Category: Glimpses of Life

House hunting has become a little wearisome.  And decisions that States make don’t make things easier.

When we first moved to Minnesota, we thought living in either Minnesota or Wisconsin were equal options with Wisconsin being right across the St Croix River.

Now we need to learn more of tax rules as it may be more expensive to live in Wisconsin.  The home values are less but the property taxes are more.  In addition, if you work in Minnesota, you may still have to pay Wisconsin tax on part of your earnings.

Still checking into all of the ramifications of living across the “border.”

What a bother!

First there are 4000-5000 birds that fall from the sky, read story here, and now we have 80,000 to 100,000 fish that wash up dead on the shores of the Arkansas River.

Something is happening in Arkansas.

Read the full story here.

Recently an article was shared with me about thousands of birds falling from the sky in Arkansas.  Officials are not sure why the birds fell dead from the sky late on New Year’s Eve and into the next day.  The full article can be read here.

Minnesota can feel very cold when the wind picks up and the temperature is in the 20’s or lower.

For Christmas, I received a pair of Sonoma Warmwear Tailored Pants.  Those are fancy words for thermal underwear.  They were bought at Kohl’s and are good quality.  They are very soft and feel good on the skin.

Sonoma Warmwear Tailored Pants

Ugmonk t-shirt

It is not unusual for me to ask people what they would like as Christmas gifts, although I prefer spontaneity sometimes.

When a request for an Ugmonk t-shirt was received, I searched on the internet on where to locate them.

The company, located at www.ugmonk.com, has a mission statement that states they want to provide fresh simple graphics in their clothing line.

Ugmonk t-shirt

Went to see the Disney movie called Tangled with the family.

I was surprised that I actually enjoyed the movie.  It’s a refreshing re-do on the movie Rapunzel.  Except this Rapunzel has really really really long hair.

I’d recommend going to see it.  Here’s the trailer for it.

Enjoy!