Today is a good day.
Nope. Let me start over. Today is a great day!
I can't even tell you how many times I caught myself either smiling for no apparent reason, whistling, or thinking... "man! This is one cool day!" But it is what it is.
There are many reasons that I love this "up north" life. I love the small towns, I love the sense of community, I love the food, I love the lakes, and I love the sense of tradition. But today has given me many more reasons to love this place.
Reason #1. Only in Minnesota can you trade fish for getting your hair done.
After months of trying out the "hippie/resort do" I decided to call into the hair salon to get my hair done. After catching up with Jonathon my hair stylist we got to talking about how he loves to eat grilled fish, and I happened to throw in the fact that I have a whole freezer full of fish, and from this small conversation came the barter of haircut for fish. Yes! I did it! I traded fish for a haircut. Again, only in Minnesota can you do this!
Reason #2. Only in Minnesota can you go to visit someone in the hospital and you get approached by the front desk lady if you would like to enter in a meat raffle. For those of you who don't know what this is, believe me it is pretty interesting! I was first introduced to the concept when I moved to the area 4+ years ago. While it is mainly done at bars in the area the concept is this; a person approaches you with a roll of tickets, usually a dollar a ticket. You buy as many tickets as you see fit, and then when they have sold all the tickets they pick the lucky winner and, should you win, you get to pick your choice of "meat" from the meat bin. (e.g.) a pkg. of bratwursts, a roast, or if you are real lucky they will be raffeling off like a 6 pack of ribeyes!. So I guess the hospital today jumped on the band wagon and started their own meat raffle. Again, only in Minnesota can you do this!
Nope. Let me start over. Today is a great day!
I can't even tell you how many times I caught myself either smiling for no apparent reason, whistling, or thinking... "man! This is one cool day!" But it is what it is.
There are many reasons that I love this "up north" life. I love the small towns, I love the sense of community, I love the food, I love the lakes, and I love the sense of tradition. But today has given me many more reasons to love this place.
Reason #1. Only in Minnesota can you trade fish for getting your hair done.
After months of trying out the "hippie/resort do" I decided to call into the hair salon to get my hair done. After catching up with Jonathon my hair stylist we got to talking about how he loves to eat grilled fish, and I happened to throw in the fact that I have a whole freezer full of fish, and from this small conversation came the barter of haircut for fish. Yes! I did it! I traded fish for a haircut. Again, only in Minnesota can you do this!
Reason #2. Only in Minnesota can you go to visit someone in the hospital and you get approached by the front desk lady if you would like to enter in a meat raffle. For those of you who don't know what this is, believe me it is pretty interesting! I was first introduced to the concept when I moved to the area 4+ years ago. While it is mainly done at bars in the area the concept is this; a person approaches you with a roll of tickets, usually a dollar a ticket. You buy as many tickets as you see fit, and then when they have sold all the tickets they pick the lucky winner and, should you win, you get to pick your choice of "meat" from the meat bin. (e.g.) a pkg. of bratwursts, a roast, or if you are real lucky they will be raffeling off like a 6 pack of ribeyes!. So I guess the hospital today jumped on the band wagon and started their own meat raffle. Again, only in Minnesota can you do this!
Reason #3. Every year at the end of July our nice friend Joyce from down the road calls us with the good news that Raspberry season is upon us! I got the call two days ago that in deed the berries are ready for the picking! So now, for the next few weeks, I get to call in my order of exactly how many pints I would like. We started off the season with a load of 10 pints, but she surprised us with an extra 3 just for good measure! I love this time of year! I love being the girl who for a few chosen weeks gets to bring delicious berries to all the pot lucks! Again, only in Minnesota can you do this!
Reason #4. Well... I guess there are only three today! But tomorrow I am sure I will have another hand full of reason why this place is so neat! As for tonight I'm off to spend time with my family, (my grandparents and my great aunt and uncle came to visit for the rest of the week) enjoy the avid cocktail hour with everyone, go drive some golfballs at the course next door and take in another great day at the lake!
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