Southwestern Black Bean Salad

Here is the recipe for the Southwestern Black Bean Salad that I usually bring along to the Loungeabout. It's been reprinted without permission from the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook.

The recipe below makes 4 servings. I usually double it for a large group.

One 16 ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup diced roasted red pepper
1/2 cup cooked corn kernels
1 red onion, finely chopped (when I double the recipe, I still use only one onion for the Lamons -Pete)
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
4 scallions, thinly sliced
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined, and finely chopped
4 teaspoons fresh lime juice
4 teaspoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

In large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients; toss to combine. Let stand, covered, until the flavors are blended, at least 1 hour.

Per serving: 182 calories, 6 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 0 cholestorol, 356 mg sodium, 26 g total carbohydrate, 8 g dietary fiber, 8 g protein, 52 mg calcium
Points per serving: 3

The Family Blog: Welcome Home Mike

The Family Blog: Welcome Home Mike

www.mnpatriotguard.org

Welcome Home Mike

Click on the title and watch the slide show of troops returning to Bemidji-Thanks Mike Lamon-We thought about you alot!
Gary

Welcme them Home

7/17/2007 12:07 PM


Here is a current schedule for returning Companies. Bemidji A Co is scheduled to leave Fort McCoy on Sunday, July 22nd at 6 am and arrivein Bemidji at 2:30 pm. They will be going through Walker, MN and then goon Hwy 200 to Kabekona Corner and North to Bemidji on Hwy 71. They will proceed through Bemidji on Paul Bunyan Drive (Hwy 197) to the BSU JohnGlas fieldhouse where the families will be waiting. The community will be encouraged to stand on this route. The soldiers will enter the fieldhouse and stand in formation. The Mayor will give a very short official Bemidji "Welcome Home" with 1SG Solberg following with a few comments. Thenthe soldiers will be formally dismissed to their awaiting families. Families can enter the Jon Glas fieldhouse at 12:30 pm to meet and setupposters. The public can enter Jon Glas at 1:45 pm to wait. A CD has been put together by our soldiers that provide a snapshot of their life in Iraqfor families and community to view at Jon Glas while we are waiting for thebus to return. Oh Happy Days!!!

PLEASE TRY TO GET OUT AND

WELCOME THEM BACK. IT MEANS A LOT TO A SOLDIER COMING HOME...I KNOW!

Mike Lamon is in Maine-Copied from an e-mail from Marie

From Marie Lamon 7/15/2007 2:15 PM

Just a note to tell you thanks and thanks to God for bringing Mike and Able Company toMaine today. They will travel to Wisconsin for a week to 10 days, and then be home!!!! Thanks for your prayers for all the past from 2005 to now and please remember the troopsas they reintegrate back into their "normal" lives once again!!!!
Marie

Anna Lone

Imagine my surprise when I opened the "Senior Scene," a supplement to our "Pioneer" newspaper and read the following:

"It was Hildur Lamon not Hildur Bauer's mother who homesteaded. Hildur's mother, Anna Lone, and her friend, Louise, and her dad moved to Pennington from South Dakota when Anna was about 22 years old. She homesteaded on 160 acres of land and built a house, or shanty as they were called, on Popple Lake. She lived on the homestead in the summer and worked in Cass Lake at various domestic jobs in the winter. Her future husband homesteaded on Burns Lake."

Interesting, huh?

Carmen-Copied from Lois's E-mail

Mom just called to let me know that Carmen died this morning...no otherdetails at this time.

For those who don't know Carmen Gregerson was Hildurs brother. Gary

A little bit of good news to throw in...

Mandy and I are happy to share that after many years of unsuccessfully trying to become parents, we've finally done it! Well, almost...Mandy had her first ultrasound today and she's got a little jelly bean growing in there with a heartbeat of 134 beats per minute. We hope to be bringing him or her into the world in February next year.





While it may not look like much yet, here's a first pic:

Love,

Matt and Mandy

Sad News-Copied from Lois's E-mail

Dad called last night to let us know that Art Godin had passed away yesterday (Saturday 7/7/07). Art was married to Dorothy, Dad's sister. He spent his winterin Alabama helping Bea (another sister of Dad's) take care of her husbandwho died in April. I really don't think that Art recovered from that & thenhe experienced a couple of strokes over the past couple of months and neededto be hospitalized or in a rehab unit. Dad didn't know any details on when the funeral will be held.

Bemidji Ice Fishing

This was not the scene in Bemidji this weekend! Temps were/are in the 90's-Hot-Hot-Hot!

Puppies!

Just thought I would post some pictures of Nathan and Katie's new puppies. They got a brother and sister set of 6 month old puppies from the humane society. They're not sure what kind they are, but they are thinking Black Lab/Great Dane mixes. They're very well behaved puppies and sleep a lot! I went down to see them yesterday and they don't bark or jump at you when you come in the door. They're names are Kali (I'm not sure how they're spelling her name) and Killian.

Our New Back Yard

The first picture is of the hot tub after it was delivered-we simply put up tarps around it until we could do something more permanent. The next two pictures are the mostly completed new patio. This is out or kitchen door-We put in a colored cement slab with a flagstone design because of the low maintenance-as it turned out it was about $200 more to put in concrete slab than a deck. We just added the fence for a bit of privacy. We built the Pergola with the help of our neighbors, Wendy and Joel. We had a lot of dirt work to do to back fill the slab because of the uneven grade of our back yard and lot of repair where the Bobcat and cement truck damaged the yard. Then we planted grass, added a few plant and its mostly done. We got hold of some Virginia Creepers (a fast growing vine) and planted them around the posts-in about 2-3 years they will take over the pergola. Now we have got to get the missing grass spots filled in and then we can fully enjoy the new addition.

I passed!!!!!

So, just thought I'd post a little update on my life here since graduation. I officially graduated from college the first weekend in May. Similar to a lot of degrees, I'm not able to practice in my full capacity until I passed my state boards. The nursing boards are kinda weird in that there is a minimum of 75 questions and a maximum of 265 and you can have the minimum or the maximum or somewhere in the middle. I was lucky and only got 80 questions. The computer decides to shut off when it is 95% sure that you know your stuff or 95% sure that you don't know your stuff and you shouldn't be practicing. Like I said, I had 80 questions and finished my test in about an hour and 20 minutes in Eau Claire. I definately didn't feel confident walking out the doors Monday morning and similar to the majority of nursing graduates, I felt like I failed. I decided to go shopping that afternoon to make myself feel a little bit better. My results were posted this morning and I'm officially a full blown Registered Nurse. What an awesome feeling! I guess all that schooling paid off!

Lounge About Tee Shirts

I copied this picture from the other Nancy to showcase the Tee Shirts-Many thanks to "Starfire Screen Print Company" and Scott and Nick for making the shirts. Maybe we should start designing a new one for next year?

2007 Lamon Loungeabout

Pics are up at kodak online. If you have any problems accessing the album, shoot me an email and I'll send you an email invite. Enjoy!

Wednesday's Child

On the way home from Bemidji this weekend we had a conversation about the old Mother Goose poem "Monday's Child" Here it is thanks to the internet, since none of us could remember it in the car:

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child born on the Sabbath Day,
Is fair and wise and good and gay.

I also looked up the year 1969 and found that I am Wednesday's child and therefore full of woe. Emma, Morgan and Nancy are all Friday's children, so they must make up for me being such a curmudgeon.

Tee Shirts-Sizes and quanity

Hi Every One,
I am trying to get everyone to post how many tee shirts and what size they would like-
I would like to order 4- If you have people (or others) that would want one you could ask that person and that would help a bunch. Who knows who is comming for sure?
Gary=xxl
Nancy=xl
Joseph=Small Adult
Dylan=Small Adult

Lamon Lounge About T-shrit

Which do you like better?

Or

Happy Birthday!

I just realized that today is Pete's (38th?) birthday. I do think I did the math right, but maybe Pete would like to weigh in on that! Being the first g'child on the Lamon side, we pretty much remember when he was born, including the year. So, happy birthday, Pete! Just think in a couple of years, you will be as old as the rest of us!

And, not to let Matt down, it was just his birthday, too...that means that if Pete is 38, then Matt is 34, right? (May 24th). The Saunders do have a couple other b'days, the twins, aged 8 now, and they told me that they had a very nice birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Leader Pig Races

On Saturday evening on our way home from Alicia's, we (Gary & Nancy & Dale & Lois) stopped by Leader, MN, for the famous pig races. Talk about total entertainment...it was so much fun! And the pigs are so-o-o cute! They run a short track in pursuit of their prize...donuts!

Gary, the emcee and owner, is entertaining, too! He has other attractions that are great to see..."red neck horseshoes" (with toilet seat covers), milking contests, jump roping, hula hooping, kids scrambling for $1 bills in sawdust, & I am sure he has more fun up his sleeve.

The pig races are held every Friday and Saturday night from Memorial Day to Labor Day starting at 7:00 at the Bear's Den...if you get an opportunity to go, you will have a great time, guaranteed!