Superstars

Whitney and I have been busy the past few days here in Chicago working with Chris Mattoon, one of the superstar trainers from the Seeing Eye. In the meantime, a few of the superstars in my family have been making news: my 16-year-old great-niece Anita Sterling was featured in a newspaper story about “2012 Breakout Basketball Players” and my husband Mike Knezovich was quoted in an article in ArchitectureWeek!

First, Anita.

Anita with her little sister AnneMarie, Anita's #1 fan.

I especially like the line in this profile about her being unselfish — my great-niece really is great in every way:

ANITA STERLING
SCHOOL Willowbrook
CLASS Junior
POSITION Guard
IMPACT Sterling has proved to be a versatile player for the Warriors with her ability to impact games from both the paint and the perimeter. The junior is averaging nearly nine points per game and also provides a presence on the glass with six rebounds a game. Sterling is unselfish with the basketball as well, leading Willowbrook with 29 assists. Defensively, she also has 29 steals and a team-high nine blocks.

And as for Mike, the ArchitectureWeek article explained that Passivhaus Institut (PHI) in Darmstadt, Germany and Passive House Institute US (the non-profit Mike works for in Urbana, Illinois) have severed ties. If you know Mike at all, you will not be surprised to hear that his quotes were among the more colorful in the article. Here’s one example:

“We had honest differences,” he says, “but it went from talking to this sort of nuclear option with no sort of warning.”

And then this one:

Knezovich, the PHIUS communications director, adds, “We looked around and said, ‘Nothing has really changed except we don’t have the blessing of the mothership anymore.’ We’re as busy as we have ever been.”

I love the way that guy expresses himself. And hey, Whitney and I feel as busy as we’ve ever been, too! We’re meeting with Chris one more time tomorrow before he heads back to New Jersey. I’ll fill you in with details of what we’ve accomplished in a future post. For now, I will leave you with this tease: tomorrow’s trip may include a visit to a diner!