I have fantastic news for anyone who’s been lamenting as of late about my seriously scarce presence here in bloggy land. Anyone saying, “Geez, Jen, are you sure you blog alot, because you didn’t post anything between Wednesday and Monday. Also – if you are taking pictures everyday, how come your daybook was ALL TEXT? LAME.”

As you might be aware, my computer and I have been having a bit of a … nuclear war, you could say. Mostly regarding the internet but really so much more complicated than that. And we thought we’d figured it allllll out – we’re running Linux instead of OS X which has Dan doing happy dances around the living room and I’m using wired Internet instead of wireless which meant rearranging furniture for three hours but happily ending up with a layout that is so much much better than I would have guessed.

Except it still didn’t work. For a couple days, nothing really seemed resolved and everything was effected. Picasa was slowly losing it’s marbles and I’d long since given up hope of finding mine. I was researching the cost of a new computer. And then this morning Dan ran some new diagnostic doo dad and found out… IT WAS HIS FAULT. At least the last two days or so were. The wireless DID need to go bye bye and OS X wouldn’t have fared any better – it was just a small mistake in setting up the IP addresses – and once he fixed it. Everything magically transformed into awesome.

So now everything is working perfectly and I could technically maybe move back to OS X but I am so tired of moving files around and readjusting and unpacking and installing – it’s almost as exhausting as moving halfway across the country and you know what? Everything works. Why mess with that? So for now, I’m staying put on my little hacked out Linux running iMac and I’m just thrilled. So thrilled that I’m now going to end this terribly long ramble with several pictures of our recent day trip to Milwaukee because. I. can.

This was the first display that he saw at the Children’s museum – all gears and motorcycle stuff and man grunting. One of many really awesome things he got to do there. The Milwaukee Children’s Museum is in a word terrific.

They even had a little “pre-walkers” area where BB was able to get out of her stroller and crawl about.

Which of course she loved.

Outside the museum, MM decided to inspect this statue up close. From there we headed to our last destination, The Safe House. This place is just too cool. It’s a popular spy-theme restaurant that provides “Crafty Concoctions and Incredible Edibles to hungry agents on R & R.” The whole experience of getting into The Safe House, the meal, the ambiance – it’s just so terrific. If you are ever in Milwaukee, you really have to eat here.

This little spy hole just begs little agents (and bigger ones) to take a peek. But all you’re going to see is…

Which would be useful if someone snuck up behind you.

And my artsy shot of the day. So much fun. The next time we stop by, I might be tempted to wear a trench coat and sunglasses.