A Decade in Review

2000 – Was excitingly dating Justin Foell from Minnesota while I lived in a small basement apartment with 5 windows, a killer dog upstairs named “Gangster”(who once tried to bite my face off when I gave him water. Jerk) and his owner “Chris LaDoux” (Can’t remember his real name. But he was hick-ish and smoked read more »

It’s the First Wednesday of the Month…

And you know what that means… The CREEPY siren that goes off at 1pm in downtown St. Paul. Like nuclear bomb loud. I’m surprised our windows don’t break. Did I mention it’s loud? and CREEPY?

Jinxed

Yep, I jinxed it. Or, it’s just November 30th and only one day of snow in October wasn’t enough for cold Minnesota. TodayNov 30 Few Snow Showers 39°/27° Awesome huh? At least I’m not out waiting for a bus this time of year. That was fun while it lasted. But wait, lets look at Thursday! read more »

It Has Begun

Mark this date, November 24th, I listened to my Barenaked Ladies Christmas album. I liked it. My sister has her tree up already. Stores have been leaking their Black Friday ads for a week now. (trivia: Does anyone know what “Black Friday” means? Answer at the end of this post.) So it’s not just me read more »

Train

Saturday was the grand opening of sorts of the new Northstar Rail in Minnesota. A big deal here people. Justin is so enthralled with trains that we stood in line for 45 minutes for free tickets to ride downtown. While I wasn’t really interested, it turned out to be fun. Best of all, Jules liked read more »

5 Months

Oh Jules, please slow down. You’re growing up too fast! You prefer to be on your back, although you do tolerate tummy time when the boppy and tpt is involved. You can *almost* sit up but you’re not quite there yet. And your legs are getting stronger each day. You can stand for a second read more »

Babylegs Tutorial

While Justin thinks they are silly, he doesn’t take them off Jules. I like babylegs because they are cute, easy to pull on and off, and can leave them on for diaper changes. They’ll fit him through toddler-hood and can double as arm warmers on cool fall nights. Plus, they are SUPER easy to make. read more »