Becky Rolfsrud surprised Kathleen with a birthday candle and gift tonight at the Solveig and Bill dinner. A Swedish flag topped off the event. Kathleen was grateful for the thoughtful exchange.Sosie and Bill flew in yesterday to assess mother's situation at Knute Nelson Home in Alexandria where mother is recuperating from a fall.
They returned to Minneapolis tonight where Virg and Becky threw an Italian feast for Steve Rolfsrud, Briggs and Bill Siitari, Kathleen and Stan... and of course Aaron and Alex Rolfsrud. Bill Shearer, a respected member of the Mohican tribe, was called upon for the invocation. In an almost mystical chant, he asked the Great Spirit to blessthisfoodtoouruse, Amen.
We've already noted that Aaron is a Justin Morneau look-a-like. Tonight Kathleen saw a resemblance to New York's Derek Jeter in Alex.
Alex is a Geek at Best Buy and tonight he regaled diners with a story about an electrical engineer's wife who couldn't get any sound from her computer. Her husband had spent two hours working on it, she said, and still no sound.Our man Alex booted the computer and within seconds had it "repaired." The problem? The mute button was on.
Briggs and Bill are shopping for an apartment in Boston where Briggs will be attending Harvard this fall. Boston is a great town to visit -- Fenway Park -- historic everything -- seacoast. It is an expensive town to visit, so we suggested that Steve subsidize an extra bedroom. Sort of a Briggs/Bill B&B for visiting relatives. Steve says he's already subsidizing the operation, to say nothing of driving a U-Haul to Boston on Labor Day this fall. He suggested relatives look into a time share and let B&B live in it. Looks like Super 8 again.
Discussion centered for a time on Steve's intelligence. According to Steve, and backed incredulously by Briggs, Nancy thinks her husband is very smart, perhaps even a genius and has confided this opinion to him in private. 
This assertion created quite a stir at the dinner table. After all, Nancy, a class valedictorian and Master of Psychology, should know what she's talking about, her choice in men notwithstanding. Unfortunately, she was with friends at Lutsen last night and not present to validate the discussion, leaving Steve as the sole defender of his position, with Briggs simply raising her eyebrows from time to time.Bill Shearer would eventually settle the matter by stating that he could go along with the Genius distinction, if it were spelled Genyus.
Tomorrow, during waffles by Kathleen, Becky and Al will join us for a trip to the Wexford where we'll see a model of Linda and Ron's new digs. Then on to Matt's for a jucy lucy, something Solvieg and Bill googled as a fun thing to do whenever in the Twin Cities.
Aaron Rolfsrud just sold his motorcycle. An honest-to-goodness crotch rocket. We have been spared the anxiety of knowing that he had one, but turns out he's been riding it for two years. ("Motorcycles don't cause accidents, people cause accidents," we were told last night.) Now he says he has sold it, but hasn't got the money from the buyer for it yet. And just when gas prices are going up. . .
Virgil? Some advice here? Or are you just grateful to have him back on four wheels?
