as a new chapter in the life of *MK* begins...

well obviously it's christmas break and with the lack of stats homework i have discovered new and exciting things!

1. i played wii sports...........(!) wow i sucked but it was ton's of fun, and boxing rules!
2. um i started expo-ing (see other post)
3. i purchased a pair of mocassins the other night at FF and they are actually pretty addicting
4. i went to the laundromat - i really like the smell there
5. i shoveled the driveway...many times

what is left to happen i do not know, but i'm sooooo ready! breaks kick ass!

Seasons greetings (in case you didn't receive one)

Season’s greetings: to all our family and friends. We hope that this year has treated you well thus far, and that the New Year will bring you new beginnings. It’s been a busy year for the Kummet family and as usual I will fill you in on what’s been new with us.

Bob spent the last year trying a new job by working as the maintenance manager at the Holiday Inn Express. He enjoyed working indoors and in the considerably warmer conditions, but ultimately decided to just finish out his year in May of 2006. He decided not to go back to NOR-SON and was offered a job with Steve Northway’s new company: Northway Construction. Things have been starting out good and as always, he has enough side projects to keep him busy if there is down time at home. He also plans to enjoy the winter with his hobby of snowmobileing.

Doris still has her job at Mills Fleet Farm in the clothing department and it keeps her especially busy during the winter season. She enjoyed our family trip to Mexico this last spring, and tries to find time to relax at home too. Recently I have been trying to teach her some e-mailing on the computer so that we can communicate easily next year. This has been an interesting, but useful challenge for her.

I (megan) have the most exciting year to come. I’m a senior this year and a lot of seniors would say they would rather be at college and can’t wait until graduation. Not me, that’s not the case. I have enjoyed this year more than ever and so much is left to plan that I’m just taking each day at a time. I am not in dance this year, which gives me more time to do other things. Like work, homework for AP classes, traveling and spending time with friends. I am looking forward to traveling to Costa Rica during Spring break and staying with a family there, along with the BHS Spanish department. Then shortly after returning the symphonic band will be leaving Easter Sunday for California. As far as college goes my top two choices would be Concordia (in Moorhead) and Saint Scholastica (in Duluth), and I intend to major in Psychology. Either place would work for me, and I’m sure the final decision will be satisfactory.

Well we are a small family, but looking at this it’s apparent that we certainly have enough to keep us busy. New changes are always waiting, and thus far I think our family has handled them well. We would like to wish for all our friends and family a year that they can remember in a good way, and the best they deserve. Happy Holiday’s!
The Kummet’s

oh my i almost forgot!!

the irony: when i WAS a kixter i never seemed to receive the e-mails, often important ones telling me when we were leaving for comp.'s ect. now that i am "alumni" (i quit) i DO get the e-mails. the last one almost made me die. it's an interactive e-mail of cindy clough dancing with the body of elf (will ferrel movie) with her head photoshoped into it so that it looks like her dancing. it would be mean to make a link so if you want to see it let me know! it's friggin "hilar"ious! happy holidays.

"okay well what's this one? huh?" "i wanna say TJ's"

well tonight i began a new chapter in my life at poncho and lefty's as not only a hostess, but an "expo". i will be using this term more frequently than before so i think it's important top inform the poeple what it actually is, and how my first night went.

since i'm 18 i should be able to waitress, but we don't really need waitresses right now, and amanda j would be promoted first since she has worked there about six months longer than me. makes sense. a step necessary to waitress is the need to know about all the food, and i'm talking everything! as a waitress your expected to bring out all the food to your tables, but on busier nights there are extra people in the kitchen to help get the food out of the way and into the dining room, if the waitress is busy, or whatever. or if for example the waitress has a table of 20 people she cannot obviously bring out all the food at once.

so training night number one was pretty good. i already knew all the table numbers, and what many of the cold line, as well as a few hot line items looked like. i learned how to request fajitas, the three main chimichangas, what's hot and what's not, difference in burritos and enchiladas where the "sauce thingy" is, where the dressing is, and how to roll silverware. it went pretty well and i brought out the first big tray (we're talking like a two foot long tray) and where does it go, but to senora wiger's table of family. Que barbaridad! i also now can reap the benifit of getting tips! which i haven't really had since the Ox.

funny moment of the night: i go to bring an el presidente (biggest thing on the menu) and fajita burrito to 107. the woman is surprised by the size and her husband mentions that there is a hobo outside they could give the food to. me: really!? him: no actuallu there isn't one outside, but i saw this one by the mall...and this one time when i was in rochester i saw this homeless guy...other side of the bridge another homeless guy....later....me: enjoy your meal! um that was odd, i'm not even their waitress. oh well.

what a weekend!!!

wow! i have just survived the busiest weekend yet this year. on friday i went to the boys b-ball game, then spent the night at AO's and watched talladega nights and went to bed around 1:30am. then when badge and i woke up there was already breakfast downstairs, including eggs, hashbrowns, and chocolate chip pancakes. mmmmm.

then kate and i got our nails done which was interesting, i ran around town a little ate lunch took a shower, and then angie came over to do my hair. she did such a good job it was amazing and she wouldn't even let me pay her. then i got dressed fast took some pictures (the rents went to their x-mas party). We met a few people at perkins. then we drove out to kim's house in nisswa and there was even more food! it was delicious and we had a really good time there especially the flash cards. then of course off to the ball. apparently low expectations is key. it was a good time overall though and i don't regret it. we left around 11:30 and drove the half mile over to manda's house and changed. i was pretty tired and had to work in about twelve hours so i decided not to go out to carolyn's and went to bed at 1 ish.

i pretty much got up and went to work on sunday and it was so boring i got home early, and also wasn't feeling too good so i took a nap for a while. then went over to AO's for a while about the synthesis project before she went to church, then back at home the party was just getting started. my mom was having her x-mas party for work at around 6 and i had to help get it going. she ordered 8 pizzas from three places and we had almost ten different desserts!! the spread was amazing and they were an raucous group. when AO stopped by we showed them how to play apples to apples, but i don't think they really got it. so they gave up shortly after and decided to go for mad gab. at that point we left to finally start working on our project at AO's around 9 pm. we worked straight through till about 11:30 and which point i was almost hysterical and everything was kinda hilarious! nonetheless we got it done, and just as i had dreamed nemi did not show up to class today so it hardly even mattered. dreams do come true.

"make one shaped like a fish!!"

so today i laughed so hard i couldn't believe that it was only tuesday, which is a good thing since this weekend is going to be my busiest yet, even though it is going to be a blast!

so far this year for 6th hour soc. we have had mrs nemi a few times already, which really makes me feel bad for amanda and luke who have her two hours in a row! ouch! even if she hasn't subbed (i don't know if that's a word?) for us she had us in her classroom/her class in ours. today during 5th hour lang (for manda) carlson comes in and tells nemi that she had a fish bone stuck in her throat and it doesn't seem to be coming loose.!?! so nemi subs again for her 6th hour. she arrives just as the bell rings (it's a long walk) and announces to our "mainstream" class that "mrs carlson had to go to the emergency room." well understandably we asked no questions and remained very calm. jk she goes on to tell everyone about the fish bone, and then relates it to the story of the time her daughter (who is having a baby this week! cant forget!) got a piece steak lodged in her throat and she went to the emergency room and they hooked it right out of her (this one came with a visual gesture).

a little later this girl comes in (obviously looking for carlson) and nemi tells her that she is in the emergency room with a fish bone in her throat. not that she needed to know...?

at the end of the hour we had some extra time so manda and i were using our imaginations to exaggerate mrs nemi's treatment of the situation. we talked about how when the girl came in nemi would tell her to make get better cards, and then one for her that che can give to the grandbaby, but not blue or pink, (cause she doesn't know) maybe some yellow or green so it's gender neutral. we went on in the back of the room impersonating what she would say, as she was sitting up front. we exaggerated her yelling at the student making the card cause she couldn't spell corroborate or some other big word, and to sign her name. then manda had the idea of the get well card we were dreaming of making that nemi would demand it in the shape of a fish, since it was a fish bone that she choked on!

other funny moments included when she thought she heard the guys say a "dirty word' even though they were reading the geography poster and the word beach was heard as something else. then she was asking amy about her mom knowing wether she had twins, how she knew, ect. seemingly fishing for the idea of having twin grandbabies. she is so obsessed.
i laughed and then i cried. love it. megan

karma is not alway's good

so i ran a few errands this afternoon, and now i officially have three dollars and some change. that might not even be enough for a half price meal at ponchos. oh well. the bank isn't open anyway. one of my stops was wall mart and seeing as i'm not a big shopper in general, seeing me in wall mart on a saturday is a stretch to begin with. the place is huge and yet it was amazingly full! last saturday i was there also, not shopping necessarily, but ringing the bells for the salvation army. if you remember it was like a blistering 0 degrees with probaly a below zero windchill, and i stood outside and froze like i have never done in my life. people shopping and donating both thought we were mentally insane to stand out there, and i was likely to agree.
today however has been some of the warmest weather that we have seen in weeks, and the THREE people ringing bells today looked quite comfy and cozy if you will. this saturday would have been great, But no! proven case and fact that my luck is worse than yours, so enjoy it!

is it sad that i don't care?

so today it was announced that there are no christmas ball tickets left. zero. nada. zip. i was sad, but for like a minute then i was kinda over it. i've never gone anyway and with this year's abundance of sophomores it is unlikely that i would know half the people there. instead being the optomist i am i figure i will celebrate this day equally, but preferrably while wearing jeans and not a skintight, formal ,sparkly dress in ten below weather.

thus far the amanda's and i have all consented to doing something together, and making things about as informal as they can be. we too intend to party the night away, and are looking for more people to join us. casino's are ruled out b/c amanda a is 17, but this has potential for a pretty outrageous and exclusive senior party that i cannot even predict. although i do forsee us all going to applebees at some insanely late hour and laughing non-stop. with 1,000 less bhs students invading the town on a saturday night and all of us requesting the night off of work the possibilites are endless. stay warm: megan