random stuff 10/27

I just don’t seem to be getting around to blogging much lately.  Not sure why.  Maybe it’s because I’ve been up north a couple times getting deer stands ready and trying to shoot a few grouse.  Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy geocaching with DeeDee.  Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy trying to figure out [...]

August misc. / random stuff

Oh man,  I am so far behind on my blogging.  We have been keeping real busy for the past couple of months.  Not sure I can remember what all happened since my last blog, but I’ll write some stuff anyway.
A new thing that a friend of mine got me started on this summer is geocaching.  [...]

more fishing and some family stuff

Fishing has slowed way down on the river this past week   
I went to the river Saturday morning with Barry and John.  We fished for 4 1/2 hours and all we caught were 2 nice saugers and a sheephead. 
Last Weekend DeeDee’s sister Debbie and our niece Jenny from Kentucky were up here.  They had a graduation [...]

July fishing

I did a little fishing the last two weekends.  July 3rd, DeeDee and I went to the river and put in at Lake City.  We fished for about 5 hours and mostly tried for walleyes.  We did not do very well at all.  DeeDee caught the only walleye and it was a little short of [...]

Canadian fly-in fishing trip

This June I was very fortunate to be able to make another fly-in fishing trip in Canada.  The year we went with Loon Haunt Outposts for the 4th time.  This time we went to a new lake.  The lake is actually called Unnamed Lake.  Loon Haunt has the only cabin on this lake so we [...]

Zach’s Graduation

Last weekend was Zach’s High School Graduation.   We had an open house for him Friday night and it was very fun.  We were lucky and had beautiful weather here for us Friday and all last weekend.

 
DeeDee’s Dad and Maddy were here early.

 
A family picture

 
Zach with DeeDee’s sister Missy’s family. 

 
DeeDee, Zach, Missy and Dawn (Missy and Dawn were a huge [...]

Opening fishing 2009

This year I had planned to go up to Lake Kabetogama with my good friends Barry and John again as we have the last couple of years.  Unfortunately one of Barry best friends died last Wednesday and Barry was unable to join us.  Not a good deal. 
John and I went ahead with the trip as [...]

Zach’s Senior Prom

Zach had his Senior prom last Saturday.
Most of his class met at Nate K’s place to have pictures taken.  Here are some of them.
Zach and Eleanor

 
A group of senior girls that Zach has been hanging with for years.

 
Zach, Nate K and John

 
Nate T, Drew and Zach

 
A group of Senior boys

 
Zach and DeeDee

 
Here are some pics [...]

a new floor and steps

We built our house in 1991, so I guess 17 plus years is a long time for the same carpet.    We knew that we needed to replace the carpet that covered the dining room, living room, hallway and stairs.  We also decided to replace the linoleum in the kitchen.  The next decision was what to [...]

a new pet……

Last week our lovely son Zach brought home a new chocolate lab puppy.  I can’t say I’m real excited about it.  I like dogs and all.  It’s just that we have kind of gotten use to not having to worry about a dog since our Golden retriever passed a couple years ago. 
Anyway, here are some pics [...]