Month: July 2013

  • Chapter Twenty One- Theron Humphrey Book Signing at Boswell Books

    Last week Tuesday, my husband walked in the door after getting home from work and I dropped the dishes I was washing, said something like “I’m out of here” and headed for the door.  The kids had been testing my newly discovered zen-like patience, so when I got relieved, I put on my favorite handmade…

  • Chapter Twenty- Les Paul Experience

    I’d heard about the Les Paul Experience on Radio Milwaukee (my favorite local radio station).  I learned that the Waukesha County Museum housed a new exhibit in honor of the late great guitar innovator, Les Paul, as he’s from Waukesha.  Since my dad, Frank, is the kind of guy who plays and builds guitars, I…

  • Chapter Nineteen- Travel Edition again: Bay Beach (Green Bay, WI)

    What do you do when your AC breaks and it’s 90 degrees in your house and you’re pregnant and miserable?  Head North!  And while you’re at Grandma and Grandpa’s, where do you go for a day trip?  Bay Beach! I need to tell you about Wisconsin’s Disneyland, as my nephew believes it is.  This place…

  • Chapter Eighteen- Travel Edition: Door County

    So I’m straying from the norm here…going to talk about something other than Milwaukee.  I’m also going to talk about friends.  Because on this week’s adventure, I got to enjoy both. After college, my two friends Brie and Erin and I decided it was time to enjoy a spring break trip.  We were 22 and…