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In The Garage

We took everything out of the garage today. Yes, everything. We thoroughly swept the floor and cleared out the cobwebs. The next step is to organize all the stuff. Stay tuned.

Property of…

There’s a community fridge / freezer in my area at work. I haven’t had any problems with people taking stuff that I put in there. Just to make sure it stays that way, I do things like this:

Landscaping Part 2

Over the weekend, we finished the other planting area in our front yard:Things are looking pretty good — I just hope I can keep the plants alive. 🙂

Party Hearty

Four weeks ago today (my goodness, has it been that long?) was our annual Independence Day party. We always invite a bunch of friends and family for a cookout, fireworks, and general outdoor fun. Did I forget to invite you this year? My apologies — e-mail me, and I’ll make sure you’re on the list […]

Exacta Exacta

Congratulations to my grandpa, who won over $100 at Arlington race track yesterday. I don’t know how he did it, but on two consecutive races, he got both his exacta bet and his winning horse. Amazing. He was nice enough to buy me two fried doughs at the Roma Lodge Italian Festival, which starts today. […]

Adventures Up North, Part 2

From June 26-30, we ventured north to the family cottage for the second time in a month! This time, we were joined by three other couples — Mark & Heather, Rich & Maryke, and Jamie & Janet. The photo album covers most of the stuff we did. We went kayaking on Clear Lake on Saturday […]

A little behind

June and early July has been / will be a pretty crazy time for us. Crazy, but fun. I’ll post more as soon as things settle down. Hang in there!

Kayaking in Lake Minocqua

The above map shows the journey we made on Saturday, June 6. We left from a dock at the south end of town (green dot) and headed east. We saw some ducks and a loon near a small island. To get a better view of the downtown area, we headed west and went underneath Highway […]

Showdown at Settlers

It was a chilly Sunday in Minocqua, Wisconsin, but it wasn’t too cold for a round of miniature golf. Six of us — myself, Jenelle, Andrew, Holly, Ella, & Lily — took on the course at Settlers Mill. After the front nine, Andrew had a one-shot lead over me. The tough back nine took its […]

Hilton Head: May 16-23

Now available are pictures from our trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina. There were tons of things that made this vacation so great. Big Family FunEight of us went on this trip. Dad, Mom, Andrew, Holly, Ella, Lily, Benj, Jenelle. I put together a document in advance so that we could track everyone’s flights and […]