Wollers (who at one point in time used to live) In China

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Law School Finals!!

Well, today, possibly even at this very moment, Shawn is taking his most difficult final! (Well, the final for his most difficult class anyway).

I'm nervous for him!! He has been studying very hard and I think he will do well. He has a few guys he studies with every so often that seem to be helpful.

He'll be all done with classes and finals next week, the 17th I believe. It will be nice for him to have a break.

We are planning to be in Mankato for Woller Family Christmas from December 28-30th! We're very excited to see everyone!

Things are going really, really well in Milwaukee. Personally, I love it!! Things at the Pfister are going really well aside from the fact that everyone's hours are being cut because the winter is the hospitality slow season.

Milwaukee is on a winter weather storm advisory tonight, so winter has finally come. I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

So, there's the update for ya!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

They Might Be Giants!

This weekend Shawn & I went to a "They Might Be Giants" concert in Chicago with Lucas and Robyn! It was a lot of fun!! We were able to spend a little time at Kevin and Joy's house on the way down and also on the way back!

Shawn got a CD signed by John Flansburgh. He actually bought the CD from another guy and then handed it to John Flansburgh and said "Could you just hand this to me?" He did. Then he got his picture with him. It was pretty neat. Very fun show.

Sunday morning then we got to listen to Gabe sing in church. Pretty adorable.

In other news, we are moving to our new apartment THIS WEEK!!! We are very excited!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Ah, Employment! Finally!

As of this afternoon I accepted a full-time position at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.
I was excited because I finally had a job, they clean my uniform for me, and I get a free meal every shift, but THEN I found THIS:: (You have no idea how fun this is for me!) Enjoy!

Baseball teams fear 'haunted' Milwaukee hotel

MILWAUKEE - First Carlos Gomez heard voices. Then he watched his iPod go haywire after he got out of the shower, sending him scrambling for the lobby without stopping to put on his pants and shoes.

After last year's experience, the Minnesota Twins outfielder didn't want to go back to Milwaukee's Pfister Hotel. But Gomez had to stay there when the Twins were in town to play the Brewers last month, so he brought some protection: teammate-turned-roommate Francisco Liriano and a Bible.

"Everything's scary," Gomez said. "Everything in the hotel, the paintings and pictures, it's a lot of old, crazy stuff. No good, man. No good."

The Pfister is Milwaukee's most regal address, having hosted every U.S. president since William McKinley and scores of celebrities who can take a self-guided tour of the hotel's Victorian art collection. Today, it's the place to stay for upscale business travelers and out-of-town visitors, including many Major League Baseball teams. Commissioner Bud Selig, a Milwaukee native, is a frequent visitor.

But some players don't care for the 116-year-old hotel's posh accommodations and reputation for privacy. They swear it's haunted.

Gomez, San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval, St. Louis' Brendan Ryan and several Florida Marlins all say they've had odd experiences, though Ryan later said nothing really happened. Others aren't willing to talk publicly about what they've seen and heard.

Brewers visiting clubhouse manager Phil Rozewicz has heard it all from sleepy-eyed players who would rather hang out at Miller Park than spend one minute more than they have to at the Pfister.

"There was a rookie ball player and he was back in his room and he woke up in the middle of the night and his blinds were open, the window was opened and he was panicked," Rozewicz said. "So he went into the bathroom, splashed water on his face, came back out and went to bed. Shut the blinds, the window. Woke up in the morning. Same thing. Slept on the couch in the lobby the next night. Refused to go to his room. Finally, went to a Motel 6 or whatever up the street and just stayed there."

Of course, some of this could be mischievous teammates pulling pranks. But Pfister ghost stories go well beyond the ballpark.

Allison Jornlin, who leads haunted history tours for the folklore research organization Milwaukee Ghosts, said guests have reported seeing a "portly, smiling gentleman" roaming the halls, riding the elevator and even walking his dog. The apparition is said to resemble Charles Pfister, who founded the hotel with his father, Guido.

"His ghost is thought, usually, to behave very well," Jornlin said. "But MLB players seem to bring out his mischievous side."

Why's that?

"Obviously, he's a Brewers fan," Jornlin said.

But even some of the Brewers won't stay there in the offseason.

"Even if I come into town for FanFest or whatever, I'm staying somewhere else," said Brewers center fielder Mike Cameron, who moved his family to another hotel after one night last offseason. "I mean, it's not a bad place. But there has been a lot of stories, a lot of creepy things that have gone on."

Hotel general manager Joe Kurth won't acknowledge any specific ghost stories from ballplayers or other guests, citing privacy concerns. But he doesn't shy away from the rumors, suggesting that guests interested in seeing a spirit might want to stay in the hotel's historic wing.

The Pfister does have its fans. Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy loves the quiet atmosphere, though the same couldn't be said for Tracy's players when he was managing the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"I was hearing suggestions, to the point that they were saying, "I've got to go to a different hotel,"' Tracy said.

That sounds familiar to Gomez, who said he hears voices and noises when he stays there and had his worst experience after hopping out of the shower last year.

He'd just started putting his clothes on when his iPod started playing with a static noise. He grabbed it and the iPod changed music suddenly before going to static again.

"I grabbed my pants and my shoes and I ran to the lobby," Gomez said.

Gomez wishes the Twins would stay somewhere else.

"I'm scared to go there," he said. "They should change the hotel. Everybody here doesn't like the hotel. Why (do) they always put us in the same hotel when you can't sleep?"

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/jul/10/baseball-teams-fear-haunted-milwaukee-hotel/news-offbeat/

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

We're Home...

I haven't written in a while, because frankly nothing we do really seems worth writing about anymore. We have no beautiful children (yet!) to update the friends and relatives about. We have no fascinating or even mildly interesting hobbies or talents. No scientific breakthroughs coming from this blog, no home ownership or pets. We've got nothing.

I'll post anyway.

I've been working at the Country Inns and Suites for the last few weeks to take the financial edge off until I find a job in Milwaukee. I've really been enjoying it a lot. Almost everyone remembers me and it's fun to jump right back into the inside jokes and whatnot. I quite enjoy the staff and may even transfer to a Country Inns and Suites in Brookfield, Wi. I'll let you know.

We've been able to spend some time with the nieces and nephews, which has been delightful. It will be so nice to be able to go to more family events and just be around.

Shawn is enjoying his very last summer of freedom by being a "lay-about and do nothing" as Lucas so lovingly puts it. He'll start law school August 24th and after that he will never have freedom like this again. He's making the most of it by sleeping until I wake him up when I get home from work at noon every day. At least he's appreciative. Besides, the minute he gets a job I'm just going to start having babies and never work again. :) Right?

Well, that's about it. Love you all!