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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Cross Stitch From Hell's North Pole
CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE! Recently I finished an epic counted cross stitch project. Before you think I’m crazy lemme explain! My mom loved Christmas. And she loved all Christmas things that were over the top and tacky. So I made … Continue reading
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Sidney
I wanted to post a couple pictures of Sidney because he’s still happy and relatively healthy but we don’t know how long that will last. He’s getting a little older and he’s got a few health problems. He’s deaf, has … Continue reading
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Images from Dale's Commute
Dale took a few photos of his commute last week and wanted to share them. He takes the green line everyday from Oak Park into the Loop. A street level view look toward the Loop. Dale also walks across this … Continue reading
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Freaky Storm
Last Friday a super freaky storm settled over Chicago at 10:30 in the morning. Here it is next to the Hancock Building. Anyway, it got crazy dark and the sky lit up with lightning and shook with thunder. It hailed. … Continue reading
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Dale's Birthday
So Dale’s birthday was last week. I made him a cake and bought him a couple of presents that did not arrive in time for his birthday! GAH! Happily, his coworkers made up for my hugely sucky planning! They decorated … Continue reading
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Sushi Boats and Mini Golf
Watch the sushi boats go by! We recently invited ourselves out to our friend Anne’s neck of the woods to check out the sushi boats in St. Charles at a cute sushi restaurant/Japanese steakhouse. You sit at a bar and … Continue reading
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Herrick Lake
Dale and I have gone to Lake Herrick a couple of times this spring–on the rare sunny day. Dale took a few photos that he liked enough to share. On one of our walks we noticed a couple of caterpillars … Continue reading
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Behind on blogging…
So our server died. It’s where we keep things like photos. Don’t panic. Dale can save it all but he had put all the photos I was going to post on the blog on there. So since our server is … Continue reading
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Mini Golf Tourney
Dale and I are in the early stages of a heated Mini Golf Tournament…that I have no chance of winning, sadly. So, Dale played in the CANUSA games in high school in golf. I sat in my bedroom and scowled. … Continue reading
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Since Memorial Day…
What have we been up to since Memorial Day? It’s been pretty random… I made Dale his favorite pancakes! This mix is from American Spoon and is one of our favorite things. They turn out brown and thin and tasty! … Continue reading
Posted in celebrities, favorites, hobbies, kitchen
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