Ex Ex Pat Scheiners

 Drew and I had an interesting discussion over the weekend about mix tapes and the ease of access to music for his generation vs my generation. To make a "mix tape" (playlist), it is as simple as opening Apple Music, clicking Create New Playlist, naming it and then searching for the songs that suit the mood of afore-named playlist and clicking the plus sign and there you have it.  All the songs that are your favorites at the moment in one place.  Once you have overplayed a song, you can just remove from playlist. Making mixtapes was a long, time-consuming process, which required having the original tape of the songs you wanted to add to the mix as well as a blank tape and a boombox with recording capabilities.  (I am pretty sure eventually you could record from a CD to a tape.....but that is a foggy memory.)  To make a perfect mixtape, it was required to ensure you hit the pause button just at the transition between the songs, otherwise you would get the beginni...

 It is hard to believe we are already halfway through the first month of this year. The year definitely started off in a positive way with Michigan securing their first "official" National championship against Washington.  The Rose Bowl game that enabled them a chance to play in the pinnacle game was fantastic.  Michigan was behind for the first time this season, and were able to come back in the 4th quarter and secure the win.  It was the most stressful game, but we were SO happy when they won of course. Ali competed in her first gymnastics meet this year, and scored just over 35, so she has already qualified for state.  She is still struggling on bars a bit, but continues to be confident on floor and vault as well as attempting back handspring on the beam.  She does not love in the same way that she has, but she is still so much fun to watch.  I predict this season will be her last as a gymnast, and she will pursue cheer, which would be a great trans...