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Karaoke at Cocktails

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:48:57 +0000

This place is really fun and I wish there was something like it in Sioux Falls! Karaoke is always a blast when there is enough booze to go around. I didn’t sing because I didn’t want anyone laughing at me but as couple more beers and I’d have been on stage too. Makes me want a house with an entire karaoke section. We really like karaoke but it seems we sound the best when there is no one around to hear us – what’s up with that?

Some barely 18 kid wearing Wranglers and dirty cowboy boots did an amazing job singing some Johnny Cash tunes while one of his friends got the bar moving with Baby Got Back.

I got a lecture from The Man on the way home for texting too much during the evening - I thought I would be chastised for drinking too much (yeah, I did that too).

Okoboji Fireworks

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:13:33 +0000

Usually if you are going to be on west lake to see the fireworks show, you want to find your spot by 9pm. If you haven’t ever experienced 4th of July on West Lake, put it on your “todo” list.

We loaded The Man’s boat with and found our spot easily. The Kid had another 6-year-old friend with her who had never been on a boat. I was excited to watch the fireworks with them, since I get to experience the magic through their eyes. We had 2 other couples with us and settled in with a beer and blankets.

At 10pm, all the boats set their radio dial to the station sponsering the fireworks. Music and fireworks seemed perfectly synchronized and we enjoyed Lee Greenwood (God Bless the USA), Neil Diamond (Coming to America), Louis Armstrong (Its a wonderful world), Ray Charles (America) and Elvis Presley (Glory, Glory Halleluliah), among others. I have seen the 4th of July fireworks show for 10 years and I believe this was the best one yet!

Definately an experience I recommend to everyone!

Arnolds Park

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:06:33 +0000

The Man promised The Kid that I would take her to Arnold’s Park today. I am not sure how that happened but after a little nap I was ready to go (well I could’ve used another hour or two.) The Man was busy helping to get a friend’s van started so The Kid and I went by ourselves. When we got there, the first thing we did was get our season pass. for $52 its a pretty good deal for those of us coming to Boji every weekend. Then it was off to get a Nutty Bar for me and a cone for The Kid. She is even fussier than I am. She only likes vanilla ice cream – what’s up with that?

It took all of 5 minutes for The Kid to realize she is now tall enough to ride the roller coaster. I didn’t really want to but I was hesitant to let her go by herself. Usually when I ride it I’m unable to move for a couple of days due to strained muscles in my back. I suppose it’s an age thing. The Arnold’s Park roller coaster was the first one I ever went on when I was a kid and I remember that day well. I didn’t want to wreck the moment for her so I strapped myself in and arranged myself so there would be the least amount of jostling to my aging organs.

When it was over, her ear to ear grin made me (almost) forget the fact that I could only move my head about 10 degrees each direction.

Finally Boating!

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:14:12 +0000

The day actually turned out much nicer than I was expecting. We decided to (finally) put the boat in the water. The Man takes it home off season so we have to get it in the water and onto the boatlift at the condo. He used to store it here in Boji off season but decided the cost was worth taking it home. After washing down the exterior of the boat (yet again) The Man backed the truck down and in a matter of minutes, the boat was in Eastlake. We all jumped in and off we went. The boat is a twin engine SeaRay and has an awesome ride. We went right over to Westlake (The Man, The Kid, The BFF, BFF’s Kid and me.) After cruising around briefly, we decided to go back to Eastlake to The Barefoot Bar. Bff hadn’t been there before and I’d been bragging it up for so long so we thought we’d go there.

After pizza and beers and listening to The Dueling Pianos (The Man’s favorite Tiki Bar entertainment) for a couple hours, BFF stated that she and her son had to get going.

Back to the condo and I took a nap.