October Weekend Wrap Up

This past weekend was filled with people dressing up and enjoying the weekend festivities. For me it was a normal relaxing weekend because I had the weekend off from work. I enjoyed spending the time with friends and catching up with my family since I haven’t heard from them in awhile. It is always nice catching up with my family because I only see them a couple times a year since I am three hours away and our schedules are always busy. Besides that my fun is always on Sunday once I start playing soccer at the YMCA in Oshkosh. We played another good game although we wind up tying the opposing team 3-3 after losing the lead with seven minutes left, but we fought hard to tie the game. Afterwards a group of friends from Moraine Park and I decided to go bowling at the Ledgeview Lanes in Fond du Lac. The Sunday specials were buy two games and get one free with cosmic bowling. I like bowling in the dark because the neon colors provide a unique atmosphere. To make bowling more fun we even decided to dress up in our costumes instead of the typical bowling clothing. I have pictures below of us bowling in our costumes. I recommend for anyone who is willing to do something out of the norm to try bowling dressed in their favorite characters. After two hours of bowling we finally finished three games then we decided to grab some food at Taco Bell since we burned so many calories bowling. I must say, the simplest things are the best way to have fun instead of planning things out because the expectations are not as high. That’s all for now until my next blog for the last day of October! Check you later!

Cheers,
Lee IV

Wacky Wednesday

On October 26, students and staff were encouraged to dress up in their costumes. There were various costumes of pirates, jersey players, and much more. This time of the year people can be creative and be anybody who they want to be. I think thus far my favorite day of the week is Wednesday because I start my day with my baking class. Although I’m not a big fan of baking, I am able to challenge myself to learn new techniques. For class, my partner and I made a chocolate Chiffon cake and cupcakes with butter cream frosting. I must say, my previous experiences baking a cake at home were never good, so I was hesitant of how our cake would turn out. We gathered our ingredients and baked the chocolate chiffon cake, during this process the cake smelled wonderful in the oven. Once the cake cooled down, we added on the butter cream frosting. We even designed our own Halloween themed toppings made with nuts and chocolate. Our cakes and cupcakes came out better than I expected, and they tasted wonderful! I have some pictures below to show our cakes and cupcakes. Overall, baking class was a successful start of the day.
In my afternoon class for Hot Sandwiches our theme was fun day, so basically we had to carve pumpkins and make recipes that included pumpkins. What more can you ask for — a class that allows us to be creative and do things we want to do and most important have fun! I decided to design a chef pumpkin with some lettering on the side. I also made pumpkin seeds made with Cajun seasoning because I love things made with a little kick to them. As the hours passed, I finally finished my pumpkin carving and it turned out really well. As a whole our class did a great job on their carving and recipes as well. People made cheesecake, soups, pies and much more made out of pumpkins. Culinary Arts is the place to be for anyone who loves food because it allows you to be creative and gain ideas from others. Well that’s all for now, I’ll see you next time for my weekend wrap up.

Grazie,
Lee IV

Sunday Fun!

October 23 was another day of football Sunday and yet again the weather was pleasant. The day started off with me going to a breakfast restaurant called Oasis located on Main Street in Fond du Lac. This family restaurant has been around for awhile and the crowd shows how good and friendly the place is. The workers constantly filled coffee cups and water, and they made sure we had all the things we needed. I decided to get a sirloin steak with American potatoes and sunny side eggs along with wheat toast. I recommend this meal for anyone looking for a hearty meal and to start the day off on a good foot. After breakfast I decided to go for a walk by the lighthouse to burn off the food I just finished and enjoy the fresh morning breeze. Then I figured I would do some homework before all the football games started up for the day. It didn’t take me long to finish my assignment for the week ahead, and by then, the Chicago Bears game was starting. This was a special game because Da Bears were playing in London, England against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This is the fifth year the NFL picked teams to play overseas to bring more awareness of American football. From the start of the game to the very end Da Bears played a good game, although at the end they almost lost but the defense picked up to save the game to win. I jumped in joy; this put me in a good mood for the rest of the day.

Later in the day I started my first indoor soccer game at the Oshkosh YMCA. I was looking forward to playing because I haven’t worked out or played soccer since the beginning of August. I played with some of my housemates and friends; the name of our team is the Rockies. We have a solid team because we previously played with each other and we are pretty skilled as well. As the game started we took the early lead, then the other team tied us. We once again pushed ahead to score two more goals, by half we were ahead three to one. We felt pretty good about our lead going into the second half. Once the second half started the opposing team scored with some unfortunate goals, but we redeemed ourselves to score two more goals to win the game. The final score was eight to six; this was a good start to the season. These games are played every Sunday afternoon at the YMCA, if you are interested in playing on a coed soccer team there is always a league starting for people of all skill levels. Well, that pretty much wraps up my Sunday Fun, stay tuned for my adventure next week.

Ciao,
Lee IV