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Santiago Family Fun Festival on Saturday, August 20
Santiago is holding their Family Fun Festival on Saturday – here is the flyer from the Santiago Lions website:
Soberg Review – Awesome Oil Change
Dave took our van in for an oil change to Precision Tune in Elk River last week. Being a frugal hubby, he is always on the lookout for oil change coupons. On the Precision Tune website, he found their coupon page, and noticed something new. They are offering...
Otsego JamFest 2011 Next Weekend
Looking for something to do next weekend? Well, it’s time again for the annual Otsego JamFest. If you are not familiar with this event, it is a family-friendly festival featuring live music, a car show, skydivers, a carnival, food, and fun. Dave...
Big Lake CERT Team Graduates – July 2011
The Big Lake community has formed a new Community Emergency Response Team thanks to funding provided from a grant applied for by city police officers, Sam Olson and Cindy Finch. This group is separate from the Sherburne County CERT group that Dave and...
Big Lake CERT Team Final Exercise and Graduation Photos
See my other post for a write-up of the evening. Here are some additional photographs of the first Big Lake CERT Graduating Class of 2011: #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:...
A Little Bit of Holland in Minnesota
Today at 12:30 PM, I became a grandma yet again. Dave’s daughter Sarah gave birth to a baby boy, Holland David Harrington. At 7 lbs 15 oz. and 21 inches, our latest bundle of joy came into this world on a warm Friday afternoon. Dave is quite excited...
Hot and Bothered
Here we are, smack-dab in the in the middle of some of the hottest weather we’ve had in a while. With temperatures pushing a hundred, and more to come, we are facing a week or so of the most miserable weather I have experienced. Certainly temps...
Spreading the Word at the Sherburne County Fair
On Thursday, Dave and I helped man the booth for our CERT (Citizen Emergency Response Team) group, based right here in Sherburne County. In prior posts, I wrote about CERT and its role in our community, and talked about the training Dave and I received...
Happy Fifth of July!
Well, another Fourth of July has come and gone. America’s big summer holiday was somewhat uneventful for me. Not being a fan of the heat, I basically stayed inside and enjoyed the comfort of central air-conditioning. I also had some work to do,...