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Tensegrity Rules!
My dearest galacticvoyeur is on a road trip to Pittsburgh to visit his family and help his mom with her house. So far he has experienced a near-tornado and narrowly missed the Furries convention. With entertainment like that, why leave home, you may ask? He has been planning this trip for quite some time and was derailed back on Easter weekend by the flu and the ( Read more... ) -
Memorial Day + family = priceless
Ahhh...the coals are dying down to ash, hubby's in the hot tub, and all the food has been put in baggies for the kids to take home. What a great party - all my kids and their friends, from the step-dad to the nanny, have been here today. I find it so wonderful and amazing that whenever we all get together for a party my children invite their ( Read more... ) -
Jewish Film Festival in Twin Cities
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Merry Christmas, everyone
2007 has ended quite nicely, although I have a mis'able cold and will not be leaving the house anytime soon. I sit and knit, and knit, and knit, and enjoy the company of my son, alexinamman, aka Alex. In fact, all my kids are in the same time zone at last! DD Lillian tigrr_lilyis back from Cornell for keeps and living in Ramsey with her beau. Joseph, WINOLJ, is leaving ( Read more... ) -
I love shiny things...and snowflakes
This weekend my dear galacticvoyeur and doggie and I went up to our friend, Amy's farm in Dalbo to house sit. It was glorious - so magical to see the very first snow storm of the year on the prairie. We were, sadly enough, snowed in, so we had to stay for two nights. Ahhhhh. They have stars, there, too on the prairie. -
I ain't marchin anymore
I am still reeling from the AFSCME strike at the University. We were out for 2.65 weeks and I am still having nightmares about President Bruininks and his minions. This is so sick. I just want to show up at work, do a good job, get paid a decent wage, and have a few benefits. Now that the strike is behind us, and we did NOT get what was coming to ( Read more... ) -
STRIKE!
Well, it is so strange being on strike. My union, the AFSCME clerical workers of the U of M, have been on strike since September 5. This is the second time in 4 years that we have had to go to these lengths to get a decent wage, in the face of humongous increases in salaries for administration folks. And, well, plenty of money for stadia, it seems ( Read more... ) -
Fourth of July
We had such a nice time for the Fourth of July; I feel like I really did have a three-day weekend. Son Joe, WINOLJ, and three of his friends came over for a rollicking BBQ, galacticvoyeur almost finished the deck, I sewed a quick pair of pedal pushers for the occasion, and a good time was had by all. Didn't quite make it to the fireworks, but after reading dreamshark's ( Read more... ) -
June update
Well, the kiddies are safely at their destinations, our deck is almost complete, and I strung up the pole beans. All is right with the world. It feels like summer, which is a good thing, as long as the weather doesn't overdo it. I am dedicating my summer to: gardening, cooking, making cheese, kefir, sprouts and kombucha, and getting ready for my ( Read more... ) -
Happy June 1st!
What a lovely week it's been. All my wee bairn are in town, and it is glorious hanging out with them and reveling in all the cross-family hassling/teasing ("watching for signs of life"). I have been able to take copious hours off from work and had a beautiful bike ride in today. I go the long way, around the rail yards in NE and down along the ( Read more... )