Laurie's Life and Work in Wisconsin!

Operation Fresh Start - Another Winning Home! NEW LISTING!!         1809 Boyd Avenue, Madison, WI  53704 North Sherman Avenue, to East on Boyd Avenue    All new construction. Meets Green Built Homes and Wisconsin Energy Star standards. This home, under construction, will be complete 09/08. House ...

Operation Fresh Start - Another Great Home! NEW LISTING!!   214 North Sixth Street, Madison, WI  53704 East Washington Avenue to North on North Sixth Street     House - 1,356 s.f. house; Lot - 3,600 s.f. Three bedrooms + 1st floor den 1 1/2 baths Separate kitchen & dining room Sleeping porch on u...

How do you fix a broken Jack-o-Lantern?                                             With a pumpkin patch!  What do you say to a ghost with three heads?                                           Hello, hello, hello. What did the baby ghost eat for dinner?                                         A ...

  Ashley and I took a little time to sneak over to Olbrich Gardens.  The Autumn colors are so vivid, as the gardens prepare for their winter slumber.  Working with Mother Nature, the dedicated staff and volunteers continue to offer a wonderful odyssey of Nature's Glory. We decided we wanted a lit...

  Congratulations to Operation Fresh Start for Another Home SOLD! The charming location at: 1801 Fisher Street, Madison, Wisconsin, now has a new house and a new owner - Thanks to Operation Fresh Start! This beautifully built ranch home sports a full front porch for enjoying the neighborhood.  In...

I wish to extend my Sincere Thanks to the Madison Club Foundation. The recipient of the proceeds of this Year's Annual Gala: Operation Fresh Start The Madison Club Foundation's signature event, a formal charity gala, was designed to recognize and promote a different local charity each year. In 20...

 Last night I introduced my daughter, Ashley,  to one of my favorite old movies:  Labyrinth. The movies chronicles the adventures of a teen age girl, who makes a mistake, she quickly comes to regret. In an evening of frustrated baby sitting with her little brother - the girl calls out to the Gobl...

     What would an Autumn Season in Wisconsin be without a trip to Schuster's Playtime Farm?       (conveniently located between Madison and                             Deerfield on Highway 12/18)  Our daughter Ashley would stay there forever.  She never wants to leave.  First she runs to the kit...

Price Pritchard's  You-Squared offers a               challenging shift in the                         paradigm of personal productivity.  His premise, that you can move to exponential growth in your personal productivity, is a challenge worth taking.  He lays out his observation from quantum phy...

It has been a while since I watched the movie, Iron Jawed Angels.          It is a riveting and highly entertaining film. With the upcoming election and another one of Ashley's         "Jumps in Maturity," we watched it together. The film chronicles the events leading up to the passage of the nin...