Family Vacations

When I was young family vacations consisted of driving to Wisconsin Dells and going to some water park, which my brother and I loved because we didn't realize that the Dells are only a half an hour away. It seems quite impossible that something that fun can be so close to us. When we grew up and started to go there with our friends on the weekends it didn't seem like such a vacation to go to. Although it is a nice weekend getaway to get away from everything for a couple of days. My favorite places in the Dells to stay so far have been the Great Wolf Lodge, Kalahari, and the Chula Vista. These past few summers we have been traveling a little farther though because my mom says that it will be some of the last vacations we take together before we start our own families and have our own family vacations that we make memories during. Some of the funner vacations we've gone to have been Door County, Florida, and Green Bay. In Door County we visited Washington Island which is the farthest Island out there. Although this Island is very pretty to visit I would recommend bringing a lot of money if you choose to visit this place, because everything is very expensive. Also in Door County we took advantage of what they are known for their cherries and stopped at a local orchard and did some picking of our own. While in Florida we choose to visit some of the local shops and beaches. In Green Bay I visited Lambeau Field and watched the Packers at training camp. We also went to the Hall of Fame, which my brother and dad enjoyed the most because they watch the Packers religiously. Also every summer since I was 12 I've also enjoyed going to at least two Brewer games.

Facebook

I thought I would write a blog about facebook seeing everyone and their mother seems to have one. When I was in high school my brother had a facebook and I asked him what it was and he said it was only for college students. Either that was the truth back then or he just didn't want me to get facebook i dont know. Which it was probably the second one but he better get used to everyone having one because it seems like everyone from the ages of five and up have one, including my aunts. I could really care less if they had one to communicate with their friends their age but when they start adding my friends just because they can and they want to snoop at whats going on, i draw the line. A good example of them snooping was my aunt added me on facebook where i have pictures of parties that i've been to where there was alcohol present. I never had alcohol in my hands in any of the pictures but yet she assumed i was drinking. She then proceeded to hint around at things that I was turning into a rebel child in college. Like asking questions such as, "how old are you?", and "what's the drinking age?" I'm not going to say that I've never drank before but when things are assumed by my pictures, it makes me mad. Number one I wouldn't put any pictures on there that would create a bad image of myself because I'm fully aware that anything posted on the web can be seen by potential employers. People have been fired, and their applications just thrown in the trash because of what is assumed on facebook and other websites just like it. Let's just say my aunt wasn't a facebook friend for long. So the next time you think about posting those pictures of that party that you just went to or of that rockin skimpy outfit you wore for halloween, think twice about who will see that and will maybe assume things about you that aren't true.

My Family

My last blog told all about me. I found it really hard not to talk about my family seeing they make me who I am today. And they are so much a part of me that I think about them everyday. Lets start out with my dad, his name is Leonard Roy Rueckheim but we call him Roy. He comes from a large family of thirteen kids. O' did I tell you that I have a "huge" family. My mom also comes from a large family of twelve. Her name is Donna Rae Rueckheim. All of those brothers and sisters on boh sides have at least one child. Some of them even have as many as five. So lets just say that our holidays get a little crazy. We have to have most of the holidays at our house because it's the only house that can hold all of our family. It can get out of hand sometimes but I wouldn't trade my family for the world. My immediate family consists of my parents, myself, and my brother Nathan. My brother is twenty-two and lives here in La Crosse also. He works at Trane and loves it. He currently has a girlfriend named Ellyn and she fits into our family perfectly. My dad is a truck driver for Martins in Wilton, Wisconsin. He once drove one of their trucks but now owns his own and is an owner operator and can chose his own loads. He has drove truck his whole life and was once my mothers families milk man, which makes me the "milk mans child". Which is how my parents first met. My mother works for Walmart and has worked there for twenty-two years. She has always worked in customer service and is used to communicating with alot of people. But she has become sick of whining customers and might consider taking on a new career part-time and taking it a bit slower. We also have a family dog named Harley. He's a pure breed yellow lab. He can sometimes be a real pain but still we spoil him to death. When we first got him we didn't have anywhere for him to stay so we let him stay in the basement, which was not such a great idea. He started off by eating the sheet rock and he has been eating and chewing up things ever since including two central air covers, pop cans/bottles, and all the toys we buy him which claim to be indestructible. But thats pretty much all about my family.