Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Frozen Fiasco
There's a picture up from our cottage trip last weekend on the BenCam. It was taken shortly after the six of us completed a round of putt-putt fun at Island Golf in downtown Minocqua. I'll have pictures up soon, but tonight, I'd like to tell a more recent story.
It's been very hot here in Wisconsin lately. When I was out running this morning, I noticed that the local Speedway gas station was offering a fountain or frozen drink, any size, for only 79 cents. Shortly after dinner, we were looking for something to do, so Jenelle and I walked the 3/4 mile to get a slushee-style beverage. The deal was still posted on the sign outside, so we were somewhat eager to enjoy this treat, especially because it was still pretty hot out. To our surprise, all that we found by the slush machine was the phrase:
OUT OF ORDER
How very frustrating. No chance for a refreshing 79-cent frozen drink. We walked out of the building without purchasing a thing, and we walked across the street to a BP gas station. There wasn't as big of a slush machine as at the Speedway, but it was there. Two flavors -- cherry and blue raspberry. For whatever reason, the cherry side contained blue slush, and the blue raspberry side contained red slush.
Ben: "So, what flavor do you want? Cherry or blue raspberry?"
Jenelle: "Er, um, the red one."
Ben: "Okay, one blue raspberry -- sounds good to me!"
As we were about to pour, one of the station employees stopped us, notifying us that the slush wasn't tasting quite right today. He said to put a little bit in a cup and try it. His assessment was correct -- the slush was VERY sour. We thanked him for letting us try it, told him about the Speedway across the street with the same slush outage issue, and made our way to our next destination.
A few blocks west was a third gas station -- a Kwik Trip. VICTORY! We walked out with a 32-ounce wild strawberry slush, and it was quite good. It was $1.26 including tax, but that really didn't bother us at this point. We walked over two miles total (roundtrip) to get our frozen drink, but we did it.
And so ends the story of another small triumph in this thing we call life.
It's been very hot here in Wisconsin lately. When I was out running this morning, I noticed that the local Speedway gas station was offering a fountain or frozen drink, any size, for only 79 cents. Shortly after dinner, we were looking for something to do, so Jenelle and I walked the 3/4 mile to get a slushee-style beverage. The deal was still posted on the sign outside, so we were somewhat eager to enjoy this treat, especially because it was still pretty hot out. To our surprise, all that we found by the slush machine was the phrase:
OUT OF ORDER
How very frustrating. No chance for a refreshing 79-cent frozen drink. We walked out of the building without purchasing a thing, and we walked across the street to a BP gas station. There wasn't as big of a slush machine as at the Speedway, but it was there. Two flavors -- cherry and blue raspberry. For whatever reason, the cherry side contained blue slush, and the blue raspberry side contained red slush.
Ben: "So, what flavor do you want? Cherry or blue raspberry?"
Jenelle: "Er, um, the red one."
Ben: "Okay, one blue raspberry -- sounds good to me!"
As we were about to pour, one of the station employees stopped us, notifying us that the slush wasn't tasting quite right today. He said to put a little bit in a cup and try it. His assessment was correct -- the slush was VERY sour. We thanked him for letting us try it, told him about the Speedway across the street with the same slush outage issue, and made our way to our next destination.
A few blocks west was a third gas station -- a Kwik Trip. VICTORY! We walked out with a 32-ounce wild strawberry slush, and it was quite good. It was $1.26 including tax, but that really didn't bother us at this point. We walked over two miles total (roundtrip) to get our frozen drink, but we did it.
And so ends the story of another small triumph in this thing we call life.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Where has the time gone?
Jenelle here...
I can't believe it's already the middle of July! This year is flying by, and it seems like so much stuff is going on.
I continue to be extremely busy at work -- working on a number of big, exciting projects. It's exhausting, but at least I really enjoy what I do. And I recently was promoted, so that makes it even more fun!
Last week Ben and I managed to sneak away from work for a week of vacation (Five vacation days for the price of three! Yeah!)We have a few pictures from the trip, and we'll try to get them up on the site soon.
Along with our friends Janet, Jamie, Steve and Mary, we spent about five days up at Ben's family cottage just north of Woodruff, Wisconsin. That's about a five hour drive from our house. The weather was beautiful and we spent the time sitting on the pier, fishing on the lake, eating a lot of junk food, shopping in town and playing miniature golf. It was a lot of fun and definitely a much-needed break from the chaos of work and the new house.
Speaking of the new house...
We haven't had enough time to do much with the house. We do mow the lawn, and I'm working my way around the house and pulling the 2-foot tall weeds that are growing everywhere. The fence guy is coming in a couple weeks, but aside from that we have hardly done anything.
We're considering getting some ideas from an interior designer, simply because we have no clue what to do with the family room. It's about 12 feet by about 25 feet, which presents a challenge when arranging furniture. It seems like every way we arrange things, there's unused space. Maybe someone else will have some better ideas.
That's it for now. Ben and I will try to be a little more on the ball with these updates!
I can't believe it's already the middle of July! This year is flying by, and it seems like so much stuff is going on.
I continue to be extremely busy at work -- working on a number of big, exciting projects. It's exhausting, but at least I really enjoy what I do. And I recently was promoted, so that makes it even more fun!
Last week Ben and I managed to sneak away from work for a week of vacation (Five vacation days for the price of three! Yeah!)We have a few pictures from the trip, and we'll try to get them up on the site soon.
Along with our friends Janet, Jamie, Steve and Mary, we spent about five days up at Ben's family cottage just north of Woodruff, Wisconsin. That's about a five hour drive from our house. The weather was beautiful and we spent the time sitting on the pier, fishing on the lake, eating a lot of junk food, shopping in town and playing miniature golf. It was a lot of fun and definitely a much-needed break from the chaos of work and the new house.
Speaking of the new house...
We haven't had enough time to do much with the house. We do mow the lawn, and I'm working my way around the house and pulling the 2-foot tall weeds that are growing everywhere. The fence guy is coming in a couple weeks, but aside from that we have hardly done anything.
We're considering getting some ideas from an interior designer, simply because we have no clue what to do with the family room. It's about 12 feet by about 25 feet, which presents a challenge when arranging furniture. It seems like every way we arrange things, there's unused space. Maybe someone else will have some better ideas.
That's it for now. Ben and I will try to be a little more on the ball with these updates!
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