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I am an East Coast expatriate hiding out in the Midwest...

I am an urban gal living in the suburbs and occasionally hiding in the country

I am a yoga practitioner, fitness enthusiast, believer in the mind-body-spirit connection...

I am a mid-life "revert" to the Roman Catholic faith in which I was raised and which has become an enormous source of support, encouragement, inspiration, and joy in my life...

I am a mom, sister, daughter, and wife...

I am an explorer; adventurous and curious about the world and people around me...

I am educated in the formal sense but I gain insight through everyday living...

I created this blog at a time of great fear and apprehension in my life. I chose to sustain it because of the discoveries about myself and the world around me that it has revealed.



What you can expect to find here:
  • the documentation of a love-hate relationship with the greater Philadelphia area
  • reminiscing about the good-ole-days (the 80's!)
  • complaints about my various ailments and injuries, both real and imagined
  • pictures and stories of gardening, decorating, shopping, sewing
  • my love of irony
  • links to kooky news stories
  • way too much scatological musing for sane people


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    Monday, June 16, 2008
    Roadblock

    Long story short:

    This weekend we spent over 5 hours getting to the cabin (usually takes 3.5hr) and 8 (yes EIGHT) hours getting home due to road closures and resulting traffic snarls from all the flooding in Wisconsin.

    It was NOT fun...except that on  the way up, we were detoured on to a route that forced us to cross the Wisconin River on an historic ferry. That was sort of cool.

    We are scheduled to head up Friday afternoon as my paretns are flying in to Milwaukee Saturday morning and then driving to meet us there. We have to find routes for us and them - or hope that the waters have receded and the highways are open.

    Posted at 10:26 am by brandy101

    Michelle
    June 17, 2008   07:23 AM PDT
     
    Ferries are fun, traffic is a bear! Hope your travels are easier this coming weekend!
    AbbyNormal
    June 16, 2008   02:52 PM PDT
     
    Wow. That's a lot of "20 questions" (I refuse to get DVD players for the van).

    This flooding is really amazing in a negative kind of way, and out here we have high fire danger because of the dryness. Wish there was a way to balance it all out somehow!
    Joe
    June 16, 2008   11:11 AM PDT
     
    Ouch.

    But ferries are fun...
     

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