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Christmas Card Retrospective 2006 – 2009, aka “the Really-Big-Pictures” years. OK, well, I lied. But not intentionally. 2006 was not a really big picture. It was a really bad picture. I look like an 80′s rock star. A male one. Dave looks like an ax murderer. But the kids looked OK, I guess. I’ve [...] 
Christmas Cards Years 2000 – 2005. AKA, the Psycho Years Yeah, I was pretty psychotic during those years… And that was actually before menopause. At least now I have a culturally acceptable reason for it. We start off with the photo from 2000. It might look like we are having fun in this photo, [...] 
Of course, it was supposed to be the TWELVE days of Christmas, but… You know how it goes. I DIDN’T GET AROUND TO IT, OKAY? I’d love to detail all the goings-on in the Menke house, but your eyes would roll back into your head and you might never come back here. you don’t [...] It’s raining (again). It’s been raining for day upon endless day in Minnesota. Well, except for last weekend. We had a nice weekend. Before today I was at 6+ inches for the month. I emptied about 1″ out of my rain gauge this morning and there is no end in sight So, [...] And Mine Ain’t Pretty. Not my garden or my soul. And somehow, I find that fitting. I’m not saying that I am OK with the state of affairs, mind you. Just that it is fitting. In my mind, summer should be a hazy, lazy bucolic event. Where I herd the kids off to [...] All Activity Suspended Due to Heat I do know that — traditionally at least — the Dog Days are in August. When I was a kid, I thought “Dog Days” literally translated to: “When the scum on the lake grows so thick you can no longer swim.” Seriously. I really did think that. It [...] FIFA World Cup, Watertown. Minnesota. June 27, 2010 I have long been known for two things by my nieces and nephews (aside from the obvious abject sarcasm): fancy birthday cakes and themed birthday parties for Charlie in June. Given that they are mostly all grown up now, I assumed — wrongly — that they would [...] Or Deadhead Your Kids. Just pick one and commit. Kids are out of school. At our house that means that I attempt to include them in the household chores. Now, I could go on and on about the various angles I have taken over the years on this subject. But I can tell you [...] Now GET TO WORK! This is an entry to myself. It is born of unmotivated, sloth-like behavior. It is raining. It has been raining for — I haven’t kept track — nine days? It certainly has not been sunny in at least seven days, that I am certain of. We have received over 6 [...] Much to the ridicule of my entire family, I was interviewed by David and Sherry Borzo in Des Moines, Iowa this past Saturday. To quote my mom: “What in the world…? Why?” And, ”Are they paying you?” To quote my brother: …oh, that would take too long. Suffice to say, I endured 72 hours of [...] |
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