Monthly Archives: October 2007

What I’m Reading

Last Thursday’s Lucky magazine purchase didn’t work out so well for me. Read and done within the hour. Even the shopping awards didn’t cut it. Too old, I guess. (Keri Russell? Still adorable.) But Friday’s purchase House&Garden was a great replacement. Started out by salivating over Doughnut Plant’s coconut cream-filled square doughnut, learned about some [...]

Field Trip Monday

Well, after a weekend of soccer, I was ready to go. Somewhere. Anywhere. And so, Monday morning, we set off for Milwaukee’s Third Ward. First stop? Broadway Paper. (see photo above) Had to check out the Christmas cards. Just a preview, because I can’t commit to Christmas cards before Halloween. It’s my little rule. As [...]

Bonus Monday Sports Corner

Good news to share this holiday Monday. My son’s team won its division in the weekend soccer tournament! The championship went down to penalty kicks and was a thriller. Yea, Black team!Enjoy your holiday. See you tomorrow with regular programming …..(and by the way, go Red Sox!)

Friday Flickr Five; Off Monday

Good morning! It was another week of Flickr bounty. I’ll try to narrow it to the Five: tin tab pins Field Notes @ XPLANE green grass ‘Appy small And this was handwritten …… I’m envious. You know what my weekend holds in store: soccer (starts tonight at 7:25) and sweating. 85 today! Oh, and I’m [...]

Thursday starts the weekend

My son has only a half-day of school today, and then doesn’t go back until Tuesday! (What ever happened to the five day week?) No matter. We’ll go for lunch, and then visit R for a little magazine therapy. Last month, I made a pledge to stop buying Lucky magazine, because I am too old [...]