Lake David Fanclub Blog - Pictures

The famous flowers flowers flowers virtual tour

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:16:00 -0400

See what Christine has been up to this Summer! Our yard is decorated in a multitude of glorious colors!

Band Banquet

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:10:00 -0400

Outside of a hailstorm that probably cost the band about 50 G's, this was a very fun celebration of the HWCB's 25th anniversary.

The Honda Fit Sport

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:29:00 -0400

As promised....

YES! It's SNOWING on THANKSGIVING MORNING! ~ Impressively peppy and responsive 1.5L VTEC Engine ~ Reported mileage 34/40 ~ ABS standard + 6 airbags ~ Consumer Reports' highest ratings for safety and overall ~ Alloy wheels ~ Direct hookup for my DBYPod ~ The famous "Magic Seats", offering 41 cubic feet of storage space for objects 7'10" long or over 4' high from floor to ceiling in the back seat area (for your bicycle!) Will test the bicycle theory next summer. I am also considering a set of winters like I had with the Jetta to better handle Minnesota roads. This officially kicks off the name David's Fit contest; all suggestions should be submitted to david@lakedavid.com. Winner will receive shameless recognition on my blog. More pictures to come from the new funride!

Highlights from The Great Minnesota Get-together

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:29:00 -0400

I have always included highlights of the Minnesota Stats Fair in the historic LDFN. However, the shortcoming of ASCII being the obvious - there were never any visual representations of the insanity of the masses. Upwards of 2 million people will attend the fair (now half over) this year, each one spending $12 on average for food - totaling many millions of dollars on Sweet Martha's cookies, fresh cut french fries, cheese curds, pronto or poncho pups (e-mail me if you don't know the difference and want to be educated!), and dozens of unique foods on a stick (e.g., walleye, alligator, etc.)

Since we now have the luxury of the Lake David Fanclub Blog, the editor has taken the liberty of photo journaling a few interesting things one might see at the fair. It's not just all about food. You'll see animal contest winners, learn about agriculture, education, play games and win prizes and more!

Register to win a free mosquito squad barrier spray!

Running of the Bulls (It's not Pampalona, but this was a new sight for me)

Cheese on a stick!

Leather, Gun Cases, Hats

Cow Comfort - The Dairy Barn

Fish of Minnesota unite

Princess Kay (Made of Butter)

WOOL. . .aww, how cute

CAPY and the Fighter Ride

Honey Bees

Pink Sioux Quartz

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:30:00 -0400

Our latest house project is now completed! After nearly a year of talking about this, we finally took on the 1-ton landscape project, and the results are magnificent. To improve the water drainoff slope outside our living room, we were advised to build up the adjacent mulch garden. The idea of a hardscape was appealing due to the lesser maintenance required, and of course, how nice it looks.

After reviewing a dozen or so rock prospects from two garden specialty centers (Gerten's and Herman's) we went with Pink Quartz (aka Pink Sioux Quartz):

We dug out 15 bags of weed-infested mulch, put down 17 40# bags of top soil, pounded and compacted, laid new landscape fabric, and then filled with 3/4 cubic yard of rock. Here is a snapshot of the lovely completed project (click through for more photos):

Lehigh Picnic and Up North Pic

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:09:00 -0400

Lehigh Alumni Picnic and Concert at Lake Harriet

Nicole (Bement) Lindstrom ('95) with her 4-month old little guy:

Heather, Christine, me and Charles

COP 2007

Wed, 30 May 2007 15:32:00 -0400

Over a 4-day Memorial Day holiday weekend, we went to Cathedral of the Pines on Caribou Lake in Lutsen, MN. It is Mt Olivet's camp property on the Superior North Shore which they've owned since the late 1940s.

The annual opening weekend activities included gratuitous eating, deep cleaning the cabins, getting a dozen lawn mowers and whip wackers working, repairing broken screens and screen doors, replacing dead light bulbs and more. This place houses 200 campers per week all Summer long, so the chore list was very long but it was fun team work, and nice being outside of life's daily amenities for a few days.

Enjoyable activities included 2 visits to Grand Marais, a camp fire with s'mores, a softball game, trivial pursuit and a 500 pc candybar jigsaw puzzle.

View my Cathedral of the Pines photo journal!

Trenching

Wed, 16 May 2007 13:39:00 -0400

Last Friday I enjoyed watching all my money vaporize as experts from Southside Electric brought the electrical capacity of our garage and yard to the 21st century. We tore out all the electrical in the garage, including the hazardous service lines, installed a new circuit, buried a new rigid conduit under our yard, added 4 new outlets, 2 lights in the garage, a double flood on the back corner of the house with a 3-way switch to the garage, and an outdoor GFI receptacle. Boy was this fun to watch.

All new switches inside the service entry

"Where did the steps go?"

"Oh, there they are in the yard. Good time to do some repair work on them!"

"WOW!"

Pictures from Tif's Wedd'n

Mon, 14 May 2007 17:50:00 -0400

Ah.. why not. Seeing as though these have been sitting on my flash drive for ages and I never got around to putting them in the online gallery, I might as well take the easy way out and post them on picasa. Click & Enjoy!

Mexico pictures

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:57:00 -0400

New Mexico vacation pictures have been added to yah-cd.com (David and Christine's gallery). Enjoy!

Brazil

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:45:00 -0400

I just returned from a 7-day service program in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. What an incredible experience. I was joined by half a dozen of my coworkers and a group of other volunteers. You can see my photos on picasaweb using the link below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dyussen/Oct06Brazil Work project: Assist teachers in a pre-school, working with 5 year olds, playing with the kiddies, and teaching a bit of English to the adult staff at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Bahia Where we stayed: Pousada de Mangueira

Our first house

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 16:08:00 -0400

Realizing of course that this has nothing to do with non-profits or internet marketing, but how could I leave off this terrific news? My wife and I are buying our first house! We move in early July.

It's a 1600 sq ft cape cod (1-1/2 story) with a giant master bedroom on the 2nd floor and a finished basement.. 3 bd, 1 bath. The home is in Southwest Mpls, in the very cute Kenny neighborhood. You know the area has to be cool if they even have their own website. 26 blocks south of our Uptown apartment.
(Click photo to view pictures)