A lot of things have happened over the last week; I turned 52. We became Great Aunt and Uncle to Sydney Ella Crosbie, born July 8th. I finally took Susan to a restaurant she always wanted to go. I caught a fish. And Turtles are taking over the world! Where do I start?

Congratulations to Paul and Jessica Crosbie on the birth of their daughter Sydney. All are doing well.

Now on to me. For my 52nd birthday I painted the interior of the garage. I enjoy the smell of paint fumes. Susan also took me to the best place in the world to have Prime Rib (excluding Lawry's) Pub 'n Prime in St. Germain, Wi. It was great along with 2 Marker's Mark Almost Perfect Manhattans (they put olives in it, which made not so perfect.) But it is still the best Prime Rib you can get anywhere.

Now on to the not so nice stuff. Warning the rest of this posting is not suitable for younger viewers or people who have weak stomachs.

Susan has been asking me to go to a very popular restaurant in the area. I will the real name out of this posting but we will just call it the Giant who wears flannel. I have been to the place twice in my life and I remember it was really awful. I offered to take Susan out to Lunch on Friday, and I asked her wear she wanted to go and of course it was the Giant who wears flannel restaurant. I asked if she was really sure and reminder it was really bad. But we went any way.

We arrived at about noon and parked the car. And walked into the restaurant, while walking in we saw a guy outside throwing up along side the building. Most people would have stopped right there and went elsewhere. We continued.

The place is a family style buffet and you have to pay before you enter. There were 3 old ladies at the cashiers desk to take you money. One of them was sneezing like crazy. Not a good sign. We entered the dining area and were sat at a very large table, one side just had a bench to sit at.

The waitress came up and offered to bring us our Buffet. Which confused us because we thought there was buffet line. But not it's Family style buffet where they bring you plates of food. About 5 minutes later the waitress brought the food. Susan looked at the food and I thought she was going to run outside and throw up too. It was bad, it was so greasy and over cooked it was disgusting. We ate any way.

Susan noticed that all the dining room employees were wearing red shirts. She asked me if the guy outside had a red shirt. I said no. And Susan said OK I have been here, we are not coming back!

Later I told Susan the guy outside was an employee. They send him out to throw up to warn people away. They figure if you come in and eat, you will eat anything. Anyway it make a good story.

During vacation I try to go fishing in the morning. This trip was no different. But I was not catching any fish. But finally Saturday morning I had a strike. I caught a small mouth bass, a small one. But it was a fish. While I went to grab the fish to remove the hook, the fish jumped and the hook went right in to my right index finger. So now I had a fish on a hook hanging from my finger. The fish jumped again yanking the hook not only out of my finger but out it's mouth too. Ouch! I was done fishing for the day.

For the past month I have seen more turtles around than ever. I spotted this guy this week swimming in the lake.



I know you cannot see him/her very well, I need to get a better telephoto lens. But it's a turtle or is it? Any way I think turtles are going to take over the world soon.

I also rescued this guy earlier the same day.



I am sorry if you got sick if you read this. Have a good summer.

Joe