Another thing checked off the list....

Today Nick and I made a 2 hour drive to Darwin, MN to see the "biggest ball of twine in MN." 'The worlds largest ball of twine constructed by one man' lives in Darwin in a wood and glass enclosed shelter. Darwin has a populaton of about 200 people. The town is made of of 5 businesses, the Twineball Tavern, The Twineball Inn, Twine Antiques and 2 that don't have twine in the name. We did the photo opp of me standing infront of the glass enclosed structure when an older, white haired man came rushing out of the twine ball info souvenirs museum and asked if we wanted to go in. Of course! so we got to take our pictures inside the building with the twine ball. We got to touch the twine ball! And we ran around it. Because we could.

So really, we were going to Litchfield which is 6 miles west of Darwin. The annual "Papa George Golf tournament" was held today. This is an excuse for my family to get together, golf, then eat, drink and play cards after. Its a fun time. It meant a 2 hour drive for us, but we made the trip totally worth it with our side trip. It also gave me an opportunity to fund raise for the Relay for Life. My family dontated $160. I also collected recipes from 2 more people. I have 2 people left to collect from. The Moonen cookbook will be done before we know it. Ive only been trying to collect recipes since September of 06, but the Moonen family aren't always quick to respond.

Tomorrow I have the day off, as I do Tuesday. I took a few days off just because. Ive been able to get a few things done and also just relax a bit. Its been great.