Hey! You call that snow? We'll show ya snow. Had an icicle hanging down from the second floor that shook the house when it fell. I haven't figured out posting photos or having my camera powered up for the festivities so no Sheboygan photos from us- maybe Susan/ mom/ dad will post?At least Scout and her fashionable ruff?

I kept thesecouple of weeks pretty clear so I'm almost caught up from the unplanned down week. We had awonderful time on Christmas day. Fabulous food, the completed kitchen with beautiful new counters, totally funky telephone and a heated commode seat! The kids are all so fun to be around ( CAL is suddenly tall with long ringlets, Declan, Cooper and Alex have assorted facial hair, the young ladies are young ladies and Finn is going into archetechture, has already re created the Empire StateBuilding) And the music! The guys go downstairs and the house rocks. We all should be working on identifying Buckethead. Ask Cooper. Great gifts, amny of us will be enjoying Three Cups of Tea. Matt was my Santa and the oak leaf mirror is lovely. Finn will be investigating crime scenes and we are very glad that the great tradition of reading, aloud and in bed or otherwise, continues thru the family.

Mark has confirmed that Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Coraline, Stardust, Mirrormask) really does live in Wisconsin and has chatted with him. We came home to a local news story that Baraboo is in the running for some location shots for an upcoming Johnny Dep movie- yes girls, he would really be here, at the bank and Courthouse, places previously glimpsed in the masterpiece I Love Trouble. Big hit then was that I kept watching Lyle Lovett watch his then wife working. Mr. Nolte and Ms. Roberts just kept walking down the same sidewalk segment, but Mr. Lovett hung out in the bars.

Johnny DEpp tho! Something like "Public Enemy"? Mark? Gangsters inthe '30s/'40s? Bank robbery theme.Late news has much more detail! Woooooo- John Dillinger! DeNiro is exec producer? Universal Pictures. Yup. I could find reasons to hang out and watch Mr. Depp. Yes girls, you can come up and camp out in the living room so that you can hang out and watch filmimg too.

Mom: Sweeny Todd, Edward Scissorhands, the weird updated Willie Wonka, Finding Neverland, Pirates of the Caribbean and posters in Domi's room. Definitely "A" List. And who does the news guy interview? "I don't keep up with modern film" Yup, we all live under rocks in small towns. Lady clearly had no clue who the guy was talking about. I was on the Square, cudda talked to me, cudda given Mark a plug. Hmm, lady in suit with briefcase, upscale older shopper. Lets go with the dulllard. Wouldn't have been any fun for the Madison viewers if he interviewwd somebody who could run down the guys body of work would it now/ Mark help me out tho- he is in a (Robert Rodriguez?) scary thing as a detective with his eyes destryed/ ? Title? Once upon a time in Mexico?

No court stuff tomorrow so I'm staying up late and playing on the blog. So good to see everyone, listen to the kids who are all blossoming so beautifully and just generaly th ank you all for being so pleasantly and creatively abnormal people. Nice to kick back and spend time with happy , interesting folks.

Or we could have been mauled by a tiger or hunting down the freed cougars (2, at the Manitowoc Zoo). Creepy- now the thought is that the victims may have taunted the tiger- the tiger would be smart enuf to identify specific people? I may never go to another zoo. Now i really am babbling.

Nite Nite.





Watching major snow in Denver, sad news about Ms. BHutto,