Announcing our New Arrival

Our new DOGGIE.....will arrive tonight!
We are adopting a greyhound. His name is Dobber. We may change his name to something else. We aren't crazy about the name Dobber and he barely knows it anyway.
We will go through with the offical adoption process tonight. We will keep you updated!!

We are both really excited to have our very first doggie!

Here are some pictures of him from the GPA of Wisconsin website.
http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=14198471

Picture of the Day

A sail boat docking on Lake Mendota, Sunday afternoon.

A visit to Miller Park

Over the weekend Bill and Courtney came to see us. With Jimmy's connections through various sports and golf venues we were able to walk out on the field and have a tour of Miller Park.

I never realized how small you feel or just how large a stadium is until you are standing on the field.

Here are some pictures from our visit.

The Monster

This was the "monster" I found in my tomatoes. He creeps me out!!!

My lunch battle....

I am on week 2 of my "I will not eat out at lunch!" struggle. Today will make two work weeks were I have brought my lunch each day. Sadly, the first week was only 4 days.

For some reason this summer I have been really bad about eating out for lunch. Realizing something had to give I chose to not eat out at lunch. Or just not as often.

Here at the university it is so hard. At Duke had I to drive or walk to the Great Hall for lunch. This campus is different. I am within walking distance of 10-20 or more places to have a great lunch. Which is very tempting. My building even has its own food court.

Jimmy and I talked and we did not want to compromise our Saturday lunches out. So weekday lunches it is. Next week I am going for week 3, wish me luck! I will try to hold my breath as I pass by Five Guys with its wonderful smell of freshly cooked fries.

My first day of school.

I started a leadership series at UW today. It was so nice feeling like a student this morning and walking to class. The series is offered through HR and Continuing Education. I am looking forward to the classes.

Nobody puts baby in a corner.......
RIP Patrick

The Irish Potato Famine and My Tomatoes.

Did you know that the Irish potato famine was caused by a disease called late blight?

Unfortunatley, my tomato plants have fallen victim to its devastation. I noticed the Carolina Gold variety starting to wilt towards the bottom of the plant and just thought it needed water. About a week passed and Jimmy asked me how long it had been that way. Now you can tell exactly who the gardner is....ME....he hadn't even noticed them.


He inspects the leaves, pulls a few and places them into a ziploc bag. Next thing I know he has disected some of them, they are on slides and his students are looking at the findings under a microscope. Sure enough, it was late blight.

I have three varieties of tomatoes. Juliett (roma), Rutgers and Carolina Gold. The Rutgers variety has the worst case of the disease. The Roma tomatoes have been the most resistant.

Since the disease spreads rapidly and is airborne it could effect the Wisconsin potato crops this year. People with suspectable plants have been encouraged to destory them.

Nevertheless, we must take my plants down....conquer and destory. Sniff Sniff........at least they had a good run this summer and produced TONS of tomatoes, disease or not.

A poem

For some reason I woke up today thinking it was Saturday. I have always loved this poem and thought about it this morning. I haven't heard it in a long time. Enjoy.

Sick
by Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more--that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut--my eyes are blue--
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke--
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb.
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my voice is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is--what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is. . .Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

Crazy Busy

Just wanted to say hello. With the start of school my weeks are getting very hectic so my blogging may be minimal.

Jimmy and I had a good weekend. We did things around the house and are trying to choose a paint color for our dining room/living room area. Right now we are going with a sage green.
We also may paint our shutters and front door to give the house a new look. We can't decide on those colors at all.

We saw a hilarious movie on Saturday night. The Hangover. Probably the funniest movie I have seen in quite some time. Basics....4 guys have a bachelor party in Vegas. They wake up the next morning and can't remember anything from the night before and worst yet the groom is missing. I would recommend it if you are looking for a good laugh.