The Not-So-Good Week For This Family...

Chef Mikey in Alaska removed from his abode in Alaska because of mold and put into a tent with spiders...geez! I'll trade bats for them! Brown Bears I WON'T!!! One sick employee had to go home for the summer. Mikey has had enough dealings with doctors for the past year!

Emily and Anna in St. Paul...well, I've been there, done that kind of thing with her and her sibs many times when they were little so I can really relate to that! Her card reader or whatever is wrong technically...I really can't relate to except when my computer went bonkers and I lost my easy Ebay photo download thingy. Thank heavens she still has most of the pics.

Now Nashwauk...The freekin mosquitoes are driving us all nuts! We first enjoyed all the rain up here to bring lake waters up. It seems those nasty little buzzing critters enjoy it more...Now I WANT TO SEE the BATS that eat them! Not in my house though...

It Looked Like Christmas Around Here Last Night!

I drove home from Brainerd last night at 8:30 hauling a truck full of ash logs from Gram and Gramps place. I had to brake for...5 does with fawns crossing highways, a porkypine, two fox and...a BIG Black Bear. My dog Gunny went absolutely nuts when he saw that bear and I was so loaded down with gear inside truck that I almost rolled down window to let the hound hop out! Sorry no pics but camera was in back seat and I haven't figured out my new cell phone camera yet... I arrived home at 11:00PM...20 minutes before Mike the Dad came home from Tampa, FL.

When I arrived home there were packages inside house...Women Angler purchases from Tournament and a package from Chef Mikey. Jeff the UPS man and our Mailman have open door policy to our home...Mikey sent his dad and myself Columbia shirts with logos from where he works. NICE! Thanks son!!! We will wear them proudly!

Turtle Soup Tonight!

Gram, Gramp and I were sitting on the boat trailer this evening looking at a beautiful rainbow. Across the lawn came this creature heading for the lake. Gunny didn't know what to make of that thing! I had to grab him before he lost a nose to that snapper.

Happy Father's Day to Mike!

Mike went shopping this morning...apparently not just for gas for lawnmower. He said this was his Father's Day gift from me. Thank you Mr. Perch and Mr. Bass from Women Angler's Tournament for helping pay for this!

It isn't set into cedarstrip boat entertainment center quite right yet but we couldn't wait to see if we liked the plasma hdtv. We do!!!

Mike liked Emily's and Stefanie's televisions so well this past week while he was in the cities that he just had to have one of them for himself to watch the basketball playoffs.

All That Practice Paid Off!

Carly took home some cash with this fish at the WAM tournament! We have Stefanie to thank for this spot that I also cashed in on...An errant cast into a floating bog and getting lure stuck in it took us into a HOT SPOT!