Regular readers of my blog have often heard me sing the praises of the STEM Center - Cheyenne's school in the West Fargo School District and the only magnet school in the state. Well, you may not have actually "heard" me - more accurately, you "read" me singing the praises of the amazing work the staff and [...]
Leavenworth – quite the getaway.
Groupon Getaways is a travel service that puts together travel deals in collaboration with Expedia. Sometimes their deals are really great and can come in at as much as 60% off. I received an email from Groupon today. The subject line said: San Diego | Las Vegas | Chicago | Cancun | Leavenworth Leavenworth?? Since [...]
Mist opportunity…
As I walked into Sunmart today and approached the produce aisle the misters starting misting. I stopped in my tracks, but I noticed there was a woman in close proximity to the misters who didn't even flinch when the misters went off. She just stood there in what appeared to be a daze. So I watched [...]
Chutzpah!
Chutzpah! There is no other way to characterize what a woman in Superior, Wisconsin did today. She brought traffic on her street to a grinding halt as folks stopped to take photos "of a pile of boxes and items in a yard with signs that read 'X-HUSBAND SALE' and 'FREE'" and to see the "once-green GMC Yukon SUV [...]
There really should be confetti…
Sometimes Cheyenne is a really funny kid. It is difficult to imagine when I hear her prattle on and on about the types of things 13 year olds find endlessly amusing that she was quite shy when she was young. Back then she didn't talk much in public and she would close her eyes whenever she was around [...]
Diggin’ – my therapy.
Sometime in October I noticed that I had lost some strength and range of motion in my right arm. My first thought was that perhaps I had experienced a stroke and didn't realize it. So of course I smiled, raised my arms over my head, and said, "How now brown cow?" I concluded from my [...]
This is for the mothers…
This is for the mothers...the women who have given away a piece of their heart and their sanity to raise a child. This is for the mothers...the supporters of dreams and the counselors in times of disappointment. This is for the mothers...the women who have proudly worn spit-up and macaroni necklaces. This is for the [...]
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