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So long livejournal....
After much consideration, I have decided to move over to Wordpress.com. My new blog will be (drumroll please) www.phranklyphred.wordpress.com.
I look forward to seeing you over there, where the posts will continue to be, well, similar. I may occassionally xpost, we'll see. -
to market, to market...
I missed the Wednesday Westside Farmer's Market at the DOT parking lot, and I knew that I'd miss all the Saturday markets (working 6:30-3 tomorrow, oh yeah!). So, I decided to check out a new one that's relatively close, on Thursday. Fitchburg (the suburban location of my 'bux) is just down the road, and their farmer's market is new. It is located ( Read more... ) -
my relationship with kleenex
I leaned over the open washing machine to transfer my clothes to the dryer and groaned silently. I had done it again! White clumps of wet tissue were distributed chaotically among my clean, wet clothes, clinging to them. And, it wasn't a little, it was a lot. I remembered throwing in a pair of pants, and realized that I had forgotten to pull out ( Read more... ) -
Old friends are like coming home again
On Saturday, I drove to the Milwaukee County Zoo to spend the day with my friends that I called family while in Chicago. Some of them I hadn't seen since February. We realized the night before that we hadn't been apart that long in 5 years. Wow. It was a stunning revelation. These were all Smith friends, of course, they'd have to be for that to be ( Read more... ) -
The World is strange and I've just gotta share
Just got home from Starbucks, and there's a man walking around outside squeezing a squeaky toy and calling "Jackie, Jackie!". It was so strange, because I thought I was hearing a squeaky toy, but I thought "no, it can't be, who would be outside just squeezing a squeaky toy?" But, it was true, my ears did not fail me. I hope that he finds Jackie ( Read more... ) -
Last Weekend's Camping Trip
I'm slow to get these types of posts up. But here it is.
First of all, Clear Lake is much closer to Minoqua and Woodruff than to Boulder Junction. That must be where the ranger's station is. We were delighted by how convenient the campground was to Minoqua, because it is full of childhood memories. My family (on my mom's side) has been vacationing ( Read more... ) -
skylines
When I used to drive down the Kennedy towards downtown Chicago, I would get shivers as the skyline came into view. It never got old. I would always think something along the lines of "I love this city of mine, this my skyline". It was strange, because I really did have a love/hate relationship with Chicago. The Wisconsin/small-city girl felt ( Read more... ) -
Gardening update
Because I know that everyone has been waiting with bated breath (I'm being sarcastic), I'm pleased to announce that we have had 2 ripe cherry tomatoes and one more that's nearly there. And we have tons of baby tomatoes on their way. It's so exciting to grow your own food. If I had more room I think that I would have grown peppers and peas and pole ( Read more... ) -
Musing about reading
I was just thinking about writing my personal statement for mfa programs. Yes, that's right, I've decided (if you didn't know) to apply to nonfiction MFA programs for fall 2008. I wish I could have made a decision earlier and gone this fall, because I'm not loving my life right now. But, that's beside the point ( Read more... )