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About Me

Married, 2 daughters, work for a non-profit, LOVE great music, like to cheer my daughters on with their sports and school, like to run and love SPIN class. Did my first marathon in 2008!
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Bono of U2 (I met him briefly for an autograph in 2005), Nelson Mandela, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, Bob Geldoff, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Brandon Boyd, Kevin Garnett, Oprah, Hilary Clinton (and Bill too!), Barack Obama; in the afterlife: Martin Luther King, Jesus, JFK, Shannon Hoon, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Heath Ledger, Freddy Mercury, Kurt Cobain

My Blog

Strange Disappearances.......

  This has been the coldest winter for years and perhaps I am going crazy.  The last 4 nights in a row I have set out my morning vitamins including 2 fish oil capsules.  I got up very early each morni...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Another hospital stay but now all better!

I ended up back in the hospital for 4 days after my last blog post with complications from the ruptured appendix.  It was miserable - got no sleep even with all the drugs but had lots o...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:36:00 GMT

I feel really bad............

 I ended up taking an ambulance ride to North Memorial on Wednesday morning - I was not feeling great the day before but still managed to take Bri and Laura to see Neil Young and Death Cab f...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:20:00 GMT

My concert diary

For all you who know me, I love live music!  I've been to many concerts but here are a few of my favorites: U2, Seattle 2005, I was right up against the stage - it was my first U2 show ...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:19:00 GMT

My first marathon!!!!!

I finally did it on September 22, 2008 - my first marathon!!!  My friend Eileen Youds and I powerwalked the Fox Cities Marathon in Appleton, WI.  It took us 6 long hours but we did it and it...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:48:00 GMT

Sad Times

Elke Vossen had a stroke while teaching a spin class at theYMCA on June 27th and died on July 6th.  She was my favorite fitness instructor and at age 52 was a huge inspiration...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:49:00 GMT

Happy New Year!

2008 - another new year!  Hope this is a great year and we will see the first female president be elected.  Go Hillary! I'm not sleeping much lately - my sleep problems are getting out of ha...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:02:00 GMT

Fake Diamonds & Tan People

So last night Joe and I went to a really fancy party at the Lafayette Club with our BF's, Nancy & Steve.  Our former next-door neighbor, George, threw himself a 70th birthday party. ...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:58:00 GMT

Working from home again....

I am sick today with a sinus infection so working from home.  I picked up Bri from the Maple Grove football game and she tried to cram 6 friends into my Toyota Corolla - I told her "no way"....
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:02:00 GMT

Working from home...

The power is out at work and with all the snow I'm "working from home".  I'm actually getting some work done but also checking out news on my favorite band U2.  They had to postpone the tour...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:25:00 GMT