Chetek Harvest Fest 2009

This past weekend was Chetek's Harvest Fest and Rita came up to enjoy the festivities. Joel & I got a late start coming out of the cities because he decided to finish up the floor in the SSP house laundry. So by the time we went & picked up Rita & got to the lake it was about 8. We relaxed and decided to head to bed early because we were on schedule to have a busy Saturday.

Saturday morning started bright & early with Rita & I heading out to attend the Chetek All City Garage. Yes, anybody that knows me knows how much I dispise going to garage sales. But Rita wanted to.....so off we went. She had a blast finding little treasures. We garaged saled until 10:00 when we headed over to pickup Pam who was going to take us to 2 stores in Barron that I had heard about but never had been to. The first one was Fitzerger's Meat (I don't know how to spell it) but it is a really "cool" place and I literally mean it. You actually walk into the cooler & freezer to get your discount meats, cheese & goodies. We left with a nice assortment of stuff. After that we headed to the Country Lane Pantry, which is a cute little store run by a family of mennonite's. When I entered that I was in high heaven. It has bulk spices, organic bulk food & a nice little sugar free section. I could have been lost in that store for hours and it wasn't all that big. We surely enjoyed ourselves and once again left with a HUGE selection of stuff. After that it was time to start heading back home to get ready to go to the demolition derby. Rita was tired, so she decided to stay back & take a nap. Jonathan & Cassie where there to keep her company once she awoke. Joel, Big Joe, kid-napped Pam & myself went on to the derby (Steve was home sicker than a dog & wasn't invited along because we didn't want his dam germs....love ya Steve xoxo). He had a blast!! Hope that Chetek takes this money maker & goes with it. For the first annual they had a BIG turn out. We got home around 6:30 just in time to hand some cash off to Jonathan so he & Daniel could got grab a bite to eat & a movie in Rice Lake. Daniel is a foreign exchange student from Norway. He & Jonathan are the new kids on the block and are having fun navigating the school together. The rest of us had a little dinner & turned in around 10:00 pm.

Sunday was the normal laundry day, but I was up at the crack of dawn and had all of it wash & on the line by noon or so. The guys ran to Menard's to get a couple parts for when Joel moves the water lines. When we returned.....it was time for some boating. 80's & sunny = boating & cocktails. Had a beautiful afternoon on the lake with our boat and Pam & Steve's boat hooked up & toodling. It was Rita's firest boat ride and she ejoyed herself. Pam & I made lunches and we ate on the boat. Then it was time to head out. Joel got to stay behind while Big Joe, Rita & me had to go back to MN. Yuck!

Joel stayed behind because he is on a working vacation. We are getting our furnce, central air and hook us up to natural gas. Once this is complete......we will be officially a 4 season cabin and the final step in preparation to get the house ready for winter.

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