Liz_a should be showing up on our doorstep sometime this evening on her way back home from Eastern Ontario to visit her dad.  We haven't seen her, her husband, or kids since they visited us in our old home in Minnesota (pre-China, pre-Thailand). 

We're planning on visiting Sprecher's brewery here tomorrow (what else would you visit if you were in Milwaukee, right?)  From what friends have told me, this is a better tour than the tour of Miller's (you may have heard of this brewer?) and what is really nice, the kids get unlimited tasting of Sprecher's soda varieties (this is Wisconsin, sodas here are what we know as "pop" or "soft drinks" almost everywhere else).  And ... this is one brewer that really knows how to make BEER as well as soft drinks!

Dinner tonight will also be traditional Wisconsin -- Klement's bratwurst along with some Sprecher's brew and a beer I've not yet tasted, but just had to try when I saw it in the store yesterday -- Lazy Mutt ale.  Klement's is the company that features the ... famous ... "sausage races" ... at every Milwaukee Brewers home game.  Whee ... At least their sausage is better than the entertainment!  Actually, I prefer Usinger's brats, but didn't have time to get to the store yesterday that sells this brand.

The rest of the plan is ... no plan.  Not sure what we'll do the rest of the time before they leave on Thursday morning.  We should get down to Lake Michigan and show her kids that not ALL the Great Lakes belong partially to Canada, eh?

One thing I'm sure will NOT be on the agenda.  I jokingly said that maybe I should give the keys to my scooter to her son Daniel and let him run around the neighborhood.  Somehow the thought of her oldest son's collarbone situation a couple years ago and my scooter accident (and broken collarbone) in Thailand a year and a half ago sort of made her ... yell ... scream?  I had to put the phone a foot from my ear and my head was ringing for an hour or so.  It's probably good that the phone was away from my ear, because I think a few of those words that I almost heard were not exactly ... ladylike.