I’m going to live. I started breathing on my own this afternoon – well, not exactly on my own. There was a heavy dose of decongestant involved, but they worked. Boy did they! I realized I must be feeling better because I had a sudden urge to clean out the pantry. Oh, boy. To be [...]

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My laptop died again. All of you loving your Macs do it now and get it over with: “You should have bought a Mac!” Well I didn’t. So now it’s obvious this little lovely is a lemon, it’s going to the shop, under warranty thank goodness, to see if any life can be coaxed from [...]

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I’m still working on the back room. It’s really exciting to be at the point of rearranging contents versus dumping the clutter. One of the boxes that remained was my file of campaign finance information from 2006. How long do I have to keep this stuff? Well it’s been a few days, but someone finally [...]

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Well I spent the day rewinding the lives of three children. Around noon I was really frustrated because I could find a lot for #1 (of course) and a good chunk of #3 (there is considerable evidence she at least used to like me ) and not much at all for #2. I was so [...]

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Way back in the history of time school children used to be assigned pen pals. They’d write letters two or three times a year to exchange culture and ideas. Some of these stuck and turned into lifelong friendships. Pen pals started for other reasons, too. I loved the scene in Julie and Julia where Julia [...]

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We’re going to talk about sex. Yippee! My e-mail inbox has seen some discussion on the Wisconsin legislation plowing through on sex ed. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel blog School Zone says: The state Senate is expected to vote today on new legislation that would require school districts that elect to teach human growth and development [...]

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JD Salinger died. So what all did you read of his work? Care to share an opinion? I suffered through Bananafish in college (round two) and it didn’t do much for me. I know for sure 2 of my 3 children read Catcher in the Rye at Brookfield East. They both liked it. They both [...]

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Anyone get slammed by it? Just asking.

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Senator Ted Kanavas – the State Senator for my district – is saying he won’t run again. So, what do you think? I think I’m in trouble. My heart went all pittypat. Not to mention the love of a campaign in good weather! Oh, dear…

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Last night before I tucked into bed I put the 30 or so articles retrieved from two years of magazines away. They are happily managed in a binder now. I also found a couple of things I need to scan and send to friends who are planning trips of their own. That’s about 50 magazines [...]

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