Light Posting Week

Sorry for the light posting week all. This week has been rather weird. For those that don't know, the Logical Husband and I were in a car accident last weekend. A distracted driver pulled out in front of us when he shouldn't have and we had no time to stop. The blessed news is we were not hurt nearly as bad as we could have been, given the circumstances. The Logical Husband broke his wrist (braced against the passenger side air bag just as it deployed) and I walked away with a sprained ankle - which is amazing since I was literally standing on the clutch and the brake. My poor little car (a Suzuki Aerio) took the brunt of the damage - literally. For a small car, it contained all of the energy of the accident in the engine compartment. None of it came back into the passenger cabin! So for those of you who are looking for a safe sub-compact - I highly recommend it.

Anyway, this week has been spent dealing with insurance and all, I have had little time for posting. Now that all of that has been dealt with, I will have a lot more time for posting. I have a couple of things saved up from earlier this week so stay tuned.

RNC Bound!

I got a very happy email tonight! True North was credentialed to cover the RNC Convention and yours truly was one of the three bloggers from TN to apply. We all still have to pass security checks, which for me should not be a problem....I had to pass one when the Logical Husband was in the Army and I also got screened during the 2004 election so that the Junior Logician could share a stage with Vice President Cheney.

While I am not yet sure what (or who) I will be covering, I will be sure to post whatever I cover for TN here so that can all keep up on the Convention comings and goings.

Milestones

WOW - 1000 posts! Who would have thought that I would have had this much to say or such wonderful readers who read it.

Thanks to all of you who have made this journey entertaining, enlightening and just plain fun. And here is to the Logical Husband and the Junior Logician who put up with so much of my time and energy being wrapped up in this endeavor. I owe you both so much.

Here is to 1000 more posts!

I Made It!

Well I made it to Utah and I am finally getting settled in. Posting will resume shortly - as soon as I get caught up on the political world that is.....

Well My Bags Are Packed...

And I'm ready to go....While there is no taxi blowing his horn, I am finally leaving. No one knows more than I (except maybe the Logical Husband) how painfully long this has been, but this is my last post from within the confines of the Great State of Minnesota.

I just wanted to say a few quick words of thanks to a few important people before I go. First off - to Chief, Andy, Mitch, Nancy Brian and Matt - thanks for asking me to join you on this wild ride (forming True North). It has been a joy and an experience that I will never forget as I have learned so much. To the guys at Anti-Strib - thanks for the outlet for my internal witch and for giving me a larger outlet to talk about the perils of radical Islam. I will still have lots of media bias dispatches from the western frontier...the Salt Lake Trib is almost as biased as our beloved Red Star. To the rest of the MOB and contributors to TN - thank you for making me laugh and making me think. I firmly believe that you are never too old to learn and I seem to learn something new from you all every day. And thank you to Mike, Mark and Claire - the legislative team from Senate District 35. They taught me so much about the inner workings of the legislature and helped this "civilian" understand what it was that they did. To my many friends from the blogosphere and my newsgroups - even though we have not yet met (in person) I cherish your support and your friendship. It's a little ironic that this thing that the experts said would lead to greater isolation has led me to many new and dear friends.

Finally to you - dear readers. When I started blogging two years ago never, in my wildest dreams, imagined anyone would read my ramblings. Your affirmation and criticism and encouragement is driving me to continue to reach for the stars and to continue to try to make a difference in the world. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

I will be on the road for the next three days and after that probably pretty busy unloading and organizing the apartment, so posting will be very light to non-existant until at least Wednesday or Thursday. However, I will still be following Minnesota politics and I will chime in from time to time with my thoughts. Signing off from the southern outpost and I will sign in from the western outpost as soon as I can.

It Is Time....

Well dear friends, it is time. The Logical Husband found that rarest of rarities - a short term rental that will accept multiple dogs (we have two). Since the school year is finally at an end, that can only mean one thing....I am officially moving to Utah after 4 months of waiting. We have not sold the house yet, but we do have a couple of people who are interested....provided they can get the financing!

So with that in mind it is Keegan's time again. I will be heading up to Keegans this Thursday and next for trivia night and to catch up with as many MOB bloggers as I can. Hopefully I will see YOU there.....

Busy, Hectic Week

As you have probably noticed, my posting activity has been on the light side this week. Part of it is because the legislative session is finally (blissfully) ended. The other part is that it is officially time. At the end of the school year, the Junior Logician will be packing up what remains in the house and we will be driving out to Salt Lake City to join the Logical Husband. It has been a long 4 months (since his transfer became official) and I am looking forward to finally moving on with my life. I am looking at setting up a final night at Keegans - either next Thursday or the following one. It all depends on what happens with the house. I will probably be quite busy over the weekend loading furniture in the moving van, but as soon as that has been finished, I will be back to semi-normal blogging....for a little while longer.

Stay tuned for more details on LL's final Minnesota bow.

Prayer Request

Gary Gross brings us word that King Banaian from SCSU Scholars is in the hospital and in pretty rough shape. If you are so inclined, put a prayer or two up for King and for David Strom from the Minnesota Free Market Institute. David is in the Mayo Clinic for some heart related problems according to his lovely bride Margaret.

Back In The Saddle

As you will probably notice, I am indeed back in the blogging saddle. I got all of that work for the Open House done and so now I can catch up on all of the good material that hit my inbox in the last two weeks.

I'm ready....are you?

Quick Personal Note

As you may recall, I am in the process of trying to sell my house in a very slow market. We switched agents over the weekend, in the hopes that a new marketing strategy may be what we need to get this going. The new agent has given me a rather long punch list of tweaks and things to do to ready the house for showing so my posting is going to be sporadic at best. I will still try to get a post or two out a day but it will likely be in the very early morning or late evening.

Normal posting to resume as soon as the punch list is complete.

Busy Morning

I have a very busy morning ahead of me, but I promise I will get a recap of last nights debate on HF 3391 up as soon as I can. PLUS I got a nifty gift from a reader on the Bonding Bill that is guaranteed to make your weekend. Check back later this morning or early afternoon for some very fun content.

Busy Days

Sorry for the lack of output yesterday - I spent the majority of the day dealing with personal issues. I am finishing up taxes today so there won't be much output until much later today or early tomorrow. I do promise to get a post up very soon on the lastest version of the Health Care Bill (HF 3391). Massive changes were made in committee that you should be aware of.