Actually, it was more like buzz-buzz…

Ali & Davy came over on Friday morning and we drove out to Hortonville to check out Kate’s new Dovetail digs at Standard Projects in Hortonville, which also houses a custom frame shop & vintage clothing store.

From there, we walked down to Alley Cat Coffeehouse for lunch, which was delicious!

On the way, we noticed a barbershop…

…and just happened to have someone in our party in desperate need of a haircut!

It was Davy’s first time in an actual barber’s chair!

I had all the kids for a few hours on Saturday — another nice day, so we spent a fair bit of time outside. Kate & Junah pumped up tires & hopped on bikes for the first spin around the ‘hood of the season. With road construction starting soon on the other half of the neighborhood, the route will be pretty limited for the rest of the summer.

My electrician had scheduled work just a few blocks away on Saturday, and stopped by afterward to install a receptacle for our new range hood, which Rusty & I installed on Sunday!

I have dreamt of this day for years, and I’m so happy to finally have a hood! It can’t be ducted outside, which would be ideal, but I have installed carbon filters… and it just has to be better than nothing!

What a PITA installation, though. Nowhere in the directions did they address connecting power, which turned out to be more than a little frustrating. Luckily, patience reigned! After a failed Round One, we came up with a plan, took a break, and then dove in to finish (we ended up detaching the chimney from the ceiling mount in order to feed the cord up & plug it into the outlet).

Other than that, a little putzing, a cat nap, some knitting. I had to rip out several rows of Maddy’s panel due to a mistake in counting that was throwing off “the curve,” but I got back on track and am sailing along.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

My Friday plans with Malina were thwarted & I need to reschedule — dates with both her & Ginny. So, instead, I had a quiet Home Alone Pajama Day & another very productive day in my workroom.

Several months ago, I bought tickets to attend a Green Bay Gamblers hockey game, with the thought that Junah might enjoy it — and that date came up on Saturday. I picked him up at noon and we headed up to Lambeau Field for lunch & a quick visit to the Pro Shop.

Then we went over to a nearby barbershop where I’d made an appointment for a much-needed haircut!

The kid cleans up pretty good! He kept saying, “I love my hair!”

From there, we stopped at a Target… for pomade (and maybe a LEGO set), so he can style it just like his barber, Julian, did!

We still had a couple of hours before the puck dropped, so went over to the Neville Public Museum.

Some of the exhibits haven’t changed since we took the kids in the ’90s.

We had fun looking at some of the collections… random stuff like political buttons, cameras, shoes, clothing & hats, watches, toys, and an actual “redcoat.” There were a couple of art exhibits, and some more science-y exhibits, too, and an impressive model of Lambeau Field made from LEGO.

We found some awesome rainbow socks to go along with the new Nikes that we found (on clearance) at the Packers Pro Shop. Stylin’!

Then it was time to head over to the Resch Center for the hockey game. It was the first for both of us… and totally my idea. I’ve wanted to attend a hockey game ever since I saw LOVE STORY in 1970… so, bucket list item for me.

And, it was SUPER MARIO NIGHT, so something of interest for Junah, too.

We had great seats — Row C — and there was a lot of action! It was interesting to see where all the players were from — Ukraine, Sweden, Germany, many from various Canadian provinces, and the US, of course (MN, MI, NJ, MA mostly, it seemed) — and they were all super young, most about 20.

There was a huge brawl! I was struck by the aftermath of sticks & helmets strewn across the ice — I wasn’t quick enough with my phone, and some had already been picked up when I snapped this shot (including a broken stick). Anyway, I overhead someone behind us saying, “I knew that was going to happen when the goalie got sprayed — doesn’t matter if it was intentional or not.” And it was an immediate reaction — all of a sudden there were all after each other, the four refs were trying to pry apart players, I saw on replay that one guy practically pulled the shirt off another. It was something else! Luckily, there was no blood or any injury during the game.

Alas, the gamblers lost by one point in OT, but it was super fun & affordable & I’d definitely go again!