Saturday, Joel & Big Joe started to work on the roof of the new shed. Things were going just peachy until around 2:00 rolled around & they need additional supplies. So Joel & I hopped into the car and headed to Rice Lake Menard's. When we got up there we decided we hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch so we stopped by Taco John's for a taco. As we pulled into the parking lot, I noticed a pickup truck with boat in the pass through lane in front of the restaurant. I figured they must had stopped for a taco & there was no place to park. As we were eating I watched the people in the pickup truck open the hood & all the doors. Figured they were needing help, so we finished up and went out to see if we could help. After talking to the dad, we found out they were on their way to Long Lake to a rented cabin to start their vacation. They were going to be celebrating their daughter's birthday the next day with all their grandma's & grandpa's, so they had an ice cream cake in the back. The truck wouldn't stay running. We don't have a trailer hitch so I knew we we going to need more help, so I called my friend Jen. Jen then called her son, Jason who is a mechanic. Jason was on his way but wasn't going arrive for about 30 minutes, so in the meantime, Joel and I loaded up our car with mom, daughter, son, ice cream cake and went like hell to their cabin to get the cake in the freezer. After we saved the cake, we headed back to Taco John's. Jason had arrived and was checking out the truck when Jen arrived with her husband's HUGE dodge dual wheeled diesel pickup truck. The broken pickup couldn't be fixed so it needed to be towed to Jason's friends shop. We dropped the boat, unloaded pickup into our car, loaded up pickup onto the flat bed, hooked boat to Jen's truck and headed back up to their rented cabin. Once we arrived the guys dropped the boat into the water for them while the girls unloaded the car of all their belongings. We had a cocktail with them and after we help save the day, it was now 6:30 pm! We ran to Menard's to get the supplies for the shed that we needed while Big Joe & Jonathan headed up to meet us at the Beer Cheese Bar & Grill for dinner. By the time we were done.....it was 8:45 pm. We headed home & hit the sheets.
Sunday they continued to work on the shed and later in the afternoon we ran up to Menard's to pick out a roof. Got back, dinner was ready in the crockpot, ate and they headed out to roof the shed. They worked into the darkness. After they cleaned up, we started getting ready for our trip to the cities in the morning.
Monday morning Jonathan, Lilly, Jack & I headed out with Joel on his way to work. My classmates were getting together Monday evening at Wooddale for some rollerskating, just like the old days. So I hadn't told them I was coming so they were surprised when I showed up. I did have roller skates on, I did skate 1 time around, I didn't fall and I did have a fabulous time.
After roller skating we headed over the Throwbacks for a cocktail or 2. Joel & I got to the hotel about midnight.
Joel got picked up at the hotel Tuesday morning by his co-worker Mike, so that I got to sleep in until 6am when I needed to get up & ready to pickup Grandma Waage at 7 am to take her to an appointment. After that we hung out, ran errands and took the dogs to the SSP dog park. Late afternoon I dropped her off, went to pickup Jonathan at Derricks and headed to Shred It to pickup Joel. We left the cities and arrived home at 10:00 pm.
Wednesday, for me was spent catching up on all my paperwork, laundry & Facebook while Jonathan spent his day at U of WI preparing to enter the next stage of his.......college. Big Joe had a hot date with his fishing rod and his best friend, Jim starting at 7:00 am.
Tomorrow.......Thursday is farmers market day and Friday had nothing planned as of now. Hopefully Sheldon will continue to keep me busy with work. This weekend finds us with nobody coming up. A couple of classmates were coming up again but due to conflicting schedules, kids and work.....they are unable to make it. Joel did talk to Kevin yesterday and that call brought horrifying news. Kevin's dog, Jessie was hit by a car early Saturday morning and was called to heaven to be with our beloved Annie, Bear & Senator. Joel told Kevin if he wanted to come up to the lake for some healing time he is more than welcome to come, so we wait to see......
The last weekend in August, Kevin & Nicole are up.......So Keith, we have some industrial appliances like a walk in cooler, 50 gallon mixer & dishwasher that needs repair.....why don't you figure out how you could make a service call happen! We miss you & would love to have you up!!
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Joel, Amy & Jonathan
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