The Wisconsin Martins

I just wanted to publicly announce that Christine wears the pants in this family.

I wear the shorts.

I just heard geese honking their way south for the winter. The temperature outside is a chilly 38 (F) with an expected high of only 68 today. I think summer is definitely on its way out. Positive: I won’t need to cut grass as much. Negative: I much prefer cutting grass to shoveling snow. For one thing, it doesn’t have to be done before I can leave for work.

We’ve lived in our house for over a year now. Next August will mark the first time, since I started college, that I’ve lived in one place for more than 18 months. So far, we’ve put in a new furnace, new air conditioning, and new curtains in the living room. We’re planning to paint sometime in the next nine months. We’d like to put in new window as well, but we’ll probably save that until after we’ve paid off our home equity line of credit. We’re going to try to get that done in five years or less.

The Tuesday after Labor Day is always fun. Well, not really. It’s the work of a Monday with the the feeling that you’re already a day behind on your todo list. Fortunately, there were no major emergencies at the office.

Drove out to Milwaukee, with Alicia and Mike, to watch the Brewers win over the Astros, 5-3. Esther had an absolute blast at the game. She spent the entire nine innings looking around at the other fans, watching the action on the field, or smiling at all of us.

We arrived home after midnight and were in bed by 12:30am.