Boy oh boy do I have a LOT to catch everyone up on. That's what happens when you wait 4+ weeks to write a post!!! Yikes! As usual, summer gets the best of me and I find little time for computer activities as my children are ALWAYS
chomping at the bit to get OUTSIDE!
Anyways....the most exciting news I have to share would obviously be the
MCK BRUNCH this past Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had planned on going to the
Mck Picnic as well, but we had a family get together come up with my grandparents from out of state, so we were unable to hit the beach with everyone. And at the last minute my friend
Sara suggested we find out if by chance there would be 2 available seats open at the brunch. Well wouldn't you know it, there were!!!
And here is one of many Adventures of
Domestically Challenged and
CarlsonClan......
So we headed down early Sunday morning for what would be an hour and a half trip. Now, if you know my friend Sara, then you KNOW that nothing with her goes as planned! So as we are on 494 her BRAND
SPANKIN NEW
iphone decides to FREEZE!!!! Seriously!!! What's the big deal you ask????? DIRECTIONS are the big deal! Sara is SO tech
savvy that her step by step directions are OBVIOUSLY on her
iphone!!! So here we are, country girls driving near the cities, with NO
STINKIN CLUE where we are supposed to go!
AHHHHHH.
Being a MORE type A than Sara, I had read through the directions at least once if not twice already before we went on our mini road trip. But about the ONLY thing I could remember was something about a CR 30 and a CR 5, like that was going to help us! Sara of course remembered the exact address to our destination, but nothing else......So the two of us were basically a big
frickin MESS!!!!
So what do a couple of ladies do in a situation like that??? The smart thing of course....we stopped at a gas station for directions since we had no MEN with us:) So after TWO different gas stations, each with their perks and faults, we FINALLY made it to
Waconia....(insert HUGE sigh of relief). Now, mind you, our hour and a half trip quickly turned into a 2 hour voyage:)
Needless to say, we were a bit late, aka Fashionably Late:) Except we weren't that fashionable either, well I guess Sara was sporting some really sweet heels to go along with her silver dollar blisters.... Anyways, as we pull into the parking lot Sara spots something very red and
shinny.....(insert 2 silly teenage girl screams). It was
Mckmama's truck!!! We have seen pictures before, but never had we seen her vehicle
IRL!!!! So we KNEW this was the real deal,
MckMama would surely be there.....
About this time we both thought, "What on earth are we doing???? Our husbands think we are NUTS! Are we NUTS???? Or are we just blog stalkers??? Or is it normal to be so nervous to meet someone
IRL from the blogging world?? I mean it's not like
MckMama is a movie star or something right?....or is she???? Will she even know who we are??" and so on and so on.......
Finally we got up enough nerve to walk into the restaurant. We immediately spotted
MckMama (looking dashing in bright purple-she is one of those ladies that can pull off ANY color crayon color), but of course she was busy conversing with SO many women. So we found a few empty seats and settled in. By this time I was very nervous because a) we were late b) I am usually shy at first in big crowds of people and c) turns out we picked the table that had
MckMama's Mama and sister!!! Double YIKES!
Thankfully
MckMama's Mama and sister didn't bite and were VERY sweet! AND
MckMama's Mama was a HOOT!! Man was she funny! Shortly after we made it to our table
MckMama came by to meet us! She DID
in fact remember me:)
Yay!!! It was great to finally meet her!!! I was hoping to see
Stellan too, but he was napping at home.
The brunch was GREAT! The people, the FOOD, the fellowship. It was all just a lot of fun. The food was really amazing. They had scones and fruit, bacon, eggs and french toast, a tossed chicken salad, and
walleye, asparagus and potatoes. Oh it was just heavenly:) The day turned out to be wonderful:)
We were given cute orange bracelets as party favors from another blogger, and we were given a list of everyone that was there with their emails and blogs so we can keep
in touch. We made time for a few group pictures too. The day ended with lots of hugs and thanksgiving for the special day. I would totally do that again! I only wish we were able to join in on the
MckCruise fun this winter!!!
So it turns out I don't feel much like a blog stalker anymore:) And now I can say I have seen
MckMama IRL!!!! Even though most people that I tell have NO CLUE what I am talking about!
Oh and the real bonus for Sara that day.....
MckMama totally fixed her
iphone!!!!! I guess that's what friends are for:)
AND we made it home in one piece without getting lost.
