Thanks for the wonderful Surprise Party

I wish to thank all of you who helped make my surprise party a good time. I kind of knew something was up, but had no idea so many people would be there to help celebrate my 50th.
(Hard to believe I'm so old - isn't it!?)

Thanks so much.
Cheri

Here are comments about me from Mary Erwin (Theresa's sister)
Cheri's idea of fine dining is noodles with "butter".

Cheri is 50 years old and still orders from the children’s menu at Lopez. Now she will get both the kid’s deal and a senior citizen discount? Lopez may end up paying for her to dine there!

Never discuss home improvement projects with Cheri. At a party on Saturday night my wife discussed her thoughts about laying tile in our bathroom. The next afternoon Cheri had tiled the bathroom and was just finishing up the grout by the time we got home from church. Tim the Tool man has nothing on this chick!!!

Never let Cheri help you pick out a pet. She must have thought we were lonely when she brought us the psycho schizophrenic dog from the "Espanola dog lady" When you took this animal for a walk it would lay down in the middle of the street and you would have to drag it home on its back. Most dogs get hit by the car first before you have to drag them from the road. Cheri thought this dog was the pick of the litter!!!

Obviously the "odd couple" was her favorite TV show when she was a kid. And Felix Unger was her idol. When I first moved to NM we stayed with Cheri and I remember at dinner I had left my plate on the table to check on my infant son Luke. 5 minutes later when I returned to the table my plate was gone and already washed and put away in the dishwasher. This happened on several occasions so I had to adjust. Cheri could never understand why I took my plate with me to the bathroom at Thanksgiving.

Along those same Felix Unger lines, Cheri is the only person we know who not only cleans out the dryer lint vent before every load, but also uses the dust buster every time to pick up any lint that falls on top of the dryer.

She thought that one baby blanket on the floor a few weeks after
Jodi was born signified that she was letting the housework get
completely out of hand.

Cheri refuses to let any food be thrown away. She will clean the
plate of all children (I’m not sure, but she has probably even eaten
baby food), and no matter how little is left, will save it for later
in Tupperware in the fridge.

She thinks the best place to find the newest fashions is at Casa Mesita.

Cheri was relegated to traveling long distances at night even before
the kids were born so she would sleep and not need to make a rest
top every hour due to her tiny bladder.

She is most definitely a morning person if there ever was one. Once
she’s awake, whether it’s 4 a.m. or 7 a.m., she gets up. No lounging
in bed for her.

Cheri always has a cause. During the difficult time at Los Alamos
regarding scientist Wen Ho Lee spy case I recall Cheri wanting to
put a "Free Ho Lee" pronounced (frijoles) bumper sticker on her
little brown Spitfire. No place but America can you have a little
honky techno-lesbian riding in a beamer car declaring freedom for a
foreign national in the name of Mexican cuisine!!

We love you Cheri, as wish we could be there to help you celebrate
the big 50. We will drink a beer for you in Germany and toast your
birthday. The Erwins