Immediately after school on Friday, being all packed and ready to go we, all piled in the vehicle and headed to Wisconsin Dells for a rare Friday night gymnastics meet. As you might guess, it was Clare who competed with her Madtown Twisters team at the big puffy dome on the Chula Vista resort grounds. • Read More »
To the Slopes!
January 23, 2010 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: CMS.With the kids off from school Friday, I took the day off and Clare and I decided to get some skiing in at Tyrol Basin in Mount Horeb. We’ve never been there, they have cheap weekday lift tickets, and the conditions were right. Twelve bucks for a lift ticket? Bargain. Near 32 degrees? Count me • Read More »
Christmas 2009
December 25, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Christmas.Similar to last year, I put together a little photo collage to serve as our Christmas card this year. (Google’s Picasa makes this super easy.) All parts of the collage were pictures that were taken in 2009. Going through every photo of the year and picking certain shots is the most tedious part of this • Read More »
Roku Rules
November 27, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: Geek.Beginning the day before Thanksgiving, I love my Roku player more than ever. You may know the device as a way to stream Netflix movies to your TV over your home wireless network. By itself, it’s worth the $99 to be able to sit down and watch any movie in your streaming queue whenever you • Read More »
Stay Off the roads!
November 8, 2009 | By Patrick | No Comments | Filed in: HKS.Guess who’s 15 1/2? If you’re smart, you’ll stay clear of any road in or near Sun Prairie for next few years. Hannah recently celebrated (?) her 1/2 birthday by dragging me to the DMV to obtain her instruction permit (temps). Her biggest decision of the day? What to wear for the photo. Since when • Read More »