Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Nineteen years ago (in two weeks) we spontaneously bought a convertible. We had been to Disney World in August and it seemed like we saw a little PT cruiser convertible at every stop light. Some rental company had definitely stocked up on them. A bit after we got home, it came […]
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 We call places that you could have been, but haven’t, the Void. You know, the road between two neighborhoods that you have visited but never had to go between them before, or perhaps an exit on the highway not far from where you live that you have never taken before. I
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Monday, August 19, 2024 The girls invented a great new way to play with the corn hole game. Keith loaded up the sticks from a fallen ash limb and spruce tree trimming and took them away. We saw the movie Trap – a really good suspense movie that wasn’t too scary.
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 Emma joined David and Michael and I in the pool today. Keith was at one rehearsal in Eau Claire, followed by another rehearsal here as soon as he got back. We got an inflatable “corn hole” game and I found out that it is super fun to dive for the bean
Saturday, August 17, 2024 I was cleaning up the kitchen and I thought, “Hey, I should open the garage door, so they know where to drive in.” I pushed the middle door button and it opened, revealing two motorcycle men. Amazing timing. We had a lovely dinner of Gizmo sandwiches, sangria jello (I always make
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Friday, August 16, 2024 It’s easy to say, but harder to do. Ask for help when you are out of your league. We had a list. Brewery, brewery, brewery. We had beer words. IPA, Oktoberfest, hazy. It was so much fun to look at all the names and kinds and bottles and cans. We finally
Thursday, August 15, 2024 We met Mike and Mary at the Laurel Supper Club for a fabulous steak dinner. Great food, great conversation, great company. Simply the best way to spend a Thursday evening. We came home via Hwy 36, with the intention of stopping at HyVee in Oakdale on the way home. They have
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Benjamin sent a message that a friend of friends needs a pool to jump in. We said we had a pool available for jumping. She came mid-afternoon and said she needed to make a tik tok video of herself jumping fully clothed into a pool. I watched from in the pool;
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 We cooked dinner with ingredients tonight. It has been a while. I am working on eating up stuff in the freezer – which so far since we’ve been home from vacation has meant eating the ends of bags of chicken tenders and fish sticks and random other stuff. Today’s item was
Monday, August 12, 2024 The trumpet Keith bought from a man in a parking lot with a truck full of instruments was united with its new owner – one very excited almost 5th grader. He did an amazing job playing his first notes. I was very impressed.