So, all this happened ( Read more... )

Wohoo, I haven't had to drug myself up for the first time in over a week! Well, I suppose I am technically still using my asthma inhaler, but that doesn't count because it is prescription. That's my story and I am sticking to it. Hurray for finally getting over the crud ( Read more... )

* Saturday, Nov. 19 - Monday, Nov. 21 - let myself be convinced to go spend the weekend up in the wilds of the Northwoods without any running water or - at least on our side of the cabin - central heat with my friend Ethan and some of his family. It was kind of nice in it's own way; super pretty up there with the snow that started falling pretty ( Read more... )

Like last year, I am going to try and post something I am thankful for as many days as possible this month, because there's this rather special holiday that comes between Halloween and Christmas that so many people seem to forget about in the Holiday Rush - Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving was quite lovely. We went down to Green Lake to have Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt and uncle's log cabin this year instead of my grandparents, but there was still quite the gathering. I ate way too much and got to catch up with my aunts and uncles and cousins whom I hadn't seen for more than a year, so that was great. Showed ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving comes first - Day 11 ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a very nice day weather-wise. We had rain in the morning, but then it cleared up toward late morning/early afternoon, and it got all the way up to 63 degrees, which is the warmest it's been for about two weeks. I went down and wandered around Columbia Park for a bit before heading over to take care of the dogs I'm watching for a co- ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving comes first ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving Comes First ( Read more... )

Currently I have a Pumpkin Spice latte from Starbucks (which hasn't gone all holiday yet! Instead, their paper cups sport non-holiday snowflakes and there are two boxes of what I assume to be holiday decorations sitting unopened next to the pick-up counter with a sign on them saying "Do not open until the holiday season!" Starbucks and I have ( Read more... )