You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

A Christmas time Thank you

It was so good to see everyone last Saturday! Thanks for making our Christmas special. I am glad that the Sink family still sees the importance and blessing of gathering together, even though this time of year is so busy. From the full house to Uncle Kent's prayer to the food to the battle of the presents, it was all good. What can be better than hearing the familiar laughter of loved ones?

May God bless us, every one.

love,
tamie

Monday, December 29, 2008

A TRUE STORY (STUMP STALKING)




from the front page of the Zanesville Bugle




Ranger Rick, although visibly cold, hungry and shaken he was able to recount what started out as a routine hunting day. Early in the morning he had climbed his tree stand and was settling in when he spotted something a far off,,at the time he could not make out what it was but he decided to circle around it on the flank and trap it between the house and the road thus having no way to escape..Crawling on all fours for the next 12 hours he was able to get close enough to delivered the fatal blow...After stalking for over 12 hours he bagged a state record stump. Unlike the great white hunter from Minnesota he was able to bring home the stump. Asked what he was going to do next and I quote( I plan to dress out the stump and take a long awaited rest....)



From the Zanesville Bugle and this reporter it appears that Mr GROTNES at Island Lake could stand to take a few lessons on how to stalk a stump from Ranger Rick












Sunday, December 28, 2008

Hunting Trip 1974


Benny,

I finally uploaded a picture



so there


Kent

Friday, December 26, 2008

Family Photo gone amuck

setting the timer on the camera and getting back in time did not work out in this pic,,but we all got a laugh out of it...had a great time with family and thank god for everyone of them

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Have a WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS

Greetings to all this Christmas Day. I didnt get many cards sent this year. We have had a severe week weather wise with about l6 ins of snow, cold and wind. It has been in the - 20 temps and once I saw - 24 on our thermometer. Our family will not be able to be tog until next week, so I plan to go to Janets today, to the Dahlgrens. Looks like the weather will be O.K. to go. More snow tomorrow.

Steve is catching some nice walleye.

I wish all of you a Happy and Blessed Christmas.

Love to all, Norma Jean

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

FREE,,FREE,,FREE,,FREE,,FREE

I got the wrong card and cannot return it,,,,it is a sd/sdhc 4GB if anyone can use it ,,it is free for the asking.....bennie

Sunday, December 21, 2008

RE: Old Photo posted by Sara

According to grandma Janet, the lady on the left of the photo is Jean, Bill's wife, not Bud's wife Jackie.

Friday, December 26th

Since Tami, Steve, and Isaac will be here Christmas afternoon through Saturday, we wanted to extend an invitation to all for Friday. Kevin and I both have Friday off, so we'll most likely be here with the Jensen's all day and all evening. You are all welcome to come over to visit if you'd like to see them more than just Saturday. At this point, I'm assuming our schedule is as stated, so I'd suggest you call to make sure we haven't made a run to Heyerly's before coming.

UPDATED UPDATE

After further review, the decision has been made to move the Sink Christmas from the church to the Smith (Kevin) basement. You can park in the side yard or in the front. Let's all be mindful of our elders and leave the spots closest to the house available for them. As Bob said, we'll be planning to eat around noonish. We'll plan to have the gift exchange about 6:00. Hope to see you all then!!!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Look how cute!!

Is this not a cute couple? Kyle and Jessica on their way to her Winter Formal tonight. Kyle really wanted to wear his Bronco's tie but unfortunately Jessica chose the wrong color dress. These kids are growing up way too fast.

ATTENTION,ATTENTION,ATTENTION

The sink Christmas get-together will be the Saturday after Christmas DEC-27.. and we are going to have it at the fellowship hall ,UBC,,i know we were to have it at our house but we just do not have enough parking for everyone...it will start a 12:00 noon with finger food/snacks and last till you have had enough. Yes tamie if you want their is a gift exchange with a price of 20.00 one for a man and one for a women there is are rules but they change each year

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Hi everybody!
I haven't been on the blog for a while...just wanted to let you know that Steve, Isaac, and I are going to go to Steve's folks on Dec. 20, and we'll be in Zanesville at Kev and Jan's on the 25th. I understand that the Sink gathering is on the 27th... we have to work on Mon the 29 and will have to leave pretty early the 28th so it will be great to see everyone on Fri and Sat!!! Are we supposed to bring a present? Is it that stealing game? If so, how much do we spend? And are you nice or ruthless? (did I even need to ask that question?)

Monday, December 15, 2008

A TOAST TO THE VALHALLA STAFF IN MINN

Here is a toast to the Valhalla staff up north may you have a blessed holiday season

from the staff in Indiana
Patrolman Bob
Ranger Rick

YES, A| MINNESOTA BLIZZARD

All interstates closed, # 10 from Det. lakes to Fargo closed. All of the area was closed to traveling. Most of the schools are closed today. It was -18 when I last looked at the temp. Suppose to stay bitterly cold all week. Looks like the sun is trying to come out from behind the clouds. I wont do much today but stay in and do some baking and writing. Sorry Bennie that I dont have pics. I dont have a printer. You will have to teach me that this coming summer.

Steve hasnt been around snowplowing yet. There was so much wind it is difficult to determine how much snow came. They said from 10 to 14 ins. in the area. The wind chill was in the - 40 degree. Have to stoke the furnace alot when the wind blows !!


Had a nice long talk with Doyle yesterday. Need to call more of you. Love to all, Norma Jean

Sunday, December 14, 2008

AH...WINTER IN MINNESOTA


It's snowing,blowing,and below zero, roads are closed , nothing to do but stay inside. I guess thats why it's called a BLIZZARD. Anyone want to trade places??
It's a good time to put the tree up and decorate, watch movies, stuff like that. Always a bright side I guess.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM VALHALLA SHORE PATROL

Once again the time has come to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year...We had a great season this year with many improvements..We are still waiting for our christmas bonus but we both think our second in command is a cheap Scrooge..We know that your stay at Valhalla will be safe for you and your kids this year from cricket smugglers

Again Seasons Greeting
Patrolman Bob
Range Rick

Monday, December 8, 2008

Thanksgiving in Indiana


The Dahlgren's from MN would like to thank Ranger Rick and Nancy for the 5 Star treatment and rolling out the "beige carpet" for us. Maybe next time we can move into the "suite" inside the house. We all had a wonderful time visiting with everyone and the kids got a lot of use out of their fleece blankets.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Ugly Christmas Sweater Anybody???

Kirby, myself, and the kids are on the look-out for ugly Christmas sweaters. One of our get-togethers this year requires us to come up with what we think is the ugliest one. If any of you have one that dare I say grandma or grandpa may have purchased for you but you would never be caught dead in, please keep us in mind!!

(P.S.) Thanks to all that voted for Cody back during the WBCL contest. If you remember, his prize was a ham basket from Ossian Packing. I just wanted to let you all know that Cody asked me if I knew of anybody that he could give it away to that may be in need. In the end, he decided to give it to a man and his two boys that just lost their wife/mother, I believe she was 43. She was diagnosed with a fast acting cancer and past away two months after that. She had been a youth leader for one of the area churches in Huntington. Thanks for helping him win so he was able to do this!!

Christmas Family Update

1 John 16-17
This is how we've come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God's love? It disappears. And you made it disappear.


You should all know that we made a wonderful impact on a special family this year. Just a reminder, we picked a family with 3 young boys, that were really struggling from recent medical bills. The trick this year was that they had NO idea that we were "adopting" them AND the only person who knew who this family was was myself and the family member that suggested them. We only knew the boys ages and that the family was in need of a printer. Beyond that, we knew that no sizes, no interests or what they might already have at home! We also had to work early this year so that we could get them the presents before they went out shopping.


Melissa Sink, Paula Schlarb, Paula Huber (Caleb's girlfriend) and I went shopping on Friday and it was fun!! We hope that you are happy with the way we chose to distribute money. Here are the gifts we got for the family:


Mom & Dad:
6 rolls of wrapping paper
2 rolls of scotch tape
1 bag of gift bows
1 pkg of gift tags
1 Kodak printer
2 black ink cartridges
2 color ink cartridges w/photo paper
2 reams of copy paper
1 pkg D batteries
1 Card
1 pkg of candy canes


Boy - Age 8
1 pajama pants
1 pkg socks
1 movie - Chronicles of Narnia
1 Hot Wheels track
1 Sorry board game
1 Indoor soccer set
1 Five pack of Matchbox cars
1 Transformer
1 Lifesaver book
1 Candy Cane w/Runts
1 Box of Nerds


Boy - Age 5
1 pajama pants
1 pkg socks
1 movie - Wall-E
1 Five pack of Matchbox cars
1 Operation board game
1 Transformer
1 Two pack Flying Disc Shooter
1 Box of Legos
1 Lifesaver book
1 Candy Cane w/Runts
1 Box of Nerds


Boy - 5 months:
1 Tube A&D Ointment
1 Baby Wash
4 Baby Puff Snacks
3 LG boxes Luvs diapers
1 LG box of baby wipes


Family:
We still had $540 left and wanted to pay some electrical or gas bills. But, we weren't 100% sure that we knew who their utility companies were and didn't want to mess it up. So, we tried to get a prepaid Visa so they could choose to pay those or to pay hospital bills. BUT, prepaid Visa's have a lot of hidden charges and would have lost a lot of the money that could just go in their pocket. So, we instead gave them a card with cash. The card simply told them that we were sharing God's love with them this holiday season.


It's so incredible that they have no idea who we are! The parents of the husband knew we were doing this, and allowed us to leave the gifts at their house. They then called the family to say that there was something there for them. They were confused, but went over to see what it was. Needless to say, they were shocked and very grateful. We have heard from the parents that they were tearful and couldn't fathom who would do something like this. I truly believe that this is a Christmas they will never forget!

Thank you to everyone who gave, I already look forward to next year!!

Lint trap on your dryer

Keep forgetting to tell everyone on something Mary Ann read in the paper about you lint trap..i pulled out the lint trap and it looked clean but when i held it under the faucet,, water would not run thru it,,, something coming from the dryer sheets...She washed it with soap and the water run thru it which makes the dryer work better ..might save you on your electric bill

Grandpa and His Granddaughters




Some Pic from Thanksgiving at Kevin and Jan's
















Saturday, December 6, 2008

New Facebook virus

In Your Facebook: Virus Anything But Friendly

by Claudine Zap

December 5, 2008 11:22:43 AM

It's all fun and friendship until someone gets an infection.

In this case, the someone may be your Facebook friend. There's a nasty virus spreading faster than you can update your Facebook status.

Dubbed Koobface, the virus preys on the social network's messaging system to entice the unsuspecting to download a video from their "friend " with the tempting message, "You look just awesome in this new movie." All you have to do is update your Flash player and you're good to go with your cool, new vid. Sounds great, right? Wrong! The social call is actually a social disease, and before you know it, when you think you've got mail you've actually got a virus. The insidious worm will go grab all the private data on your computer, like credit card info. Is nothing sacred?

The uninvited friend already made its destructive appearance on rival networking site MySpace. But Facebook is serious fresh meat. With 120 million users, it's a nightmare that's been waiting to happen.

According to Facebook, the virus has hit only a very small percentage of users. But, like the growing popularity of social networking, it's on the rise.

With friends like this, who needs enemies?

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Like the new look

Wow, I like the new look. Are you doing some messing around Stephanie? Thanks for all you do on here. It's now nice and festive, and looks kind of like a scrapbook!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Weather Cam now in service

this is the first pictures from the weather cam on top of the tower at the Zanesville feed mill it looking towards the west the street below is county line road far to the back is Marzane rd

Monday, December 1, 2008

Last Chance!!

Hey guys - we are going to start shopping for our Christmas family this week and hope to get them the presents by next week. This is your last chance to be a part of it, so if you haven't talked to me about donating money and still want to, let me know ASAP! Thanks to all of you who have already given, we'll share soon what we were able to do for the family!

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Whose glamorous legs are these? Tamie says, are these legs shaved?

Thanksgiving

Thanks everyone for coming to Thanksgiving! Unfortunately we ran out of food, so please bring more to Christmas! (KIDDING!) We had lots of good food and had a good time visiting with everyone.
I had to run this vagrant off my property after I caught him fishing off my deck. About the time I got there he was pulling this bluegill through the ice!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

More Pictures from the Past for Your enjoyment


On the back of grandpa pic it said corn field next to woods

MAPLE SYRUP ALERT


Our undercover man is shown in this hidden camera buying what was to be Indiana Maple Syrup but it turns out to be corn syrup from china...Don't get caught up in this scam

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Trophy turkey in Indiana

Its hard to believe but this is the way it happen..my grandson and i were out on our annual truffle hunt on the last day of the season ,,,we had just got our last truffle which made our limit and we were headed back to the house from the woods just south of the house when we spotted a large turkey just inside the yard...it was looking into the bay window and did not notice that we were coming (i think it thought there was another turkey in the window) anyway we were able to sneak up on it and beat it to death with the truffle stick...it dressed out at over 24.5 lbs and had a beard of over 18 in with 6 in claws....not a record in Minn but I'm sure it is in Indiana

My very first appartment!!!! :)

i will be living in an apartment just off campus next school year and i will need furniture (couches, end/coffee tables and a nightstand) cooking utensils and pots and pans. if you have anything you would like to get rid of just let me know!!
thank you
alysha grace

Monday, November 24, 2008

Bsu vs Central Michigan 11-0!!!!!!!!! :)




this was an away game that i attended with my friend stephanie. it was televised on ESPN 2 where my mom and dad spotted me!! oh yea...it was FREEZING!!!!

THANKSGIVING DINNER

Just a reminder - We'll be having Thanksgiving Dinner at Kevin and Jan's house on Thursday at noon. Mary Ann and Scott are preparing turkeys and Lois Ann is making a ham loaf. From there, you're on your own - I don't have any idea. We'll be using our basement rather than the garage (for extra space). If you have folding table and chairs, I'd like for you to bring them. And if so, can you let me know? Otherwise, we'll go up to the church Wednesday night to get tables and chairs. As far as the parking goes, you can park in the side yard and also along the road. We're looking forward to a full house and lots of noise.

Sink Family patriarch turns 86



The children of T D Bowman took him to the Boathouse restaurant in Warsaw Friday night to celebrate his 86 birthday..He had prime rib dinner than we went to Jim's house for dessert

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Grandma & Grandpa











Here are a couple pictures of grandma and a couple of grandma & grandpa that I have. They're such a pretty couple! I think the last picture might be their wedding picture. (the coloring on that one isn't so great...sorry!)

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Big Game Hunter at 3

My first squirrel i think i choked it to death dont really remenber

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Correction

Benny, you were mostly correct in regards to who was in the picture that you posted on 11/08. Grandma said that the people in the picture were actually (L to R) Bill's wife Jean, Jeanette, Ethel and Bud.

Monday, November 17, 2008

As you can tell we are looking at old pictures


Now we know why adam acts like he does.....looks like Paula wants adams head band while other look on

Mr Crows Trial Now on the Blog

just click on the links below and you can watch and judge for yourself the trial of the year at Valhalla....




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLIHWHQxHh4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc93snzZuzo

Who are these lovely ladys?????

All i can tell is that is was taken at grandpa sinks

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Chicago Museum "1948"

Found this old pic of Dad,myself and brother bill front seat and Nancy and Mom back row on the back it was wrote Chicago Museum Streets of Yesterday 1948 you have not changed much Sis

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Christmas Family - Decision Time!!

OK guys....it's time to get serious about our Christmas family/families. I hope most of you read about the family that was suggested to us (see the post dated October 28.) Before insurance the family is already looking at over $300,000 in medical bills. I had mentioned that the mother had been taken to the hospital that day. After all her tests, it was found that she had some kind of seizure and cannot be left alone with the baby or continue to babysit for the next two months (think loss of income!)

I had originally suggested that we call the Salvation Army to adopt a second family, but then someone else thought maybe we should keep it to this one particular family. If we adopt one family, we would probably put a lot of the money toward GC for electric bills and gas bills, not just more presents. What do you think? We'll do the poll thing again to get some votes coming in. Please vote within the week so that we can start getting things going.

Also, if you would like to participate, please email me and let me know the amount you would like to give. You can mail it to me by check at any time, 1406 Edenton Dr. FW 46804. Our hope is to get all the money collected by Thanksgiving so we can start shopping!!

Monster Buck from the window


What a hunt on Sunday. I was looking out of the window in Sara's entry room and this buck came from John's field and into her yard. I had brought my gun in from the earlier hunt so I had it right there in the room. When the buck got into the middle of the yard, one of her cats ran out into the yard. The buck decided it was not a threat and appeared to be staring it down. I loaded the gun and was able to open the window enough to shoot. I hit it in the front of the chest as it was pointing towards me. It ran about 30 yards and fell down just on the other side of where Sara's camper is parked. It dressed out at 235 pounds, not sure of the rack score yet but it will be a high non-typical, who knows it may be a record for Clearwater County. The neighbors are a little upset as they had been watching and waiting for it, but so goes the hunt. Sara said I could put it on the wall, but we need to find a big enough spot, may need to remodel a bit. Hope everyone that is hunting, "Steve", get one just like it.
Chris "the Mighty Hunter" Eck, just call me one-shot for short

Monday, November 10, 2008

BSU vs. Northern Illinois 9-0!!!!!

the ball state cardinals are still undefeated!! it was a chilly night to be televised on espn 2!! i tried to get on camera but im not sure if i did but the final score was 45-14!


GO CARDNIALS!! YAY!!

Stephanie and me!! :)

Chirp! Chirp!!

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Samantha Temporarily Out of Commission


Samantha is out of commission for a couple weeks. She fractured a bone in her foot and will be in this cast for 2 weeks. We can only hope it heals, because if it does not, she will need to surgically remove a piece of the fractured bone. She will however recover in time for the next summer season at Valhalla. She is preparing her resume.

Nov 9 today our first snow

Where are they????