Thursday, June 12, 2008

Hanging on for dear life...


Last fall we dug up our rhubarb and moved it out of the way before the garage work started. For eight months, we've had pallets loaded with bricks out behind the garage. Today our neighbor started moving them, and I discovered this sad little rhubarb plant still alive under the wood and bricks.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Qapla'!


Matt's friend George said he saw a reference to MrKlingon.org in the May 2008 Reader's Digest, so I had to check it out - and there it WAS! As part of "What's Your America IQ?" by Andy Simmons, there was a section of famous quotes to identify. To make it hard, each quote was run through an online translator, in this case my "Universal Translator Assistant." Here it is - Lt. Worf channeling Patrick Henry.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday, Mae and Ingrid!

Matt, Janelle, and Maizie

Happy Birthday Mae & Ingrid!

Happy Birthday Mae & Ingrid! I hope you both had a wonderful birthday!

Friday, May 09, 2008

Almost done...


We're almost done with the garage project, although we still have to have the floor re-poured because of problems with the mix. But it's nice to have a real fence and gate instead of an orange plastic snow fence to squeeze through!

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Plans

Hi,
Good to read that Maria is home now.
Lots of stuff happening. I'll be celebrating my 2nd Mother's Day on Sunday. Yay.
Matt, Maizie, and I are going to San Francisco May 20-25. I'm going for a work conference, and Maizie will get to stay with her grandparents. Looking forward to the trip.
It will be 6 years for Matt and me on May 25. Wow.
My brother and Jen have set a wedding date....Nov. 2 in Leesburg, Virginia.
That is the other big trip we're planning.

Have a good spring!
Janelle

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

promotion

Hey Family.
I just found out today that I got a promotion and I will not only be teaching yoga and powerflow (a yoga/pilates fusion class) again in the fall, but I am UW's new mind-body coordinator! I'm basically just going to be leading trainings, meetings and doing scheduling. I'm pretty pumped.
Get well, Maria! I'm thinking of you,
Liv

Maybe Spring is here...


Friday, April 04, 2008

Sunrise 4/4/08


Sunrise 4/4/08, originally uploaded by onebigswede.

Beautiful sunrise this morning in Shakopee. Spring is here (I hope?)!

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Silent Movie Night 2008!


Friday night was the annual silent movie night at our local library. It's always a fun night and Norris does a great job playing the piano.

This year was a bit crazy - we added in some movies from a DVD (as well as the regular old 16mm movies) which made things a little complicated. When we got there we discovered that WCCO radio had advertised the show, leading to an even more packed house than usual. Finally, just before the show started, a cameraman from Channel 4 showed up, and wandered around poking his camera at Norris and members of the audience - all to add 30 seconds of a report to the evening news. Here it is: http://wcco.com/video/?id=38721@wcco.dayport.com

Friday, February 15, 2008

San Francisco in February

Maria and I just returned from our trip to San Francisco. I flew there for work a week ago thursday, and Maria joined me on Saturday. We had a great time checking out the sights, enjoying the beautiful weather, and eating all the wonderful food. I think we can now say that San Francisco is one of our favorite vacation locations. I'm sure we'll be back.

Here's a picture of us at Union Square in downtown San Francisco:

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Garage update


As some people were asking about the status of our McGarage, I thought I'd post a picture. The garage was built in 5 days early in Janaury, but we had to wait until last week for my Mission-style lights to be installed. In the spring, it will be painted white and the fence will be reinstalled. As it is so big and has so many outlets, perhaps we can hold the next Anderson get-together there.

Friday, January 18, 2008

California Dreamin'...

... on such a winter day as this one when we're heading far below zero, here's a slideshow of pictures from our recent trip to California. I can't say it was warm while we were there, but it was far warmer than what we're enjoying this weekend!



This a set of pictures I took with my cellphone - Teresa took more (and better pictures) with the REAL camera.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Another accident!?

On my way home from work on Monday, I got into a bit of a fender bender. I was waiting at a stoplight when traffic started to move. I started moving as well. I looked down just long enough to change the radio station, and when I looked up, the Jeep in front of me had slammed on their brakes. I slammed on mine as well, but it was too late. I slid into them, their tail hitch going through my bumper, and the rest of the front of my car sliding underneath their bumper. It wasn't a very hard collision, but it was enough to cause a bunch of damage.

I brought my car into our local collision shop, "Body by Bob", and they fixed it in time for me to get it back tonight. Here is the result:



So, no more changing radio stations when starting off from a stoplight!