This past Saturday we went to Rochesterfest in downtown Rochester. It’s a yearly week-long celebration with lots of activities during the day and music and beer every night. There are a ton of food vendors so we ate some really good food including buffalo burgers, funnel cakes, and mini donuts. On Saturday afternoon they had some dog races so we went to check those out. These weren’t your typical dog races with trained dogs chasing a plastic bunny or whatever it is you see on TV. Anyone could sign up their dog to race. It took place in a very small fenced in area where the dog would run from a person on one side to a person on the other side over a distance of about twenty feet. Most of the dogs enjoyed chasing the other dogs around instead of actually racing to the other side so it made for some pretty good entertainment. We came back for food, beer, and music later that night so it was a really good time.
We’ve been doing a lot of biking lately and I finally got around to buying a bike rack for my car. I’ve used it twice now to get our bikes to the Douglas trail and so far it works great. I’m still very paranoid that I’m going to look back and see our bikes bouncing down the road behind me while cars swerve into each other, massive explosions and general destruction insues. But so far so good. I’m sure I’ll get more comfortable with it over time. We hit the trail on Friday in the 86 degree heat and somehow made it all the way to Pine Island and back (26 miles). We didn’t fare so well on Sunday morning though. After our night at Rochesterfest, which included prodigious amounts of beer, we weren’t up to the challenge and had to turn around at Douglas so we only made it about nine miles. Kudos to Dave, Christine, Mike, and Alissa who managed to make it all the way.
Tomorrow afternoon Laura and I will be heading to Nahma to enjoy the fourth of July. We’re both looking forward to seeing our families and spending some time on the beach. Hopefully we get at least enough good weather to do a bit of swimming and light some fireworks!
Posted by Justin on June 29th, 2009
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A lot has been going on since we last posted. About a month ago we moved to Rochester. I rented a truck and Laura’s parents came down from Sturgeon Bay to help us move out. The only big thing we really had to move was the couch but we did find a way to accumulate a lot of stuff in just 8 months. The couch and TV that we had in Green Bay found their way into the second bedroom (AKA game room, AKA office) here in Rochester. A week after our move to Rochester we headed back to the U.P. for my sister Dayna’s graduation and then Laura’s cousin Stephanie’s wedding. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve sort of just been settling back into the old apartment (or from Laura’s perspective, the new apartment). I’ve been going back into the office for work and Laura is keeping up her search for a job. She picked up a couple new plants to liven things up around here but other than that and the new game room / office things pretty much look the same as they did last October. (more…)
Posted by Justin on June 14th, 2009
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I think mother nature was just playing a cruel joke on us last week when she sent us a few nice, warm (70 degrees!) days because today it was snowing! Just when I thought I could put away my ice scraper for the year, I had to dig it out once more this morning to clean off my car. Now it looks as though she’s going to tempt us one more time in the next few days with 60-70 degree weather and then a predicted forecast of 6+ days of rain. Grr…make up your mind already!
Well, Easter was two weekends ago. Justin and I made the trek up to Nahma for the holiday. It sure was nice to be able to take a mini vacation and catch up with both the Pomeroy family and my own. We had the first few bonfires of the year which were a little chilly, but fun. We also got some exciting news that Leah and Greg are expecting their first child this fall (yay!). We’re both really happy for them and can’t wait for the little one to arrive. 
Not much else is new around here. I have my last week of clinical this week which is nice. I’m only looking forward to that being done so I can have a few weeks to play catch up here (lots of papers to write!) before I finish out the semester at Bellin. Justin is busy with work as always but finding some time in between to pick up a few new video games to play (Mirror’s Edge and Too Human to be exact). I don’t think he minds me being busy lately with school work. That only means he has more time for the xbox. 
We’re catching a live showing of the Chicago public radio/television show “This American Life” this Thursday night here in Green Bay. It is being broadcast in select cities throughout the U.S. and I guess Green Bay was worthy enought to receive one of those spots (lol). My sister listens to this program a lot and after attending the show last year (and plans to attend again this year), she suggested that we get tickets to go as well. I think part of the reason why she recommended it was because the creator of Buffy, Joss Whedon, is set to perform something on the show (and we all know how much Justin loves his Buffy). Anyway, we’ve listened to a few of the old shows that my sister recommended and it sounds like it’ll be pretty fun! You can check out the show here. We’ll have to let you all know what we thought after the show.
Posted by Laura on April 21st, 2009
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Due to Justin’s lack of updates and my wanting a blog as of recently, I guess I am now authorized as a co-administrator on the site.
This week is my spring break so last Saturday Justin and I made a trek back to Rochester. I think it was nice for Justin to pop into the office and catch up with his coworkers. We spent the majority of our nights hanging out at Dave’s place with him and his girlfriend Christine which was fun. We also got a chance to grill out on Sunday because the weather was so nice (I think it got into the mid 60s!). My days were a little dull laying around Justin’s apartment by myself while he was at work but I found creative ways to pass the time. I watched a few movies, read, and cleaned the layers of dust that had accumulated on every surface of his apartment. I did get a chance to grab lunch with Christine on Tuesday which was nice. It will be nice to know that I’ll have at least one girl friend in Rochester when we move there. :) Justin left work a little early on Tuesday so we pack up and head back to Green Bay.
This afternoon the two of us made a trip up to Sturgeon Bay for my dentist appointment. I’ve been having some wisdom tooth pain lately so I wanted to get that checked out. The pain has been getting a little better since I made the appointment but I guess the dentist’s advice is to just pull them out. :( This will probably happen in May sometime when I have a break between school ending and getting a summer job. I guess this will be a good excuse to take it easy for a few days, lay on the couch, and have Justin take care of me, haha. Anyway, it was nice to catch up with my parents and have dinner with them. I think they always enjoy it when we come for these little visits.
Other than that, not much else is new around here. Justin and I have become addicted to this game on the xbox live arcade called Peggle. It’s sort of reminds me of that Plinko game on The Price is Right. I have to admit, I am becoming quite the little gamer. I set up my own account on Justin’s xbox a few months ago and I’m really enjoying it.
Posted by Laura on March 19th, 2009
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Last Friday we headed up to Nahma for the annual church party at the hall. Laura and I stayed at her grandmother’s house this time along with her parents. On Saturday morning we went down to Houghton Lake with my parents for my sister Dayna’s district cheerleading competition. They ended up getting second place so they are going down to Grand Rapids next weekend. A pretty good storm rolled in just about the time we got there so it made the trip home a bit slow. It was a good thing they didn’t close the bridge or we would have been stuck down state over night. But we made it home alright and went to the church party a bit late. Lots of family were there so it was a good time. Grandma ended up winning some mixing bowls and some jewelry and Laura won a free salad at McDonald’s. Somehow we ended up going to the Nahma hotel afterwards. The new owners must have been having a party. Sunday was mostly a day of recovery and we took things pretty slow. We stopped at McDonald’s in Escanaba to get Laura’s free salad. I actually found a chicken sandwich that was pretty good. And as always we had to pick up some pasties at Dobbers to bring home. All we have down here is The Pasty Oven and they don’t even come close.
You can see some pictures from the cheerleading competition here. I also took a video but I haven’t uploaded it yet. I will post when it is done.
UPDATE (2/24/2009 1:45 PM)
I added the video I took at the cheerleading competition. You can see it here.
Posted by Justin on February 23rd, 2009
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It’s starting to get pretty nice outside and we wanted to get out of the apartment this weekend so we headed back to the Fox River Trail. They don’t keep it plowed during the winter so it was a bit of an adventure. With the temperature up around 43 degrees the ground was a bit wet in places but at least it was warm enough to walk around in a fleece. We didn’t make it all the way down to the exercise stations this time so I didn’t get to make Laura do a pull-up. Check out a few pictures here.
January was pretty quiet around here. We spent most of the weekends hanging around the apartment watching old TV shows and movies. We did venture down to Scott and Theresa’s house in Appleton for the AFC and NFC championship games. Laura spent most of the time playing with Lily and Chloe. Last weekend we finally took down our Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Since the space was bare we decided to go buy a plant. We ended up with some kind of ficus and a little cactus. We call them Rosemary and Rosemary’s Baby.
Posted by Justin on February 8th, 2009
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Laura and I returned to Green Bay on Saturday after 5 days in Quinnesec with my family. We went to Nahma on Wednesday night and celebrated New Years at Mac’s with all the relatives. A good time was had by all. On Thursday, Leah and Greg came back to Quinnesec to spend some time. We had a lot of fun playing Guitar Hero, The Office DVD board game, and going ice skating even though I can’t ice skate. I managed to stay on my feet the whole time. On Saturday, Laura and I went for a walk at Piers Gorge. Overall it was a good vacation and we had a great time. You can check out a few pictures we took here.
Posted by Justin on January 5th, 2009
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Laura and I are back in Green Bay after spending Christmas at her parents’ house in Sturgeon Bay. We drove up with her sister on Wednesday and came back on Saturday. A lot of time was spent playing board games and drinking beer. I mostly participated in the beer drinking. Laura got an iPod Touch for Christmas so that’s going to keep her busy for a while. It’s a pretty cool toy.
On Friday we went to Cave Point which is a park about 15 miles north of Sturgeon Bay. It was very windy and cold but the ice formations were pretty cool. There was only one other car there so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. Later we went sledding with Laura’s mom and sister. It was a little weird because we were the only people there who didn’t have little kids but it was a lot of fun.
You can check out some of the pictures here. We’re going to be heading up to Quinnesec on Tuesday to spend New Years with my family.
Posted by Justin on December 28th, 2008
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This is what it looks like right now outside our apartment. It seems like it’s been snowing every day. This is so much better than in recent years where we didn’t have hardly any snow at all. We can’t open the balcony door anymore because there’s about 2 feet of snow on it. The Christmas lights on the railing look pretty cool at night buried in the snow.We are going to be heading to Sturgeon Bay tomorrow. Laura’s sister Melinda is taking the bus into Green Bay and we plan on picking her up and taking her with us. We’ll probably stay for a few days and come back sometime on Saturday or Sunday. Then we’ll hang around the apartment for a couple days and head up to Quinnesec on either Tuesday or Wednesday. (more…)
Posted by Justin on December 23rd, 2008
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I put up some pictures of Laura and me making gingerbread cookies. They turned out really good. Laura actually made them but I helped decorate. :)One more week of work and then I’m off for two weeks. I’m really looking forward to it. Work seems to keep getting more and more stressful. Laura is done with classes this week and then has a month or so off. We are going to spend some time in Sturgeon Bay and Quinnesec, and probably do some lounging around the apartment here too. I’ll let everyone know exactly what the plans are soon.
Posted by Justin on December 13th, 2008
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