Katrina_Cravy's Blog

Years ago, Contact 6 put products to the test.  Now we're thinking about doing it again.

So let me know what you'd like to see tested.

We'll buy it and test it and save you money.

 Anything on those infomercials look interesting to you?

While writing some of our promos, I was looking through some live shots for Ted Perry and noticed some strange things happening while he wasn't on.

Editor Drew Schingen also saw a few and did an excellent job on this.

Here you go:

After talking about motorcycles for 5 hours with Ted Perry and our GREAT guest, Amy Guiffre from Harley-Davidson and Gino Ikeler from Uke's Harley-Davidson, I caught the bike bug.

They look really cool but I'm just not cool or relaxed enough to really ride.

So I catch a nap later that afternoon and I have a dream that I have a Harley and I have to ride because the station wants me too.

I'm about to leave the parking lot and I knock over Ted's bike.

Employees come out to see what's going on..then Ted comes out..looks at it and says "Daddy is not happy."

I instantly wake up. I know I shouldn't ride.

this whole great divide between the Packers and Brett Favre this month..even this season.

Let's look 20 to 30 years from now.

I have been to a few events with Bart Starr and his wife, Cherry. They are such gracious, classy representatives of the Green Bay Packers and the memories so many people have of his career.

The "hurt feelings" now will continue for years to come.

Bart and Cherry Starr come from Alabama to help people here in Wisconsin quite a bit.

And while Brett and Deanna have been terrific about their charity work here too, I can't visualize them in their 60's flying from Mississippi to revisit the "Glory Days" that ended so sadly.

Here's a twist--Contact 6 needs your help.

Okay maybe not Contact 6, but I need you or someone you may know who took a picture of me and my son during the Holidaze Parade in Grafton on Sunday July 6th.

I can't believe I didn't bring a camera. His first real parade where he was able to say "Hey everybody...Go Brewers..and Happy 4th," while waving an American flag. And his mom missed it.

Now what will he do if he runs for President someday and doesn't have that picture for his campaign commercial?

kidding:) Let me know..I would really appreciate it.

Nothing against the '50s, but what's up with our government?

Here's the story:

"While some folks wait patiently for their stimulus check-- other people are getting two!The IRS says it accidentally doubled up checks to about fifteen-hundred people.

If you got that extra check-- don't cash it.

The Feds say you should write "void" on the back of the check-- and mail it back to the IRS with a note.  If a second stimulus check was deposited electronically-- contact your bank."

This is what I think:

Write void and send the check and a little note back to the government! Give me a break. What should the note say, "Thanks for getting me excited and then dashing my hopes by making me spend 42 cents more to send you this note to say, you screwed up."

They should put stop payments on those checks--jump into the electronic world of 2008.

While 1500 people isn't a huge mistake given our population, they should know who double-dipped. My fear is--they don't know.

Do you have old T-V's, or maybe a computer monitor that you're going to throw out?

I was in the basement and saw 3 old monitors, 2 old vcr's and an old scanner. I think we need to toss 'em.

Good news though--Wisconsin is one of the states where "Best Buy" is testing a free program to help you recycle old electronics.

They'll accept computer processors, computer monitors and t-v's with screens up to 32- inches.

They will *not* take console t-v's (big old tv's in a wood box that use to be a piece of furniture), air conditioners, or microwave ovens.

The store already accepts some electronics waste... like cell phones and empty ink-jet cartridges.

Do you or your children have a red bite mark around your neck or hairline? Blood is drawn so some are rushing to emergency rooms to find out what it is.

I'm just glad we did a story on it, so I knew. My mother-in-law was bitten above the eye and it puffed up and nearly shut her eye..

So what is it? Check out the story:

http://www.myfoxmilwaukee.com/myfox/pages/ContentDe
tail?contentId=6551427

Eight years ago, I spoke to the Milwaukee Lutheran High School Women's Guild about what it was like taking over Contact 6 after Tom Hooper.

Today I had the chance to speak to these wonderful ladies again  The ladies at my table had been married for more than 50 years and they were sharing their stories about how they met their husbands,

I want to be them when I grow up.

Mine started out at 5:50 a.m. Way too earlier!  Somehow that word, "Mommy" is like a cold water splash in the morning. It would wake me if I was sleeping in another hemisphere.

But now he's learned how to say "snuggle me" too.  It melts me everytime.

Mothers, what melts you?