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For everyone out there today slipping and sliding around Rockford area roads, take a page out of a Raleigh, North Carolina man's book--grab your water skis, get a friend to pull you around, and experience the city in a whole new way (although the Rockford Police will most certainly frown on it, or worse).

Wednesday night was not the finest evening at our house. In fact, it was filled with whining and crying. Our nearly two-year-old son and three-month-old daughter took turns filling the air with their grievances. Sometimes they cried and whined together...