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So a friend of mine once said that any point in time, you can scan the radio stations, wherever you are, and you'll find a phil collins song. I had one up as my first song tonight, and it seems appropriate because phil collins inspires the memory of the old 8-track player we had at our first house on grace drive.
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So lots of things to write about, but not a lot of time. Ashley and I are making our 2nd trip to Minnesota, but first in the Madison-era of our lives. We are off to see friends that date back to my grade school and I believe within the next few weeks we are going to be seeing some of Ashley's friends that go back to the same time period. That is ( Read more... ) -
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It's been a great five weeks in Madison. We're all settled in, and every weekend we're either out exploring the area, or going down to Illinois to visit family. Last weekend for Labor Day, we had both of our families up for the weekend for a big multi-family BBQ, so that was fun - first time we've been able to do something like that in five years ( Read more... ) -
Back in the Midwest
So.
This summer was a tad more eventful than I thought it was going to be. If you read the aforementioned goals from my last post, please note that none of them truly got accomplished.
Exactly three days after I last posted, we got an offer on the place. A good offer. They wanted to close in three weeks. Here is how it all went down:
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cheese curds
Howdy from Wisconsin. I was running tonight, past the cow and horse farms that are all around my mom's house in Brooklyn, WI thinking about how it was time to say hello to both our loyal readers. It's been a strange week.
I started my new job on Monday. To be clear, I am officially employed by Kelly Services as an consultant for GE Healthcare. ( Read more... ) -
Ch-ch-ch-changes
To any and all loyal readers:
It is possible that the dismal posting frequency of the writers of oscarsam could drastically increase in coming weeks, due to the geographic displacement of one of its founders.
That's right-- Nate has finally made the move to Wisconsin. On Monday, he's going to start working for GE Healthcare as a data analyst. He' ( Read more... ) -
skiing
Ouch. That's the one word I would use to sum up Ash's and my day of skiing, but perhaps for very different reasons. Yesterday, we finally, after four years of living in New England, took advantage of local skiing. We went up to Mt. Sunapee with a few friends and veteran skiers. Ashley had never been skiing and the last time I went skiing it ( Read more... ) -
Christmas in Boston
So...
After Toronto, it was time for Christmas. Christmas Eve was very fun; we went out for drinks, then had a great French dinner. After that, we went to a very nice candlelight Christmas Eve service (one of about three times a year that we actually make it to church).
Mmmmm.... duck confit...
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Toronto and solo dining
Day three in Toronto, yah. It's a very cool city, and it happens to be the only large city I've ever found that I don't mind driving in. Even though the population is almost 6 million in Metro Toronto (5th largest city in North America, which I did not know) it doesn't feel like it. Nothing feels cramped or busy or crazy; it's all pretty free- ( Read more... ) -
Mad about Madison
Well, I'm back from Round 1 (week in Madison) and heading out Monday morning for Round 2 (week in Toronto). It seems I missed quite a snowstorm while I was gone, but I am enjoying walking Sam through the snow drifts. He hops along, flailing about and sinking. Very cute ( Read more... )
