• Little Fockers
• Crank 2: High Voltage
• Clash of the Titans
• Gamer
• Comic Book Villians
• New York, I Love You
• Scott Pilgrim vs The World
• The Town
• Pretty Woman
• Bleak House (BBC miniseries)
• Downton Abbey (BBC miniseries)
• Splice
• Solitary Man
• Blood the Last Vampire
• Youth in Revolt
• I Love You Alice B Toklas
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• Hot Tub Time Machine
• The Rock
• I Could Never Be Your Woman
• Brothers and Sisters (Season 1)

• Library Thing
• Ravelry
• Listography
• Facebook
• Blogger

• The mountains
• the ocean
• the tide pools
• the wildlife
• the weather
• the trails
• the culture

• Get a trailer hitch on the car
• learn to shoot a gun
• learn to clean fish
• learn to cook fish
• lose 50 lbs.

• Rent at Overture
• Elizabeth Gilbert at Overture
• Wicked at Overture Center
• Christopher and Ashley - The Spill Canvas at The Orpheum.

• reading
• TV
• Movies
• crosswords
• Suduko
• crocheting
• cooking
• canning
• cribbage
• facebook
• katamari
• word and logic puzzles

• "There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness" -Gandhi
• "One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."

—A.A. Milne

• "Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos." —Don Kardong
• "You can’t know what a hero is, Jasper. You’ve grown up in a time when that word has been debased, stripped of all meaning. We’re fast becoming the first nation whose populace consists solely of heroes who do nothing but celebrate each other. … And now everyone returning from armed conflict is called a hero too. In the old days you had to commit specific acts of valour during war; now you just need to turn up. These days when a war is on, ...

• Born 5/23/96
• Started walking at 7 months, was totally running around by 9 months
• has wanted to be a linguist since she was 4 and asked if there was a job about words.
• her favorite word used to be "magical"
• Didn't sleep through the night until she was 9 months old
• Once covered herself head to toe in vaseline
• learned to read before kindergarten by watching japanese anime with english subtitles
• learned to ride her first bike, a little purple Queen Amidala bike when she was 3 at Vilas Park
• The first time she got in trouble at school was for mooning her friends in the bathroom in kindergarten
• Once convinced a friend that she had a gl...

• My weight
• My lack of motivation to lose weight
• My high expectations for myself, my daughter and my husband
• I am addicted to TV
• I am lazy
• I am inconsistent
• I am awful at sticking to goals
• I do not have strong faith
• I wish I could like my mom
• I am not good at keeping in touch with friends
• I like to spend money
• I do not like to pay bills
• I am obsessive
• I am a quitter

• Chicken
• Sausage
• Onion
• Green Pepper
• Green Olives
• Mushrooms
• Artichokes
• Tomato
• Corn
• Refried Beans
• Feta
• Lamb
• Ham
• Alfredo Sauce

• Pearl Jam
• Guns N Roses
• Ratt
• Aerosmith
• Regina Specktor
• The Cat Empire
• Heart
• Sophie B Hawkins
• Poison
• 69 Boys
• Tag Team
• Salt N Pepa
• Van Halen
• Jonas Brothers
• Tiffany
• The Kissers
• Kenny Loggins
• Neko Case
• Foo Fighters
• Bruce Springsteen
• Low Millions

• Minnesota Science Musuem in St. Paul
• Visiting family in Lakeville, MN in January and March
• Schaumburg, IL shopping Trip in May
• To MN for the 4th of July
• To MN for Thanksgiving
• Michigan Ave shopping trip in December.

• The Tale of Despereax
• The Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
• Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
• Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
• Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
• Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
• Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
• Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsey
• Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story
• See You in a Hundred Years by Logan Ward
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
• In the Woods
• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult
• Second Nature by Alice Hoffman
• Stories by Garrison Keillor
• Doctor Who Pest Control

• Floppy the Bunny
• Hamsters
  • Benny
  • Bubba
  • Sammy
• Frogs
  • Freddy
  • Thomas
  • Otis
  • a bunch of retarded water frogs
• Leia the kitty
• Chinchillas
  • Charlie
  • Mimzy
• Guniea Pigs
  • Spot
  • Calico

• Boston Legal
• Dresden Files
• The Facts of Life
• Webster
• Six Feet Under
• The X-Files
• Millenium
• The Brady Bunch
• Battle Bots
• Gilmore Girls
• The Tick
• Twin Peaks
• Tru Calling
• Quantum Leap
• Star Trek
• Dead Like Me
• Pushing Daisies
• Firefly

• Subabru Outback
• Toyota Matrix
• Ford Edge
• Mazda CX7
• Saturn Vue
• Toyota Prius
• Toyota Venza
• Ford Mustang - 1960's
• Dodge Charger - older models
• GTO - Older models
• Ford Focus Wagon

• 1987 Dodge Daytona (Grey)
• 1995 Chevy Corcisca (White)
• Dodge Dynasty (Grey)
• Buick LeSabre (Maroon)
• 1995 Saturn SL2 (green)
• 1998 Geo Prism (lavender)
• 2003 Ford Focus Wagon (Dark Blue)
• 2006 Ford Freesytle (Black)

• Science & Religion
• Workplace Communication with Computers
• Computer Hardware Essentials
• Microsoft Word Advanced
• Microsoft Excel Advanced
• Intro to Marketing
• Intro to Psychology
• Communication and Diversity
• English Composition
• Sociology - Family
• Information Literacy

• bananas
• Whole Grain Bread
• Orange Juice - NEVER from concentrate
• Edamame
• Apples
• green and red peppers
• parsley
• cucumbers
• celery
• Carrots
• Chunky Soup
• Shredded Cheese
• Eggs
• Skim Milk
• Ice cream
• crackers
• EZ Cheese
• frozen Pizza
• frozen juice
• life cereal
• canned green beans

• More of Seattle than just the airport
  • The underground city
  • The Space Needle
  • Pike's Place
• The Atlantic Ocean
  • the coast in Maine
• Boston
  • Historical Sites
• San Fransisco
  • Alcatraz
• Nova Scotia, Halifax in particular
• The Winchester Mansion
• Philly
  • The Steps that Rocky ran up
  • The Mutter Museum

• Finny by Justin Kramon
• The Farm Chicks in the Kitchen by Serena Thompson
• The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard
• My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares
• Nothing Left to Burn by Jay Varner
• A Common Pornography by Kevin Sampsell
• Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean About Her Mother's Compulsive Hoarding by Jessie Sholl
• This Glittering World by Tammy Greenwood
• Revolution: The Year I Fell in Love and Went to Join the War by Deb Olin Unferth
• Among Others by Jo Walton
• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
• Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
• The Raising by Laura Kasischke
• Praise Jerusalem! by Augusta Trobaugh
• Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
• The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum

• School musical, Suessical
• Protest at the Capitol for worker's rights
• Team Manager for Freshman girls soccer
• Opera - La Traviata at Overture
• Les Mis at Overture
• Volunteer at Zoo
• Laser Tag with Church group
• serving meal at homeless shelter with church group
• Church Choir
• MYF

• Chex Mix in jars
• Homemade marshmallows
• Cocoa Mix
• Homemade turtle candies
• Jump drives customized with songs for the recipient
• Frozen meal
• handmade socks
• crocheted ornament
• Book thongs
• Homemade yogurt
• Homemade jam
• Homemade peanut brittle
• One night stay at hotel in Madison
• Beef/turkey/bison jerky

• 12/7/10 - Salvation Army Bell Ringing - 2 hours. Also 2 hours 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
• 2nd quarter of school year - TA - 45 hours
• Henry Vilas zoo - Summer 2009 - ? hours
• Karmenta Nursing Home
• Through church. Food pantry, Summer 2010- 2 hours

• The capital
• the farmer's market
• corn fields
• sweet corn
• fresh eggs
• sunflower fields
• huge fluffy clouds
• the zoo
• the union
• live music
• Botanical gardens
• Sandhill cranes
• country roads
• Target
• Costco
• bison
• big book stores
• State Street
• all of the restaurants
• weeping willow trees
• family

• Confirmation
• babysitting at church meetings
• Teaching piano lessons
• taking piano lessons
• Solo & ensemble at Hamilton Middle School
• Festival
• RENT at the Overture Center
• Ski Club
• Lost her retainer in the dumpster at school.
• Went with Jackie to the Opera, "The Flying Dutchman".
• 8th grade graduation and dance
• School trip to Washington DC
• Confirmation and Confirmation party at AmericInn
• Alaksa trip
• First time flying
• Climbed her first mountain
• Swam in the ocean for the first time in t...

• Sherlock Holmes
• The Transporter 3
• He's Just Not That Into You
• Drag Me To Hell
• The Exorcist 3
• The Hangover
• The Education of Charlie Banks
• I Love You, Man
• Terminator: Salvation
• Shutter Island
• Kinky Boots
• Public Enemies
• King of California
• Blade
• I'm Not There
• Bridehead Revisited
• The Reader
• Angels and Demons
• Ponyo
• Pride and Glory
• Fur: An Imaginay Portrait of Diane Arbus

• Cribbage
• Go
• Carsaconne
• Top Trumps
• Blink
• Yatzee
• Farkle
• Life

• Until I Find You by John Irving
• The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
• Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony Wolf
• Testimony by Anita Shreve
• Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
• Driving with Dead People by Monica
• The Watchmen by Alan Moore
• The World According to Garp by John Irving
• Change of Heart by Jodi Piccoult
• The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
• Another Mother's Life by Rowan Coleman
• Tales of the City by Amistead Maupin
• The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
• A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

• The Killers
• Jack Johnson
• Jenny Lewis
• She and Him
• Rilo Kiley
• The New Pornographers
• Neko Case
• Black Eyed Peas
• Poison
• Bon Jovi
• Warrant
• White Lion
• AC/DC
• Pearl Jam
• Sondre Lerche
• Damien Rice
• 80's rock
• Elliot Smith
• The Cat Empire
• The Kissers
• Johnny Cash

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• 300
• Fight Club
• Pulp Fiction
• Dirty Dancing
• Moulin Rouge
• Wild, Wild West
• Waitress
• The Ten
• A Life Less Ordinary
• Ferris Buehler's Day Off
• LOTR
• Harry Potter
• Amelie
• Kissing Jessica Stein
• Serenity
• Star Wars
• Donnie Darko
• Kill Bill
• O Brother Where Art Thou
• But I'm a Cheerleader

• Katamari Damacy
• Beautiful Katamari
• Guitar Hero
• Rock Band
• Spyro the Dragon
• Pitfall
• Q Bert
• Super Mario Brothers 1,2 and 3
• Legend of Zelda
• Gauntlet
• Phantasy Star Online
• Wii Sports
• California Games

• UMCOR
• GLAAD
• Animal Rights
  • Humane Society
  • ASPCA
  • Primates Inc.
• ACLU
• Public Radio
• Environmental
  • Greenpeace
  • Arbor Day Foundation
  • World wildlife Fund
• Immigrants Rights
• Local Charities
  • Henry Vilas Zoo
  • Olbrich Botanical society
  • My Child's Public School PTA
  • Wisconsin Historical Society

• RateWatch
• Shopko
• First Citizens State Bank
• First Federal East and West Towne locations
• General Beverage
• Financial Services place
• InBusiness Magazine
• MPAC - Excelsior College

• Laurie Notaro
• Sarah Vowell
• Amy Bloom
• David Sedaris
• Anita Shreve
• Barbara Kingsolver
• John Irving
• Alice Hoffman
• Joyce Carol Oates
• Zadie Smith
• Chris Bohjalian
• China Mieville
• Neil Gaiman
• Margaret Atwood

• Mom
• Wife
• Liberal
• Student
• Friend
• Helpful
• Teacher
• Silly
• Obsessive
• Clumsy
• Reader
• Addict
• Gamer
• Content
• Tired
• Kind
• Lazy
• Smart

• We went to the MN science museum
• School was called off two days in a row due to -40 temps.
• Christopher and Ashley got in a car accident, Ashley had a trip to the ER.
• The Ford Focus Wagon was totaled.
• Mimzy the Chinchilla died.
• We got AT&T U verse.
• Christopher got a new laptop.
• Christopher is taking a Circuitry class through EC.
• Sarah is taking THREE classes at the same time!
• Ashley is in ski club at school.
• Ashley is in GSA at school and went to the city wide conference.
• We finally got a scanner and printer.
• Ashley went to the Kalahari with youth group.
• We purchased our nicest car to date, a 2006 Ford Freestyle.

• Henry Vilas Zoo
• Olbrich Botanical Gardens
• Magic 98
• Willy Street Co-op
• The Nature Conservancy
• Terra Pass
• Wisconsin Public Radio
• Madison Public Library
• MATC One card
• World Wildlife Foundation

• Video games
• Chnichillas
• Guinea Pigs
• Thinkgeek.com
• Mental Floss Magazine
• Crossword puzzles
• Trader Joe's
• Star Wars
• Netflix
• TiVo
• Swatch watches
• fireplaces
• Mountain Dew
• Reuseable bags
• Station Wagons
• The Union
• Nick;s restaurant
• The Chazen art museum
• nativity sets
• folding clothes
• back patios

• cribbage
• apples to apples
• rummikube
• carrsaconne
• sequence
• farkle
• yahtzee
• top trumps
• blink
• killer bunnies
• catch phrase
• scattergories

• Interior six panel doors
• Water shut off valves in each room
• Outlet at kitchen island
• New stove
• Screen in and extend deck
• wooden blinds in bedrooms
• plant strawberries
• build chicken coop
• new carpet in basement bedroom
• lamps for living room
• end tables and coffee table for living room
• fix gap at top of driveway
• repave front sidewalk
• replace all upstairs windows
• replace basement windows with glass blocks
• New toilet seat
• new bathroom counter
• new kitchen faucet
• paint kitchen cupboards?

• February - Weekend in Chicago for shopping.
• April - Minneapolis for Easter

• American Woman Lenny Kravitz
• Name Goo Goo Dolls
• To Ramona Sinead Lohan
• Working Class Hero (Acoustic) John Lennon
• Sweet Emotion Aerosmith
• I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
• All I Need Jack Wagner
• Boston Augustana
• Tin Man America
• A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left Andrew Bird
• Opposite Day Andrew Bird
• Can't Take My Eyes off You Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• Sherry Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• Working My Way Back to You Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
• That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker OAR
• Plasticities Andrew Bird

• cooking, face washing, reading, school, journaling, crocheting
• Ashley growing up
• time together as a couple
• organizing

• cicadas
• the hot, sticky heat
• mosquitoes
• crowds of people
• shopping malls
• Allergies
• Box Elder Bugs

• MN for New Years
• MN for Easter
• Alaska in July
• Ashley to DC in June
• MN for Halloween
• MN for Christmas

• More Than it Hurts You by Darin Strauss
• Wicked Plants
• The Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll
• How Not to Act Old
• The Collected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
• The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
• Flights of Fancy
• Spooner by Dexter Fields
• I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass
• Laura Rider's Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton
• The Flying Troutmans
• Lies My Mother Never Told Me
• Red Leather Diary
• Lies my Teacher Told Me by James Loewen
• Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
• Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel
• Alice I Have Been
• Gifted - 1,000 Gift Ideas For Everyone in...

• Homemade vanilla extract
• Cranberry sauce
• Applesauce
• Hot Cocoa mix
• crocheted dish cloths
• Granola
• Jewelry
• Soap
• Candles
• Lighted potpourri jars
• hand made cards
• Lip Balm
• Blankets
• Scarves
• Magnets
• Coasters

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• The Kingdom
• PS I love You
• The Goonies
• Syriana
• Gacy
• Mama Mia
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
• Wall E
• Jumper
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Speak
• Charlie Wilson's War
• For the Bible Tells me so
• Gone Baby Gone
• We Own the Night
• The Wrestler
• Eagle Vs. Shark
• Sweet and Lowdown
• He Was a Quiet Man
• This is England

• a real fireplace that burns real wood
• a large finished basement that will include
  • a bar
  • a dart board
  • a big TV
  • video game systems
  • great stereo
  • a futon
  • computer area
• 2 bathrooms
• a Deep linen closet
• at least two stories
• built in bookshelves
• a large living room with a piano (no TV in this room)
• 3 bedrooms
• a large kitchen with
  • lots of counter space

• Henry Vilas Zoo
• The Chazen Art Museum
• The Wisconsin Historical Museum
• Olbrich Botanical Gardens
• The Memorial Union
• Glass Nickel Pizza
• The State Capitol Building
• The Overture Center
• Nick's Restaurant
• Tenney Park
• State Street
• The lakes
• The old cemetaries
• Hoyt Park
• Warner Park
• The Willy Street Co op
• Sundance Cinema
• Frugal Muse used book store
• Monona Public Library
• Winnequah Park
• Goodman Pool

• Blasphemy at the Bartell
• Sweeney Todd at Overture
• Cosi Fan Tutte at Overture (Ashley only, since I HATE Opera)
• Ragtime at MGHS
• The Graduate at Duck Soup Cinema
• Faust at the Overture (Ashley only)
• The Midwesterners at Olbrich
• So You Think You Can Dance at the Bradley Center
• Grease at the Overture Center
• Ballroom with a Twist at Overture (Ashley and DeLou)

• Chicago to see Jersey Boys
• Chicago to shop on Michigan Avenue
• Minneapolis for New years Eve
• Minneapolis for Henry's baptism with a stop in the whirlpool suite in Eau Claire
• Little Willow Springs in Richland Center
• Chicago to Medieval Times & IKEA
• Rockford to the Burpee Museum
• Prairie Du Chein for a "Walk with the Spirits" at Villla Louis
• Effigy Mounds National Park in Iowa
• Pike's Peak State Park in Iowa
• Bristol Renaissance Faire
• Jelly Belly Factory Tour in Kenosha, WI
• Visiting Lake Michigan in Kenosha, WI
• Spam museum and tour in Austin, MN
• Dulth, MN for wedding and visiting Lake Superior
• Summerfest
• Downhill skiing in Lutsen, MN
• Lake Michigan and the River Walk in Shebo...

• 30 Rock
• The Office
• Big Love
• Dexter
• Weeds
• Nip/Tuck
• Doctor Who
• Torchwood
• Chuck
• True Blood
• Monk
• Psych
• Law and Order: SVU
• Law and Order: CI
• Big Bang Theory
• Burn Notice
• In Plain Sight
• Deadliest Catch
• Californication
• Mythbusters
• Leverage

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Doubt
• Austrailia
• Marley and Me
• Valkyrie
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Bangkok Dangerous
• Righteous Kill
• Seven Pounds
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Frost/Nixon
• The Spirit
• Revolutionary Road
• The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
• Transporter 3
• Milk
• Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist
• Religulous
• Rachel getting Married
• RocknRolla
• Happy Go Lucky

• Cell Phone
• Wallet
• Check Book
• Pen
• Pencil
• Epi Pen
• Allergy eye drops
• Nasal Spray
• advil
• Pads
• camera
• Doublemint Gum
• notebook
• 2 Medication sheets from the pharmacy
• Kohls coupon
• small ninja toy
• keys

• Kindergarten - Mrs. Salverson
• 1st grade - Mrs. Musser
• 2nd grade - Mrs. Underwood
• 3rd grade - Mr. Yankee
• 4th grade - Mr. Meinel
• 5th grade - Mr. Strait
• 6th grade - Mrs. Herman
• 7th grade homeroom - Ms.Scholl
• 8th grade homeroom - Ms.Olday
• High School homeroom - Ms.Dudley

• Wisconsin
• Illinois
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Oklahoma
• Alaska
• Washington
• Colorado
• New Mexico
• Texas
• Oklahoma
• Georgia
• Ohio
• New York
• Vermont
• Massachusetts
• Michigan

• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
• Nearer Than the Sky by Tammy Greenwood
• Blankets by Craig Thompson
• Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
• Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen
• Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
• Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
• You Don't Love Me Yet: A Novel by Jonathan Lethem
• The Uses of Enchantment: A Novel by Heidi Julavits
• Black & White by Dani Shapiro
• Mary Newman by Janis Cooke
• The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal by Lily Koppel
• Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescen...

• My red and black pogo ball
• My pink and white banana seat bike
• My Strawberry Shortcake Doll House and all of the yummy smelling dolls
• Care Bears
• Popples
• Puffalumps
• Monchichi's
• Saturday Morning Cartoons
  • The Snorks
  • The Smurfs
  • Gummi Bears
  • Heathcliff
  • Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers
  • Duck Tales
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks
  • She Ra: Princess of Power
  • Jem and the Holograms
• Babysitters Club books
• The Gymnast book series