Long, Fun Weekend.

This weekend was a very busy weekend. It all started Friday night by building this bed frame for our nephew David. He had his fourth birthday this weekend, and this was our gift to him. We started the bed Friday after work, and finished the construction at about midnight. We did not head to bed, instead we stayed up until 2 a.m. to see my parents off to Canada. They headed up Saturday morning for a week of walleye fishing.



Here is a picture of the simple bed frame. We finished it Saturday morning with some Red Mahogany stain, and a coat of polyurethane. David should get many years of use out of this frame.


Saturday evening we headed to Grafton for a housewarming party. My cousin Greg and his soon to be wife Kim bought a beautiful house, and they had a great get together to show it off. We stayed there until about 10:30, after a few beers, and some time around the fire. I also gave some money away as I lost in "31" and dice. Oh well, great food and company made it a great evening.

Sunday was busy as well, our journeys took us to Rozellville, and Marshfield. Rozellville was the setting for Davids birthday party, and where we delivered the new bed. After the party we headed to Marshfield to visit with Ruth's grandpa and grandma Dittner. We had not seen them in quite a while, and it was nice to talk with them. After about an hour we were back on our way to Ripon.

Good and bad sports weekend by the way....Green Bay Good, Brewers Bad-by losing all four to the Phillies, in-turn giving up our four game lead in the wild card. Oh well!! There are still 12 games left to re-gain the lead, and head to the postseason for the first time since 1982.

I finally am done for now with the shadowboxes and things, so I am hoping to get a start on that long ago mentioned gun cabinet. Lets see how I do today, check back later to see if I found the time.