Mom has wanted to do an overnight in Lake Geneva for a few weeks. Initially they thought about going last week, but when the forecast said it'd be crappy all week--cool and rainy, which completely panned out--they held off. Then mom really wanted to go Wednesday-Thursday, so they'd be there for the Thursday farmers market, but they also didn't ( Read more... )

Mom's job has a fake holiday in August--Founders Day, I think--and she has Monday off. As such, she wanted to head up to Lake Geneva this weekend, either day, since she has a three-day weekend. Even though I figured Saturday would be busier, I'd rather be home on Sunday, because I am *not* off on Monday and who knows what all I'd need to ( Read more... )

I neglected to mention the roundabout at 47 and Burlington Road in yesterday's post. This was the first time I'd gone to Wisconsin since the roundabout got put in several years ago, probably not long after the last visit to Lake Geneva. We've gone north several times since then--to my cousin's house in Woodstock in 2015, and to Huntley just last ( Read more... )

It's been a while since we've last gone to Lake Geneva--my tags suggest our last visit was back in July 2013, so five years, which sounds about right. Mom's been on vacation this week and she suggested going up a few days ago. There was also the suggestion to get going early, which is fine, but I couldn't get myself ready by 8 AM; we made it 8:30 ( Read more... )

Normally we go up to Lake Geneva for Memorial Day, since it's mom's and grandma's birthdays. This year I ended up being busy the whole weekend and couldn't go, though we did end up spending part of it with grandma (cleaning up my grandfather's house, but whatever). We still wanted to get up there at some point, so why not for another holiday ( Read more... )

Today is my grandmother's 80th birthday. It's momentous, at least to me, because she is the first in her family to reach this milestone since her mother--and she was the baby of four. Of course, grandma stopped counting birthdays once I was born and has remained 45 for the past 35 years. At one point I suggested having a party for her 80th, and ( Read more... )

This has been quite the weekend around here. Saturday: Sucked. Sunday: Sucked harder. Today: Sucks, but in a different way. I should qualify by stating the *weather* sucked, mainly, though I suppose if you average it out, you'd get a perfect May day. As they were, not so much. Saturday and Sunday were March-like, cool, rainy. Today? It's ( Read more... )

( Adventures with grandma--cut for length )

We went up to Lake Geneva yesterday. Despite having gone to a party on Saturday night, my parents were up relatively early. However, when grandma called before nine to say she could leave in ten minutes, well, we had to admit that neither parent had yet showered. So much for leaving early. But we did leave about an hour later and were up there ( Read more... )

In my family, Memorial Day weekend is synonymous with my mother's and grandmother's birthdays. As such, they decided to go up to Lake Geneva today. We haven't decided when we'll be leaving, but I'm already showered so that's half the battle. I'd rather leave sooner than later, which is possible--both of my parents are up. Surprising, since they ( Read more... )