Looking Through The Lens

GO TEAM USA!

You know my dream, when I was a little kid was to go to the Olympics? Yes, I'm sure lots of little kids want to go to the Olympics someday, but I WANTED to. When I was younger my parents put my sister, my brother and I into swimming in our town. I loved it! Also, not to toot my own horn I was really good at it. When I turned 10 my parents decided to move to the middle of nowhere where they didn't have a community swim team! SAD FACE! When I was a freshmen in high school, I got back into swimming. Day after day I would go to practice. now let me tell you my typical day. Get up at 5 get ready to go to school get on the bus at 6:15 going to school for the day, leave school at 3:30 get to practice about 4:15 (drive time to practice was 45 minutes), practice for about two-ish hours, leave there at 7 and finally get home at 9. After all that do homework and have dinner then get up and do it all over again. Long day for a freshmen. I should add on Mondays I would have drum lessons until 10 o'clock. So after two years of being in swimming I decided I would stop. I was to tired. I would definitely still have done it IF it wasn't such a drive and IF I didn't have to get up at 5 every day. :( I miss it more and more every day. 

Well let me tell you a little something about my day. I have to work at 8 am until 8 pm. It's what happened in the a town like mine. You work those holidays until you fall over on the ground. Hopefully during the day I can run outside and shoot some pictures of the parade. :) For a little town like mine we put on the best fourth of July EVER! After that I'm back inside seating and serving those customers. (Can't wait to be out of the restaurant business!) The kids games in town are at 1 o'clock, but I am not sure if I can make it over there to take some pictures and enjoy the fun. They have potato sack races, three legged races, watermelon eating contest. Everything you could think of at an event like this! Then after that there is really nothing going on in town, until its completely dark then everyone and their mother goes down to the lake shore and watches this town go up in lights with out AMAZING fireworks display. Did I mention we have the biggest and best display in northern Michigan? That my friend is no opinion we have been rated and talked about all over the country. :D

I can't say how awesome it was to host the GFC Blog Hop yesterday! :D I do apologizes for my post not being there, but it was still awesome that you lovely ladies (and a couple guys!) came and saw what I am all about! My internet was down all Monday and half of Tuesday for no reason at all. I am so upset! I tried all night trying to connect to the internet. Anyways, I'm back and it's back and I want to thank you all so much for participating in this wonderful Hop! I love meeting new people and I have a few changes to my blog in the near future. Thank you again!

What is everyone doing to celebrate independence day?

You all have a wonderful fourth of July! I am off to work!

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