Here we are, at the Other warm end of March...

Unusually warm weather , interspersed with 'normal' cool
march temps...I'll take it ! Although , now I have cut
the grass the Earliest ever ! Basically , all caught up with
 yard & landscape cleanup chores , now . All kinds of
stuff is blooming , earlier than ever ; long ago have already
spotted the first Robin (Louise & Jerry beat me to
that honor by HOURS !) ;
 Geocaching opportunities abounded the past
few months with little snow cover , low temps , and longer
sunshine after workdays ! Practically the whole family took
advantage of this to visit 'dog friendly' Stigler Nature Preserve
in New Berlin a few weeks ago for a nice walk in the woods --
and scored '5 for 5' cache finds ! We're Good !















Friday , March 16 was Jacob's 1 - year birthday , and  we
did him right with a nice bash at our house . The little guy
Wowed all of us , as usual !

The very next day, -Happy St. Parick's Day !- , was
Maureen's 2nd baby shower , held by Cindy &
family , Tom's mom, up in Port Washington .
A very nice Soiree' , so I'm told !
That magic day is inching ever closer !

Maureen with 2 grandma-in-laws, mom-in-law and mom Kathy
















This march has had it's share of 'firsts', including a
strange one while at The Coffee House' , a favorite
music venue of ours on the Marquette
campus...just before the music starts , an old guy
sitting next to me, a regular at the joint , collapses in
an epileptic fit ...now we know what THAT looks like ,
and it's NOT pretty ! He turned out okay in the end though...
The next day , Kathy & I made a sunday adventure to
Illinois -Chicago northwest suburbs - first to Johnnies Beef ,
 for some of that Italian Beef magic at a great price!
-Then to find the oldest geocache still existing in the upper
 midwest ..'Beverly' by name..designated as GC28 in May ,
 2000... harking back to the first few months when
geocaching started as a hobby , thanks to new GPS 
technology - and the satellites to support them -came
'on line' . This also goes to show the attrition rate for
geocaches seems high to me....I only hope MY hidden
caches ( all 13 of them , currently ) have as good a
life as Beverly !

2 spicy italian beefs and a watermelon slushy !























We also found a couple wood ticks !

After that, we paid Tom , Judy & Ryan in
Libertyville a visit to check up on their remodeling updates
...all is well with

Kathy's nephew and family !







Packer fans living in Bear country

So here we are , at the end of March ....

- Hoping Kentucky wins the Final Four

hoops matchups (me , anyway...Kathy

chose North Carolina , who's out of it !)

- Amy ,Kevin, Jacob & Seeker are soon

 to move out of the house and into their new

 home in Oak Creek ( we'll miss 'em )

- Sheepshead group meets Here , this

weekend...bring your CASH !

 - I'm about to win that $500 million mega-

millions windfall....

Whoops ! -- sorry , too close to April Fools Day , folks !