Ep 44: Tara runs the Goofy Challenge

Running and Other Stuff, Episode 44: Tara is on the show to talk about the Walt Disney World Marathon weekend! She ran Goofy’s Race and a Half Challenge (that’s a half marathon on Saturday, then a full marathon on Sunday). Tara was my teammate from last year’s Ragnar Chicago as well as on my team …

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Snow predictions from a 10 yr old

Snow predictions from a 10 yr old

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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Ep 43: This episode makes us fartlek

Running & Other Stuff, Episode 43: Kim and Nesa discuss the Ragnar Relay from Madison to Chicago, the legs (of Ragnar, not OUR legs ….), our team and what we should name it, how we can’t count to 12, how our running has been going, Kim almost tossed Old Glory *gasp* (but the people of …

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Birthplace of the American League

Birthplace of the American League

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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The day I got rid of (mostly) everything

On Sunday I tackled something that I haven’t done in a few years — I cleaned out my entire dresser and my closet. I tried on just about everything and filled the backseat of my car with stuff to go to Goodwill, a lot went into the trash too. In the process I realized a …

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The day we visited the Shedd Aquarium in 2006

The day we visited the Shedd Aquarium in 2006

Here is a rerun from January 2006, which was sparked because I am drinking my coffee out of my Shedd Aquarium coffee cup. Today we (my husband, nephews, Zoe & I) took the train to Chicago to visit the Shedd Aquarium. Here is a photo montage of our day. Here are the kids on the …

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We visited the Pabst Mansion

We visited the Pabst Mansion

On Monday we all had the day off, so we decided to go to the Milwaukee Art Museum to see the Impressionism exhibit. Our first clue that something was up was when we tried to pull into the parking garage under the museum and the door was shut. Closed? Yes, the art museum is closed …

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