much better after the new wood weathers a year or so…

Den and I have been going weekly to help our aunt and uncle do their grocery shopping…Seeing that they both have lived to a ripe old age (almost 89 and almost 97), I think McGyver and I should pay very close attention to what they are eating.. . So far, I like their diet…avocados, blue cheese, applesauce, fruit, ice cream with blueberry rum sauce, chips, dips and wine…Of course that isn’t ALL they eat, but I see very little meat in their bags…

For date night this week, we stepped “out of the box”  (the Moose Lodge and a pizza) and went to Sheridan, IL to one of our old haunts, The Old Mill.  As you might have guessed, this restaurant use to be a mill on the Fox River..You have to go up some cement steps to get into the restaurant..

 

The Old Mill has been a mainstay in Sheridan for years and years…Den’s parents use to stop there…We have become very good friends with the owners, and use to make the 10 miles drive to Sheridan every Saturday night…But now, with DUI laws being much tighter we rarely having a cocktail out of our town of Sandwich.  Anyway, last Saturday night we decided to go and say hi …and..get some great catfish..

 

As you can see, the inside is all knotty pine..There are a gazillion signs and bumper stickers behind the bar…My favorites are “The only difference between this place and the Titanic….was that they had a band.”and……. “Just One Clown Short of a Circus”….

We took home some great catfish carry outs…God, how I have missed this fun place…Thanks, Cinder, for the drink and the wonderful friendship through the years…(Cinder is the owner).

 

Let’s see, what else is new?? Not too much, I guess..Terrie and her girlfriends stopped by on their way to dinner the other night…

These are part of the Pink Lemon Ladies, who are walking 60 miles in August for the Susan Komen Walk for Breast Cancer…..And speaking of Breast Cancer, I have to share this shirt… This is worn by a Breast Cancer survivor….

YA JUST GOTTA LOVE THAT WOMAN!!

I cannot top that with any quote….See ya later and thanks for tolerating my erratic blogging.