Up North

We enjoyed a long weekend in Minnesota with DJ's family...we would have enjoyed a few more days! Over the next few days I'll post some pictures from our trip.

Walleye

(Before & After)

This was all within the 1st hour of fishing in Walker, MN.

DJ's Tree

The year DJ was born his mother planted a tree on campus at Iowa State University. This is DJ's tree 30 years later...

Going Green - Part II

In an earlier post I said we needed to start doing things that were more environmentally friendly. We bought a plastic bin for the kitchen to encourage us to throw more recyclable things in instead of the trash can. And on Sunday I bought reusable shopping bags from Publix, our 2nd favorite grocery store (HyVee is #1). I bought 4 of these bags for 99 cents each. Instead of using 10-12 plastic bags, I filled 2 reusable bags...maybe I didn't need to buy 4!

Side Note - for those of you that do not have a HyVee you don't know what you are missing! It is truly an unbelievable grocery store where you can also eat breakfast/lunch, rent a movie, do your banking, stock up on liquor, drop off your dry cleaning and of course get a white mocha latte from the Starbucks Kiosk.