Shhh . . .

Don't tell my body, but I took my lowest dose of Predisone since April 7.  Pray with me that I have no set backs!  Thanks!

Friday's Finds!

On Friday, Sam took us to "never-seen-by-us-before" sights on the North Shore.  After a brief tenth of a mile hike, we discovered the Illgen Waterfall.  It was lovely and mostly people free!  Definitely a place to go back to!

Then we discovered the two sides of the "Black Beach".  There's the "Black Beach" that was made from taconite which is a great area to swim.  And there's the "Black Beach" just a bit north that's full of agates - if you're a lucky hunter!

There is no doubt, though, that the most fun was had by Annie who took great pleasure in chasing sticks and barking at the waves!

Our favorite line came from our dear dyslexic driver who read the sign "taconite" as "taco night"!  Love it!

 

Thankful Thursday . . . Finally!

Here it is, Sunday afternoon, and I'm finally posting "Thankful Thursday", mainly because we were on vacation last week.  You'll be glad to know that Thursday was definitely the best day of vaca because . . . 

• Matt joined us!  He couldn't get a sub for Wednesday so he stayed behind and worked while the rest of us traveled up to Lutsen.
• We went hiking in Judge Magney State Park to the Devil's Kettle waterfall.  It was beautiful!
• We had pizza from "My Sister's Place" in Grand Marais down in the marina which made everyone happy!

That may have truly been our last "family vacation" so I've very thankful we took it!

Only at Sand Creek . . .

. . . can you be fully booked every hour and still have a great day!  We wedding parties, birthday parties and NO rescues!  We had families, friends and lots of fun.  Of course, we're all thinking it's the calm before the storm . . .

This week, we have team builds on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday with two on Wednesday.  I'll be spending time with people from River Bend, Lifetime Fitness, Outback Steakhouse, Breck (or Blake - it's a "B" school!) and more!  Stay tuned! 

"It's on my bucket list . . . "

As I was finishing up in the locker room this morning at the Y (before heading to ISD 196), Annie came in.  Annie is the blind swimmer.  We've all swam with her.  Sweet lady.  We were talking for a bit and she asked me what I was doing this summer.  I told her about Sand Creek and the zip line.  She said, "Zipping is on my bucket list!  Do you think I could do it?"  Friends, I gave her a resounding "YES!" along with "I hope to see you out there!"  Zip on!

I can't believe . . .

 . . . that I had a seventy-two year old woman roll her eyes at me and pout during Lay Rescuer CPR today!  I was teaching for ISD 196 and while we were testing, she was failing - badly!  Compressions were not deep enough, timing was off, breathing was not effective, she could not keep the pace.  I told her after class that I would NOT give her a CPR card with my name on it because her skills were not what I needed to see.  Friends, that's when she rolled her eyes and began to pout . . . 

Just like I said to my children, "Do not roll your eyes at me", so I said to her, "Do not . . ."  That's when she began to pout.  I told her what I specifically needed to see and I told her I was willing to give her another opportunity.

She decided it was more important to get her CPR card then to argue with me because I wasn't budging and she did it - with great improvement!  Seriously, the word "lazy" had come to mind earlier . . .

She got her card.  She left class.  She returned.  To thank me for being willing to spend the extra time with her.    

New Home!

I'm happy to say that our flamingoes

are enjoying their new home!