GO PACK, GO!

Football season is upon us and this Packer-Viking game was a nail biter! We won but it was scary and stressful. I like a larger margin but it was a win! This was the anniversary couple, many more!( with Packer victories!) The food was exceptional, especially the home-made dip provided by Doug and Melissa. The Festy burgers provided a nice compliment to the meal. Unfortunately the crock pot exploded on the stove so the beans hit the ground-hope that it never happens again, what a mess.Thanks to Walt, the die hard Viking fan who bets every year on a win-sometimes he gets lucky, not so this year! It is always nice to beat the Vikings, especially with the traitor at the helm:) Thanks Walt for the Godiva chocolate truffles, they were scrumptious. I did share them with Tony.

Projects Galore-Woodworking Season

This is the sewing room prior to remodeling. This project was long overdue. Tony is designing a large cutting table with cupboards and I am anxiously awaiting the finished room. Mark will plaster the walls and ceiling in November, then the floor needs refinishing. I think we may rent a machine and do the floor ourselves.
So many projects, a new base for the TV is first on the agenda and shares the stage with Pella Windows, the first one goes in this weekend.I will be busy with the painting in the sewing room and our bedroom, Mark is plastering that room too.

1/2 Days and Loving It!

This is so cool, I don't know how I got everything done when I worked fulltime! There is much more time for sewing, gardening,shopping,and taking naps! My class is awesome this year, I can hardly believe how quiet and responsive they are. What a difference a year makes! My job share partner is twenty-five and this is his first year. The students love him and he is technologically talented! So far, so good!

If I Had Known Grandkids Were This Much Fun....

The train is always a point of interest for kids and grandkids! Harry and Ella were quite helpful with the track and train with it's balky performance thanks to the humid, rainy July we have experienced this summer. Brian was into cleaning the track and proved to be a valuable asset to Tony as far as removing debris from the track and polishing it up for super electrical connections.

Bay Beach and the water park proved to be popular not only with Harry, Ella,and Andy but their parents due to the hot weather. Harry and Ella enjoyed some water slide action as well as practicing strokes for swim lessons.
Where else in WI can you enjoy an amusement park for a mere $.25 per ride? Some rides do require two tickets but it is still a steal for entertainment! There are many little tyke rides and I do believe Andy rode on all of them!

Summer Fun

The summer flies by when you are having this much fun! We went to Door County last weekend and had lunch at the old CC Club on the corner of the intersection in Fish Creek. Fantasic lunch, somewhat limited menu, but the view for people watching is great! The upper deck of the restaurant is outside and quite pleasant.
There is not much that compares to the view of the Green Bay and Lake Michigan. We did plenty of biking and enjoyed the view at the beach, the pristine blue water, sailboats, and cruisers.We never noticed all the girls in bikinis! (You know, the ones your husbands never see!)

American Girl Dollbed for an American Girl

The order came from Ella, please grandpa, I need a bed for Julie, my American Girl Doll. It really did not take that long and Grandpa had fun creating it! Computers are truly amazing. Grandpa has designed and built seven beds for grandchildren-the bed for Julie was easy, same design and much smaller!

Do you think Julie and Ella are pleased?

Rain,Rain,Go Away!

We are getting rain, rain, and then more rain. Enough! We are five inches over the average for July and the ground is totally saturated.