Our Weekend: A Summary

Well, Saturday. The rest of the weekend we hung around the house, trying to catch up on chores that have been put off due to intense basement beautification.

This was pretty cool though. On Saturday, the a-Round Green Lake Association held the first annual "a-Round Green Lake" run, a 5K with proceeds to benefit the Women's Auxilary (that i'm supposed to be a part of, seeing as i am the wife of a firefighter, but haven't actually taken part in yet, because i'm a slacker. oops.). So, the name of the race is a funny, because the 2 lakes less than a mile from our home, Round Lake and Green Lake, are separated by a one lane road...therefore, a-Round Green Lake is somewhat of a pun, ... , ... Anyway. My dad and Linda decided to travel down to podunk and participate, and Trav, although he offered to run with his gear on to promote the fire dept, worked traffic. Adalynn, Keely and I played cheerleaders for those who were brave enough attempt the run. For their first year they had a decent turnout - about 175 runners.

But the coolest comes now...the race starts. Adalynn, Keely and I are standing at a junction of 2 streets that the runners come by three times. First, everyone is in a clump as the race has just started 1/4 mile prior.

On their return, we noticed something.

Linda was the first woman to come through.

Me, so observant, yells, "Way to go Lin...wait...I think you're the first woman!" (another bystander agrees with me) "YOU'RE THE FIRST! GOOD JOB! KEEP IT GOING!!" Then I open my eyes wider and look behind Linda..."Oh, but you might need to keep it up...there's quite a few right behind you..."

So Adalynn, Keely and I wait for Dad to come through...

...at which point he yells at me to get out of there and go push Linda through the final stretch to the finish. Good one.

So we did. And in the first finish where I actually saw Linda's little legs lengthen (like the alliteration?) in the kick to the line, she finished as the 1st Woman Overall.

Isn't this pretty? The prize for the first place runners. The winners of the age groups got smaller plates. A local woman created them. I think she did a beautiful job. (i may be biased, she admired keely for a while and said she was gorgeous.)

So that was task #1 on Saturday. Task #2 involved picking Kelsey up in Rockford and driving down to Middleville. Yes, Middleville. Not Caledonia. Travis and I (mainly I) decided that with the girls so young it's not the best for Kelsey or the girls to have to juggle twice daily chores that take a minimum of 1/2 hour am and pm. And that is just to cover Kels' simple basics. Not even mentioning riding. So, we contacted Kels' prior owner who was ecstatic to hear that we were selling and readily agreed to buy her back. So Kels is back in Middleville, lovin' it up on some good home-grown grass.

It's the best for right now. Our Life Lesson Learned: Never Buy a Horse when you have attempted to procreate in the last month. GUARANTEED that the moment you buy one, you WILL pee on a stick and it will come up positive. Even if you just peed on one the morning you picked up the horse and it was negative. Doesn't matter. God has a funny sense of humor like that.

So in the future, when we have land of our own, we'll have another horse. Maybe 2. Maybe a bigger garden and some kittens. Some Beefalo and Chiturkeys too. Ayup.