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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

2022 :: 20/52

 wednesday Al was back to work, trev school, tova and i ran some errands then worked on the garage sale stuff in the garage. i worked out at noon. 

thursday morning i after school drop off, i dropped tova off at leah's house to play while i went to the dermatologist for my forehead stuff. (first doctor thought spider bites & skin infection, 2nd doctor thought shingles, dermatologist thought staph infection/mrsa; but i'm not convinced it was any of those, only 1 symptom in line with any of them.) he said it's all healed (which kind of sucks because there's still a lot of indents/scars there) and now it's just waiting for it to turn flesh colored instead of pink. after that i picked up tova and we went downtown to get our favorite mini donuts. after school, grandpa peter came over to sit with kids until Al got home so i could go up to softball at 615 and 715. i hit a triple for the first time in a long time!!! then i headed home. 

friday was our garage sale; jodi and kassie came over about 730 to get all set up. it was supposed to be a decent day although a little chilly but it ended up raining off and on all morning. luckily most stuff fit in the garage and we just tarped the other couple tables. i worked out at noon. Al was on tova duty although carsyn and kinsley were here too to play so that kept her pretty busy. matt and Al took our boat and headed up to our adults only airbnb cabin about 2. they got there, unpacked and got the boat in the water. mom came down in the afternoon too. we closed up the garage sale about 530 (we ended up doing a total of over $700 even with the rain!) and then after that was all done jodi and i left for the cabin. luckily it was only 40 minutes away. we met the boys at a mexican restaurant in chetek for supper and margaritas. 

saturday morning was cold and was trev's last soccer game. mom took the kids at 8am! we got up, went for a walk, matt made omelets then we went out on the boat to fish. matt, jodi and Al caught a bunch of huge sunnies and some bass. i couldn't catch anything! i think we only threw back about 3 pan fish and 2 of them were mine. haha! we went in for a bit to pee and eat then back out fishing. it was chilly but still fun! jodi and i wore 2nd pants. we tried a spot by a downed tree and i finally got a good cast.... right into the tree. i tried to pull it out and ended up having a big bass on my line. so Al had to drive the boat into the tree a bit so i could get the bass off and unhook my line from the tree. it was so funny! 

we then came in, the boys cleaned the fish while we got ready. then we went out to a pizza place for drinks and pizza. once back we played one game of drinking war and then tried to watch a movie but we were all so tired. 

sunday morning i woke up at 5am and it was gorgeous out! i sat on the dock and/or deck for almost 3 hours waiting for everyone else to wake up. i went for a walk, then matt made omelets again and of course, by the time we got out on the boat it was cloudy. we went over to our good spots from the day before and there were 7 boats around (we must've talked too loud about our spot at the bar.) we didn't catch much. then jodi and i packed up and cleaned the cabin while the boys loaded up the boat. we were home by 2pm.

monday was work, school, and jodi's. after tova and i left jodi's we took garage sale leftovers to hope gospel to donate and dropped off Al' packages he'd sold on ebay. 

tuesday was about the same. it was really nice out so we played outside after school before my workout!












early sunday morning!!


tuesday at jodi's
we made a flower crown!

tova and carsyn at the garage sale


my tree bass
another hilarious adventure with great friends!


2022 :: 19/52

 wednesday al was off, i ran errands in the morning and Al took tova to the grocery store. after school, trevor's friend cole walked home with us and played in teh backyard until supper. Al and i cleaned out the shed and got out the rest of the summer outdoor stuff. Al grilled bacon wrapped steaks and i made shrimp and salad; it was delicious! 

thursday tova and i worked at jodi's and it was 80 degrees and humid out! jodi and i walked the kids over to our friend leah's house since it was her birthday then we played downstairs where it was cool. al went garage saling. trevor had soccer at 530 and it was HOT! trev and i went early then Al and tova came in the middle of the game since i had to leave a little early to get up to softball. it was hot at softball but luckily we had the late games. then i drove home since Al had to work in the morning. 

friday morning after school drop off tova and i ran errands and stopped at a couple garage sales. mom came down friday for the day. 

saturday morning trevor had soccer at 1045 and tova came along. after Al got home from work, i went and had drinks with Leah for her birthday and met matt & jodi, joe & emily, and josh & kayla at the vfw. 

monday was school for trev, jodi's for tova and me, and the start of setting up for our garage sale. our kitchen and dining room windows got delivered to Al, grandpa peter, and matt at the end put in our new kitchen window. the window company forgot a piece for the jams that needed to be ordered so that's as far as the window got, but it's in! trev had soccer again at 530. 

tuesday was the same and at jodi's we had a birthday party for 2 of the kiddos so it was extra crazy. :) 



yummy summer meal

tova and carsyn
walking to leah's house with daycare kids

leah has bunnies


at trev's soccer game
lisa, leah and i at the vfw

scooter girl
rough workday
old window out

new window in



Thursday, May 12, 2022

2022 :: 18/52

 wednesday Al worked, tova and i ran some errands, i worked out at noon. then after school, the kids and i went straight out back for snack and to play since it was so nice out!! finally!! then i dropped the kids off with matt, picked up jodi and we ran to one of the really good garage sales we go to every year. found pj's for tova that we were needing. then we had supper over there and the kids were outside until we left for bedtime. i picked Al up once he was home from work and he came for supper too. 

thursday tova and i worked at jodi's since she had both babies along with the other 8 kids. then after school the kids and i went over to cassie, liam and elliott's house for taco and margaritas since it was cinco de mayo! it was fun! during nap time and my workout time, grandma DD and grandpa Rick stopped by; they're back in wisconsin! 

friday i worked out at noon and we got to do things outside; it was so fun and nice out! and we ended with a tug of war! then we went over to matt and jodi's for supper and to be outside all night! the kids even ate outside! we also had a fire and smores! 

saturday morning trevor and i went to his 8am soccer game then we all packed up and went to mom's house. we dropped off the kids and then Al and i met sarah & derek and shane & jodi in shakopee for an adults only night. we got to stop at a new store Al has been wanting to get to and then checked in to our hotel. jodi and i ran errands while the boys and sarah went into the hot tub. then we did dinner at the burrow and got to go axe throwing! it was so fun! then back to the hotel for a little birthday party for sarah, hot tub time, some drinks and then bed. 

sunday was mothers day so we packed up, grabbed some delicious donuts and went back to mom's house for a brunch. then we headed home. 

monday it started to get hot and humid. Al went back to work, trev back to school, tova and i ran a couple errands then played. 

tuesday tova and i worked at jodi's, then i worked on garage sale prep then then worked out at 530. 


may the 4th be with you; star wars day

tova picked out a dahlia at the green house
supper al fresco

squeezing limes for cassie's margaritas

fire & smores at matt & jodi's





kids and i brought our bag of cans up to the school



tire flips!


tacos with liam and elliott