If there is one thing I did not really plan to do when getting a free giveaway pool this spring was plan on spending many many, can't stress how many to much, hours doing pool maintenance. It is time consuming and tedious, especially when you have a smaller paper filter pump to start with. Bought sand and some concrete blocks for the legs and thought I was set to … [Read more...] about Plights of my Pool Maintenance
Reflections
Online Reviews
I am going to go back to a part of a topic I covered prior because it is such an important part of any small businesses success and continual success. During my weekly search on ways to help improve my business, I came across the link below. It talks about online reviews and their importance. Online reviews can not only help drive sales, they can also drive … [Read more...] about Online Reviews
Headwaters 100 Bike Ride
This fall, September 22nd, I am going to ride in the Headwaters 100 bike ride. 100 miles of riding through scenic northern Minnesota on my early 1980s $20 Schwinn road bike I bought from the Salvage Depot in Park Rapids, MN. I started training in January for this race by going to Scheels and buying a bike trainer that lifts my back tire off the ground and I … [Read more...] about Headwaters 100 Bike Ride
Ragnar Trail
A crew of us are running a Ragnar Trail race in September! Super excited (not that I will wish the summer away) but looking forward to it already!Watched this video a couple times to learn more about what we might be experiencing!Looking forward to getting into shape, spending time with friends and family and experience what I am told is the best running event out … [Read more...] about Ragnar Trail
Camp Days
My favorite place has always been my grandparents’ camp in Little Traverse, Michigan. Every summer, my large family crammed into a fifteen-passenger van to make the excruciatingly long nine-hour trip to the Keweenaw Peninsula. There was always lots of fighting between my siblings. By the end of the trip we were all so sick of being in a cramped van that the last hour seemed to … [Read more...] about Camp Days