Happy birthday to minnehaha B!

It's a busy day for birthdays! Here's wishing great ones to Mother lifecoach, jeffg_in_nyc, and truelothar!

Happy birthday to minnehaha K, who is ever awesome.

On Valentine's Day we hosted a small gathering for a fondue party. Andrew and I supplied two types of cheese fondue, one Gruyere/Garlic and one Irish Cheddar/Guinness, and an assortment of meats, roasted potatoes, and fruit for dipping. The guests contributed cocktail makings, breads, salad, some chickenfoo (the vegetarian meat substitute that ( Read more... )

Here's a great fundraising idea:
http://www.indiegogo.com/Buy-Libraries-a-Book-for-Gay-Kids?a=177130

We had two Oscar party options last night, but I was still recovering from feeling unwell Saturday and our early afternoon shopping turned into late afternoon shopping, and we ended up staying home. There were no big surprises but I was happy to see Inception get some recognition as that was my favorite film of the year. James Franco and Anne ( Read more... )

I notice that it's been a few weeks since I posted so thought I should catch up a little. The visit from Andrew's sister and family went very well, and we sincerely hope someday they will find their way to moving up here - Jackson is too far. They arrived on Thursday afternoon, and that evening we went to the folks for a delicious meatloaf dinner. ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, carbonel!

I'm excited that Andrew's sister Dana is arriving with husband Real and son Hudson this afternoon, and look forward to a fun weekend.

Yesterday Andrew and I attended the public forum for the Richfield's Human Rights Commission proposal for the city to initiate a domestic partnership registry. They worked heavily with the folks that organized the Edina version, and it will be very similar - the certificate is mostly symbolic but does offer inclusion in family discounts of city- ( Read more... )