A pretty good week has gone by.  We are still here and still healthy so I guess that alone qualifies as a pretty good week!  It seems we manage to keep busy each day.   Of course work gets in the way of that also.  We had a picnic here Wednesday night for my homebrew club.  Good food, Noel gave pontoon rides, and of course lot’s of good beers and meads.  So that was successful night (no one got hurt) and it took some getting prepared and some clean up time to go with it.

Good news is the pontoon is running well.   I had it in the repair shop a couple of weeks ago, some intermitant problem.   He just found some water in the gas and drained out the carbs.  A new gas tank and all fresh gas and we seem to be OK.  And each time after use I disconnect the gas line from the engine.  There seemed to be oil in the gas tank also, and it should not be able to back feed from the oil injection back to the tank – but sitting in the hot sun for days stranger things have happened.

It has cooled down after a warm Saturday.  It is feeling like fall again.  And Chris and I were out for a cruise last night the sun was going down well before 8 pm.  It seems like just a few weeks ago it was light at 9 pm.

A lot of yardwork this weekend since we were gone at Irish fest last weekend.  Shoveling dirt, fixing small things that have been waiting, painting the laundry room floor, washing the cars.  So we both have kept busy.  Now time to relax and get ready for Monday.  (my favorite day of the week).   I have a number of projects at work, and a few problems, so even though work is slowing up I remain very busy. And Wednesday night we are going to the Neil Diamond concert in Green Bay, compliments of our daughter and son-in-law.  So the other nights try to clean up some projects and get ready for the long labor day weekend.   Looking forward to that.   We are planning to have MJ and John here and hopefully some good friends.

Speaking of good friends, we had our trailer in Door County early this year to let Al and Karen use it for their kids to come in for a family get together on July 4th week.    We would be taking it up in July anyway, and by having our trailer and Enders trailer there they were able to have all the kids and grandkids stay with them.  In appreciation Karen insisted we have one of her paintings.  She is a wonderful artist and it was a difficult choice.  I was captivated by a colorful water color of a Door County light house, and Chris was torn between that and striking painting of roses.  So we decided on the light house, which now reminds of Al and Karen everyday.  Thanks Karen!

OK, I am way behind in updates!   But I keep thinking about it.  I last updated before we made our annual trek to Door County.  It was a great time as always.   Chris only gets to stay 2 weeks now, as the state changed the rules about staying in the park from 21 days to 14 days last year.  I came back and worked some days each week, so I have some vacation time for Florida later in the year.

The two weeks go by so quickly.  We spent some time with old friends, and still did not get to spend much time with others.  I managed to get some golf in with friends, made it to a couple of favorite places to eat, and of course spent evenings around a campfire.  But then so quickly had to come home!

We are now connected to Town of Algoma water.  After lot’s of planning The town Sanitary Board had the main installed and we had the plumber hook up 7 of us.  So we had the various filters and the water softener taken out, so we could clean up that corner of the basement.  And are going to try without a water softener for awhile.  So far so good.  And lot’s of water pressure we never had!   Now we are all trying to sort out how to finish the road, but that’s another whole story.

Weather in August has felt cool and comfortable for August!  We have even seen the geese starting to form their flocks.  But now we have some warmer August weather for a few days.   Chris and I spent this weekend at Irishfest in Milwaukee.  An annual event for us and we had our usual great time.  So much fine music and we always get to spend some fun time with friends.  And we started this morning with the Irish fest mass which is just a wonderful way to start the day.  The Marcus Amphitheater filled with people, the huge Irishfest choir, just and inspiring start to the day.

So a couple of weeks left to August.  I am sure they will go by too quickly.  And summer coming to an end.  I am not ready for that!