Amanda Kells is in the studio to talk about “Girls Night Out” at Shooters in Appleton Wednesday Sept. 27th from 5:30 to 8pm, have a drink and shop. Amanda tells us what vendors will be attending.
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VB MINNEOTA 3 LQPV 0 25-17 25-9 25-6 VIKINGS SETTER MORGAN KOCKLMAN WAS NAMED THE NEON NEEDLES PLAYER OF THE GAME.
RAYMO’S RAMBLINGS – SUNDAY IS COMING
SUNDAY IS COMING
I’m giving everyone a heads up. Sunday is a big day for me.
I will be 60 years old this Sunday. I am not handling thinking about turning sixty very well. What is it about milestone birthdays? 20, 30, 40, 50 years old. I consider myself a pretty stable person. I know some of you will disagree with that statement.
I can handle just about anything that is thrown at me. I handle stressful situations well. When bad or terrible things happen to me I think I handle them as good as anybody would. I think I’m a real positive person, I look at the good in situations. It takes a lot for me to get upset. I don’t get flustered very often. I don’t worry.
But this turning 60 on Sunday is messing me up. I don’t know what it is about milestone birthdays with me. I remember turning 20, 30, 40, and 50 years old, and I’m having the same feelings.
I know most of you take big number birthdays in stride, no big deal. I can hear some of you saying “it’s only a number” “life goes on” “grow up” and that’s ok.
I do NOT want to be 60! But it’s better than the alternative I guess.
I am a 20-year-old, stuck in a 60-year-old body. My mind says I’m 20, but my body has been telling me I am 60. Heart issues have made me think about enjoying life more. Broadcasting high school sports and hanging around high school students over the years have really helped me feel young. I like that.
I just calculated how many days it will be since I was born and on Sunday it will be 21,801 days. Not including the 9 months I was in my mother’s womb. So a really good guess is that my heart has been beating over 22,000 days come Sunday. That’s a long time. In 1957 Dwight Eisenhower was President. Number one song in America was All Shook Up by Elvis and a gallon of gas was 24 cents. The average household income $5500. Things have changed in 60 years.
So Sunday will come and go. I’ll spend it with family and friends and “celebrate”. Come Monday I will be just fine. I just laughed, because my last blog was titled “Enjoying Life” which I am. But now I blog about how I have anxiety about turning 60…Life is sure funny.
RAYMO’S RAMBLINGS – ENJOYING LIFE
ENJOYING LIFE
Sitting at my computer Sunday evening and just thinking about how much I really enjoy life! I am blessed to have a loving family and many friends that I love. That got me thinking about the last three days and all the events that I was involved in and the many people that I crossed paths with that make my life full.
It all began on Friday as I boarded a Southwest coach bus at LQPV high school to ride down to New Ulm with the football team. The Eagles played the Greyhounds from New Ulm Cathedral for the first time in school history. I sat up front with head coach Tony Smith and coach Josh Benson. The ride down coach Smith popped in the movie The Titans. One of my favorite movies, which I have seen many times. Sitting in my comfortable seat and visiting with the coaches and watching the movie for two hours was enjoyable.
Going to New Ulm was special for me as well. I spent my first thirteen years of my life growing up in New Ulm before moving to Madison. We arrived at New Ulm Cathedral high school and as the team got ready and prepared to play football. I walked around the Catholic high school. I went to catholic schools in New Ulm growing up and so it brought back many memories walking down the hallways and looking into the classrooms, walking through the gym. It still looked like the 60’s but was a well maintained building.
We boarded the bus again and drove the 7 or 8 blocks to the football field. It’s the same football field my dad took my brother Greg and me to watch the New Ulm Eagles play high school football in the late 60’s. I climbed the ladder to the tall press box to broadcast the game. What a football game it was. The Eagles played great and won on a field goal by Isaac Gerdes. That made for a very fun ride home, arriving back at LQPV around 12:45am. Friday was so much fun and I enjoyed every minute. Life is good!
Up early Saturday morning to do the Coaches Show on the radio. Then left for the cities around ten for my daughter’s bridal shower in Maple Grove. Two of my sons and I helped get the room ready for the shower with our wives, then left and watched the Gopher football game in their motel room in downtown Minneapolis. After the bridal shower was over we visited with family and friends for a while. Family is everything and sometimes I need to remind myself that I need to spend more time with my family. Love my grandkids to death, and enjoy every moment with all of them.
Roxie and I headed back to Madison, I dropped her off at home around 8pm and headed to Appleton for Applefest festivities Saturday evening. The fireworks display in Appleton Saturday night was the best I have ever seen. It was amazing!
Saturday was a whirlwind, but so much fun and enjoyed every minute. Life is good!
Sunday, a full day of Applefest events. I attended the showing of The Spirit of Appleton play at the 52 wing. I played Governor Elmer Benson, who was from Appleton, in the play. The Spirit of Appleton was produced into a movie for the screen. It was weird seeing myself on the big screen and my name in the credits at the end of the movie.
Later, I went down to the fairgrounds and enjoyed the car show and all the vendors. My favorite Applefest event is the parade. It was a beautiful day, and so many people along the parade route. I pull the Miss Madison float and enjoyed throwing candy to the children and some adults.
After the parade I headed back down to the fairgrounds for a pie and ice cream social and sweepstakes drawing. The Chuck Brown Building was full of people, a great turnout. The chamber served the pie and ice cream and I was the MC, along with the Miss Appleton royalty. Sweepstakes winners were announced and the cleanup began.
I was home by 6:30 to watch The Vietnam War on PBS, the first part was about local Vietnam veterans telling of their experiences in the war. I enjoyed listening to two friends of mine that were in the piece.
Sunday ended with me thinking of how much I love life! How much I enjoy living this life God has given me. I’m so thankful for my family and my friends that make this journey enjoyable. Life is good!
