Month: June 2013

Michelle at Bolted Vintage
Deep Thoughts, Friends, Heroes & Legends, Milwaukee

12 Questions for A Purveyor of Vintage and Awesomeness – Michelle Eigenberger

Next up on the list of heroes – Michelle Eigenberger! I met Michelle through a search on Etsy. She had a storefront there where she sold vintage fabric. Perfect for those of us making antique-y looking flowers using old items, right? Instead of becoming a customer (sorry Michelle!), I became an admirer of all things […]

Boys, Deep Thoughts

The Sandlot – Then and Now

The Sandlot was a coming of age movie for many little guys of the 90s and … me. The quote from my Heroes & Legends page (and senior quote and probably what will be put on my tombstone several hundred years from now) comes from this movie. It was philosophically great. And it was chock […]

Shopping at Target Wauwatosa
House

The First Four Days

I could sum up this weekend with “my lamb, do we have a lot of stuff”, but that’s no fun, is it? Why say something in one sentence if you can say it in 105. Thursday Morning: The movers are to arrive between 8 and 8:30, so Randy and I set the alarm for 6:30. […]

House, Stuff Grown-ups Like

Last Night In 94th Street

It is the last day in my house. Not the house I grew up in. Not a house my parents retired in. My house. The house I bought using every questionable mortgage practice available in 2005. The house that only has my name on the deed and loan. My house. Even I am getting a […]