Last Monday: Happy Birthday, Aunt Gail!
Yesterday (Thursday): Happy Birthday, Dad!
I’m continuing work on a journal of our Disney World Trip. I also need to make some room on my iDisk for all of the pictures we took. I’m short by about 8 megabytes at the moment, but I promise I’ll make room somehow. 🙂
We returned from a five-day vacation to Walt Disney World at about 8:40 last night. We’re both back at work today. We both agree that we should have taken an extra vacation day to recover. Oh well.
However, as soon as we get a little more free time, there will be lots of pictures and details from our trip, which was quite wonderful.
I spend an inordinate amount of time looking at hurricane forecasts even though I live far from the Atlantic coast. It’s interesting that, with all the technology we have today, we haven’t found a way to reduce the huge impact of tropical storms. My thoughts and prayers go out to anyone whose lives have been altered because of hurricanes, especially those affected by Charley and Frances.
Things haven’t been too exciting over the past week or so, but that’s no excuse for not posting in a while. I had a fun time on Thursday afternoon — I took Grandpa Nick to the horse racing track at Arlington. We both did okay. On Sunday, we gathered to visit my cousin Todd, who made a trip up from his current residence in Texas. It’s always nice to visit with one of the groomsmen at my wedding. I just realized that all of my groomsmen live outside of Wisconsin. Maybe I need more friends. 🙂
I can’t promise that I’ll post more frequently in the days to come, but I do promise some more exciting stuff to appear here or on the main site within the next few weeks.
Jenelle here…
Ben’s grandparents, Nick and Isabelle, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary back in July. It took us a while, but we finally took them out to dinner to celebrate. We’ve only been out to dinner with just the two of them a couple times, but everytime we go we’re reminded just how well-loved they are. For example, when Ben and I arrived at the restaurant, Nick & Iz were already seated at the table of their choice and talking and laughing with the restaurant owner. After we ordered our food, the waitress brought out Italian bread and cheesy garlic bread — compliments of the house.
Grandma Iz ordered one of the specials — breaded cod — and Grandpa Nick snuck a few bites. He told our waitress how great the cod was, and with wink and a smile she asked him if he wanted a couple more pieces. His mouth was saying no, but his head was nodding an emphatic yes. A few minutes later, the waitress came out with a heaping plate of breaded cod — free of charge.
After we had eaten and eaten and eaten tons of food, the waitress brought us our check, but asked us not to leave… dessert was still on the way. Four bowls of spumoni ice cream.. again, compliments of the house.
Maybe it’s just their friendly demeanor, but Nick and Iz sure know how to get the best service at any restaurant!
Here’s a photo from the Walk for Wishes that Jenelle and I attended on Saturday morning. We had lots of fun, and we helped support the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin.
I thought it was an appropriate time to update my wish list, so I did that. Enjoy!
Last Saturday: Happy Birthday, Gina!
Last September and October, I participated in four fundraising walks. This year, the number might actually increase. The fun begins this Saturday at the Milwaukee Walk for Wishes to benefit the Make-A-Wish foundation. Jenelle and I will both be participating. We’re not going to do a lot of bugging people about donations, but let us know if you’d like to make a contribution.
A big thank you to Uncle Nick, who is giving us lots of guidebooks and tips for our trip to Walt Disney World next month. I last visited in 2000; Jenelle has never been there. It’s going to be great fun.
I’m one day late on these:
Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad!
Happy Anniversary, Andrew & Holly!
I added one April event to the history site, which will continue to get PR in this weblog. Can you guess on what day the event occurs? Hint: The day has a 2 and a 6 in it. 🙂
In other news, I’m continuing to play guitar on Wednesday nights at church. I’m reaching the point where I’m trying to play a lot of the songs without even looking at the chord sheet in front of me. For some reason, I get nervous when I do that. Perhaps I should just not even have the sheet in front of me and see how well I do. I’ve been playing a lot of the songs for at least a year, so they should be pretty well-established in my brain.
Anyway, if you ever want to see me play, the service is at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 2219 Washington Avenue, Racine, on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. I guarantee good seats. 🙂
I had the craziest dream last night. I was extremely thirsty. I recall being at many different locations drinking every available flavor of Gatorade. To my surprise, nothing would quench my thirst! On some Monday mornings, it’s very difficult to get out of bed without hitting the snooze button on the alarm a few times. Today, it was not a problem. I walked directly to the kitchen and drank a huge glass of water. 🙂
Time to make another plug for the history site, which mentions that pictures can be added to any event. Those of you would like a living example of this, be sure to check out the site this coming Wednesday. Or, if you’re very eager to check this out, just do an event query for August 18.
By the way — for the entire month of April, there’s no events in the database. Gasp. Can anyone think of some historical Isaacson family moments that occurred in April? Anyone?
This oughta keep everyone busy for a while:
Oregon Trip – Amanda and Dave’s Wedding
Oregon Trip – Street of Dreams
Okay, back to the olympics. 🙂
Congratulations to Eric, Gina, and Hunter on the new addition to their family. Tanner was born on August 8.
Jenelle and I have returned from Oregon. Amanda and Dave’s wedding was wonderful. Jenelle was the most beautiful flower girl I’ve ever seen. 🙂
I took 140 photos throughout the course of the trip. After I figure out the best way to organize them, you’ll see the best of those 140 photos online!
We’re looking forward to a fairly calm weekend ahead. We’ll be catching up on correspondence, cleaning the condo, and doing plenty of other “recently got back from out of town” type tasks. I’ll also be planning for the upcoming “Walk Season”. I participated in four fundraising walks last year — we’ll see how many I attend in the coming months.
