chicago life

today goes like a wheelbarrow

We got our apartment rented, yay! That’s a load off. It didn’t take long at all so that’s good.  Now we just have to sign the papers and get the keys. I’m really excited about starting the new chapter but I’m also a little sad to leave this place.  We’re both getting nostalgic.. This was...

Ice

  3 stories of ice on our back porches.

We are made to the measure of our times

Snow. Snow. Snow. Snow. Snow. Snow. We have gotten so much snow this winter. This is the most I’ve seen since I was a kid growing up in Wisconsin.  It’s nice though. Winter is supposed to be snowy not just gray and cold. Snow makes it fun. We finally found out that we got our...

White dust skirted from the breakwater

New year, new look. I decided to do some sprucing up and organizing on here.   2009 has been pretty good so far. I’m stressing about the new house stuff, mostly just because I am a worry wart. Hopefully we find out soon if everything is good to go with our financing. It’s the last...

The History of Scaffolding Has Been Dismantled

As the end of the year approaches I’m thinking about New Year’s Resolutions and getting my agenda for the coming year in order. We are buying a condo and closing on it in February, yay! I’m really excited about it. I love the place and am excited to explore a new neighborhood. The place is...

She will not complain

With all this financial crisis and panic I’ve decided to start really taking a hard look at our habits and see what we can do to keep ourselves from going down the dark road of debt. One of my New Year’s resolutions was to try to build a nest egg and keep track of everything...

Those were rich months.

  Way too long. Well the past month has been exciting. I went to Oregon. It was fantastic. Drank a lot of wine, sat by the ocean, ate amazing seafood and most importantly relaxed. Came back home and have been working my ass off. It’s good though, I like being busy. I just kind of...

What is love to those who laid these stones

A million years ago (well only nearly two) we had our wedding reception. At that reception we had cameras. I had the best intentions of taking those things right to the lab to be developed but they sat… and sat…. and sat. I’m such a procrastinator. Finally I took the damn things to the photo...

The term ‘turned on’ remained in my kitchen

We caved. After 5 months of broadcast TV, we are getting cable again. I know, I know, we were doing so well. Not getting stressed out by the number of channels to choose from, comfortably complacent watching episodes of ‘The Moment of Truth’ and a million Law & Order’s.. Life was good until we found...

We have no more to do with heavy stones and hard lines.

A quick update before I get back to work… The grocery experiment went well. Overall the total for the week was a couple dollars under our normal budget. I think it was $2. Not bad though. I thought for sure it would be more expensive to shop like this. I did go to Jewel once,...

You Can Lose Yourself in Hardware

The pup is doing much better. The idea of ‘quiet’ has gotten into his head and it’s great. On the hubby’s suggestion, this week we are doing an experiment in grocery shopping. Instead of doing the usual big trip to get things for the whole week we’re going to get all our food for the...

He Shook His Head Trying To Blink The Rain Out Of His Eyes

The latest on the dog is I'm pretty sure in an attempt to train him to control his urges to bark we have been teaching him to bark. CRAP! Saul has one of the most insane barks I've ever heard. It's not really high pitched or yappy it's just loud. He barked in my...