Car Break-In

Earlier this week I woke up to my driver’s side window smashed in (by a spark plug, apparently a common way of breaking car windows quietly and quickly).  My GPS, which I normally take in every night, was stolen.  I was supposed to go out for one more drive, but Ted wanted to walk, instead, [...]

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Clarity Clinic of Dubuque

I think I posted a while back about the nonsense they presented as sex ed to my daughter.  False information about condoms, and made the girls responsible for everything, like they were dirty whores, and if they should get pregnant, they should give it up.  Sounded like a plan to get more cute white babies [...]

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Bus station

Bus station
Originally uploaded by Kibbles

One of the things I love about Dubuque is the old limestone in contrast with brick or other materials. They don’t tear down and rebuild, they add to.
This is an alley next to the Keyline bus terminal. My little boy likes to go visit and see the busses ’sleeping’. [...]

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Follow Up on Lockdown

My son came home waving a piece of paper, on school (not district) letterhead.  This was from the school counsellor, who explained everything clearly, and in detail.  This was very reassuring, and it was given so we could talk to our children, it encouraged us to do so honestly and openly.
Furthermore, he left the door [...]

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Follow-up on Dubuque Police

That whole thing a while back about the dog barking in their car for a while?
Neighbor said that ANOTHER neighbor had a dog chained in the back, was barking, and the police took the dog. So it wasn’t a police dog (which I guess made sense, I didn’t think police dogs worked at night in [...]

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This is working out well

Well, I picked up some extra roma tomatoes, some garlic from the garlic stand, and some local honey (yes honey) for my tomato sauce.  I managed to somehow get the ‘tomato machine’ working.   The sauce has been cooking for about 8 hours, at least, and I will be slow cooking it even more.  I’m hoping [...]

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Dubuque Police

Lovely.
Was woken up by BARKING. A lot of it. Loud, frequent, LOUD barking.  Shaken, I checked and made sure that my dog was ok and in the house.  I got out of bed, looked outside, and there were two police cars in front of my house, sitting in the dark.
I opened my front door, and [...]

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Grand Harbor Water Park

I love playing tourist in my own city.  I loved it when we lived in Brooklyn, I missed out on doing it when I lived in London and Frankfurt, and I love doing it here.
Yesterday my mom (the tourist) and I took the kids to the water park.  As always, it was an absolute dream [...]

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Taste of Dubuque

Well, at least the food was edible.
My retired parents flew into Dubuque to see us. I thought Taste of Dubuque would be a great event to wind down after a day of travelling. That the kids could get ‘kid food’, like pizza, and the grown ups could get other food.
I had been warned, however, that [...]

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The Things Parents Do

It’s not just Harry Potter that has kids crazed, begging their parents for preorders, and hoping to stay up to go to book release parties.  This Twilight series has kids (girls?) going nuts, too.
I just preordered Breaking Dawn, and we might go to the midnight party at River Lights (Second Edition) to get our copy.  [...]

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