Johnson top 12 list

Things my folks taught me -by Sherry Simmons

12. Be prepared
11. Value education
10. Honesty
9. You can do anything you set your mind to
8. Value money
7. Loyalty
6. Take care of yourself -eat healthy etc.
5. Work ethic
4. Consistency, dependability
3. Trust in God
2. Never procrastinate
1. You'll have unconditional love

This wonderful top 12 list was read at my Aunt & Uncle’s 50th wedding anniversary. If a write up was in the Wishek newspaper it would say "good time was had by all".

Minnesota Travels

This past weekend I traveled to Bloominton MN to take part in my Aunt & Uncle’s 50th wedding anniversay. We ate & talked and ate & talked, things that all Johnsons must like! We partied "under the stars" and under a tent. I loved their singing and jokes. Uncle Vern sang "I met her on 5th Ave and asked for a kiss on 10th Ave".....so cute! I later heard they enjoyed an anniversary night in the hot tub. I can’t wait for the next gathering to hear the hot tub song.

Picture here along with me are my sister Becky and her daughter Liz. My Aunt Helen & Uncle Vern. My mom’s cousin Julius and his wife Diane along with there daughter Monic. Missing is Monic’s husband Tofie. He was here for the event but was off at work when we took this picture.

What is cheap?

I have always been a bit confused on what is cheap. I was probably a 3rd or 4th grader when I had my first “cheap” encounter. I was with my step-dad Bud. We were in the local grocery store. Bending and searching threw wrapped chunks of cheese. Bud said to me “the cheapest is the best”. Years later I was with my son in a Wal-Mart in Central Minnesota when he said, “the cheapest is the best” referring to a putting golf club.
Nevertheless, when I shop I always get ripped off by the cheapest. I once bought a pink silky blouse in K-mart to wear at Mitch’s baptism in Medora. I washed the fabulous silky pink blouse -and walah –it was instantly transformed into pieces. It was now a long narrow unrecognizable something with buttons falling off.
I have paid a fortune for items I don’t like and they last forever. Do stores have to make all of the neat, cool stuff nearly disposable? Does the words “good cheap stuff” not ever describe quality? Is “high quality” referring to a shopping purchase you’ll never use or never even need?
Am I wrong & were Bud and Chad both right?