{"id":1525,"date":"2013-01-06T20:31:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T02:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2013-01-06T20:31:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T02:31:44","slug":"survived-first-week-of-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=1525","title":{"rendered":"Survived First Week of January"},"content":{"rendered":"

This first week of January 2013 has come and gone with relatively little happening.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, work was slow and not much was happening around the house.\u00a0 It was a good week.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, we went out to eat for our usual family night out.\u00a0 Rich and I decided we need margaritas and we headed out to Pablo\u2019s.\u00a0 This is one of the local Mexican restaurants.\u00a0 We got seated and ordered our drinks.\u00a0 While waiting for them to come to the table, Rich read through the menu and noticed that they had a $99.99 freeze squeezed margarita.\u00a0 Now he got worried.\u00a0 Which one did he order?\u00a0 Our waitress came back with two margaritas and a Root Beer.\u00a0 She looked rather blank and said, \u201cThe good one, of course.\u201d\u00a0 She avoided answering which one he ordered.\u00a0 Finally, the check arrived showing the $8.99 version.\u00a0 Now I wonder what a $100 margarita tastes like.<\/p>\n

We went from dinner to Julie Ann\u2019s.\u00a0 This is our favorite frozen custard place.\u00a0 We have to support them so they stay open.\u00a0 They closed a few years back, but a daughter of the owners reopened a new location.\u00a0 Tonight, we were coming for the sundae of the month.\u00a0 The flavor was Bourbon Caramel with chocolate and cookie bits.\u00a0 It was awesome.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s definitely winter here.\u00a0 Wherever you go around town, there are guys dressed very warmly.\u00a0 While waiting in line at Walgreens, a guy placed a case of beer on the counter.\u00a0 The cashier joked about getting more beer for the game.\u00a0 He explained it was for ice fishing on one of the lakes.\u00a0 At the grocery store, there were several guys in line wearing very warm gear as they waited to buy their food items.\u00a0 It is most definitely ice fishing season in the McHenry area.<\/p>\n

The ice on Griswold Lake seems to be pretty thick.\u00a0 At least the ice fishers think so.\u00a0 On Sunday, there were maybe 25 or so people out there on the ice.\u00a0 At least the snowmobilers haven\u2019t been out yet.\u00a0 That\u2019s probably because the river isn\u2019t frozen yet.\u00a0 The river becomes a major highway in the dead of winter with loud, roaring machines running up and down at all hours.<\/p>\n

Rich want to ice fish this year.\u00a0 He is dying to buy a sled and a hut with all the tools.\u00a0 He even plans to have Sascha drag the sled out to the lake for him.\u00a0 However, the weather hasn\u2019t exactly cooperated.\u00a0 It\u2019s supposed to be warm this week, relatively speaking.\u00a0 He is hoping for more freezing weather.\u00a0 We have our fingers crossed again for colder weather.\u00a0 Heaven knows, we need the snow.<\/p>\n

Rick is still looking for a job.\u00a0 I hope things are getting better, but he just doesn\u2019t have any experience on his resume.\u00a0 On Tuesday, he has an interview with Menard\u2019s.\u00a0 We are working on a resume for him to take to the interview.\u00a0 I hope he gets the job, but the experience of interviewing will help.\u00a0 Got my fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

With an interview coming up, Rick needs a resume.\u00a0 Now this is one of my favorite documents.\u00a0 In a very short format, you have to communicate a lot of information.\u00a0 This document needs to introduce you, provide a sketch of you as a person, and give the interviewer something to talk about.\u00a0 How do you do that well in a single page?\u00a0 That\u2019s the challenge.\u00a0 Rick had a resume that he had created for a class.\u00a0 We reviewed for changes and I asked him to add a few things to expand his interests.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, we had late appointments for haircuts.\u00a0 By the time we got out, it had started to snow and sleet pretty well.\u00a0 The road was slick and the snow was starting to accumulate on the grass.\u00a0 We got home safely.\u00a0 As we drove past the house behind us, I looked over and saw one of the guys who usually visits standing in the typical peeing stance.\u00a0 Luckily, he had his back to us.\u00a0 I yelled back to Rick that he was not allowed to pee behind our garage.\u00a0 That was one lesson from an uncle he was not to repeat.<\/p>\n

Rich decided to take Sascha for a run today.\u00a0 I think she is beginning to enter her couch potato stage.\u00a0 She was lying on the office floor sleeping when Rich came in with her harness.\u00a0 She opened her eyes for a moment and then went back to sleep.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t believe what I saw.\u00a0 We finally got her and into her harness.\u00a0 They started out on a slow note, but Sascha soon picked up the pace.\u00a0 Rich took her out to the peninsula and down to the river and back.\u00a0 Remember, a good Husky is a tired Husky.\u00a0 Sascha was pretty good all evening.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Rick put on his red Star Trek shirt.\u00a0 I thought it would be funny to get him this t-shirt for Christmas.\u00a0 It was to remind him that he is expendable now.\u00a0 Just like in the Star Trek TV show, the storyline doesn\u2019t revolve around him.\u00a0 He was frowning in the picture I took at Christmas, but I think he took it pretty well.<\/p>\n

This week will be busy for me as I start up the next project and try to get the information I need to complete the documentation for it\u00a0 My new minion, Karen, should be getting a lot more information and introductions to a lot more people.\u00a0 I guess I\u2019ll earn my keep now.<\/p>\n

Rich told me that he entered a contest to win a trip to the Tampa Blues Fest.\u00a0 This festival is coming up the weekend of the 18th<\/sup> through the 20th<\/sup>.\u00a0 We would get round trip air fare, hotel arrangements, and tickets to the festival.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t checked to see who was there, but it should be fun.\u00a0 Now I\u2019ve my fingers crossed that we win that one.\u00a0 I assume Rich will take me.<\/p>\n

Wait, I\u2019m running out of fingers to cross here!\u00a0 Oh yeah, I’m still not writing 2013 yet.\u00a0 Maybe Christmas next year.<\/p>\n

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The red shirt in the house. This is the expendable guy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sascha<\/a>
Sascha is settling down for a nap in the office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sascha<\/a>
Sascha is ready to go run. Where is Dad?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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