It's coming, sooner than we'd hoped but just about on schedule, really. The powers that be at the weather center are predicting a Polar Vortex in the next 48 hours. Montana is expected to reach a low of -9 while places in the Midwest, including Minnesota, are expecting a foot of snow by Tuesday. If you're from other parts of the country and you're not
If you read this blog with any regularity you know we have more animals than any home should have. Recently the rabbit passed away followed shortly by the hamster. To make up for that loss we got the kitten from hell to maintain the chaotic balance in the household. The Ruby Doo came from Save a Bull a local rescue group that has worked with
You heard me, I said you can get your very own free copy of Bombshell by my friend Mike Faricy. Dysfunctional. bumbling, crazy babe-magnet Dev Haskell, P.I., becomes the envy of every guy with a heartbeat when he's hired to watch over a team of gorgeous English roller derby stars. Though he'd rather be standing guard in the shower room, he suddenly finds himself under
Today the Minnesota Senate votes on whether or not gay people can legally marry someone of the same sex. It's expected to pass and Governor Dayton has said he will sign the bill if it lands on his desk tomorrow. It's about time. If it passes same - sex marriages can begin August 1st, 2013. Minnesota would be the 12th state to legalize gay marriage.
Who'd have thought that posting a picture of lit Christmas lights in April would set off such a heated argument? It snowed last night. It snowed quite a bit and frankly I'm pretty sick of the snow. We've had snow on the ground since Thanksgiving. I know this because my ex husband took me on a motorcycle ride on Thanksgiving and it started to snow
I love Facebook. It's a great way to reconnect with people you haven't seen or talked to in ages and it's a great way to find out what's going on in the world. It's a great way to promote your upcoming book and it's a great way to connect with like minded people. It may have killed my daily or weekly blogging routine but that's
After at least 15 bazillion titles I have finally settled on Minnesota Nice as the title of my memoir. According to Wikipedia Minnesota Nice is: the stereotypical behavior of people born and raised in Minnesota, to be courteous, reserved, and mild-mannered. The cultural characteristics of Minnesota nice include a polite friendliness, an aversion to confrontation, a tendency toward understatement, a disinclination to make a fuss or stand out,
Maiden Minnesota 2012 Supports Local Women-owned Businesses Join us Oct 26th for this shopping event to benefitProject SUCCESS Maiden Minnesota 2012 is a celebration of Minnesota-based, women-owned companies. The fun, socializing and charitable shopping event will feature fashion, beauty products, jewelry, accessories, home décor, specialty food items and more made by leading women-owned businesses, as well as help support and raise awareness for Project SUCCESS, a
School is almost out for the summer in Minnesota which means there are 104 days to get through before school starts again (yay!). We have one week to go but already have gotten into the groove by watching The Perry Files. For those of you who don't know who Perry is he is the secret agent platypus belonging to Phineas and Ferb. If you don't
This morning I learned that Minnesota Governor (D), Mark Dayton's Anti Bullying Task Force met for the first time today in Roseville. The task force was established to better prevent bullying in our Minnesota schools. From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Attorney General Lori Swanson proposed legislation to require school districts to respond to bullying reports within 24 hours*. The bill also would require districts to create
