First to come out of my Mother's womb, first to a lot of things because of being the first born... but we're talking about another first day of the year! The Asti was flowing freely as we had a quiet night at my Dad's house. It was our Christmas together also, since we were all up at my Mom's during Christmas weekend. The Badgers played at Pittsburgh ...

As fast as this year has flown by, it makes sense that the one weekend I was really looking forward to was done seemingly as soon as it started. Family, friends, food, and fun... we should do this every month. The anticipation of this Christmas was big - I think because of the amount of Bing Crosby I've ingested lately. Friday I got out of work around ...

All the presents have been bought and wrapped up tight. My apartment glows red with warm Christmas lights. The nativity scene is positioned just so... With Joseph shunning Jesus because Mary's a ho (-Chunk Indian?) My mom will be stressed from doing everything last second, All us kids only hope she won't be screaming and manic. (just kidding Mom - just had to rhyme) We'll all exchange gifts and smile politely, While the double-trunked Christmas ...

The anticipation of Thanksgiving weekend was high this year. I had taken an extra day off of work, was driving up to Chippewa to my mom's, coming back to Madison for another dinner on Friday, then had a couple of days to relax... I ended up sick Tuesday night, the night before I was to leave. It's Sunday night as I write this and I'm just getting over ...