but thanks....

A few pictures from the northwoods winter wonderland and the trip up.

"Don, have you been noticing funny looks from people in the cars passing us?
"No, I haven't. i wonder why they would look at us funny."

but thanks....

Happy Thanksgiving!

one week from Thursday is Thanksgiving. I was listening to a radio station the other day and they were referring to Thanksgiving as the "forgotten holiday." They said people take down their Halloween decorations and hang up the Christmas ones. Thinking back over the past week I was thinking about the errands I was running. Most of the stores had their Halloween decorations on sale and right next to it was a few Thanksgiving things with the Christmas decorations taking over most of the store. The Thanksgiving stuff really was pushed to the side and if you weren't looking for it you could easily miss it. Walking around downtown, Christmas decorations are going up. This weekend is the Festival of Lights parade, basically a start of Christmas celebration. Christmas music has started taking over the airwaves. Now I did learn over the weekend that Thanksgiving was not the peaceful happy-go-lucky dinner between the Pilgrims and Indians that we were taught in school. We've come along way from 1621 to be truly thankful for what we have. Don't let Thanksgiving become the "forgotten holiday". We have a lot to be thankful for these days.

I'm thankful for my family and their health, my friends, my job, the time i can spend with other people, and my church.

What are you thankful for?

Halloween

Friday night my mom threw quite the Halloween bash for the grandsons. Anders was a Minnesota Viking football player and Axel was Tigger.

For dinner we ate mummy dogs and ghost jell-o along with other boring food like green beans.

The boys especially enjoyed eating the mummy dogs.

The dinner ended, after a piece of candy for each boy, with Anders coming over to Axel for a hug and counted to 10 together. Aren't they great brothers?

Winter wonderland

Monday morning i woke up and looked outside. This is what greeted me.

Ok I was in Northern Wisconsin for the weekend but still it's October and I was joking when I said i was hoping to get snowed in over the weekend.

how cute am i?

isn't she cute?

how cute am i?

isn't she cute?

i've been tagged...

Four things I was doing 10 years ago:
1. Working at a law firm
2. Living in the North Park neighborhood
3. Owning a car
4. Not dating anyone (hmm? something haven't changed after ten year. sad.)

Four things on my to-do list:
1. Find a condo
2. Find a better paying job
3. See the Cubs win a World Series
4. Go on a date

Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Accounts payable/Receivable
2. Jane of all trade3. Baker’s assistant4. Lifeguard

Four movies I’ve watched more than once:
1. Star Wars (all six of them)
2. All of the Harry Potter Movies
3. Major League
4. Indiana Jones (again all of them)

Four places I’ve lived:
1. Chicago
2. Chicago
3. Jonkoping
4. Chicago

Four places I want to visit:
1. New Zealand
2. Sweden
3. Scotland
4. Prince Edward Island

Four television shows I watch right now:
1. Gray's anatomy
2. two and a half men
3. Sportscenter
4. Lost

Four things you might not know about me:
1. I’m living with my parents while I’m looking for a condo
2. The Cubs make me cry
3. I like Kid Rock (well some of his stuff)
4. I wear the same pair of shoes almost every day at work during the cold months


Four things I like about being married:

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Eddie Vedder

Don't let anyone say that it's just a game

For I've seen other teams and it's never the same

When you're born in Chicago you're blessed and you're healed

The first time you walk into Wrigley Field

Our heroes wear pinstripe, heroes in blue

Give us the chance to feel like heroes too

Whether we'll win and if we should lose

We know someday we'll go all the way

Yeah

Someday we'll go all the way

We are one with the Cubs

With the Cubs we're in love

Yeah, hold our head high as the underdogs

We are not fair-weather but foul-weather fans

We're like brothers in arms in the streets and the stands

There's magic in the ivy and the old scoreboard

The same one I stared at as a kid keeping score

In a world full of greed, I could never want more

Than someday we'll go all the way

Yeah

Someday we'll go all the way

Someday we'll go all the way

Yeah

Someday we'll go all the way

Someday we'll go all the way

And here's to the men and the legends we've known

Teaching us faith and giving us hope

United we stand and united we'll fall

Down to our knees the day we win it all

Ernie Banks said "Oh, let's play two"

Or did he mean 200 years

In the same ball park, our diamond, our jewel

The home of our joy and our tears

Keeping traditions and wishes made new

A place where our grandfathers, fathers they grew

A spiritual feeling if I ever knew

And if you ain't been I am sorry for you

And when the day comes with that last winning run

And I'm crying and covered in beer

I'll look to the sky and know I was right

To think someday we'll go all the way

Yeah

Someday we'll go all the way

Someday we'll go all the way

Yeah

Someday we'll go all the way

Someday we'll go all the way

Yeah

written by Eddie Vedder

A Cubs Fan