Day 3: Time to hit the road again. But – before we get too far, at least one-half of the family requires a stop through Deadwood, SD. At this point in our lives, Eric and I had watched all but the last episode of Deadwood. We followed signs to Mt. Moriah cemetery, the final resting place for many of the… (more…)
My big girl is 6 today. I asked her if she felt different today – and she told me that, ‘yes, I feel grown up today’. And she acted grown up today… Before I get into what went down today, let me provide some kindergarten context. Breaking the circuit Claudia did the birthday party circuit last year, and the year… (more…)
Let me think back in time, to reminisce about garages that I’ve known. In fact, I think I need a reminder… yes, let me check the dictionary for a moment. Garage: a shelter or repair shop for automotive vehicles. Merriam-Webster says that it’s from the French word garrer – to dock, and maybe even from the Old Norse vara –… (more…)
And there was wine. Pretty much from start to finish. My weekend away was fabulous – Mom came out to hang out with the kids so that Eric and I could join friends for a weekend getaway to Chicago. Despite the long list of places that you’re about to see – it was really relaxing… I suppose that when you’re… (more…)
Gonna have to add Historian to my list. I spent all day yesterday digging around the public library and in the stacks at the Wisconsin Historical Society. My goal for the day was to: Determine who had lived in my house before me Figure out a bit about the land ownership in my neighborhood See if I could verify the… (more…)
If you’re interested in unraveling your home’s history, start by knowing when that history began. Our first house was built in 1930 – our real estate agent told us that, and of course it’s listed within the hundreds of pages of closing documents. I actually contacted the city’s historic preservation officer to see if he would drive by my home… (more…)
We purchased our first home on Valentine’s Day, 2003. We searched for 3 days and toured about 24 homes… our home was the fourth one we saw on the first day. It was a house that I found on the local MLS site… and when we pulled up to it and realized that it wasn’t the cutesy bungalow that we… (more…)