running around, making faces and having dreams.

for me, going running is like exploring

...at a quicker-than-usual pace.

my new favorite place to go is the cemetery right across from work.

^ the smaller picture on the left is the baby cemetery ) :

also i like the park that has trails along the river.

 

 here are more pictures of my family.

for us, this is completely normal.

 <3 sibs

also sometimes i wake up from dreams and try to write down important things.

i think this one is supposed to say:

 "backhanded compliment. didn't think you'd make it."

torn.

i know. i should be focused on catching up.

but instead, i'm really distracted.

one of my fav bloggers (briane) posted this song

and now i can't get it out of my head.

one of the lines of the song is:

"i don't want to dream if it won't come true."

now i'm a little torn.

i want to dream.

but it's sad to think that my dreams won't come true.

i don't know.

food for thought?

juniper jumpfire, grilling peppers, and kids named xavier.

being a reporter, i call a lot of strangers.

i go through many "staff directories" and feel overjoyed 

when i actually find the person i'm looking for. 

i also feel great when i find people like Juniper Jumpfire

who works as a meat tester.

here is a picture i took along a river in merrill. 

also sean and i grilled peppers and they are delicious.

you turn the oven on "broil" and pop a pepper inside.

 continue to turn it until all the sides are black. 

 then wrap it in aluminum for a while until it gets shriveled -- 

 then peel all the burny parts off and eat a delicious grilled pepper.

 a few weeks ago, i went to appleton when mitt romney stopped in and took some artsy pics. 

the media was supposed to get there super early so (of course) 

we had to wait a very long time before he got there. 

apparently he is a big deal.

he also sends my parents christmas cards. 

 

i saw this ups truck pulling another ups truck on the road.

i don't know why i thought it was a little ironic, but i did. 

finally, i went to an elementary school when a teacher won an award for being a super-baker. as i was working, she spoke with one of the students, calling him by name -- "xavier m." typically, i thought, that only happens when there's more than one child with the same first name. and after a closer examination of the room, i was right. 

2 children named xavier in a class of 18 in northcentral wisconsin?

okay.