Harbor Beach People

Today is Saturday, and it was one of those "not much is planned, but there's a lot to do" kind of days.

This morning Kassie, Aurelia and I met with Pam Schantz and the Pysklos to discuss Remix. We had a good conversation and figured out something things we need to accomplish before the informational meeting next week. During the end of that meeting a somewhat familiar face came into McDonalds Deli, a blast from the past. It was the mother of Chris, Bruce and Dean McNeal. I haven't seen any of them or heard from them in quite a long time but it reminded me of the time when Chris and I were friends.

This afternoon, I went to Saginaw to run some errands for our family and for the youth group. Of course, many Harbor Beach people end up, or at least pass through, Saginaw usually due to connections with SVSU or another college in the area.

I stopped at the strip mall containing The UPS store, Guitar Center, Best Buy, etc. As I was pulling in, I noticed Harbor Freight Tools (I think that's what it's called) was having a sale. Being a man, I was interested in a sale on tools. Plus we needed a hammer. So, I went in. After looking around for a while, overwhelmed by all the tools I wish I knew how to use, I was stopped by one of the employees, who happened to be Nick Sanislo. It was cool catching up with him a little bit and interesting to find out that his family is in the middle of a busy wedding season, similar to my family.

Next, I went to the UPS store where I was surprised by the efficiency of the visit. I had ordered something and needed to return it. The company I had gotten from sent me a shipping label. So, all I had to do was give the package to the guy there and walk out.

After walking out I went to Dunhams where I thought I might look for some soccer cleats and/or check out the toe shoes if they had any. I didn't see any toe shoes, and there selection of soccer boots wasn't impressive.

I went on to Guitar Center to try out some acoustic guitars. I thought mine was having problems recently but realized it was just my cable. Nevertheless, my guitar isn't great quality (it's from China), and we are almost out of debt so we might be able to save up for a new guitar sometime. Clinging to that hope, I entered Guitar Center and was met by none other than Jason Guitar. We had a brief exchange and he went on his busy way as I went to try out guitars. I found one I liked quite a bit, a Martin. I tried all kinds, Ibanez, Seagull, Takamine, Taylor, some brand I had never heard of, and another brand I had heard of but don't remember. I ended up really liking a Martin, though. I wanted to buy it right then, but I don't think that would have made Kassie very happy.

Well, it's time for dinner. Gotta go.