Our tribe, The Mighty Kiowa, won the Ottawa-ball tournament

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Ok, it is very cold today. The schools here are closed for the second day in a row and the temperature this morning was -15F when I woke up. It hit -20F overnight.

Now for the funny:

I found this old commercial on YouTube.

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Just me and Kayleigh left awake and 30 minutes to go before the clock strikes midnight in Chicago. Jody went to bed early (as usual) and Jimmy feel asleep on the couch around 10:30 while we were watching Horsefeathers and Duck Soup. Secretly, the kids enjoy these movies but will never admit it ( Read more... )

I hope everyone has a great day. We have so much for which to be thankful.

My turkeys are on and I'm waiting for my family to get here and football to start. The kids are making cookies and pumpkin pies.

h/t melvin_udall

Requiem for a Dream:

We must remember that we are conservatives, and not liberals or "progressives" or whatever they're calling themselves today. Politics is not our life. Unlike liberals, if we lose an election, we're still going to be happier than liberals, whose worldview is premised on misery. They place their hopes and dreams in ( Read more... )

Too tired to go through all my pictures right now so here is one video:

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BTW: Despite saying she'd "never do that again," she was back on the zip line the next day for another run.

It's that day that every parent thinks should be a national holiday: BACK TO SCHOOL DAY!

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So we are driving home from our trip to Door County, Wisconsin yesterday and get caught in all the traffic on Hwy 57 east of Green Bay. So we decide to use the new GPS to plot a detour. It's a pretty simple thing to do. Just hit the "DETOUR" button and it will change your route. After a couple U-turns because some roads no longer existed due to ( Read more... )

Be Back Monday


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