Miss ya Nancy

Hi all. If you remember, Nancy and I worked together at Kalmbach and I had the pleasure to become her friend outside of work too through her husband, Jimi, whom Kyle takes guitar lessons from and I consider to be a good friend. Nancy left us at the hands of a drunk driver this last July. The Nancy Sellars Memorial Fund is a project Jimi and his and Nancy's friends and family have set up "to raise and distribute funds that will work toward the elimination of drunk driving and the promotion of general bicycle safety."

You can find info on the Fund on her memorial page. Please copy and paste this link into your browser:

www.nancysellars.com

I love a parade!

And so do the kids! The annual Muskego Fest parade was this morning in downtown Muskego. The kids and I walked down to our favorite spot to catch the action. Muskego's parade is fun because it still has that small town feel in many ways: the tractors, horses, dirt track race cars, etc. We always enjoy the flat bed semis full of Basset hounds too! It's a nice way to wrap up the summer. Enjoy the pictures!

10/14/89 – 08/18/08

Thanks to all my friends and family for their support.

An afternoon on the lake

The kids and I spent a few hours canoeing on Big Muskego lake this afternoon. The water was warm, the sun was playing peek-a-boo through puffy clouds, and the turtles were plentiful. There was a light breeze that made paddling tougher on the way back, but at least it kept the skeeters away. There's nothing like a day on the lake, is there?

Bat!!!

Aaaaaaahh!!!!!!!!!!! I just got attacked by a killer bat! I was pulling the string on the patio umbrella to make it go up when I noticed what I thought was a little bird coming out. It gave me a fright when it buzzed past my face and disappeared over my right shoulder. Wondering where it went I glanced over my shoulder and – to my horror! – found a bat face staring at me from only a few inches away! He was clinging to my shoulder! I'm pretty sure I might have screamed, but fortunately no one was around to hear it (and laugh hysterically at me). I gave it a whack with my free hand (and maybe let out another scream) and off it went. I did the "Eeeiu, I just touched a creepy crawly" dance for a few minutes before I calmed down. Mr. Tough Guy? Guess not. Anyway, I don't know where it went after I whacked it and I don't care as long as it's not around me. I'm pretty sure it was a two pounder and a vampire bat on top of that so keep your eyes open and make your kids open the patio umbrella.