whirlwind

The M&M house has been quite empty lately. We've been on the go so much. Mikey spent last week at Bowen's catching cold weather and no fish. It was the first time they've had snow on the deck of the cabin. He did mention that his arteries were screaming from red meat overload during the trip... I didn't think that was possible for him:)
I spent the weekend in Chicago with Tre. We rented bikes and took in the sites of the city via a 2 1/2 hour bike ride along the shore. I highly recommend this for anybody heading to Chicago. I'll post some pics soon.
On Monday and Tuesday I was off to the cities for a Homeland Security training on stadium security. I had to drive downtown Mpls for the first time. EVER! I woke up Tuesday morning at 4am with a panic attack about the thought of driving downtown alone.
Lesson learned: Maps= NoDirection. Silly me- I thought if two roads intersected on the map, that I'd be able to turn at the intersection. At one point, I was laughing at myself as I was driving over the Mississippi River toward the U of M campus for the second time in 4 minutes. Pretty sure my face broke out from all the stress!
We'll both be home tonight for the first time in like 10 days. Mike broke down (after 2 days of shoveling) and rented a tiller for the garden. It's time to plant our veggies this weekend.
There's also the potential for a second panic attack: I have to pick the exterior paint color for our house this weekend! Yeek! I'd love to be adventorous but the current color isn't half bad either. $20 off 5 gallon buckets of paint at Home Depot this weekend... A month from today, we'll be putting the first coat of paint on.