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I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

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  • Ticking Off

    It doesn't interest anyone else, but I'm a list person and an "achiever", so I feel better (literally physically better) when I can mark things off my to-do list: Yesterday and today were "Technology" and "Tune Up" days respectively. I picked up a cheap-o cell phone for the road trip in case of emergency. Don't…

  • Equipment

    I got my snow boots today. They are hideous, so of course they are warm, supportive and incredibly comfortable.

  • A Long Strange Trip

    I'm planning out the road trip, and it's going to be a strange one…heading down to LA first to see Tom , and my friends Kristan and Steve…then across to Nebraska to visit Grandma Eileen and Grandpa Bunny, which takes me through Colorado, so I think I'll stop in Boulder. Then through the plains and…

  • You Can’t Take It With You

    I can't move everything with me across country (again), so here is installment one of "You Can't Take It With You". Bidding is now open, more items to come. Items in the "smaller than a bread box" category will be posted in a few weeks as packing commences. Email me at katemikkelsen@aol.com if you want…

  • A Message From The Universe

    Dad sent me four pre-paid B&W photo development envelopes from A&I for Christmas this year, very thoughtful. I have a dozen rolls of film in my kitchen junk drawer–rolls I have transported from home to home and state to state (and even abroad!) for years and years. They languished next to twist ties, duct tape…

  • It Will Be Good To Be Home

    It's amazing–I never knew I still had so many friends still back in Wisconsin! What a perfect time to join Facebook—I've been 'friended' by so many familiar faces! I'm searching high and low for an apartment in Milwaukee. Portland is so dog-friendly, I'd forgotten that other towns aren't so keen on your four legged friend…

  • You Can Go Home Again

    I'm going to need sweaters. Lots of sweaters.

  • Christmas Quotes

    me: "Your shampoo did something weird to my hair." Tom: "I don't know what you used, but I don't have shampoo in that bathroom." Tom: "I don't know what 'gluten' is, but it sounds DELICIOUS! Can you just add it to stuff?"

  • Out Of The Snow, Into The Smog

    It was still night, and it was still snowing. One change of clothes in a backpack, a layer of tights under my jeans, I made my way through a foot and a half of snow (sandwiched between two layers of ice) down the hills to the train station at 5 in the morning. I'll be…

  • Anticipation Is Exhausting

    Stella was soooo looking forward to the wedding, and then, three minutes into the ceremony, completely konked out.