Memories and Joe

Where to start.....

Joseph Murphy passed away yesterday unexpectantly at home. My mom called at 9:30 to give me that news and all I could do was cry and cry. Why is it that you don't know how much how one means to you until their gone..... Makes me wish we would have visited him more and taken him up on his offers to come over for a beer. I took the liberty of getting a card for Judy today and writing some memories in it for them to cherish and talk about. I'm also waiting on flowers to be delivered to the library. It's been a rough day and I'm exhausted.

Rest in Peace Joe...... (This song's for you but I hope there is beer in heaven)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Mj01Lj6ZU

Corny Weekend....

I've decided that I'm going to really make an effort to keep this blog going. My goal in writing this particular blog is to have something to look back on and something for my kids to look back on to see what I have accomplished.

First off... lets start at this weekend.... Friday was Relay for Life 2013. I started my day with a 7 hour work day and than straight off to the relay. Of course being the go-getter that I am, I started out walking right away after the survivor lap. At the beginning, the laps were a pain in the butt as there was so many people on the track that you couldn't go at a good pace or had to try to pass people at many different opportunities. As the hours dragged on, the people packed up and left the park. Around 2am, there was probably 20 people walking the track at one time. At 5am, I had completed my 55th lap and decided to call it a day. What an awesome experience but we definitely learned that we need to do it in shifts next time so we aren't hurting our legs again!

Tab & Jake walking our laps

 

Corny Days..... After picking up the girls, we are off to Corny days. We arrive at 9:30am and are warmly welcomed by Grandma and Grandpa. After getting the tent set up for the day, we are off to hit up the shops. ( Mini garage sale stands that are mostly just junk) The girls each get excited to find a few things. Avery getting 3 owl ceramics ( 1 for Auntie) and Rylan buying some more Little People for her collection at home. They also picked out a puppy for Grandpa to have while he is staying at the hospital. After watching the parade and taking a picture of every float we head back to swim in Lake Superior. Wow was the water cold. Avery, Rylan and Dameon being the kids that they are, jumped right in the water while me and Jake kind of waded in lol. Uncle Bill let the kids go in his blow up boat and row it around the beach. The kids loved this. We also had the opportunity to walk out onto the sand bars.

 

Bayfield...... Having never driven past Cornacopia we decided to go explore the shops in Bayfield. Nothing too exciting here other than a creepy old man that kept on talking to us and asking where we were from. We did get some awesome ice cream and a magnet to mark our trip.

 

Back to Reality.... We decided to leave Cornacopia early to go see Grandpa Eugene in the hospital. (Last week he stepped on some nails and didn't realize it as he can't feel his feet and ended up getting a bad infection. The doctor decided that his best option would be to get his toe cut off which was done last Thursday.) After visiting Grandpa and giving him his puppy which he named "Kitty" we headed to eat at perkins and than down to the lake walk. The roses were beautiful and the lake was nice. Rylan ended up having an accident so we left after about 1/2 hour but all in all it was a good time.  

 

                                                     Roses in Leif Erikson Park

Number 5

I'm on my way to 100 books but figured I better post the few that I have read so far so I don't forget which number I'm on.
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry
2. Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
3. Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett (about 1/2 way through)
4. Dante's Wood by Lynne Raimondo
5. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
6. Forever by Judy Blume
7. Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand
8. The Secret of Ella & Micha by Jessica Sorensen

Still working on my day zero list.... hoping to come up with more ideas tonight.

101 things in 1001 days

I've been slacking and I'm still not done with my list but I thought I should start blogging what I have so far. This idea was given to me by my boss at work and it sounded like something fun that I would enjoy doing (if I ever finish the list lol) Here is what I have so far....

 

1. Get a tattoo

2. Visit Shannon in Florida

3. Finish my teaching degree

4. Exercise 4 days a week for at least 6 wks

5. Read 100 books ( 2 down, 98 to go)

6. Listen to a whole book on CD

7. Bake something new each month

8. Build a deck

9. Write a living will

10. Influence a person to make a day zero list (COMPLETE)

11. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find

12. Learn to knit

13. Sleep in a tent

14. Pay off debt

15. Go Geocaching at least 5 times

16. Go to the MN Zoo

17. Visit my sister in St. Cloud

18. Learn to shoot a gun

19. Try Zumba

20. Go without caffeine for a whole week or more

21. Finish my flower beds

22. Walk for Relay for Life 2013

23. Walk for Relay for Life 2015

24. Start a blog and write at least 20 posts

25. Volunteer at least five times at Headstart

26. See a ballet

27. Finish my list

28. Cut my hair & donate it to locks of love

29. Get a passport

30. Visit 5 new places in MN

31. Fly

32. Go to Las Vegas

 

Still got 69 more goals to come up with but I think this is a good start. I'm going to try pump out the rest in the next couple days.....

First Time

Blogging.... where do I start??