Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
I needed to jot something down today so I opened up the notes app in my IPhone. I jotted down my note and then thumbed down and glanced at the other notes I’ve taken. Have you done this recently? What? The only one of these that even looks...
May 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
My kids, Maggie and Max, took home their yearbooks today from Somerset Elementary School here in Somerset, WI. They are in 4th and 3rd grades. I told them how much fun it was to get signatures in our yearbooks every year. How we used to write things like...
May 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Our old historic bridge is only so tall. Yesterday, a truck hauling hay across from MN to WI misjudged the height of his load and off went a good dozen bales. Stopping traffic both directions…right around rush hour time. Jen thought...
Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
I “coach” my kids in a lego league. It’s been fun, the inaugural season of JFLL in Somerset, WI. I volunteered to be a “coach” this year. My friends who are reading this are laughing, because lego league is really all I...
Apr 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Our shop hop pattern for 2014 is Different Stripes for Different Types. . Our theme for this year’s hop was the Historic Stillwater Prison. Stillwater was the location of Minnesota’s very first federal prison. It housed members of Jessie James Gang and...
Apr 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
We can not believe the turnout for this year’s shop hop. What a fun group of fiber lovers! . We, of course, did a few more mug shots:) .
Apr 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Even more convicts… . We could have used one more hand today, just to take mug shots! We missed so many of you. . Thanks for another fun day all! ..
Apr 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
More convicts…from Day 2! .
Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The theme for the yarn shop hop this year is Local Color! Our local color? The historic Minnesota State Prison. The first Federal prison in the state of MN. Governor Alexander Ramsey, in 1853 said “there should be proper and safe places of confinement”...
Mar 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Well, it’s back. . If you have a baseball fan in your house you know already. . And on opening day every year I dig out this video and watch it. . So humor me and click. You might want to turn the volume down:) . . WIN TWINS!...
