Finally got some keepers

Jackie is visiting and she has a friend visiting her so we had to go fishing. Tim and I both caught keeper Walleye. What fun! The girls weren't as lucky but who cares. (hahaha) Our lake has an 18" minimum, anything less has to go back into the water. I caught a perch but of course I didn't know that yet, and started reeling it in. Whatever I had on the line started to got really really heavy. The rod was bending almost to the point of snapping and I thought I was caught up in the weeds but whatever was on the hook was really fighting back, even when I let up on it. I handed the whole thing to Tim and he pulled on it, as if he were getting it out of the weeds and finally let up but "suprise" the fish was still on. Well when I got the fish in the boat, it had bite marks on it! Something big was trying to eat the fish I caught. You might see some of the damage on the perch I'm holding up. I can clearly see how people can really get carried away with "fish stories". I posted Jackie with her non-keeper walleye too. As far as my picture, Jackie cut half my face off when she took the picture. I wasn't about to pose a second time with that fish! I was laughing more for the fact that I was holding the darn fish than I was for catching it!

Rain today so no fishing. Maybe some downtown Hayward shopping.

Love, Mummy

North WoodsFun

Hi eveyone. I got the urge to share some pictures, stuff you don't see just anywhere. Our neighbor, in his 80s, plays with a band up here, they sort of "jam". Well, they do jam. In all, there were 11 muscicians on the stage, a woman fiddle player, a young guy from Milwaukee who represented Fender's guitars, an 85 year old guy who sang Danny Boy, a banjo player whose right hand couldn't strum anymore so his son did the strumming, that was pretty special.

We stopped at a roadside chainsaw shop. We stopped last year when the shop was new, and now, he is really doing fabulous work. He has a real sense of whimsey in his work. See the bench? Got $5,000? It's yours.

When we were in Ashland I noticed more than one building with pictures on the sides. I liked the one I posted here. I reminds me of a needle point I did 27 years ago.

Finally, where else will "ride the Musky" ever enter your vocabulary? She's not the Miller Highlife Lady on the moon, but she sure is unique!

Today we are going to the casino. I'm really looking forward to it. As far as I'm concerned, everyone should have to go once a week. This is only the 2nd trip this year. We've been good.

Take care, loving every one. Mummy

Or is it?

Jennifer's "Cooter"

Jennifer bought a scooter and it has become everybody's toy, including Mackenzie. Watch the video and see how the scotter came to be called the "cooter."

A few more pix

This picture of Darien makes me laugh. He looks like he is singing in the choir. I also like his "cake face" and had to share! Rachel made him his own cake, a baseball cake and she did an excellent job. Go Darien! Mackenzie is such a good big sister. She let Darien have the spotlight - well, when his big events were over and Lola and Lolo headed home, Rachel did have to make her a special cake. But that was pretty good.

Shame on me

I tried to get on this blog and couldn't, then I got lazy. Here are a few pictures of what we've been up to. We have Tim up here with a cake some friends bought. Tim and I at dinner after fthe baptism. One at the Brewers/Dodgers game with the entire family (including my brother and sister-in-law in the back, barely visible) at a tailgate party at Miller Park. Darian at his baptism. Mackenzie (with candy necklace).

The park here was been busy busy busy and the owner came up short with pontoons boats for rent so we were able to rent out the pontoon boat. That was easy $$. (Shhhh).

We are just sitting back, enjoying alot of nothing, and planning to return to Waukesha (George will love that we stay with Jennifer and him!) in August for the Puza Family Reunion.

Summer temps and sunshine returned yesterday. We had some on the 4th of July but for the most part, the weather this summer sucks. If it were hot and muggy, I would complain too. There is no pleasing me.

Oh, and then there is me

Somehow this picture got dropped from our bowling post. Seeing Darien eat a pickle and chase it with a lemon is worth his own post.

Now I'm moving on. Love again

Kids kids kids

When do you stop calling your kids kids? Anyhow, Jen's life is exciting lately. A new beau, now fiance and her birthday was the 20th. In addition to getting engaged a few weeks ago, Jorge dressed up her wrist to accompany her ring. I have to show it off for her.

We left on her birthday, so we celebrated Father's Day and her 35th (ugh) on Friday by having alot of chinese food ordered in, it was like a buffet! We topped that off with an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. I've been complaining about a 15 lb weight gain since leaving Arizona. Nights like this don't help.

It is finally summer in the great north woods. we have storms and rain but the sun comes out and we are in the 80s. Maybe I'll get some color, I'm as white as a ghost. It had been cold and cloudy ever since we arrived.

Moving on . . . take care. Love, Mummy and/or Diane