IN(n)-LAWS...

Would I be way off the mark to say that the last place most people consider for a relaxing weekend getaway is their in-laws house?
Probably not.
Then again most people don't have in-law's like mine.
I hit the "in-law jackpot" when I married Jake.No joke.Even before I had met them or been to their home,I would have long phone conversations with Jake's mom Nancy.I felt like I had known her my entire life.Some of my favorite mini-vacations are spent in their Bear Valley Springs "retreat".It doesn't hurt that it only takes forty five minutes to get there from home if I'm driving. When Jake is behind the wheel it takes about an hour and half.The time differences occur because we first have to feed his Starbucks addiction which adds about ten minutes and secondly Jake is always "cucumber calm" and his driving reflects this perennial state of being.Admittedly,he is the safer driver but I draw the line at saying he is a better driver!

Every time we get there,no matter what,they package us inside the homemade blankets and for a while every hurt is healed...every problem resolved....and every hunger fed.Besides being with my late grandparents,the Hogue home is where I feel safest...and you couldn't find a better meal if you tried! Here are some pictures of our most recent stay in mid-November....

PICS (Nancy's aka Elf's gourmet cookin',Nance,Bob,The Hogue's front porch in the early morning..as usual I'm the first one awake! Morning DJ's have a crazy internal clock)

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What is wrong with you?

A good mantra for people who go to tanning beds would be "If I have the money to tan,I have the money to hire a baby/dog sitter". Right? Seriously,I had some business in a popular salon here today and for the first time I saw a note taped up telling people that it is not okay to take their children into the tanning room with them,neither is it alright to leave them in the lobby.I have seen this happen on numerous occasions and while it should be left unsaid,I am glad they put up a note! People actually think that it's okay to bring their kids with them when they go to their tanning appointment and have the audacity to think that the it is the salon employees job to watch them! What is wrong with these parents??!! Are you that oblivious?Are you really that selfish? I also can't believe when I see PREGNANT women tan.What are you thinking?
When I asked the manager what had finally prompted the note she had the craziest story I had heard yet.Apparently a woman came in the day before with her small dog and asked if it would be alright to take the dog into the stand-up tanning room with her!!
When she was told "Uh,No" she pleaded a little bit but instead of cancelling her appointment she went out and locked the dog in her car.I'm all for tanning but these crazies must have fried some brain cells.

We dare yours to be worse..

I highly doubt any of you have a sicker more hazardous looking microwave than the one we have in our breakroom.Email your pics to us at rachel@kgfm.com or dustin@kgfm.com and if yours is more "grody" I will give you my KGFM Rewards points for whatever you want to buy or trade.You can also check out more pics at dustinatkgfm.blogspot.com or by just clicking on his blog.The link is to the right of this post.Happy Hurling!

He is "icheating"on you!!

Nov 18,2008.........A married New Jersey man has told his wife that a "technical glitch" with his iPhone is to blame for a series of naked photos that have been mysteriously emailed from his gadget. The remarkable story came to light after the wife posted a question on the Apple's support forums asking whether such a technical mishap was possible on the iPhone. "Please help!," she writes. "I took my husband's iPhone and found a raunchy picture of him attached to an email to a woman in his sent email file. When I approached him about this, he admitted that he took the picture, but says that he never sent it to anyone. He claims that he went to ... a local Apple store and they told him it is an iPhone glitch -- that photos sometimes automatically attach themselves to an email address and appear in the sent folder, even though no email was ever sent. Has anyone ever heard of this happening? The future of my marriage depends on this answer!"... Fellow users on the Apple forums were quick to let the woman know that no such glitch had been identified, and that her husband had clearly come up with the first excuse that came to mind to lie his way out of trouble. One responder to her question about the iPhone glitch replied, "I think your marriage has a glitch."

The sick,nasty, gross office fridge!

Sometimes at work I have just "had it" when it comes to the disgustingness(not a word) of our office refridgerator.So,on the air this morning I finally outed myself as the one who throws away all the food in the fridge.I had to tell my secret after I threw away a co-workers food and they left a note on the fridge daring the "cleaner" to come forward.I did and he and I are "good". However it got us on the subject and I don't have a problem with what I did.Most of the food and liquid in the fridge has been in there for longer than a week,none of it has a note on it,it's basically alive and if I don't throw it out it's gonna walk out and get us.Basically I am protecting my co-workers.Later today or tomorrow my brother and I will also post pictures of the office microwave which is beyond any written word description.

Looking for a DJ or a Pirate?

Will pillage for food.That's what a pirate does,right? Just kidding..

Here's a picture of Dustin this weekend at a child's party.On top of doing our morning show my brother has his own mobile disc jockey business.He'll do your party, so just call him. 900-6037

Never heard of these charges before????

CHARGED WITH DRINKING AND FLOODING??

A woman ended a night out by flooding her prison cell after a long drinking session. Lori Brutsche was arrested for stealing beer from customers at the Mint nightclub in Idaho. During her visit to the venue, she allegedly flashed her body to the band, started fights and refused to leave when asked. Police found Brutsche totally naked and fighting with security guards outside the club. She's accused of kicking a guard in the groin and later biting a police officer. After being taken to jail, she broke the sprinkler system, which caused a small flood.

ADVICE

Besides running,reading is my second favorite pasttime.I remember reading "Blubber" by Judy Blume in the 2nd grade after a teacher told my mom I could read at a 4th grade level(I felt so smart!).A couple of years after that my mom let me read "Are you there God,it's me Margaret" and then she got a copy of "The Color Purple" the summer before my 6th grade year.I remember thinking how "adult" I felt reading such a mature novel and how lucky I was that my mom let me.I think that has alot to do with why I still enjoy books by people twice my age about subjects I haven't yet experienced but will no doubt relate to one day.About a year ago I picked up a copy of Nora Ephron's "I feel bad about my neck and other thoughts on being a woman".Inside I found the following "nugget"

What I wished I'd known..... by Nora Ephron

People have only one way to be.

Buy, don't rent.

Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.

Don't cover a couch with anything that isn't more or less beige.

Don't buy anything that is 100 per cent wool even if it seems to be very soft and not particularly itchy when you try it on in the store.

You can't be friends with people who call after 11 p.m.

Block everyone on your instant mail.

The world's greatest babysitter burns out after two and a half years.

You never know.

The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste of money.

The plane is not going to crash.

Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of 35 you will be nostalgic for at the age of 45.

At the age of 55 you will get a saggy roll just above your waist even if you are painfully thin.
This saggy roll just above your waist will be especially visible from the back and will force you to re-evaluate half the clothes in your closet, especially the white shirts.

Write everything down.

Keep a journal.

Take more pictures.

The empty nest is underrated.

You can order more than one dessert.

You can't own too many black turtleneck sweaters.

If the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store, it's never going to fit.

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

Back up your files.

Overinsure everything.
Whenever someone says the words, "Our friendship is more important than this," watch out, because it almost never is.

There's no point in making piecrust from scratch.

The reason you're waking up in the middle of the night is the second glass of wine.

The minute you decide to get divorced, go see a lawyer and file the papers.

Overtip.

Never let them know.

If only one-third of your clothes are mistakes, you're ahead of the game.

If friends ask you to be their child's guardian in case they die in a plane crash, you can say no.

There are no secrets.

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As long as I'm awake,you'll always be alive..(Merrit Malloy)

Happy Anniversary.Got you on my mind,together again,together forever!



Ralph and Irma Peterson. Married November 10,1956. Irma 1936-2002::Ralph 1935-2008

I love you two! Everything you said...came true.I am the better for it.Thank you for loving me!

Your granddaughter..

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