First Day of School

I've never been a fan of the first day of school. When I was in elementary school I was horribly shy and the very idea of all those st...

Everyone gets their kicks

I passed! I'm now a Red Stripe Belt (oooooh! Look out! She has a Red Stripe Belt and she's not afraid to use it.). My left knee...

Aging Ungracefully

In an attempt to wrap up the boys' "Bucket List" before school starts we went to Wild Air yesterday--a warehouse full of infla...

Indifferent

Is it just me or does anyone else feel indifferent about the DNC this week? I know I should care, but frankly, while I won't cast my ba...

Faith, Trust & Pixie Dust

Things making me happy of late: * new underpants with fresh elastic (no more sagging & bagging) * zinnias & sunflowers * crickets...

Whoppers, Urban Legends & Blatant Lies

"If you keep making that face, it'll freeze that way." "You are NOT allowed to go to the mall alone--a gang of people is ...

A cup of coffee, a cat and thou

Mmm! Mouse heads ... nearly as good as roly poly fish heads. After the first good night's sleep I've had in days , I opened up the ...

Burning Questions

Why do the presidential candidates wait until 2 months before the general election to announce their running mates? Am I the only person wh...

Crab Rangoon at China Moon

Last winter Mr. T read The Zach Files , some series with a kid who kind of time travels and has really bizarre experiences. Because of Zach...

GG + APT = TLA

Yesterday I had plans to meet a group of friends and head to APT down in Spring Green--but first I wanted to get my copy of Jess Riley ...

Back when commercials were few and far between...

In the 70's there was no "Turn off TV week." When programming ended by midnight and didn't start until 6:00 a.m. and peop...

Who Needs A Gold Medal?

Would you know if you had enough talent to be an Olympian fencer? While watching the Olympics I always come back to the same question, how d...

The Dog Days of Summer

A lot of you are watching your kids head off to school--in Wisconsin we've got a state law protecting the tourism business. No school c...

Holy Cow!

For our Anniversary Extravaganza, Mr. D and I went to New Glarus on Thursday. Walking through "Little Switzerland" and admiring th...

This & That

Back from our "vacation" to Mr. D's homestate of Iowa. It's pretty incredible how a house looks after a 3 day absence whe...

Spitter

About a year into married life Mr. D confided that he was once terrified of me. Me: What? Why? D: Well, you yelled at me that one time at...

Tribute Time

Jenn at Juggling Life recently posted the most wonderful list about why she loved her husband--her teen sweetie husband--and #7 really got ...

A decent proposal

Taking the spare room at my grandparents' house, I duly reported to New Teacher Training and looked at 5 different apartments. By phone...

Hanging

I am not leaving y'all hang on purpose--but the universe has conspired against me today to get a post up. I'll post it tonight and ...

Big Decisions

In May I began sending out my resume' and applications to the open high school English positions in the state. One fantasy I held was a...

First Date

Continued from Friday... Me: "What do you mean, 'never have a chance to date me?' What would your wife say?" D: "Wi...

An update, a favor, a beginning

**The Update** Thanks for all the feedback on Children & Cash. Lots of ideas to consider...with your help, I'll have the next...