Category Archives: Places to visit

The last days of our Chicago visit

So by now we’ve had pretty good luck in Chicago and we were hoping that today was going to bring us the same. For Sunday’s agenda we were going to go to the Navy Pier and then head over to … Continue reading

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Saturday – Chicago

Well we made it to Chicago and had a great first day just checking it out. We knew that the second day that we were going to be there was going to be busy – but we really didn’t really … Continue reading

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Heading to Chicago

We were anxious to get started on our long weekend away, but you know there was stuff to do before we actually could leave. First thing was to make sure we had someone to do chores. Done. Then the second … Continue reading

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Just got home

What a great weekend Daryl and I had! We try to go somewhere every year for our anniversary, but because it looks like it’s going to be a late spring, we headed to Chicago for a long weekend instead of … Continue reading

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Roamin’ Catholics

Well, it was inevitable. Good Friday was here and soon Lent would be over. But we were able to celebrate it again with our traveling company – The Roamin’ Catholics. (get it? Roaming or Roman Catholics) Pretty good huh? Now you’ve … Continue reading

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Family and Friends

We sure had a great weekend. On Friday, off we went with my brother and his wife for our weekly fish fry adventure. This week we went to a local restaurant and had their fish special. The restaurant is supposed … Continue reading

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Musical – Little Shop of Horrors

Daryl and I headed to our high school to watch the musical tonight that they are putting on the next couple of days. The musical this year is, The Little Shop of Horrors. Now Daryl and I are no strangers … Continue reading

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Elkader, Iowa

Every so often, some of my girlfriends and I get together to talk about.. well girl stuff. We had a chance to do just that on Tuesday night in Elkader, Iowa. We weren’t planning on meeting together until a little … Continue reading

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Ice block by Festina

When we were driving around Friday night, my brother was talking about this one farmer and how all the water and ice from the river had backed up into his fields.  So it sounded like a good road trip before … Continue reading

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A day with Mom at the Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch

I put in my last post that I was going to surprise my Mom on Saturday with an adventure and that’s just exactly what  I did! The only thing that I told her was that she would probably need some … Continue reading

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