Im just checking in. Nothing too interesting worth reporting - whenever there is, I usually tweet it as its never interesting enough to warrant more than 140 characters. For example, this week I embr...
Im sure everyone knows this already, but my husband and I maintain a twitter account for our kids who are the most hilarious people I have ever met. I was never very good at keeping a baby book for a...
I realize I didnt post about Christmas - it came at us hard and fast this year. It was mostly good, which the usual side of insanity, most notablty - 1. Jeremiahs teacher informs us that on "Take...
I still play music sometimes. Sometimes. All pictures by Tiela. Go see the rest of the Venna pics and also a bunch of awesome shots of Culpas farewell...
When I was little, I remember doing a project on this book. It stuck with me and sometimes I find myself applying it to my life and sort of writing my own version in my mind. Like this morning, I was...
I remember when I used to write letters. I wonder if Ill ever be able to that again.
Every year we go to the Trail of History. I think, given the right circumstances, I would have been extremely happy as a historical re-enactor. The volunteers here camp out for three days 19th centur...
So yeah. Were shooting a Venna video. The space was donated, the props were borrowed, the talent was free... So really, this was like winning the lottery. Im going to save the best ones for later... ...
So, on the way home from St. Louis, driving through the whole big bunch of nothing that is southern Illinois suddenly we saw THIS: Obviously, we had to stop and check it out. All of these weir...
Since Im home sick and Ive already dealt with my boredom by sleeping, cutting my own bangs, sleeping some more and spending way too much time at Zoo Borns... its time to accomplish something and blog...
Yep. My babies turned eight last week. Un-freaking-believable. All pictures by Steve.
The end of summer, in photographs: Summer drinks + Hells Kitchen. The never-ending commute to work. Walks on the dock. Finding new things to love about Lake Geneva. More walks by the lake. Enjoying t...
Ive been away for a while. Truthfully, work has just been so busy Ive been having to take home reports and other grown-up sounding business home to do on the weekends and just havent had time for a g...
These are both pictures of 9 year-old girls with Down Syndrome alongside their mamas. The first girl is my sister who has a huge family that loves her, lots of friends, parents who lovingly sp...
So my next door neighbor works at Goodwill and though she is not a knitter, she knows I am and she immediately saw the value in all this yarn and snatched it up for me. This is HAND PAINTED sock yarn...
I dont know what it is with the perfect summer weekends weve got going on here in the Midwest but dang, Ill take it. Makes up for the weeks and weeks of rain, I guess... This past weekend Mark...
The weekend of the fourth I had a four day weekend which, I am happy to report, we sucked the life out of. This would be day three. The Milwaukee Zoo followed by fireworks. We met up with my family a...
Believe it or not, this was totally unintentional. I mean, really, I was totally unpatriotic until at the very last moment, I grabbed a flower from my garden and stuck it in my hair. All of the sudde...
Delayed outfit post. I had just finished reading Water for Elephants so Im I guess you could say Im a little bit in circus mode here. Our friends Steph and Nabeel got married so it was definitely an ...
In case I dont annoy you enough with this blog, thanks to my hubs, I got a tumblr. You can allow me to annoy you from there now as well, if you wish. That doesnt mean Im leaving xanga. I dont think I...
This is the best ever.
The patient. My son has struggled with asthma most of his life which culminated in an eleven day stay in the pediatric intensive care unit and a small surgery on his lung. When we moved out to the co...
Saturday night I had a bachelorette party to attend for my friend Stephanie who is getting married next week. The plan loosely revolved around "going dancing" so I tried to get dressed up whi...
Summer so far: Slip and slide in the back yard. Exploring new bars in Milwaukee with the hubs. Birthday parties for friends from school. Sushi Sundays. Playing at the park! (And losing teeth.) Making...
Ok, so this will seem ridiculous to a lot of you but this is somewhat momentous for me. Are you ready? I BOUGHT A TWO PIECE BATHING SUIT. It is the first one I have ever owned. Including before my bo...
In case you dont follow me on Instagram and have missed out on my constant, obsessive stream of bunny picture posting, here you go: This following is especially funny: Brown Bunny has figured out whe...
This is algebra. This is Micah. HE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD. I havent been this impressed since he was 18 months old and very distinctly read the word "cat" off of a flash card (no picture included...
Jeans, shirt and hat: Gap. Earrings: Target. Bag: Coach (a gift from my mom.) Shoes: ModCloth. Hair cut & color by: Rebekah Tori It was SO hot this week in Chicago. Marky had bought tickets to Da...
Quick outfit post: Great Gatsby Dress. Worn on Mothers Day. Dress: Anthropologie (bought second hand for forty bucks.) Pillbox Hat: Vintage 1960s, from my grandmothers collection...
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