For Tweaker...

Camping in High Heels

Don't let the title fool you, i don't really camp in high heels, although this was the first time i packed high heels in my camping bag.

Shannon and i have been planning a camping trip for awhile. It so happens that there was also a wedding we were invited to in Duluth, so I had the brilliant idea to camp at Jay Cooke State Park, which is minutes away from Duluth.

So we headed out Wednesday afternoon and headed up to the camp grounds. After a forever (it seemed) drive to Jay Cooke we finally arrived, set up the tent and got some brats going on the grill.
We awoke that night to the sound of heavy rain and i even started to feel drops in the tent! WHAT! I guess we left a hatch open or something. Thankfully we stayed pretty dry overall and didn't float away.
Thursday morning we made some ham and cheese melts and then headed out for a hike through the park. We walked over the swing bridge and then hiked by the gorgeous river. How beautiful. I love nature. It started to rain again and so we headed back. And then we had an even more brilliant idea, Hmmm How about we stay out of the rain at a CASINO!

So we went to the Black Bear Casino, lost all our money and drank very yummy Bloody Marys. This is how we roll when we go camping! (and megan and kelly you said camping was lame!)
When we got back to the campsite our site was completely ravaged by a bear!!! Just kidding, I just wanted to see if you were still reading.
But the sun came out, the weather got gorgeous and it was time for some gourmet hobo dinner.
And then sitting out in the sun, reading magazines and entertaining ourselves with endless silly jokes and dorkiness that we do so well.
Dinner was more brats, (don't ask Shannon how many she ate!) and then we went to bed and froze and then... we awoke to a noise... a bear. Just kidding. Well it couldve been... something was ripping apart the garbage we (forgot) left outside. So we put on our bravest faces, and slowly peeked out of the tent, half expecting to see garbage strewn all over, and a bear waiting to eat us. Well whatever it was it only sorda ripped the bag, so we grabbed the bag, threw it on top of the car and drove it to the garbage cans. Then back to bed. Friday was cold and rainy so we sat in the tent reading and talking, until we decided to put an end to the madness and packed up. Onward to Duluth, checked into the hotel and spent the night freezing when we went to dinner, but we got to see a cool lighting storm.
Saturday, I took Shannon to Canal Park, as she had never been (the horror!) and we shopped, saw the sites and got hit on at a coffee shop. I like boys in Duluth, they are way more forward... Nice.

Saturday afternoon we went to the wedding. It was Shannon's sister-in laws sisters wedding. We had fun dancing and flirting the night away.

Crystal, our pasta-fearing friend

Shannon's bro Joe

We all danced until the dj wouldn't play just ONE MORE SONG please!! we begged... and then Shannon and i dragged our dancing selves back to the hotel... until we thought, How about Perkins! I dont know why Perkins sounded so good at 1:00 in the morning, but it did, and we ate and laughed. It was a really fun day.
Sunday we got up early and made a bee-line for home. (sorry Julie, next time!!!)
The trip was long, but it was good... Clothes for Hiking and Shoes for Dancing. The craziest packing experience of my life.
Yo-Ma.
Now i am assessing all the work i have to do for the big housewarming bash. Oh my! But i will do what a i can, with what i have. And hopefully No one will judge me if i am a little less then perfect!

In case you miss me....

I am heading out tomorrow for my big camping and Duluth trip... I wont be blogging until Sunday. So in order to keep my readers satisfied, I've added two things to keep you entertained.
One is my new favorite artist, Adele and the other is one of my favorite Family Guy clips. Enjoy.

World Record Worthy

You know what happens when you don't religiously blog? You get a build-up of blog worthy events. So you will all have to endure about 5 days worth of events. It would be funny to blog like that guy from the 80's who talked really fast... PAUSE (Google search)...RESUME.

John Moschitta, that is man who talked really really fast. So I'm going to do a re-cap, Moschitta style:

Took some flower pictures

Thursday went to Canterbury Park with Jaime, Cindy & Shannon.

There was a cow in the mini-van

I won on a horse i picked. yay.

Decorated my patio.

Shannon came over for 4th of July.

For fireworks

and ginormous plant hugging.

Sunday Celebrated my Grandma's 80th Birthday with a Wuollete's Princess Torte.

And Worked around the house

goodbye

Blog Buddies

As I was washing my dishes, looking out my kitchen window... thinking about writing something. And also watching, So you think you can dance (BTW, Mia Micheal's choreography is AMAZING!).
Anyway, I thought of blogs and then i thought about how this strange little thing has happened via blog... people have become friends. Complete strangers, now conversing as if we had known each other all along. I love checking comments on one friend's blog and then seeing another friend (who doesn't even know said friend) leaving a comment. Look at this, friendships are being forged over a silly little thing called a blog. I love seeing Julie and Heather talk mommy stuff, and Kelly and Megan going back and forth with their hilarious dry sense of humor... and then there is Jodi, who i still have never met, but love her blog and her Simple Perfect Life.
Plus there are many other blogs i personally frequent, because i saw their link or comment on a friend's blog. I like this little world that is being created. Too bad we couldn't all get together in one room and really meet. Maybe someday i will have a dinner party and invite all my blog readers and then we can all be BFFs in real life! Someday!
But for now, we can continue to be little windows into each other's lives. Knowing that even if in "real" life it seems like people don't really care, you know you always have a friend waiting for you in cyber-space. Kinda like Cheers, but without the beer. and woody.

Good Bye June....

In less than an hour it will be July!! My favorite month!!! YAY!
Other good things that are happening:

Highlights:
1. Marius got his new collar and ID tag and didn't put up a fuss... I sent him outside singing the B-52's "Roam if you want to, roam around the world..."
2. My pictures from Black Apple came in and they are adorable.
3. I found an extra cupboard in my kitchen. Funny, it had been there all along, staring me in the face! Go Storage!
4. I scored a fabulous deal on a chic mirror for my hallway!
5. My BFF Rach, had a healthy baby boy!
6. I DON'T HAVE TO GO TO WORK UNTIL AUGUST 4!!!

and I had one low... but not worth discussing. not worth it at all.

Also, I'm thinking about starting a picture blog... no words, just picture stories. Would anyone "read" it with no words? I saw an artist in Paris at a museum, who told stories with really random, funny pictures and I loved it. Hmmm.... Any thoughts?

Baby V is here!

My BFF Rachel had baby #2 on Friday... Caleb Mark, 7lbs 5oz, 19.5inches. Rachel and the babe are doing great. Caleb came 3 weeks and 3 days early, just like his big brother Seth. And thankfully Rachel no longer has to be on bed rest, which sucked for her for the last 2 months!!
I'm happy to be a pseudo-aunt once again!