Back from a whirlwind weekend in Wisconsin with the girls. Hijinks ensued - Cheese! (except at Culver's where they told us there was a 'recall' on cheese curds. WTF? You're in Wisconsin! Can that even happen??) Wine Floats! (don't ask. please.) Campfires! (uh, sort of) Fish magic! Marshmallows! Republicans! Ho-made eggrolls! Some more cheese! We hung out, played games - in the slumber party spirit, we harkened back to Girl Talk, a game from our youth. Remember? It's a truth or dare game with "wacky" stunts (mostly including prank calling people. thanks to caller id, this is no longer as much fun as it used to be) and zit stickers, etc. The object of the game is to get points from these wacky stunts and earn fortune cards. I gotta tell you now though, those fortune cards are insane. Jane, for instance will be having 412 children sometime in the near future. One of Heidi's daughters will look like Duncan Sheik and I will be naming my daughter Daisy (as if.) Some of the stunts were wackier than others (ahem. Homey, if you are reading this...). Yes, there are photos. No, you will never see them.
Amy's family's lake house was gorgeous and also had a fire pit. We thought (happily) that we could make a fire and roast marshmallows, etc. Isn't setting stuff on fire supposed to be EASY?? It totally wasn't. We are the worst pyros on the planet, and eventually we gave up. After, like, hours of trying to get something going, only to see a little flame and then - embers. The next day we went to the Piggly Wiggly and got us some lighter fluid and newspapers (and cheese curds. Suck it, Culvers.). That night, Beth joined us, and since she is a WI farmgirl at heart (no, really, she is. Her family has a farm somewhere up there.) she totally got that thing started (who knew? Girlfriend has got some MAD firestarting skillz, yo.)
On the CBS Sunday morning show once, they had a story about this old couple with barns full of books. Happily, these barns are near Green Lake and we went off in search of many books. We found it! I got a copy of "The G-String Murders" by Gypsy Rose Lee and some really awesome sheet music (which was purchased for the entertainment value of the titles and/or prettiness of the cover of the music. Heidi won the prize though for finding the song "If you're talking in your sleep, don't mention my name." Where's the originality these days? I ask you.
I also saw my very first live bait vending machine and learned what's up in the kitchen. Oh, and on our drive home yesterday, I saw the funniest sign at the side of the highway: "Vikings paid cash for a clunker" - it took me a little while but then finally I understood. Note here to the clunker in question, Brett Favre - dude, we can't miss you if you NEVER LEAVE.
All in all, it was an awesome weekend. I do have pictures that I am allowed to share with the internets, and I will post them severally tomorrow.
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