When we were first married we lived in my college apartment on Milwaukee’s east side. It was a great place, except there really wasn’t a kitchen. Our kitchen was a converted walk-in closet and we cooked on hot plates and toaster ovens. Plural. Toaster ovens. We were looking for a place to move, and I’m …
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Here’s a rerun from 2007 … One of the best things about my job is that we laugh a lot here. There’s nothing like starting off the day with a giant fake rubber rat hidden on someone’s chair, desk, or office and then sitting, silent, trying super hard not to giggle while you wait for …
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My husband’s boss is a chess player and he brought the game into the workplace where they play five minute games on a regular basis. We’ve played chess throughout the years, but not a lot, and I have ZERO strategy. I basically don’t have a strategy for most things. Either I do it, or I …
[ Continue Reading... ]The weekend came and went. What did I do? I surprised myself with an awesome 7 mile run on Saturday. SURPRISED MYSELF! Who knew I could run a slow long run so fast? Isn’t doing it that way wrong? Well, this is what I have to say to my running coach: Do not expect that …
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It snowed today and my daughter was very excited about it. By the time I came home from work, which wasn’t until close to 6:30 pm by the way, my daughter had made the prediction that it there would be 13.5″ of snow by 7 pm. There was not. But she did measure at 9:06 …
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On Saturday, after visiting the Milwaukee Art Museum to see the Impressionism exhibit, we went out for pizza. Originally we were going to this place called Brick Pizza, but it turned out to be a pizza by the slice joint. No thank you. So we kept on walking down Old World 3rd St. We crossed …
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