The Week in Review

What a great week! It was SOOO nice spending time with A from College. She was so great with the kids and in the morning when Captain woke up, he always looked forward to seeing her.
Monday she arrived and we had to pick up my mother-in-law from an appointment that she had. Then we went and got some Chinese food from the place we like best. If anyone likes crab-rangoons and you are in the area let me know because they make the BEST and I can recommend. Then we hung out that evening because Fundi was working. We ended up going and visiting my sister-in-law and Z and M and then getting sodas from Kwik Trip and going home to watch a movie. Lonely Hearts with Jared Leto (who is like my favorite actor-crush) pretty much sucked and was totally grousome. Both A and I agreed that it wasn't a good movie and YUCK.
Tuesday we got ready in the morning and went to my follow-up doctor appointment. After that we went to an Irish Pub and had great food and then went to get the oil changed on the van. After attempting to sell me everything but blinker-fluid, we were free to go. You know how they have like the 21 point inspection or whatever... well, when we left the blinker didn't work. We went to Sam's Club and got almost everything on our list and then went back to the oil change place. It was threatening rain, so I asked the guy if he could check my blinker. Sure enough... it didn't work, so he replaced it for free right then and there. (So cool as we didn't have to unload the kids and then load them back up in the van in the pouring rain.) We did end up driving part of the way home in blinding rain. It came down in sheets and I hate driving in that kind of weather, but we made it OK. That evening we had a Mary Kay party which was a pretty good time. My dad showed up toward the end and then stayed so that we could play cards. We played the game 15 which is SUPER FUN and then A and I packed up (at 10:30pm on a Tuesday night... just like in college) and went to the bar of a high school classmate of mine. I will not go into detail, but we had a great time and then got a sober ride home at 2:00am from my classmate.
Wednesday morning came earlier than usual and we hung out with the kids during the day. We went to the local cheese factory for some cheese curds (a Wisconsin specialty) and then to my sister B's family's farm. We walked around the cows and the barns and spent some time outside in the nice weather. Then we went to the grocery store and got food for grilling. We ended up with chicken, sweet corn, potato wedges and cheesy garlic bread. It was soooo tasty and Fundi has now mastered the art of grilling chicken. I don't know if I have ever had chicken that good. That night we watched another movie: Perfect Stranger. That also dragged and wasn't much for interesting. The twist at the end was the best part but I don't know if it was worth the other hour and 35 minutes of torture.
Thursday morning we got up and hung out for a while and then ended up going to the casino. The Lambs had Formal there our senior year, but due to work A had been unable to attend, so I thought it would be fun to go there and play Bingo. A agreed and we had a great time playing. They were late in starting Bingo because their computers were having issues so we each got a $10 coupon for $10 off an admission to Bingo in the next two months. A ended up winning and the nice guy that sat across from us gave me the stuffed animal that he won on the Minnesota Zoo game (pick a stuffed animal and win between $100 and $600 depending on how much is in the envelope on the animal) for the kids. We had a really fun time. We stopped at the apple store on the way home and then when we got home A packed up and got ready to leave. She has some friends up in the Twin Cities that she is going to see for a few days before she flies out.
Last night after she left, Fundi the kids and I and sister-in-law and Z and M all went out to the last night of the pizza at Smith Farms.
We had such a good time with A here and tried the entire time that she was here to convince her that she should move to Wisconsin because it is cheaper to live here than in Cali and the men here are better too :)