rbo looks like he's fitting in with the great white north.

Love the picture. Looks like a good way to spend a Saturday morning.

I'm not sure about that... who ever plans on dropping off their luggage while they park the car? On top of that, if no one else is around, why do you need to watch the luggage? Best to play it safe and dowse the luggage.

I am just saying that I must be a little too excited about leaving if I am the first person at the airport. I am sure that there is someone else here somewhere, but not sure where. Hum... now this guy just asked me to watch his luggage while he parks his car. I would say that that is normally suspicious activity, but surprisingly it kind of isn't when no one else is around.

U of I sent out their freshmen acceptances by email this year. Cheryl and Bob's oldest grandson got one.

Glad you did it to your name. It surprised me for a minute to see that big a package. The one I have left to receive for myself is much smaller.

Frank probably forgot to tell you that we are shipping some packages there.

Package for the Doughers arrived here today.

I just found out the new Ice Center does NOT provide helmets. So please bring a helmet with a strap if you have one. (bicycle/ski/snowboard/catcher/hockey/rafting helmet)

If you don't have a helmet you can bring, please let me know. If you have extras you can bring, please let me know. The ice rink does not require them, but I do.

They also don't provide pinnies, so please bring white and dark shirts for team rotations.

DID Matto move to PR?

The eight is a snowman. LOVE IT!

Dueling banjos again. WHOOHOO!

Nice border.

and by First year players, I mean that they played the first year. so I think that means they are legacy or something like that....

Joe and Jill Wachter and some of his cousins will be there. First year players.

I invited a few maybes.

Has anyone invited people to broomball or know if specific friends/cousins are coming? Just wondering.

bizarre... I fixed the oops button for ie7. This may have broken it for other browsers... but ie7 and ff3.5 work. V want to give it a go? I think you were the one always having problems with it.

of course the stupid br tags still show up in the edit box... ha, fixed those too.

mro: Happy to hear you enjoyed them a second time.

sao - Tonight we unpacked the advent cards you made last year. We had a great time looking through them. Thanks again for doing that. They were so much fun even the second time around.

Good visit with the neurofeedback specialist...now we just hold our breath for 6 months.

so you have a place to go walking over your lunch break....

I started at my new office today. It is so close to a very nice mall. So dangerously exciting for me.

Sarah, I do encourage you to change doctors. I'm so glad I did when I had the doctor like yours. It used to take a year or more to get an appointment and then she rushed through it so fast I felt like she just wanted to give me whatever the latest and greatest pill was. I had an appointment with Dr. B yesterday and it reminded me how happy I am with him. He doesn't hang around and chat, but he's always encouraging and has time to answer health questions. It definitely was worth the hassle of changing doctors.

no gloating Merel.

Ah, the bliss of the socialist medical system, no rescheduling a little bit of reading two year old magazines in the waiting room, but not for more than half an hour. Which reminds me, I should get a doctor now that I am back in the Netherlands.

I'd be switching doctors. Even when you do get there, they are going to be so busy they won't have much time for you (too busy rescheduling patients).

Ha! They just called to re-schedule my check-up AGAIN.

It's about 23 degrees here. I was going to Susy's for her birthday. I got as far as Bloomington and decided it really wasn't a good day to be driving. We don't have a lot of snow yet, but it's really windy and around Bloomington the snow got heavier. The forecast wasn't for any accumulation, but I decided not to chance it. It's supposed to get up in the 30s again on Friday. Meanwhile I'll stay bundled up inside.

Ha. I just went out to pick up a sick kid and it was like 40s or 50s. Unfortunately "severe thunderstorms" are forecast for sometime soon. Guess we're on the front.

So if we miss our train connection, we can crash with you two?

Yeah lots of weather here too. They're calling for more weather tonight.

Merel & I will be staying downtown Chicago the nights of the 20th and 21st. Nothing like browsing downtown hotels to get a little precision on where you lie in the social strata.

You can order the chicken.

school is cancelled!!!

well, i don't have to go in until four at least.

apologies if this delays your package, but we don't control mother nature.

yet.