Joe and I voted early today in the primary election for U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives from Minnesota. Glad to check that off of our to-do
list. We even received our ‘I voted” stickers. It is the only activity I know
of that gives out stickers to adults.
This weekend both Rockford and Saint Michael have community
celebrations scheduled. In Saint Michael, the Daze and Knights Festival starts tonight
and lasts through Saturday. Looks like they have something for everyone. The
location is .6 miles from us so we might be able to hear the music! Joe and I
have already decided that we are going to enjoy staying home – no crowds for
us. I hope the weather forecast holds! Highs in the low 70’s and sunny is the
current prediction.
Rockford River Days also starts today and goes through Sunday.
Both events have beer gardens, parades, inflatables, food trucks and stands,
and live music among other activities. Good, wholesome, family fun! Joe and I
would have enjoyed taking our kids when they were younger. Maybe next year we
will feel more settled and will venture out to one or both of the events.
Joe is out working in the yard (surprise!), and I have been cooking and
tidying up around the house – I even found time to read for an hour.
We drove over to Megan’s this morning to pick up a ladder and take her
a few items. She told me Charlotte and Caleb had been bickering all morning.
They wanted to play together and then would start bickering. I asked her if she wanted me to
take one of them to my house for a while. She said, “No, take them both.” Unfortunately,
we had no room in the car with the ladder. Joe ran a different ladder up to her
house about an hour later and she told him they had things to get done so the
kids couldn’t come to our house. I assume they stopped bickering.
It reminded me of when I was about their age and my brother, Kenny (known
as Buddy back then), and I would pick at each other. Our ‘discipline’ was to
sit back-to-back on the floor with our arms intertwined behind our backs. After
some amount of time (it felt like forever so it was probably 5 or 10 minutes), we
would be released if we told the other one, we were sorry for treating them the
way we did. Huh, like I was ever really sorry – I just wanted to get on with my
life.
Look how we turned out!
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