Had an awesome weekend full of last minute planned fun. Friday Ravinia/LOTR/CSO combo with +Kimberly Hummel it was really stunning to hear it done live, and I hope if they do Two Towers next year we might pop for pavilion seats so we can see the musicians too. And when we got home we had a +Christopher Doyle +Jen Doyle. Saturday sushi with more friends and then Ravinia again with Chris and Jen to see Lifehouse. It was really perfect outside (despite the small amount of rain), and we had a nice little picnic spread without too much planning. Lifehouse was really good, and [...]
Whee! Weekend!
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Aug 222011
Jun 032010
This is one of those stories that I want to do a signal boost for. I know many of my friends are knitters/crocheters or other kinds of yarnies and crafters. This is a story about what happens when a popular Big Box Store wants to bully small artisan shops. I know that for a long time many folks have purchased yarn and needles from Knit Picks and its other sister companies that carry Quilting supplies and Art supplies. I used to occasionally purchase yarn and needles from them too, that is until I met Tom Diak and learned about his [...]
What I did on my Autumn Vacation
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Nov 172009
While most of my local friends headed to Windycon, I went south . . . but not by much. Went downstate to Champaign, Il to stay a few days with my downstate family. I got some great time with the whole crew, and then a few days “just us girls.” What do the Baumann girls do when they are at loose ends (besides marathon TV). Well this weekend we started teaching ourselves how to quilt. I got a tutorial from my MIL Pat a few weeks ago, I did a little research on the internet and then we just waded [...]
Summer updates
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Aug 282009
I just realized its been a while since I made any sort of substantive update – so in the words of Inigo Montoya, “Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up” Some summer highlights: Tomatoes from the garden are 200% better than tomatoes from the store. I might never eat them from the store again. Almost everyday, in my head, I thank all my friends who helped me build my garden. So now I’ll do it outside my head: Thank you!!! So very much!!! Took a photography class with Franklin Habit at Loopy Yarns, AWESOME! Had [...]
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Jun 032009
So most of May and a little of June: ADD meds seem to be working somewhat – I do wish I could find a different head-doc that would be easier to talk to about what efficacy I am actually getting. Right now it is quite clear that she isn’t actually listening to me (Evan sat in on the last meeting and concurred), while constantly suggesting that she will stop prescribing, even when we have found something that gives me some sort of useful effect. I am trying to figure out the best way to address this, it has already been [...]
