Honk if you Must

I've been encouraged to share this story on my blog, not one of my finer moments, but here goes!  Last weekend I was driving home from our cottage and it was right around dusk.  I was on Lakeshore, which is a two lane, 55mph, through way.  At the time this road was put in there was MUCH less traffic than there is now, and I've had a friend killed on this road, so I'm always cautious driving on it, especially around the intersections.  As I approached an intersection I saw a car pull up, do a rolling stop, and since he wasnt planning to stop he pulled out in front of me.  I could tell he realized he should have stopped but had over committed himself, but just to let him know that, yes, he was an idiot, and that no, I didnt appreciate him being careless, I laid on the horn! 
Well, my '99 Red Fox had the last laugh, or honk, because when I took my hand off the good 5 second honk I had let out, my horn continued to blare!  RATS!  So I'm driving 55ish, whacking my steering wheel, trying to keep her on the road and get the horn to stop!  I was even glancing for the electrical cords to disconnect!  I eventually got to the point where if I held the horn down it wouldnt honk, but if I took my hand off it started again.  In the end I just gave it one, firm, square hit right to the middle and it stopped, but now I feel like I cant ever use my horn again!  And thankfully the guy turned just shortly after pulling in front of me, so he got the message but I think he thought a serious road rager was behind him! 

Ohh the Red Fox!  Gotta love her! :)

 Beach, Biking, Capt Sundae, Bonfire - Happy Saturday!

The Day I Quit Quitting

Wednesday really was a big day.  After three years of not playing tennis, (and when I say not playing, I'm absolutely serious, not once!) I dusted (literally) off the racket, bought new balls, strapped on the shoes and hit the courts!  It was like riding a bike!  I'm so happy Kari and I ventured out to egr and did it!  here are some photos -

I'm heading out soon for the weekend - dinner, movies in the park, beach, biking, etc.

Happy Weekend All!

Marvelous Monday...

...or hit by a truck Monday?  The weekend went zipping by and before I knew it I was getting my fill of 'go juice' in the kitchenette this morning to ward off the hit by a truck feeling!  (Which I successfully did.)  It was a busy fun filled weekend that ended a busy fun filled week; here is photo documentation of what I'm talking about -

huh?

He did this on his own - hilarious!

He-man?

Hello Kitty!

Oh man Sam!

No one had to teach him what to do!

Elle!

Rita Ice Cream girl

Gracie Sprinklebush

'Sam'wich!

He says he's not Bugs Bunny...

Now Sail away into the Sunset! 

Tonight was good - I got my hairs cut (cant go wrong there!) and spent time with Dana at 'her condo' or maybe the one she's house sitting?  either way - the Union School Condos are very cool!

Happy Monday!

Night with the Rockstars

Last week already (I'm SO behind!) Dana, Linds, Kari and I went out for dinner and a movie - really fun and really cheesy romantic movie!  And it was half off appetizers which we didnt realize until we got the bill - then we knew why the waitress seemed cheesed when we all got water and most of us got appetizers...oops!  :) 

This week the whole family was in town - more pictures to follow!

Sushi Tuesday

Yum and Yum!

What a great text to get on the way home, 'I'm making Sushi, want to come over?' 

YES!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Summer Weekend

This past weekend was a sister weekend at the Lake - it was BEAUTIFUL!

Agenda - whatever we want!

Friday: 

2pm arrive at the cottage

2:30 rousing game of 'In a Pickle' and fruit cutting up (by me)

3:30 BEACH!

6:30 dinner prep 

7:30 Dinner (by Becca)

8:15 Small Token of love (by Jenn)

8:30 games

9:30 Bonfire!

11 Star 105.7 Dance party! (mostly by me :)

12 games

1:30 bed time!

Saturday:

8:30 Uppy Uppy time

9 Nails

9:30 Breakfast (by Lindsay)

10 games

11 Walk

1 lite lunch and games

2:30 BEACH!

4:30 Families arrive

6 Dinner prep

7 Dinner

8-11 games

 

Evening on the beach - great sunset!

 

Fun in the Sun!

                                Everyone at play!

Such a great weekend - when's the next?!

Happy Tuesday!

New Chapter

It's a new chapter of life: my high school friends are having babies!  7 years later and look where we are!  Congratulations to Megan and Chris TerVeen and welcome baby Aiden! :)

Night Riders

The other night Linds, Kari and I went on what I thought was going to be a 'shorter/lighter' bike hike. Well it was 2.5 hours. Ooops! Mucho fun though!

Happy Sunday Everyone! Blessed be the name of the Lord!

His, Hers, and #3

The people at Jimmy John's had no idea how spot on they were when our order came out with 'His Hers and #3' written on Marv, Linds, and my sub respectively! I spent the whole weekend hanging out with them - so it was great of course! :) I dont have too much photo documentation (so did it really happen?!) but here's a few -

Dipped Twist please and thanks!

Me and Linds with the Capt.

Beautiful, beautiful, fantastic beach weather!

Marta and Eliza with the All American Dog!

Wills and Wes being goofy boys

What's better than a bomb pop on the 4th of July?

It was a good weekend full of doing all sorts of unnoteworthy activities - perfecto! Some highlights were biking to Holland, being on the beach, shopping, picnics, and not being at work in general! :)

This weekend is shaping up to be a good one too! stay tuned!

Happy Mid Week!

Have you Forgotten?

On our way out East last weekend we stopped at the Flight 93 Memorial. It was really pretty cool to see, but, like I said before, very sobering. There's a temporary memorial currently, but after this weekend it will be closed and construction will begin on the permanent one; it will open for the 10th anniversary next fall. In the meantime a different viewing area will be open.

Off in the distance in front of the tree line is where the plane went down. It's technically a grave because they filled in the hole after removing whatever they could - which wasnt much.

The temporary memorial

Happy 4th of July! God Bless America! :)

Oh the Places I Go!

Hello blogging friends! It's been a busy week, I cant believe it's Thursday night already! Last Friday I took off for the Wild Wild East to attend a memorial, a wedding and a baby dedication; so I think I covered all my bases! :) We stopped at the Flight 93 Memorial in PA on the way. More too come on that so stay tuned - it was very cool but sobering.

Alisa and Clark Hoober were married on Saturday in Lancaster, PA. SO Beautiful! Here are some photos -

Lovely Bride

Sarah and I representin' CU Tennis!

Gangsta even at a wedding!

Saturday night we drove to DC to see Elle's baby dedication in church on Sunday. Here's some photos of the kiddos:

Rita the Pita

Sam Bone the Ham Bone

Elle!

Gracie Lu Freebush :)

The Goof Troop!

It's 4th of July Weekend! Can you believe it!? I hope you all have a fantastic Holiday Weekend!