I tried to get these pictures on the end of this post! I guess you will get the last first this time! It is hard to determine which picture is going on the post. The thumbnails that I have to choose between are so small and hard to see well. These are not the best ones, but, oh well! I hope you enjoy them anyway :-)
It was a hot and exciting time at the FMCA convention in St. Paul. We had some threatening weather that didn't show up, thank goodness, and lots of hot weather that made us determined that next time we will have electric! With everyone in the lot running their generators, the exhaust was really bad and our alarms were going off. By 11pm all generators have to be off. Then the air would clear some and we could safely get some sleep.
The seminars were, as always, helpful and informative. I wanted to take a jewelry class, but all of them were full, as were any of the other "craft" type of class. Next time we will have to get there earlier.
I did go to a class presented by "Geeks on Tour". I learned how to make this blog from them when we were in Pamona, CA at the FMCA convention last January. This time it was on "Photo Story 3" another free program from Microsoft. I haven't had the time yet to work with it. Even before I download the program I think I need to free up some space on my computer. Too many pictures! I am looking forward to trying it though!
It has been hot and busy up here in the North country! Last week we were at the Roseau County Fair two days. One evening we were at the grandstand show "Williams and Ree". Some of you may know them as "The White Man and the Indian". They were funny and fast paced. Great performers and I would recommend them to you if you get a chance to see them. Their act would most likely be a bit more "raw" if the performance were in a less "family friendly" venue. Still funny though!
This has been quite a week for us. Our washer has been having some problems. The repair man came out on Wednesday and said that a part needed to be replaced, but that if we ran just small loads we could still use it.
When he left, Rick started the washer just to rinse out some of the dirt that had been knocked into the basket. I was in the sewing room working on a baby quilt and had no idea that he had started it. Rick then proceeded to head on out to finish mowing the lawn.
An hour or so later, I heard him holler! Looking down the hallway there was water everywhere! All standing on top of our new laminate flooring and flowing, yes, flowing into the bathrooms and bedrooms! Evidently the washer had more problems than first diagnosed!
We spent hours soaking up mega gallons of water (there was also mega gallons on the floor in the basement). At the convention I purchased a "turbo towel", a super dense microfiber bath sheet size towel. Now that towel can hold lots and lots of water! I can't begin to tell you how many times I filled it and Rick squeezed it out in the mop ringer. Oh, and when you make the final sweep with the towel, just drag it on the floor and it will leave the floor water spot free.
Now, several days later, the floor is buckling in places, the office carpet is stained and smelly ( lots of water made it in there ), and we have a new washer and dryer coming tomorrow, we hope. The washer was about 20 years old and so has done it's time. I just wish it wouldn't have made such a mess. An insurance adjuster will be here in the next couple of days so we will see what the verdict is. We just finished putting the floor down last December and the carpet in the office is new too.
Yesterday Rick and I decide to have some relaxing fun and spent the better part of the day on Lake of the Woods. Just for kicks and giggles, we wet our fishing lines and pretended that we knew what we were doing. As expected, we had no luck except for Rick's tackle snagging on the bottom a few times. Just as we were thinking of wrapping it up, Rick caught another "snag". Not this time! He had a very large Northern on his line! He played it in for maybe 20 min. There was no way it could be contained in our net and we didn't know how we were going to get it in the boat.
After taking many pictures, I put my camera down to try to help Rick get it in the boat so we could unhook it and release back into the lake. As I was angling to get into a helpful position, the fish rolled over, bent both hooks and got free! It was an exciting night on the lake for us! I never did get a bite, but got lots of good pictures!
That's all for now. I will try to get a couple of pictures to upload so you can get a look at the lunker. We think it was close to three feet long, and maybe 15 pounds.
