March 19, 2022
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Tuesday, July 06, 2021
Justin & Katelyn
Finally, I got Justin to come visit. He hiked. Didn’t like it. LOL!
Our First Bear Encounter
And, by ‘our’ I mean Tyler and Joshua. You can see the chair I vacated moments before Tyler walkied me to tell me of the bear - of course, I thought he was teasing me!
Monday, March 22, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Ice Fishing with Mila
Sky and I drove up to Ashland for Mila’s vet appointment then drove out onto Lake Superior for some ice fishing. No bites - but fun being on the ice. Lots of people out. It was a beautiful day!
Monday, February 08, 2021
I’m not a football fan but Sky is so I have to watch it. I did tune in for the halftime show by The Weekend, however. I thought he did a great job, the set was amazing. But, it’s like a mini concert. I got to wondering and looked up the history of Super Bowl half times. As you can see, it wasn’t until about the late ‘90’s that the halftime show took a somewhat permanent turn to well-known artists. What is the halftime show about? I was under the impression that it’s purpose is to energize the fans while the teams rest and recharge, allowing fans to also make pit stops and load up on snacks and beverages. In the beginning it was more or less a show - a real show. Sometimes ordinary people working hard to put entertainment together. There were always themes. And they were creative. Now, we may have themes, just not well-advertised because the theme no longer seems important given the type of entertainment, concerts. They may be creative but only from the artists point of view. There’s no real point except to make the artist look good and get a good response from his/her/their performance. I’ll post a list I found off another site and the 1988 Super Bowl Halftime show.
Super Bowl halftime shows list all time
| Super Bowl | Year | Performer(s) |
| I | 1967 | Universities of Arizona and Grambling University Bands |
| II | 1968 | "Old Man Winter Takes a Vacation in Miami" featuring seven local Miami-area high school bands |
| III | 1969 | "America Thanks" with Florida A&M University |
| IV | 1970 | Carol Channing |
| V | 1971 | Florida A&M Band |
| VI | 1972 | "Salute to Louis Armstrong" with Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt and U.S. Marine Corps Drill Team |
| VII | 1973 | "Happiness Is..." with University of Michigan Band and Woody Herman |
| VIII | 1974 | "A Musical America" with University of Texas Band |
| IX | 1975 | "Tribute to Duke Ellington" with Mercer Ellington and Grambling University Bands |
| X | 1976 | "200 Years and Just a Baby" Tribute to America's Bicentennial |
| XI | 1977 | "It's a Small World" including crowd participation for first time with spectators waving colored placard on cue |
| XII | 1978 | "From Paris to the Paris of America" with Tyler Apache Belles, Pete Fountain and Al Hirt |
| XIII | 1979 | "Super Bowl XIII Carnival" Salute to the Caribbean with Ken Hamilton and various Caribbean bands |
| XIV | 1980 | "A Salute to the Big Band Era" with Up with People |
| XV | 1981 | "A Mardi Gras Festival" |
| XVI | 1982 | "A Salute to the 60's and Motown" |
| XVII | 1983 | "KaleidoSUPERscope" (a kaleidoscope of color and sound) |
| XVIII | 1984 | "Super Bowl XVIII's Salute to the Superstars of the Silver Screen" |
| XIX | 1985 | "A World of Children's Dreams" |
| XX | 1986 | "Beat of the Future" |
| XXI | 1987 | "Salute to Hollywood's 100th Anniversary" |
| XXII | 1988 | "Something Grand" featuring 88 grand pianos, the Rockettes and Chubby Checker |
| XXIII | 1989 | "Be Bop Bamboozled" featuring 3-D effects |
| XXIV | 1990 | "Salute to New Orleans" and 40th Anniversary of Peanuts' characters, featuring trumpeter Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw and Irma Thomas |
| XXV | 1991 | "A Small World Salute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl" featuring New Kids on the Block |
| XXVI | 1992 | "Winter Magic" including a salute to the winter season and the winter Olympics featuring Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill |
| XXVII | 1993 | "Heal the World" featuring Michael Jackson |
| XXVIII | 1994 | "Rockin Country Sunday" featuring Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, Wynonna and Naomi Judd |
| XXIX | 1995 | "Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye" featuring Tony Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Arturo Sandoval and Miami Sound Machine |
| XXX | 1996 | Diana Ross |
| XXXI | 1997 | "Blues Brothers Bash" featuring Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, James Belushi, James Brown and ZZ Top |
| XXXII | 1998 | "A Tribute to Motown's 40th Anniversary" including Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, Martha Reeves and The Temptations |
| XXXIII | 1999 | "Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing" featuring Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Savion Glover |
| XXXIV | 2000 | "A Tapestry of Nations" featuring Phil Collins, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, and Toni Braxton |
| XXXV | 2001 | "The Kings of Rock and Pop" featuring Aerosmith, *N'SYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly |
| XXXVI | 2002 | U2 |
| XXXVII | 2003 | Shania Twain, No Doubt and Sting |
| XXXVIII | 2004 | Janet Jackson, Kid Rock, P. Diddy, Nelly and Justin Timberlake |
| XXXIX | 2005 | Paul McCartney |
| XL | 2006 | The Rolling Stones |
| XLI | 2007 | Prince |
| XLII | 2008 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
| XLIII | 2009 | Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band |
| XLIV | 2010 | The Who |
| XLV | 2011 | The Black Eyed Peas, Usher and Slash |
| XLVI | 2012 | Madonna with guests Cee Lo Green, LMFAO, M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj |
| XLVII | 2013 | Beyonce with guests Destiny's Child |
| XLVIII | 2014 | Bruno Mars with guests Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| XLIX | 2015 | Katy Perry with guests Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz |
| 50 | 2016 | Coldplay with guests Beyonce and Bruno Mars |
| LI | 2017 | Lady Gaga |
| LII | 2018 | Justin Timberlake |
| LIII | 2019 | Maroon 5 with guests Travis Scott and Big Boi |
| LIV | 2020 | Jennifer Lopez and Shakira |
| LV | 2021 | The Weeknd |
Here is ‘Something Grand’ from the 1988 Super Bowl Halftime show.
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Justin’s Graduation from UW-Stout!
Justin Graduated from UW-Stout/Honor College in Menominee, WI with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and a minor in math. During his time at Stout Justin made many games through Game Jam’s, attended multiple Midwest Developer’s Conferences, went on an Entrepreneurship in Game Development study abroad in Sweden, and released his capstone project Ninja Scarf on STEAM in May of 2020! Within a few months of his graduation he began employment at Bend Tech in Osceola, WI in his field of study!
Here are some pic’s - that did not upload in selected order. ;)
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Sky and I have talked for years about buying property. We’d always look on websites and find a lot of great places, but we never went further. Well, this year - we went all the way! We looked online, we made the call to a realtor, and we tromped several amazing properties. I have to say some of the most fun I’ve had is hiking with Sky and our realtor about 4 weekends in a about 6 weeks. My favorite was the 1st one we saw. But, being very rocky it wasn’t ideal for hauling deer after hunting one down. We did put in an offer on a ready-to-hunt piece of property....Asking price $110, dropped to $105 day after we saw it. We offered $100 - and guess what.... No deal. Say whaaaaaaat?
So, we looked at a parcel near the first property we saw and decided to go by and look again at it. Called in the offer before leaving! It’s just SO beautiful and so full of potential. And, for $99 - we got 99! 99 acres! All ours in Hurley, WI!
Side note: Despite my love for the property - I love the history of this place! A Capone brother died here. Heavy mob presence in this region. But, it’s also the birthplace of a bioweaponeer named Frank Olson. Such an interesting story!!
From what I’ve learned the property used to be the old Sunie Farm (cows, pigs, chickens). The original Finnish homestead is still on the property but we’re taking it down due to it being completely rotted and already dilapidated. Near the original homestead is a home built later (maybe in the 40’s). It burned in the 70’s. But, it’s remains are still there. Sky and I have been into the home but it is very unstable and we will have to tear it down. As much as it saddens me to do so, we will make our own history here. And, if you know me - you know the history will remain in tact and memorable! I am hoping to preserve one wall of the original homestead in a garden and I’d really like to preserve the staircase (lower half of 7 steps), from the newer homestead, as well.
Here are some pics with the progress we’ve made so far:
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