Such A Beautiful Day Spent Together...

We woke the sleeping teenager and headed out Letterboxing. We drove to Milton and hiked at Storr's Lake- Ice Age Trail section. Four letterboxes were planted there and although it was a bit too easy finding them, it was still a nice place to stretch the legs, with scenic views of two lakes. I'm sure we'll head back there again once the trees dress up more for summer.

Milton is a neat little Wisconsin town. The Milton House is there which is a historical monument. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad. Abraham Lincoln also was stationed near Milton and while there, someone stole his horse. He had to walk back to Chicago which blows my mind.

We stopped on the way home and treated ourselves to Wendy's for lunch. There was no chance we could have eaten al fresco. The wind was not blowing in a good direction. You could smell serious sewage or pig farm in most of Janesville today. We hid inside.

After lunch we stopped at one of the best libraries in our area, Hedberg Library in Janesville. The Hedberg family donated millions to this library and it shows. The collection is unbelievable. Although we can inter-library loan anything through our town's library, sometimes its just fun to go and browse because Hedberg has so much stuff. I came home with books on Gandhi, as I promised I would, and gardening books of course!

After the library we were glad the bad smell had finally blown away. We decided to check out the Rotary Gardens before they begin charging for the season. This used to be an amazing botanical garden and it used to be free. Then vandals did a great deal of damage and now the park is admission only during the prime growing season. We can't afford to pay what they're asking, so we try to go on free days. Its one of those things on my list when we win the lottery. Buy out the Rotary Gardens to make it free for all once again.

Saturday

Weird! I'm blogging at night. Didn't get my daytime fix I guess.

I worked this afternoon at our pool's safety day and swim meet. It all went very well and my boss totally spoiled me by assigning me the grill station. I got to be outside, grilling up burgers and hot dogs, passing out cookies and chips.

The local firefighters drove their truck over and allowed the families to check it out. The poor captain was sitting directly in front of the horn when a little person decided to try it out. I've never seen a man jump like that. That's an image that will keep a smile on my face whenever I think about it!

The local news shot some video. I'm hoping I'm not in it, but the camera woman was filming for quite a long time. I think she wanted a cookie. Last year's news crew got embarrassing coverage of me teaching the kids to "reach and throw, don't go." Again, I can't tell you how grateful I was being grill mistress this year instead!!

My men drove in to meet me after I was finished working and we had supper at Chili's. I'm really not a big fan of Chili's but they enjoy it. After doing all that grilling, I surprised myself and ordered a black bean burger.

With stuffed bellies we headed over to our favorite used book store. (Am I the only one who always wants to go book shopping after a big meal?) I'm delighted to see this bookstore is moving to a bigger location soon, but on the downside, many of the books have already begun moving over. I didn't find anything, but DH found the two Sandman books he was missing and DS13 is excited about that. I suppose he'll be up all night now reading them.

I'm a little worried about the garden tonight. We have a frost advisory. Why did I plant this past week?! I'm hoping for the best. One calendar I checked said Mother's Day, but a friend said she heard May 25th was our safe date. I'm keeping my fingers and toesies crossed.

Tomorrow I'm hoping we can hike more of the Ice Age Trail. If we make it across the county this summer, I may break down and buy the trail map book. Or I'll end up being the obnoxious person who keeps checking it out from our library.

There are some books I wish I could ask our librarian if we could "foster" in our homes if I promised to bring them back to the library if someone really wanted to check them out. I see it as a win- win arrangement. I'd promise to take care of the books and it would free up space on the shelves for others. I'm sure she'd think- crazy home schooler!

Its time for a warm cup of Sleepytime tea so I'll say goodnight.

Maybe my blog is feeling better today

Yesterday as you can see, I had posting issues. Hopefully its feeling better today. The thought occured to me- what if my Multiply blog goes down for good? Scary thought. I have nothing backed up and I'd hate to start over. The worse part of course is losing touch with all of you!

I think this is why I enjoy Mulitply better than blogger. It seems so easy to link up friends and watch my toolbar for all your updates.

The week is flying by. The summer is flying by!!! I'm looking over our calendar, and I realize we don't have a free nothing planned weekend until August 16th! I have to resolve that I'm not going to get everything done.

Today I must, must, go to the library despite the fact it is filled with the masses. (I hate sharing my library. All you kids get back in school!) I have a book over due by 10 days plus $2.50 in fines already waiting for me. I must take care of this. I hate having fines but I try to look at them as donations.

I'm going to look for some acid free composition books. I thought it would be fun if DH and I started writing daily notes to the boys and then have the boys write back to us. We already do something like this on our kitchen chalkboard, but it would be nice to have something years later we could pick up and get sentimental over.

My water glass is empty and its time to kick DS9 off the Wii so I get my turn. Plus I'm not certain this blog post will stick today.

Catch ya later gators!

It wasn't me! I swear!!

Ok this has me a little freaked out. Do you realize how many books and other materials we check out and how often we are overdue!!! I better make sure I stay organized or its the big house for me!!

Rock County Woman Jailed For Overdue Library Books