A good friend from college is currently taking an epic early-retirement trip – she bought an Amtrak USA Rail Pass and she’s been making her way across country from California, visiting friends. She was at the taping of Prairie Home Companion in Minneapolis, and then she hopped on the Empire Builder to get to Chicago. She’ll come out our way tonight on a Metra commuter train, and will stay for a few days. Meanwhile, we now have a guest room again – after we finished the final floor project, we moved out of the guest room back into the master…
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Bob K. and his boxer listen to the Gospel. Several dogs today, no cats (I didn’t bring Riley, he tends to yowl and yak). Via: Flickr Title: Pet Blessing At St Nicholas Episcopal Church By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 3 Oct ’10, 10.28am CDT PST
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In the last few weeks, I’ve gotten pretty obsessed with the A&E reality show, “Hoarders,” which if you can get past the piles of junk, “treasures,” and poo, is compelling. In the season preview clip above, the newly famous Possum From Hoarders makes her (not his) daring leap for freedom after being poked with a stick. This little clip apparently kept the other obsessed fans talking all summer, but the actual appearance of the Awesome Possum did not disappoint; she hopped in a handy Pet Taxi and lit off for the bright lights of the big city. You can read…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: O HAI halps U mek bed By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 2 Oct ’10, 11.11am CDT PST
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: My New Snaky Friend By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 25 Sep ’10, 8.32pm CDT PST
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And yes, that’s poop on the floor, not monkey chow from what I can tell. This guy was being left out of a chase game going on in the play structure above him. Via: Flickr Title: I’m Just Gonna Sit Here… And Hold My Tail By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Sep ’10, 5.31pm CDT PST
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: St Louis Arch By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Sep ’10, 9.41am CDT PST
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As we headed over to pick up my niece Melissa, we were held up while these ginormous wind turbine vanes went through the intersection. Via: Flickr Title: Hopey Sign Of The New Economy: Wind Turbines On The Road By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Sep ’10, 7.08am CDT PST
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Illinois Sunset By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 23 Sep ’10, 6.44pm CDT PST