We went on another trip to Chicago, an overnight for a Friday evening symphony and there was no school that day, so our exchange student came with. We stayed at a Fairfield Inn to get a pull out couch for the kid. We did a bunch of things we had not done since pandemic, like … [Read more…]
It’s not been a big week for cooking dinner – Tuesday I had a big lunch with a faculty candidate, and Wednesday I didn’t get enough steps, so both nights I wasn’t hungry for dinner. The title refers to the big bowl of oatmeal with dates, 1/2 a cup of dry oats instead of the … [Read more…]
The weather in Denver quickly changed. On Saturday it was almost 70 when we were hiking in Boulder, and by the time we got up Sunday there was snow – an inch or two on the ground, and it was cold, in the 20s. Saturday after our hike we ate at Centro. I still have … [Read more…]
When I worked at Pleasant Company, we used to talk about the history biz – that is, the type of work necessary to maintain and promote and serve customers at historic tourist attractions like Old World Wisconsin, or Independence Hall, or Deadwood, or Colonial Williamsburg. The work we did. Trying to figure out what a … [Read more…]
This one’s in DC, and while attendance is higher than last summer’s conference held in New Orleans (that I skipped, with the happy result that I got to see the Madison fireworks that are always before July 4, when I’m almost always at conference) it’s down for a DC conference. Normally conferences held in either … [Read more…]
This week started with the election and is ending with the WI Film Fest. I took two days off to work at one, and volunteer at the other. Tuesday I worked the election and it wasn’t terribly busy – it was the election for mayor and school board so seemed like really only permanent residents … [Read more…]
Starting my Saturday with a little freezing. The election is Tuesday and I attended the Saturday morning training where we pick up our giant totes of all the stuff we need, and I drove because the Chief Inspector, and my neighbor, that I work with, didn’t have a car that day. She wanted to park … [Read more…]
This morning when I woke up I felt like it should be Saturday already, instead of only Friday. Somehow it’s just been a long week. Maybe the cold, maybe just everything. I’ve had several conversations with friends where they’re feeling like it’s the end of days. People snowed in up north and a 100+ car … [Read more…]
Kind of a lot of it is my own cooking, but I guess that’s as it should be, since I’m actually living here, not vacationing, touristing, or conferencing – yet. Friday the librarians’ conference begins**, so I should have some additional eating adventures then. Stove top mac & cheese, that I made for one … [Read more…]
I was signed up to do the AIDS ride Sunday – so I tried to take it kind of easy the rest of the weekend. Friday I worked until 4:30, on a Friday, in the summer, which Rach and I agreed is like staying until 5:30, or maybe even 6:00 on a normal work day. … [Read more…]