The Friday preceding, we went to a Twins game with Papa Duane. They actually won, and afterward there were fireworks. Nate and Zach disappeared for a while to go exploring.
Did you know Minneapolis was, like, the milling capital of the world for a while? It does not get cooler than that. We went to the Mill City Museum on Monday.
Wednesday was Walker Art Center day, 'cuz one of the kids wanted to see the big cherry on a spoon thing in the sculpture garden. Most of the modern art in the museum was just plain whackadoo freaky. We posed modernly by the spoon art.
Thursday was Get a New AC day, plus Nate's b-day (yay!)...
And finally, on Friday we went to Fort Snelling, where the kids learned how to march like the soldiers at the fort did in 1827.
It wasn't all big fun adventures. Spending half a day on Thursday waiting for the AC guy to come and the rest of it waiting for him to install it and then pony up the cash they wanted wasn't enjoyable. Neither was my chat with the sales guy for some roofing/siding company. 'Cuz he didn't seem to know that when the homeowner hides behind the bookshelf it means Go Away. I didn't mean to talk to him, but after he rang the doorbell, he knocked super loud and urgent-like. Shoot. You see, when I ran for cover after hearing the ding-dong (or maybe ours dings with no dong? like ding ding? gosh I can't recall) I thought I saw a clipboard in his hands. Sales dude! I felt confirmed in my choice to hide. But that follow-up loud knock made me doubt myself. I thought maybe it really was a neighbor informing me that our house was aflame or whatever. But I shouldn't have doubted myself. He was odd straight off and asked me if the USA got any more medals today 'cuz he had seen that the Olympics was on inside. Hey sicko, don't start off a sales call by admitting you snooped through the window. So I sent Peeping Tom packing, likely to frighten some other poor homeowner with his obnoxious mega ding dong and Big Knocks. Hmmf.
Yesterday we went out for supper with my family to celebrate Nate & my dad's b-days and to give a send off to dad and my big bro Andrew, who are flying to Finland this evening for a 10 day exploration of the fatherland. Pretty cool, and something my dad has wanted to do for a long time. They're even gonna stay with some distant cousins for around half the time there.
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