Sept. 17 - Lisa's Musings (on traditions) and Every Day Life

TGIF.

And, for the first time in a long time, I'll have company for the weekend.

Little brother, Eric, is flying in tonight from New Jersey to go to the U-M football game tomorrow. So, I'll be heading to the airport to pick him up and, yeah, take him back on Sunday.

The family always gets together for at least one game each year, then heads to Webber's afterward for dinner.

Last year, it was to celebrate (or memorialize depending on how you look at it) my dad's life.

This year, things will be quite different.

It will be a much smaller group. Four of the cousins, Eric and I.

We'll have a little Big Sister-Little Brother bonding time. The two of us have never gone to a game together. It was always my dad and I.

And one of the cousins decided he didn't want to go to Webber's -- he wanted to try some place else.

So, since I live here, I was tapped to come up with an alternate place.

It didn't take long. Who doesn't love Knights?

New season.

New restaurant.

New traditions.

Sometimes change is good.

Sept. 16 - Lisa's Musings (on post No. 365) and Every Day Life

Well, here it is ... the magic mark ... post number 365.

Now I know I haven't written all of them, but I know I've written 99 percent of them and I think that's something special.

I have blogged every day without fail since I began this adventure last year.

On days off. When I was out of town. On weekends.

It's truly been a daily blog and I proved to myself that no matter what, I could come up with something to write about for umpteen days in a row.

And yeah, some of them were better than others. And some of them were rather clever. Or funny. Or sentimental. Or newsy. But the one thing they had in common was that people who faithfully read this blog enjoyed spending a few minutes in my every day life.

Hopefully, my life, despite spending many hours of it as a reporter, is a lot like yours.

Some days are better than others. The little things in life should not be ignored. Even in the most annoying or frustrating situations, just the littlest thing can flip the negative to the positive.

Each day is special and I intend to enjoy each and every one.