Went to Minneapolis/St. Paul yesterday for the occasion of Jessica being fingerprinted as part of her naturalization (citizenship) application process. We left a bit early because of unknown road conditions, though the interstate was almost totally clear, so we arrived a bit early. Went to a café and I played some cocktail-table style Ms. Pac-Man ( Read more... )

Friday Jessica and I had to go to the skating rink to sign up to work at the spring skating competition that's held in Eau Claire. Last year we signed up for tear-down which was really bad for us. We didn't know where anything went, so we'd put one thing away and then ask what do to, and put one other thing away, repeat for a few hours. So this ( Read more... )

To make sure that my first Thanksgiving meal that I'm cooking comes off well, I've made an itinerary with the recipes and times which I should start everything for a dinner time of 7 PM.

Pumpkin pieMade Tuesday
CranberriesMade Wednesday
Mashed sweet potatoes11:30 AM
Stuffing2:00 PM
Turkey4:15 PM
Gravy5:00 PM
Herbed green beans6:00 PMBut why are ( Read more... )

TOKYO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With the year-end shopping season approaching, expectations are running high that Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS) will repeat the success of its DS handheld machine next month with its new game console, the Wii.
"Year-end shopping season"?! No one is shopping because it's the end of the year; people are shopping for ( Read more... )