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I went to my first ever professional indoor soccer game this weekend. I’ve managed to avoid almost all professional sports in Wisconsin. I’ve seen one Packer Game (pre-Brett Farve) and one Brewer game (I read a magazine and watched bugs fly into the sodium lights). Not much of a fan here. I have some sort […]

I haven’t taken time to shop lately. And my sons have been making what my husband calls food just like your mother used to tell you to get up and get for yourself. #2 son is particularly good in the kitchen and has been covering saltine crackers with grated cheese and throwing it in the […]

I am almost recovered from this weekend’s regional Destination Imagination competition. The groundhog of creativity came out of its hole and saw its shadow. There will be four more weeks of DI. I knew my team was going to state, whining all the way, because of a lack of competition in their category. The same […]

http://tinyurl.com/p5e8k I’m thinking, two pairs of these and a brocade jacket, and I have next year’s Halloween costume. I’m going as a couch.

I was walking the dog this morning and out of the corner of my eye, I saw something hopping through the yard. A robin. Two robins. These obnoxiously cheerful birds are supposed to be the first sign of Spring in Wisconsin. All winter long, we have bitchy cardinals, disgruntled sparrows, and occasional insomniac owls. I […]