Monday, May 18, 2015

Magnet Monday: DC in Bloom

Cheesy Refrigerator Magnet for Monday, May 18, 2015
"Washington DC", 3-D cast resin, circa 2010



The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC is over now, but our cherry tree is just getting started. 



Family on a high school trip to DC picked this up for us. We have them well trained. 


Magnet Monday features a selection from our semi-vast and ever growing collection of cheesy refrigerator magnets. Without doubt the perfect souvenir. Only slightly less cheesy than collecting snow globes but maybe a lot easier to smuggle in your bra. If need be. Which I hope it never is. Unless it's really worth it.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Weekly Randomness for Friday, May 15, 2015


Nora says: A man a plan a canal Panama

Every date between 5-10-15 and 5-19-15 is a palindrome!*


News that made me stop what I was doing to look it up.

Weekly Shits n' Giggles
  • Despite being a professional intestinal researcher (seriously), I couldn't find anyone in our lab interested (but it's so stylish!)
  • Want
  • Almost literally shit. I actually dropped my cell phone into the toilet... I was way overdue for an upgrade (still using an S2, but it looks practically new, so how could I not keep using it?). Fortunately the S5 is water-resistant. Unfortunately, there's an app on there driving some adware that means now I get random texts for lunch invitations. Decline, no?
  • My Pinteresting Randomness

Weekend Aims
  • Southeast Wisconsin Master Gardeners annual plant sale - get 'em while they're hot! My neighbor and I have our wagons at the ready, and husbands prepared to go buy us coffee - perfect! 
  • Dinner and a concert. When I was young, this could mean gyros and the Romantics in Madison, or brats and Kenny Rogers at the state fair. Now it means classical-pops and fine French dining. Same thing
  • Family time - somebody's graduating from FVTC!! 

*Or as we used to say in college, Pat's Tap (thanks for that one - you know who you are!!)


Friday, May 8, 2015

Weekly Randomness for Friday, May 8, 2015


News that made me stop what I was doing to look it up.

Weekly Shits n' Giggles

Weekend Aims
  • Wedding Saturday - Catholic mass in Spanish, and then a party (but I repeat myself...)
  • Mother's Day: was hoping to take Mom to visit the Anderson Gardens but the weather is going to be uncooperative. Sigh... 
  • More yard work (a.k.a. yard yoga). 

Friday, May 1, 2015

Weekly Randomness for Friday, May 1, 2015




News that made me stop what I was doing to look it up.

Weekly Shits n' Giggles


Weekend Aims
  • Finally warm enough for some serious yard work and 
  • A decent cookout!
  • Hopefully dust off the bicycles even!! 
  • Birding season is here in the midwest flyway - warbler walks in Grant Park start Sunday.