Mialkowski Family News

Well, this past Saturday we had a yard sale. Brought in $54. I had a guy interested in one of my motorcycles too, but he may have decided to pass on the idea. Too bad it was a drizzly day at times and the early afternoon brought in a steady shower. We ended up donating alot of clothes to GoodWill. We’ll have another yard sale this fall and I’ll try to take off a Friday so we can have it Friday and Saturday as long as the weather permits. Trying to get everything set up at like 7 in the morning on a Saturday is a bad idea. Especially when the vultures start landing that early in the morning. We will be going on vacation this Wednesday so now prepping for that will start.

Yup, tomorrow I’ll be celebrating Father’s Day for the 2nd year! We’re having a BBQ over at our house. I’m going to grill up some alligator and Katherine is making crabby patties. Katherine’s father will be cooking either lamb chops or steaks. We received our economic stimulus payment check – that will come in handy especially since we’re going out of town in a couple of weeks and need to get the a/c checked out in Volvo. Last weekend we went out to an Indian restaurant which had a really good buffet. Next weekend we plan on having a driveway sale on Saturday so hopefully we’ll be able to get rid of some unused items.

Well, thankfully Friday has arrived. The week could have been better (at least for my wallet).

Volvo (1989 Volvo Station Wagon) got sick. We had to take her to the Volvo Service Center to get checked out. Well, $1200.00!!! later she’s back on the road. Over $800.00 in parts alone!

Note to self, don’t buy foreign vehicles (no matter what the intial price) or at least find a repair shop that understands a workingman’s budget. I’m raising a baby and feeding a mommy on a single income.

It’s got to be certainly the start of a good weekend since the week was kinda rough. For dinner tonight you will find that, yes indeed,  Lily Likes Spaghetti a bunch! We’re all going (including Katherine’s father) fishing Sunday at Dockery Lake in the North Georgia Mountains. For Sunday, the high is looking around the mid-50s with cloudy skies. That should be just find to swarm those trout and any catfish that may come along. I purchased my fishing license online today (yes, with a trout stamp). Now that we bought a $100 deep freezer (from Home Depot a year or so ago), we have ample room for killings of all sorts!

To celebrate Easter, Katherine, Lily, and I went to Gimza Polish Restaurant in Norcross, GA. We had cutlets, croquettes, pierogies, potato puree, mizeria, poppy seed cake and honey cake. It was tasty indeed. Saturday we went over to Katherine’s sister’s house and met up with everyone for a BBQ which consisted of chicken and shrimp as the main course. Yes, it was a weekend of feasting.

Well, we were able to both celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and mourn all in one night. Rod always said he liked Harp so I couldn’t deny him one (or was it two) last pleasures and some Bushmills to assist.

Baby had a hot dog, fries, and pickle. Mommy had a portabello mushroom sandwich. Daddy had a beer brat with homemade potato chips and a pickle!