• Let’s give this headline writer a raise!

    I was reading a post the other day in which the blogger talked about how she and her husband had lucked into getting front row seats for a helicopter ride one time. I replied that you couldn’t pay me enough money to ever fly in a helicopter, and she was sort of astounded by my

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  • I can’t read what’s written in the stars.

    I can’t believe we’re in the midst of the dog days of summer already. I just learned the other day that the phrase refers to Sirius, the Dog Star. In the summer, Sirius rises and sets with the sun. On July 23rd, it’s perfectly in conjunction with the sun and at its brightest. The ancient

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  • One day, two bays.

    After a perfect Saturday, I was eager to embrace my newfound itinerary-less “on a whim” mantra when we headed out on our next adventure Monday morning. Destination: Green Bay. We didn’t even really have a reason to go, aside from curiosity. U.S. News & World Report just ranked Green Bay the #1 best place to

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  • Sasquatch butts drive me nuts.

    One year ago, Tara and I were vacationing in Wisconsin. We spent the 4th of July driving around the various Madison suburbs. While I didn’t state as much in my blog post, because things were still very hush-hush at that point, the purpose that day was to scope out potential communities in which to live.

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  • Obsessing over AQI.

    I don’t know what Wisconsin did to piss off Mother Nature, but the ol’ gal is really letting us have it lately. On top of an intensifying drought, this week we’ve been plagued with smoke and haze so thick, at one point our air quality was the worst in the nation. What’s next: a plague

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  • Help, my lawn’s been taken hostage by the drought mafia!

    To say that it’s been dry here is an understatement. I haven’t been on the John Deere in weeks because the grass looks like this. That’s the south-facing front yard. The backyard is faring a little better, and could probably stand mowing in a few areas, but I’ll give it another week. It’s been bone

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