Happy Mom's Day, Nicola

We can't afford to bring you out to Reno right now, so we did the next best thing:




Happy Mothers' Day!

quaking earth

Goodness, aren't earthquakes unusual in Reno? The Yosemite trip sounds like a LOT of fun. I've never camped in a tent, so that would be an new experience. Getting ready for a weekend in Chicago. Off to pack, always a chore. Love xxx

We're goin' camping

Emilie and I are getting our supplies together for a camping trip to Yosemite, in part to celebrate her law school graduation. We get to attend a wedding in the park on the 18th (which means I don't get to read names at graduation this year...bummer), and then we have two days in Yosemite valley.











Em's very excited. She has never had her own sleeping bag before, let alone a cold-rated three-season lightweight space-age sleeping bag, and we are so happy about the new tent that we insisted on pitching it in the living room and watching Battlestar Galactica from it last night.

After being awakened by a 4.7-magnitude earthquake in the night, though, we realized that we were sleeping on the floor, and not under the stars, and we toddled off to bed.

WEAPON OF CHOICE

If only Christopher Walken were president...

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring + Easter! March has been tough on the blog, but we know everybody's busy + looking forward to a well-earned break. Dom + 6 friends from Stevens Point stopped for a long lunch on their return from a service mission in downtown Chicago, with a side trip to Bodyworks in Milwaukee. They were a very nice + hungry bunch. Mom gave Nic 50 gold dollars that she's very much enjoyed regifting to people who really enjoy the gold, + everybody had to find their golden easter egg in our now accessible back yard. Nic had a big article in the paper that I have to keep hearing about.
Jeff + Nicki, I liked all the Oscar movies well, but Atonement perhaps a little less. But I couldn't put the book down even tho I knew the whole story, because he writes so well. I wish I'd done it in reverse order. I'm also glad I read Kiterunner first: I don't know if I'd have liked it without the read first. Again such excellent writing. And I very much enjoyed No Country for Old Men both ways, but maybe preferred seeing the movie first.
I missed my chance to use central WI dancers for Rhinelander acts, but beware of folks in western garb!

Hello, all! I didn't realize the Blog was continuing past Christmas. Thank you to all who came down for OscarFest 2008. Busy, busy at work--no significant changes since becoming supervisor, mostly just more calls and more e-mails to deal with.
xox

APPLEBEE'S

I trained a double today (10:30am-3:30pm and then 5:00pm-9:30pm). I work tomorrow and then another double on Friday. Back to being really busy, but this place is way better for me and I don't have to wear that apron.