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Itâs Super Bowl Sunday. Kickoff is at 5:30 p.m. CST.
The Squares pools are attached.
Pool #1, make sure it says ârevisedâ at the topâotherwise, youâre not looking at the correct version.
Pool #2 had no changes.
Good luck to everyone. Have fun.
Nikki and Wyatt pulled off a last-minute surprise and came in for a weekend visit. Theyâre staying until Monday, which means theyâll be here to watch the Super Bowl with us.
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On pool #1 I regret to inform you of an error. On the Seahawks side of the board, there are two 7âs and a missing 6. I will repost corrected version.
Sorry for the error and confusion that results.
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Super Bowl Squares Pool All the numbers have been drawn and assigned. There are four sheets for each of the two pools, each one corresponding to the ending score of a specific quarter. The numbers change every quarter, so it may look a little confusing at firstâbut Iâm confident itâll make sense once you see the sheets.
With your help, we raised $2,000 for ALS United. Thank you all for being part of this.
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Super Bowl Squares Pool ⢠Pool #1 â sold outâ¨â˘ Pool #2 â sold out Photos of the numbers will be on tomorrowâs blog. We raised $2,000 for ALS United.â¨Thank you. Truly.â¨Now I just need to wipe the tears from my eyes so I can keep typing.
Yesterday was clinic day. We had arranged for a driver and a van that could accommodate my power chairâsomething new and something I was actually looking forward to.
Super Bowl Squares Pool ⢠Pool #1 is sold outâ¨â˘ Pool #2 is open â ~45 squares remainingâ¨Same deal: $25 per square ($10 goes to ALS United)
In the notes section of Venmo or Zelle, please write Super Bowl Squares and your name, and send to:â¨â˘ Venmo: @Nicole-Snarskiâ¨â˘ Zelle: nesnarski@gmail.comâ¨â˘ Phone number to verify: 847-687-3312
Once the squares have numbers assigned, Iâll post a photo on the blog.
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I had a much better nightâs sleep đ´. Thereâs an over-the-counter product called Biotène that helps with dry mouth, and it actually works. Itâs not perfect, but itâs taken the edge off enough that I donât feel the urge to rip the ventilator mask off in the middle of the nightâwhich feels like a small but meaningful win đ.
In my photo box, thereâs a picture of all eight of us kids standing in front of our house at 316 Keith Avenue in Waukegan, probably taken just before we moved to 1922.
Super Bowl Squares Pool ⢠Pool #1 is sold outâ¨â˘ Pool #2 is open â 45 squares remainingâ¨Same deal: $25 per square ($10 goes to ALS United)
In the notes section of Venmo or Zelle, please write Super Bowl Squares and your name, and send to:â¨â˘ Venmo: @Nicole-Snarskiâ¨â˘ Zelle: nesnarski@gmail.comâ¨â˘ Phone number to verify: 847-687-3312
Once the squares have numbers assigned, Iâll post a photo on the blog.
Super Bowl Squares Pool ⢠Pool #1 is sold outâ¨â˘ Pool #2 is open â same deal: $25 per square ($10 goes to ALS United)
In the notes section of Venmo or Zelle, please write Super Bowl Squares and your name, and send to: ⢠Venmo: @Nicole-Snarskiâ¨â˘ Zelle: nesnarski@gmail.comâ¨â˘ Phone number to verify: 847-687-3312
Once the squares have numbers assigned, Iâll post a photo on the blog. I donât have it⌠yet.
Super Bowl Squares Pool.
⢠Pool #1 is sold outâ¨â˘ Pool #2 is open â same deal: $25 per square ($10 goes to ALS United)
In the notes section of Venmo or Zelle, please write Super Bowl Squares and your name, and send to: ⢠Venmo: @Nicole-Snarskiâ¨â˘ Zelle: nesnarski@gmail.comâ¨â˘ Phone number to verify: 847-687-3312
Once the squares have numbers assigned, Iâll post a photo on the blog. I donât have it⌠yet.
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Super Bowl Squares Poolâ¨â˘ Pool #1 is sold outâ¨â˘ Pool #2 is open â same deal: $25 per square ($10 goes to ALS United) In the notes section of Venmo or Zelle, please write Super Bowl Squares and your name, and send to: ⢠Venmo: @Nicole-Snarskiâ¨â˘ Zelle: nesnarski@gmail.comâ¨â˘ Phone number to verify: 847-687-3312
Once the squares have numbers assigned, Iâll post a photo on the blog.
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Super Bowl Squares Poolâ¨11 spots remaining â $25 per squareâ¨If youâre interested, In the notes section of Venmo or Zelle, please write Super Bowl Squares and your name, and send to:
⢠Venmo: @Nicole-Snarskiâ¨â˘ Zelle: nesnarski@gmail.comâ¨â˘ Phone number to verify: 847-687-3312
These new blog hours have really thrown my writing off. Itâs nearly 7:00 a.m., and Iâm just getting started. Add in the fact that I canât always hit the letters on the keyboard cleanly, and suddenly âlate blogâ is becoming a theme.
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The Super Bowl Squares Pool is officially halfway fullâ50% of the squares are sold. Each square is $25, with $10 going directly to ALS United to support ALS patients. Details are at the bottom.
Over the past couple of months, my food choices have grown increasingly narrow. Eating has become less about appetite and more about mechanics. Most foodsâand even many drinks (too thin)âare now off the table because I canât chew them well enough to safely swallow.
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Today is Nikkiâs birthday. Happy Birthday, Kiddo! Youâre one amazing daughter. I love you!â¤ď¸
Nikki is putting together a Super Bowl squares pool for fun and fundraising. Details are as follows:
Hi everyone, Super Bowl Sunday is coming up, and weâre hosting Super Bowl Squares this year to raise money for a great cause - ALS United, of course. You can gamble and feel good about it! Cost: $25 per squareâ¨Donation: $10 from each square will be donated to ALS United (through our marathon funding page).
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Itâs officialâI wonât be doing any volunteer Tax-Aide work this season.
Back in early fall, I was still holding out hope that I could get IRS-certified and take on a limited role for the 2025 tax year. I really thought I might be able to make it work. But my fingers had other plans. Theyâve become far too clumsy on a keyboard for the kind of accuracy tax prep demandsâand when the requirement is 100%, âclose enoughâ doesnât cut it.
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First things first yesterday: a call for help to remove the door to the downstairs powder room closet.
When the toilet safety rails were installed, the closet door no longer had enough clearance to open and close. We left it stuck in the open position, which ended up blocking part of the grab bar. I told myself it was fineâthat enough of the bar was still accessible. Iâm not sure if that contributed to my fall yesterday, but thereâs no good reason to leave obstacles in my path.
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Whatever Happened to Phil? So I havenât seen or spoken to Phil since I left Portland in 1980.
Ever since Facebook became a thing, Iâve tried off and on to track him down. I searched his name, poked around for siblings, and narrowed my focus to the Pacific Northwest. For a long time, nothing turned up. Then one day, in 2024 I stumbled across his momâs obituary, and suddenly I had just enough information to start sleuthing with renewed enthusiasm.
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This is the continuation of my time living in Portland, Oregon, when I was 20 years oldâwith my triplet brother Tim and my roommate from WIU, Phil.
Weâd been in Portland for about a week, and reality set in quickly. We needed jobs. And we needed a place to live.
We found temporary housing overlooking a junkyard in a sketchy part of town. There was no heat. That was fine while the weather was still decentâbut once November arrived, it became a real problem.
Good morning, everyone.â¨Be safe out thereâit is seriously cold.
Following my one year and done at WIU, I returned home in the summer of 1979 to a fair amount of well-deserved stink eye from my mom. She was always the bad cop. Like any good parent, she asked the question that hung in the air every day:
What are you going to do with your life?
I was 20 years old, and I had no answer.
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In keeping with the mantra âHappy wife, happy life!â Iâm breaking from my self-imposed 7:00 a.m. CST publishing deadline and pushing this back by an hour or so. It helps keep the sleep cycles in the house somewhat normalâand thatâs a win for everyone.
Letâs rewind to 1978â79.
I was a freshman at Western Illinois University. After graduating high school, I stayed home and attended the College of Lake County to get my grades up.