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What? No More Dinners?!

So - here's the story the Media won't tell you.

Ya'all know this thing we've been callin' "Dinner"? Yea, some folks call it "Supper", but it's all the same.

Well, we're gonna quit that "dinner" foolishness altogether because, frankly, by the end of summer... after puttin in an 8-8, 8 day a week schedule...

...well, it'll be easier to tell the story in pictures. Let's go there together, shall we?

After this last summer was over...


 It felt like we were either RUNNIN' one of these or just needed to move into one. Permanently.
 


Frankly, we had some customers who thought it was ok to act like this.



AND - it left us all feelin' a whole lot like this.

 (Folks, this is an actual picture of me taken
when I got home one night. Shocking, isn't it?)


Even the "normal" things just somehow
STRANGELY just didn't seem right.


Maybe it was all the stress of the long endless hours? I still don't know. It's just that "normal"
just wasn't "normal" anymore.
 


See what I mean?
It was craaazy!


We built it, and they came--and they KEPT coming!Streams of folks in oversized gas guzzlers searching the countryside with the same frantic thought..."There HAS to be a Starbucks out here somewhere!" That's when they'd find us.


They came with pampered children.
Pampered pets.
Bejeweled fingers & toes.
 



With new-fangled, high-tech gear & gadgetry
clenched tightly shoulder to ear.
 



Truth be told, at times our idealistic country life & latest available local technology simply can't cut the mustard with some city folks. But we try ;)

(Manson's first ATM! Picture courtesy of Wells Fargo)
 


Needless to say, things quickly
spiraled out of control!


So...by the end of summer,
I had but one (ok two) thoughts:

1: They must make pills for this
2. SHHTOP! Shtop the madness!!
 



So, we did what every Norman Rockwell-ish American family would do:
We sat down together as a family and had a nice, friendly discussion on the matter.
We respectfully took turns talking & listened carefully to each others feelings
 & thoughts on the matter.
 
Ok, If you believe all THAT, then you'd believe that afterward we all had popcorn & watched reruns of I Love Lucy & The Andy Griffith Show!
Unfortunately, we've come to the agreement that the old adage is true: Somethin's gotta give! So - we've decided to forego the dinners for Summer 2008 and see if we end up any more sane than we were last year. We'll keep ya'all posted. Thanks for the understanding and support!
Kari

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