Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Question: So what do blueberries, gorgonzola, spinach, pecans, eggs, and chicken strips have in common?
Answer: Nothing, unless you put them together as a really cool salad.
Now try putting these together for about $1.40. There’s a challenge.
One of the local stores, Pic n’ Save, has this really nice salad bar and for less than $1.50 you can put together such a salad or any of your favorites. How cool is that!

What a day! For those that follow the stock market, it was quite a wild day. The DOW was up over 330 points. For those that don’t, it still was. For investor’s, well, you know how you did. 494 out of 500 of the S&P 500 stocks closed higher today. Doesn’t mean much for many. But for some, it was huge! They were all practice plays today.
For me it was a break-thru day when the so called ‘light’ came on. I was listening to a particular CD from my instructor, and BAM! it hit me. I had heard his presentation before. Several times. But for some reason, today was the day that the neurons connected, with the right ones, and I understood what he had been trying to say. Not that I know everything, but I now understand one of the why’s. Monumental? For me it is. More on that in a few months.

Any golfers out there? Any golfers that like to travel with their clubs? Check out the ad I recently placed on Craig’s List:

Brand New Wilson Travel Golf Club Bag. Black ballistic material, padded shoulder strap, wheeled, interior straps, exterior straps and handles, excellent condition. 52” by 14” wide (nominal) A steal at $50, need the money, only $30. You won’t be disappointed.

Until next time.
Juan Marcos deRosenow

Sunday, September 09, 2007
Today’s entry contains a few photos of the Fantastic Fond du Lac Fondue Festival. Main Street was packed on Saturday as 1000’s gathered to witness a world’s record being set in downtown Fond du Lac, WI. Brenner Tank, a local manufacturer made the 8 foot wide, 3 foot deep SS tank which weighed about 2000 pounds. The fondue itself was made with 1250 pounds of butterkase, fontina, gruyere and cheddar cheeses. Add 12 kegs of beer and you get …. crap. Now don’t get me wrong, the festival, the people, the shops, the booths, the other food, the farmers market, the clowns, … everything else was great. But the fondue was crap. A watering looking and tasting pale yellow urine liquid with some cheap pretzels and dried bread crusts is my tame version of what I thought of the concoction. The good news is that they ran out of the ‘slop’ by 2pm, and those that were fortunate to arrive after that, were spared the gastronomical offense. I do want to give credit to the organizers for this event who did a great job handling 15,000 attendees. I was also pleased to pop into a number of great wood and antique shops on main street that I previously hadn’t taken the time to visit. And one pub.

Did I mention the UW Madison Badgers win over UNLV? Did now!
Did I mention the Packer win? 16 to 13 against the formidable Philadelphia Eagles. Did now!

Did I mention a great sermon by Pastor Zak on Sunday morning? Did now!

Add it all up, and it was a great weekend in Fond du Lac, WI. (now if I could only get that fondue taste out of my mouth)

Friday, August 7, 2007

It's been a while since I've written and I don't have any excuses. Today's picture was taken last weekend during the Labor Day weekend. Spent the weekend up at the Top of the Ledge campground with Pete, Sharon, and Kali. Beautiful weekend! Can you tell that the Badgers had recently won? Hammock is ready, flowers are fresh, a WalMart ad is close by, campfire is prepared, and the satellite internet is working. A slice of heaven?

What a week it's been as I begin my preparations for classes back in Raleigh, NC. They being the last Friday of Sept and go for 5 weeks. Looking forward to them and the drive to NC.

I've found a place in Raleigh that rents rooms and hopefully have secured a room for those 4 weeks.

I recently, today, have found a 2nd room-mate for my house at 741 South Main St. which is great news, financially. It all helps. Move-in is either tonight or Sat. morning.

I sold my motorhome, which is a huge financial boost.

Deb & Rich became grand-parents again with the arrival of Adeline Esther from their daughter, Becca. (just heard that this morning)

The big, no huge. Fond du Lac fondue festival happens tomorrow and a representative from Guinness Book of Records will be on hand to judge. The world's largest fondue is the goal and Pete/Sharon and I will be on hand to be part of history. Of course some pictures will follow.