So, since then.....

We/I have:

been amused by our silly Kali... who loves the simple braided piece of fleece that my co-worker made for her....

been to a Rolling Warhawks basketball game with Austin....

continued teaching children who struggle with issues beyond their control,

watched Kate put her photographic skills to work shooting scene shots for the Fort Atkinson High School play, Moonlight and Magnolias..


and celebrated seven years with our sweet Bailey...

among many other things.....

Hope all is well with all of you. :o)

Christmas... and on into the New Year.

Christmas came and went pretty quickly this year it seems....

though we did manage to get the immediate family group together with some efficiency this year.

But we are all, apparently, wondering, "Where did it go?"

Today... a reprieve in some ways...

And so the first snow day of the 2009-2010 school year begins...

Though the snow must be moved, somehow it is a little better to take with a new, auger-style snow blower...
Not everyone enjoys it as much...
Otherwise (since October.. but at least not since July like someone-who-will-not-be-named), the days have been filled with reports, assessments, Thanksgiving with a delicious dinner at my parents' house

visiting and being visted by Kate, a visit from Molly, meetings at school to prep for new students to the program and to monitor the progress of others.... books to read... and now preparation for the Christmas holiday....

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Farmer's Market 2009

If you get your Fort Farmer's Market card marked every week that you make a purchase for the WHOLE summer....you get a t-shirt!! This shows the completely filled card...the combined efforts of this household and one friend with my money (for the week I took Kate to orientation and we drove past the place too early for the vendors... ). SO, the t-shirts should arrive tomorrow for the last Farmer's Market of the season. WOO.. :o)
Annnnnnnd... here they are!! I know... small pleasures.... :o)

What not do to with a book bag..

Exhibit A.

Oh, has it really been 30 years?

There are places I remember

All my life though some have changed

Some forever, not for better

Some have gone and some remain

All these places have their moments

With lovers and friends I still can recall

Some are dead and some are living

In my life I've loved them all

Curb Appeal

We started this project because this wall (once wooden planks) was falling apart.... so we decided to replace it and, ultimately the rest of the edging, with bricks. So this photographic summary represents today's work... From right to left when facing our house... and around the corner.... We still have a small square surrounding the tree in front of the picture window and small section off the patio in the backyard, but not bad for a day's work. :)