Keri & Company

Sunday, Sept 28th - "See You in Heaven"  

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

My grandma died on Sunday. I saw her on Saturday to say goodbye. It was rough, I'll be honest. She was in and out - sometimes talking gibberish, sometimes showing some humor. It was scary, sad and at the same time comforting knowing she would be at peace and truly happy again very soon. When I sat at her bedside to hold her hand and speak with her one last time, I was lucky enough to hear her say that she loved me more than anything in the world. She thanked me for coming to see her and asked me for a kiss before I left - which of course I gave to her. I told her I loved her and to say hello to grandpa when she saw him to which I'm almost positive I heard her say, "I'll tell grandpa that on my way to see him, I had to stop and talk to a few people before I left." I'm so glad I was one of those people...

I love you, Grandma. God Bless you and keep you at peace always. I'm so happy now that you're happy....
♥Keri Jo

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Friday, Sept. 26th - Gals Night.  

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Friday night ended up being sisterly bonding night since Erin's Adam was at a Brewer Game and Matt decided to masterbox for the night.
Stanley was the only boy invited to our fire.

We decided to crack open a bottle of the bubbly. It had been a long time since I'd had champagne.It was having weird effects on both of us.

Stanny was a trooper through our antics.

At the close of the night, I OF COURSE had to put the fire out! It was quite a process - one that my husband found to be unsuccessful. Thank goodness he saved our lives that night by re-checking the fire.

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Best for Last - Thursday, Sept. 25th  

Thursday was the last Brewer game we were able to enjoy this season. As you all know, it's been a season of highs and lows. Since we bought these tickets 2 months ago, we weren't aware at that time of the gravity of this game. The Crew was still in the hunt for the Wild Card and this game would determine if they'd continue to contend. It was quite a worrisome night.


Matt was tensed up to begin with.I was bummed that this would be my last Brewer game of the season. It was hard to enjoy the tailgating experience. Hopefully the game would raise my spirits.

Upon entering the stadium, we received a Brewer Towel, a 2009 schedule and a voucher for a FREE ticket! It was fan appreciation night. What a great way to start the game! This was our view from 9 rows off the field.

Despite the slow pace and uneventfulness of the first 7 innings, Matt and I were pumped to be in the park.

Kelly and Andy were also able to enjoy the game! Here they are from their seats (ok, it's just a random circle, but they are up there somewhere!)

After 9 innings of regular play, we were still tied 1-1 with the Pirates. Then my boy Braun strolled up to the plate with the bases loaded.

Amazingly he hit a walk off GRAND SLAM! It was the coolest thing I've ever seen!

It's been a great season. We got to at least 9 games this season and hopefully we'll get to more next season! Now they're in the PLAYOFFS baby! GO BREW CREW!

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Friday Dinners are BACK!  

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Last night was the first official Friday dinner club gathering of the fall season. It was Brian, Dan, Pete, Matt, Brad and me. It's been awhile and long overdue to get these dinners back up and rolling. We're always looking to add more peeps to the club! Bobbie & Bug? Kelley & Toby? JOIN US!
Last night we headed to Kodiak Jacks in Oshkosh.

While at the bar, Dan refused to be seen sitting so close to a Budweiser product. He was insulted and annoyed at the placement of Budlight Lime in front of him and Brian after Brad had anonymously sent them over. Brian, however, seemed quite excited!

What!!?? Pete eases the tension in the air by consuming his first ever beer - NOT. While at dinner, the conversation was quite intense and enthralling. Again, the debates ranged from religion, politics, adultery, health care and cigarette smoking. It was a meeting of the minds.

Pete wishes he would have really drank that Bud Light Lime so he wouldn't have to suffer through the crazy debates.

Brian and Bradley contributed strongly to the arguments by dismissing Obama as a person because he smokes. That bastard!

Matt was surprisingly quiet and rather chose to sit back and admire the intelligent banter between his men.

Me and Matthew were excited that Friday Dinner club was back up and running.

Bradley drove his hot car to our house to continue the heated debates.

The arguing, conversing and debating went on for hours at the Zank household where we solved literally every problem the world is facing at present.

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Shorty the Pimp  

Brett aka "Shorty" came to visit us on Wednesday! It's always good to see this flyboy!
Brett revealed to me that he has a honey in every area code he's flown to! Whew! I guess you can't keep the ladies off this studly pilot!

Unfortunately Brett lost his job, but has recently found a new one! To find comfort, Brett resorts to pretend flying to get himself back into the mode.

Thanks for stopping by, Brett! The Zanks love ya!

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Saturday, September 6th - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERIN!!  

Happy Birthday, Erin!
We knew how to party back then...
We can still do it now!

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Saturday, September 6th - BADGER GAME!!  

Saturday, September 6th was a beautiful day to enjoy the Badger Game in Madison. Being that I was husbandless, Mom and Dad decided to get me out of the house and out into the excitement of the Badgers v. Marshall game.
The Badger band takes the field and pumps up the crowd.

Dad was pumped about our seats and had a good feeling about the game.

Mom was thrilled to be in the shade at this game since at the last game, she was sweating her a$$ off in the sun.

Ahhh, yes....the student section. Brought back fond memories - fuzzy memories too - of my days as a student at the games. It was especially comforting to hear the joyful chanting of "F*ck You!" "Eat $hit!"

We were lucky enough to see the Badgers score 3 touchdowns in our endzone. It was an awesome game!

It was a great way to spend my Saturday. Thanks, Mom and Dad!!!

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Matt's Turn with the Camera  

Matthew requested use of the camera when he headed off on his Nascar Adventure in Virginia the first week in September. I was pretty pumped about the variety of pics he just might bring home to share on the blog. I mean, they hit the open road in a camper, survived a hurricane and watched racecars speeding around a track at 200+mph! TONS to see and capture with the click of a camera. I could barely contain my excitement as I frantically grabbed the camera from his grasp to click through the hundreds of pictures he had to have taken....only to see...

a praying mantis????????

He could have a talent at wildlife photography, I guess?

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Friday, August 29th - Hanging with my Men  

After putting in a long, full first week of work, I needed to kick it with my men for some QT.

Dan begins the ongoing and infinite debate on politics, work, health care and just overall life and existence in general.

Oh oh, it looked like Matt was going to poop out on us again.
Dan sparked him back up!
But it wasn't long before we lost him for the night...

Stanny was also apparently tired of the debate as well.

Brian wonders if there will ever be a night when he can hang with his buddy, Matt, for more than an hour before the sleep fairy take the life out of him.Dan saw this as the opportune time to cuddle with his Matty.

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