Say What I Think

Tonight my husband and I went to the Mall of America, we knew it would rain tonight so the mall was the best option. Hubby been needing a better bag for work and dad been bugging me for a new wallet. We saw a place that took care of both needs and the guy was helpful on finding what I needed for dad. This made my life a little easier. Finding a wallet for dad was worst then finding patio furniture. Hubby found a nice bag with enough pockets and it can fit his laptop when he needs to bring it with him.
The guy was nice enough to give a discount on dad wallet because hubby bought a bag even though we did it as two separate transactions. He was helpful which was nice, I told him what I needed and he listen and found something which worked nicely.

I will admit when I first saw them I thought I would hate them. I am a Skecher fan I have been for over 10 years. Well there sales person had me try on a pair and told me to tell him, what I like and dislike about the shape up. He done the same thing to my husband, now it wasn’t push how he asked so it didn’t bug me. The main thing I didn’t like about them is they add height on me and I am already tall enough for a woman. I don’t even wear heels now I know woman who are taller them me and don’t mind it. I used to be picked on by people. I decided I would try them on just to tell him how I did not like them! Well luckily, for the guy I am not someone who lies, so I am going to be honestly. I am very direct. I liked them they felt comfortable but the problem was I couldn’t wear them at work and keep up with my kids who dart from the room. This is a concern, and I don’t want to wear a pair of shoes that are not good for running after them. I told him this, but they were very comfortable and when I had money, I would come back and get a pair for working out. At the time they only had shape ups, we went back two weeks later to see what was being offered.
This is when I found the right pair for me. I tried them on I can run in them but not ideal for long distance running, certain I could run after a kid if I needed too. They are like the most comfortable tennis I have worn. They do not add to much height to where I would feel too tall. I like them they are lightweight so they don’t feel bulky on my foot. I can walk pretty easily and the best thing is hubby paid for my new shoes because he wants to support me in exercising with a friend and help me when him and I walk. My shoes have thin soles and I could feel everything I step on but they worked great for work and church. Now I got two pairs of shoes what’s a girl to do. Well I love my new Shape Up Extended fitness.
Now when I get used to these shoes I might need a radar detectors because I walk fast. Hubby even likes walking know because his Shape up feels so comfortable. These are the perfect walking shoes. Now I will say a word of caution, these shoes are probably not the best for walking on dirt hills, or on uneven ground because the shape of the shoe. I am fine walking in the grass but wouldn’t recommend them on surfaces that might be a little hard to keep balance up.

Can’t escape Don Pablos
You would think we go often with dad every week, sometimes we decide not to go for the sake of variety. I should see if they have designer ties, because I could be a walking advertisement for them. I do not think my family or I have ever had a bad experiences. Last night one of my friends and I went out to eat dinner there, and it was good. We got in right away probably because I didn’t ask for our normal waitress. I figured dad is not with us so anyone would do, and this way half our night wasn’t going to be wasted waiting to be seated.
I will say I was surprised how quickly we were sat, normally on a Friday Night it takes a lot longer to be seated. I ordered the chicken fajita nachos, my friend order a salad. We both enjoyed our meal. The waitress was good and helpful. I picked Dons because I know I can eat just about whatever I want there.

This post was wrote on vacation, and posted later
We needed to get some lumber for our little campfires at night. It was recommended that we got to a few places and this was one of them. To get three bundles of wood, it was only 10$ which is a lot cheaper then you can get at most stores. We had left over because we bought 6 bundles when I think maybe three would have been enough because we didn’t do a campfire every night. So we have a lot of marshmallows left over and not as much chocolate because hubby ate though his quickly.
Once we found firewood city we had to call the person who runs it. It was simple to call him. Thank goodness, I had cell phone reception. I might have had a hard time getting a hold of them. Cell phone reception in this part of the country is touchy at best. It has a lot of dead zones. So this would be a good place to get firewood.

This post was wrote on vacation, and posted later
On Saturday night, we stopped at Southside Fuel in Hackensack MN. We needed to pick up something cold to drink before we hit the cabin, and we were not exactly sure how much further we had to do. I decided when we stopped we didn’t need gas but I needed to wash my windshield off because it was cake on with big bugs. Let me tell you when you have as many bugs as they did up here, you do not want to use your windshield washer it just makes things worst. I could not see out of my window at one point, which kind of bothered me. So we stopped there so I could deal with the car windshield and be able to see better.
We decided to ask for some direction of how much further until we hit our little resort. We were about 15 minutes away, we only had to go to the other end of town. The person there helped us by showing us a map of the area and showing where this little place was, and told us we where close.

This post was wrote on vacation, and posted later
I we have went to Swansons Bait Shop in Hackensack Minnesota a few times. I like it there, they sale a variety of tourist things, and odd and ends. On most things, they are overpriced but on their tourist stuff, they are reasonably priced. The bait stuff is very reasonably priced. Each time we have been in, they have been very helpful. Tonight we had a boating mishap, and almost capsized the boat. I needed a little bit of first aid, nothing major but I lost my first aid kit. I asked the kid at the register if they cared a first aid kit, and they didn’t but he gave me some of what he had in his kit for my knee this helped me out a lot. I have a mean bruise and a scrap on my knee right now. Plus I am feeling unhappy with my husband right now but oh well I will get over it.
We had to run there more to get him some dry clothes because all of his clothes got wet and he only has one pair of pants. He is now a walking advertisement for Hackensack MN, which is okay. My brand new zip up sweatshirt is all wet now because of the booting mishap. I am hoping it dries out okay and will be dry by tomorrow. At least I wasn’t wearing the t-shirt I bought too. Swansbait shop is a good place to get bait and your tourist stuff if you are visiting Hackensack MN, and they are friendly and helpful when they need to be. They did not have many things for acne treatmentThe lady who help my husband was very compassionate towards him. She earlier this week gave us direction to the headwaters. If I find my way back in Hackensack MN, I will be sure to stop there again.

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We ate at Douglas Lodge; I have to say that the building is impressive while the food wasn’t all that impressive to me. Now don’t get me wrong the food was good, we liked our meal their our waitress did a great job at taking care of us. We had a good experience there and the food tasted good. I guess the building made me expect something different then their menu had on it. Maybe some old style cooking, something you wouldn’t find in a everyday modern restaurant. The lodge was beautiful to look at, and it had a nice view outside where we sat. I ordered a Bison burger, which I was pleasantly surprised they had, I don’t get to eat that too often. I ordered my meat to be between medium to medium well.
Hubby had a French deep Sandwich, which looked like it was good. Hubby said the meat was tender and it was good. Dad had a burger with bacon and where did the cheese go. I have never seen a bacon burger without cheese. I do not eat bacon but I let dad eat what he wants, however I do let the waitstaff now about my allergy so they know not to handle dad food and then put mine right next to it. With all the food I been eating I need to think about looking into getting safe weight loss pills
The food here was good and recommended by a park employee, I am glad she recommended this little place. It was a pleasant place. The only thing I did not care for was the size of glasses they gave for water and pop. The drinking glasses were very small and good thing they gave us a server type jar to serve water.
The service there was good and it was a clean little place. I love the building it looked old, in a good way.

This post was wrote on vacation, and posted later. We stopped at Big Dipper for a lunch. I will say at first I was worried about what the quality of food would be and if it would be safe to eat there for me. I have food allergies so sometimes trying new things can be trying. We went in and we saw it was an ice cream shop that also served food. The reason why I was worried about the food is most places that specialize in ice cream aren’t going to make very good food. I do not like many places similar to this one. I will say it was a nice surprised. I was glad we found the place. I ordered a BBQ chicken sandwich, and fries. Hubby and Dad both ordered a roast beef sandwich; both hubby and I asked for our fries to be well done, and for dad fries tender. I let our waitress now right away, I was allergic to pork and asked if I would be safe eating there. She said I would be fine and she let the cook now.
She brought our lunches out to us, and my chicken sandwich looked very nice, and tasted just as good as it look. I was surprised how good it looked and tasted. I was not expecting this. Hubby like his roast beef said he liked how they gave him a chunk of meat and not thinly sliced it because this way he could tell he was getting a good cut of meat. The roast beef looked good and it appeared to be juicy. I am not sure if it was but hubby and dad both liked their sandwiches.
The food was served hot, and seemed fresh I am not sure, but the chicken didn’t taste frozen to me but I make frozen chicken all the time and not sure I can tell the different. The French fries were done well, Hubby and I would have preferred a little more cooked but they were close enough to being well done. All the food was served hot. The server did a good job taking care of our table. The restaurant was clean. I would recommend this little place to anyone traveling through Hackensack MN. At dinner I should have talked to my hubby about what he thought buy phentermine since he thinks he knows a lot of information that is useless.