Penguin Classics

I am ridiculously excited over these Clothbound Series books!! I want them all! Unfortunately it looks like only Series 1 is available on Amazon right now, though.

Clothbound Penguin Classics

Being a woman...

For those of you thinking of ever trying to epilate... I recommend a full bottle of wine because OUCH! Why did I think this was a good idea?

Lego Fun

I've been a bit busy, which explains my lack of posting. With the help of some Target gift cards for my birthday, though, we decided to indulge in some childlike fun and behavior. We added to our Lego collection.

And then we decided to create a dice-rolling game.

Oh yeah, and that white stuff on the table? I was painting my nails one day and managed to spill a bottle of nail polish remover on it.

Dassel, MN Train Museum

I've been meaning to blog about this fantastic stop we made on our way back from the Twine Ball. For $2.50 each we got to wander around this great train museum that is filled to the brim with everything train related that you could imagine. The woman there (I wish I could remember her name!) was super friendly and knowledgeable and fun to talk to. If you're ever in the area, be sure to stop!

The Twine Ball!

I'm so behind on posting! Here are some photos from our jaunt to Darwin, MN to see the The Biggest Ball of Twine (created by one man). Darwin is a very tiny town and the twine ball and museum are equally on the small side. They did have a neat little school house room in the museum and some fun souvenirs, however, so Josh picked up a twine ball starter kit.

The World's Biggest Boot

We drove out to Redwing, MN over Labor Day weekend to see The World's Biggest Boot. The museum was slightly lacking, and rather small and spread throughout the Redwing shoe store, so that was a little distracting, but we did get to stop and take pictures with the boot. :)

Como Zoo

We went to the Como Zoo this past Saturday and had a very nice day overall. Josh's younger sister Jenny joined us in our adventure, and we had a good time. There aren't a huge variety of animals, but there is a beautiful conservatory, and they had butterflies as well, which was one of my favorite things, aside from the large kitties. Unfortunately, a lot of the animals were indoors napping, and due to very poor lighting and dirty windows, we couldn't get good pictures of some of them. However, here are some highlights from the day.

Happiness

My sunflower is huge!!! One of them broke, though, so we tried to fix it, but I don't know how long it will last. It is sad and droopy. :(

Catch Up!

Eek, I've been neglecting my blog due to a little bit of a funk I've been in. I do have pictures of from the races at Canterbury, though! It was fun and I got a little bit of sun, which was quite nice. We do, however, wish they had had more than just one race each of the ostriches and the camels.

We saw this little guy on the side of a street we drove by - isn't he sweet? Must have been camera shy, though, because he refused to look over at the camera. :p

Harmony, MN

Finally I have put the pictures from our jaunt to Harmony, MN on my website...

Harmony, MN