Our weekend at the lake

We had a great time up at our cabin in Turtle Lake! We didn't get up there until around midnight on Friday night, but that's ok. We weren't that tired, so Dan, Austin and I actually hit up the casino for a couple hours, which was fun. I didn't win anything (well, I may have gotten a few quarters from the slot machine, but nothing too substantial), but it was still fun. Oh, and we tried a game of blackjack. I was completely lost; I know *in theory* how to play it, but it was kind of nerve wracking being at the table with the dealer, who's shuffling all fast and whatnot. But it was still fun. I have no idea how people count cards, though; there's no way I could remember all that!

Saturday we got up and lounged around, which was really fun. We also had fun setting up our "room" at the cabin. The cabin has three bedrooms, and since there's three owners (my parents, my Uncle Fred [my dad's brother] and Aunt Kathryn, and my Aunt Missy [my dad's sister]) it works out that each one has their own space. Since my mom only gets up there a couple times a year, she hadn't decorated our room yet, but we did this weekend. She ordered these gorgeous beds, and since the carpet down there is a gold/orange (from the 70s), she decided to go with that color scheme (since my grandma Eleanore loved those colors). So we got these really cool bedspreads that are red, orange and yellow, with just a hint of pink/violet. It looks really good down there; very 70s.

That evening, we had Austin get my dad to walk the dogs with him, since we needed to set up for my dad's surprise birthday party. He turns 60 on the 25th of this month, but since we were all up there (my Aunt Kathryn, Uncle Fred and Aunt Missy were up there too) we decided to do the party now. We decorated with some cute 60 decorations, and I got a cake, which my mom then decorated with all the candies from their childhood; you know, wax bottles, chuckles (whatever those are), smarties, etc. Uncle Fred had some Beatles music on his ipod, so that kind of set the 60s mood, so to speak. Some of our neighbors also came over to help celebrate, so that was fun. We had to laugh, though; my dad came in, we all shouted "Surprise!" and he just looked around like, "What is going on?? Anyway, I have to go to the bathroom" and then he just went in the bathroom and shut the door. We were all laughing, like, did he even hear us?

But it was a fun party; my mom made this delicious brandy slush, and we had really tasty salads and bratwurst. I'm glad we were able to do that, since I won't be able to actually spend his birthday with him.

Sunday was spent relaxing yet again, and then we went to the Five O'Clock Club for dinner. It's this delicious supper club featuring steaks, seafood, pasta, etc. It is SO GOOD, but we honestly almost felt sick by the time we left, we were so stuffed. I had steak and shrimp with fettuccine alfredo; delicious. Their clam chowder was excellent, as was their bread. It was so yummy, and my dad treated us, so that was nice.

We stayed up there all day Monday, too, since I took off work, and we didn't end up leaving until 8 o'clock, which meant we got home at midnight, so I'm exhausted today. Oh well; it was worth it. It was a great weekend!