Biked to pick up the kids from school, then biked to the library with LK then home. We both nearly wiped out on a steep hill, and I'm afraid I may need to look at the brakes. Sigh. Still, a good day of riding

Biked with the kids to school, now just finished a 2.8 mile trek (round trip) to the bank. Aside from the bike ride with Lulu in the Bahamas, it's my longest ride in seven years. 🙂 Now contemplating a ride to the library before meeting the kids .

The Bruce Jenner Interview with Diane Sawyer

We just finished watching the #BruceJenner interview with Diane Sawyer. 

Powerful stuff, and Lisa teared up more than once. I started to when his children - the Jenner's, not the Kardashian's - showed up en masse to show their support. 

 As I suspected, the "botched" plastic surgery of decades past wasn't botched at all, just an attempt to feminize his face. He'd been on female hormones for five years in the '80's.

 I think he did some good with his interview, and probably helped more than a few people wrestle with their demons.

Baltimore is Rioting

Visiting my Mom and Aunt Rosie with Lauren, and watching the Baltimore riots on TV. Disgusting. - at Southpointe Health Center

Junie's First Communion Photo Session at Target

The brief is submitted. And just like that, Legal Writing 2 is complete. #RElief

Anzac Day

Today, Anzac Day, is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli, the ill-fated Allied invasion of Turkey that led to half a million casualties in WWI. May all who participated RIP.

Heavy rain. Better than the snow flurries we had to start the week

Lu reaches a milestone

LuLu has officially surpassed my Little Grandma in height. She is now 5 feet tall. -at the Allergy Clinic on Loomis

Marquette licenses their Police

The President of Marquette just sent an email announcing the Marquette Department of Public Safety will become a licensed police department May 1st.

The Weinermobile!

The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile is in town!

Wait, Brigham Young University has its own cable channel? And it's on U-Verse in Milwaukee? Doesn't that seem odd to anyone? (Watching "His Girl Friday" on it now)

Fast and Furious 6

How can you not love this series?

Biked with the kids to school, with me carrying Lu's trumpet in a bag on my handlebars. Baskets are quickly rising to the status of "necessity"

Angelcakes gets a kitty bed!

Lisa found a toy cat bed at a church rummage sale and, as she predicted, Angelcakes claimed it for her very own. Not bad for a buck!

LuLu's new hair color

Lisa dyed Olivia's hair blue over the weekend (although it turned out blueish-green). I'll try and post pics tonight.

It looks good, but personally I don't care for it.

But I think that's partially the point. 

update: Here's a pic of LuLu and her new hair color, courtesy of my mother-in-law        

Isn't this flaw obvious?

You know the wonderful, sweet State Farm commercial that follows a man through his life, showing that each time he says "I'm never going to . . ." he matures and does whatever task he objected to?

Here's the big flaw: the last scene is him cuddled up with his family and promising to never let them go. 

So, following the theme of the ad, he'll soon leave them for his receptionist.

Update on my Mom

I visited my Mom and Aunt Rosie at the nursing home/rehab center today, along with three of the kids (no Lu). She told me she might be there past mid-May, which is a good three weeks past her first estimate. That sucks. OTOH she looked better than she has in years. I can't put my finger on it . . . I guess she just looked more alert and together today. It was nice to see.

Wow. What a crazy column.

Just read a charming column from the Left arguing that the First Amendment and Free Speech should be eliminated so as to silence opposition to their views on abortion, climate change, and politics.

No, it wasn't a satire piece, it was a professional site not a blog and no, I won't link to it and swell their site statistics.

What a bunch of loons.

A Busy April Night

I biked to the store with Junie and returned with two full backpacks (and one large bag) of household staples like cat food, laundry soap, and margarita mix. I really need to buy a rear basket if I want these bikes to remain practical for more than recreation.

We grilled steaks, fresh asparagus, and sliced potatoes for dinner while the three youngest played on the trampoline. We've already grilled out more this year than all of last summer.

The food was grand, but the kids seem to have forgotten all their manners at the dinner table. It was like eating at a frat house. Not cool.

Dartball

My Big Grandpa had scads of dartball trophies, a board in his garage, and a bunch of darts that I remember well.

 Yesterday Lisa and I went out to dinner with my sister Chrissy and her new boyfriend. I'd been looking forward to it all week, and it lived up to the hype. A good time and good food, and he seems like a nice guy.

LOL

 

The new Trailer for The Force Awakens

I'm no Star Wars nut, but that new trailer has sealed the deal: I'll see it opening day, preferably at The Avalon.

Junie's Catechism Art

A sign LK made to give to her catechism teacher today. The box in the corner is the cloth Veronica used to wipe the Lord's face

Finally discussing Roe v Wade in Constitutional Law - at Marquette