marksons as simpsons

This is Jenna and I Simpsonized! Aren’t we cute? Head over to www.simpsonizeme.com and see what you look like as a simpsons character. That’s all I got for you. have a good day.

The Milk Game

It was the year 2000….the future was upon us and 1 brave soul (or stubborn Jamaican) set out to test the laws of nature. The challenge: Drink a gallon of milk in an hour and keep it down. The outcome: see for yourself….

San Pedro

Today, I interviewed for a position at the San Pedro Cafe in Hudson. It is a small restaurant with really good food and a great atmosphere. It was probably the shortest interview I have ever had and it seems like it is going to be a great place to work. I am starting next week with some training and will start off hosting for a few shifts and then move into a serving position once I get the hang of it and especially once the fall hits and things pick up a bit. I am excited, but I have never worked in a restaurant before, so i don’t really know what to expect. I am hoping this Job will allow me to get better connected in the community and meet people. Ultimately, I hope it allows me to meet people that i can share my faith with and invite them into the Journey that Sanctuary is on. Plus a few extra dollars will be nice to help pay for things we have done and want to do on the house. So, If you are ever in Hudson, come see me at San Pedro! I can’t promise I will be there, but i can promise that you won’t be disappointed with the food. Check out the menu on their website: www.sanpedrocafe.com

Turtle Flambeau Flowage

Jenna and I just got back from the flowage. The turtle flambeau flowage to be exact. It is a body of water in the northwoods of Wisconsin that was formed in the process of damning up the flambeau river. There were several lakes in the area, and when they damned the river up, a lot of the area around was flooded. This body of water is called the flambeau flowage. It is over 200 miles of shorline with hundreds of bays and narrow passageways. If you are ever there, it is a blast to explore with a boat, but be careful because there are stumps everywhere from trees that were flooded years ago. If 200 miles of shoreline doesn’t conjure up any images, just think of it this way (if you are from MN)… lake minnetonka has about 100 miles of shoreline. So, that should give you a clue as to how much water we are talking about. My family has been going up there for years and years. My grandparents have been up there in the summer for a couple weeks every year for about 50 years, and thus I have been a lot as well. However, I haven’t been in the last few years.

Some of the activities that we usually take part in there are: boating to the damn to pick raspberries (which we then eat on cereal or pancakes the following days); taking a trip to lake of the falls to see some small waterfalls and enjoy the views; lots of swimming and watersports; many card games; enough snacks to make you sick; but mainly a whole lot of nothing! One of the other things we often do is to take a trip into Minacqua to see the min-aqua-bats water ski show. This is the longest running amateur ski show in the US, and it is FREE! They do amazing things such as pyramids, a lot of jumps off the 6 ft ski jump, skiing on human skis, or their hands, or bare feet, canoe paddles, you name it…. also a lot of other crazy things. We went there Sunday night and saw the show, and once again….it was quite good.

So, if you ever want to get away from it all and enjoy the northwoods in it’s fullness, take a trip up to the Flambeau Flowage, and if you want…look up Joe Miller’s cottages. That’s where we have stayed every time we go there.