tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:08:14 +0000We moved to Oak Park in 2006. This is our blog.http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/noreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)Blogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-9065049353012058532Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:06:00 +00002010-02-22T13:08:14.996-06:00ChicagoofficerebeccaI mean to post this awhile back but since it's a wintery day, thought I'd share. My co-worker Silvia took this photo from our office window with her iPhone--we love to see the bean in every kind of weather!http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2010/02/bean.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-866218517923467139Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:36:00 +00002010-02-22T08:36:49.783-06:00mr. squirrel Mr. Squirrel pigged out on the porch and had to stop and rest for a spell.http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2010/02/mr-squirrel-takes-nap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-873987326275961186Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:28:00 +00002010-02-21T15:31:34.830-06:00photographydalenewsFor a sneak peak at Dale's recent photo shoot check out the company's blog. They took a few behind-the-scenes shots.I'm not sure what I can share but odds are good that the photos Dale took will end up in a national hot rod magazine. We'll keep you posted.In the mean time, we're school, work, school, work, smidge of facebook, and a whole lot of school book. More soon!http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2010/02/sneak-peak.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-7956652237847997507Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:48:00 +00002010-01-31T21:55:01.589-06:00updateschoolWe are pretty well buried in school this month! I'm in class Monday and Thursday nights and Dale is in class on Monday and Wednesday night! I'm taking two classes and he's taking one.In super sekrit and exciting news, Dale did a photo shoot last weekend that might just end up at your local magazine rack. Can't share the photos yet but I can tell you it was a shoot of a custom hot rod. We'll sharehttp://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2010/01/buried.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-3373012278038266280Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:50:00 +00002010-01-22T22:03:52.544-06:00catshomeIt was pretty quiet around here last weekend! Sidney found a cozy spot--in the middle of a pile of clean towels in a laundry basket.We bought an attachment for the vacuum that cleans ceiling fans. Greatest purchase ever! However...Bela *hates* the vacuum. And he loves to nap.Mr. Squirrel didn't seem to notice the vacuum.We also added to the money pit Wii by purchasing a Wii Fit. This is Dale's http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2010/01/slow-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-5351732249314183700Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:05:00 +00002010-01-10T11:03:35.986-06:00wiicatsholidayshomeNobody wanted to take down the Christmas tree. Could you take the tree down with a kitty this sad about it? Of course not!So we left the house yesterday and didn't get home until about 9:30 with one final, epic distraction:Needless to say? Tree is still up!http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2010/01/we-dont-want-to-take-down-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-9103313722407019888Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:47:00 +00002010-01-10T08:59:46.526-06:00kitchencatscookinghomeWe had a lovely New Year's! Since we didn't have a lot of time before or during Christmas, we opened our presents after Christmas once we got home. The carnage was still evident on New Year's Eve.Dale was a cooking fool on NYE. (I made the enchiladas the day before and they were very, very good). Dale made chocolate espresso mousse from scratch. Delish!He also made a batch of his grandmother's http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2010/01/new-years-long-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-6831496689711386192Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:55:00 +00002009-12-31T18:56:16.689-06:00holidayshome Hey look! It's a blue moon. The moon is full and crazy bright tonight--as is the moon over my tiny village! Ha! Happy New Year, people!http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/blue-moon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-6288877996856303092Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:57:00 +00002009-12-31T19:00:15.130-06:00christmasDale and I celebrated Christmas last night--finally! He had to work late but we went for a late dinner at our favorite place and came home and opened presents! It was fun. We both had a great night and got some goodies we'll enjoy all year long. For the nosie ones: Dale got a circular saw, a case for his light stands, and a few smaller items. I got a BodyBugg, Twin Peaks Special Edition DVD, a http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-5763209982338822728Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:54:00 +00002009-12-30T18:58:42.541-06:00familypippiflintchristmasI forgot to take pictures for most of the weekend--I was too busy socializing! But I did grab a couple of photos. Here they are...Pipi lives in the sunglasses case in the car--she is always excited for a road trip!Those of you who were curious about the giant present under the Christmas tree? It was for Dale's dad. It was some Gorilla Gear for his car. It's almost impossible to buy for him so we http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/if-its-christmas-its-road-trip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-139379841883381608Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:06:00 +00002009-12-27T22:27:13.429-06:00weddingfriendsMy lame cat photos have prompted Dale to give up the goods! Also, he's on holiday and finally had some time to breathe! At any rate, I wanted to share some photos from my dear friend Sarah's wedding from a few weeks back! She was quite the beautiful and sophisticated bride! I was sitting next to my dear friend Betsy and we were just chatting casually and then when Sarah come down the aisle we http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/flashbacksarahs-wedding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-756108208489807491Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:15:00 +00002009-12-24T22:17:06.777-06:00catschristmas Monty, protecting his Christmas tree. Sidney snuck in to get his picture taken--and sleep near the cozy glow of lights.I've shamed Dale into getting me some photos so expect some late night updates this weekend.http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/i-told-you-it-would-be-like-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-8675081350094736113Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:21:00 +00002009-12-23T23:22:18.710-06:00christmasWe're heading to Flint for the holidays! Maybe we'll see you there. If not, have a happy holiday.http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-3306841803429147934Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:15:00 +00002009-12-22T21:24:47.669-06:00christmashomeIt's a double update, people! I have scads of Christmas decorations, 99% of which were my moms. I'm thankful to have her decorations because she LOVED Christmas. Anyway, my favorite not-hand-painted decorations are these little Home Interiors Angels. The blond disappeared a few years ago and I scored a replacement on ebay last year. She's a cutie! I adored them when I was a kid and still think http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/2009-christmas-decorations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-8308561413900259271Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:55:00 +00002009-12-22T21:11:48.752-06:00catsupdatemr. squirrelMonty is obsessed with the Christmas tree. He stares at it longingly and likes to sit in the chair next to it. He spends a lot of time looking at it worriedly--but that's because Monty has only two expressions: pensive and blank.Monty, taking his place among the presents.So Dale says he's too busy to give me photos--and has been for months--so I guess from now on you'll get photos of stuff I takehttp://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/12/update-finally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-2745485024442862139Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:11:00 +00002009-11-26T11:12:07.031-06:00holidaysHope nothing awkward happens at your Thanksgiving dinner!http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-5582000991947516091Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:59:00 +00002009-11-14T00:10:06.388-06:00Minnesotaroad tripwisconsinA lovely autumn day! The only one I've been able to properly enjoy this year--grad school is a time suck.I especially like this photo!We were driving along Lake Superior in Minnesota when we saw people gathering about the train tracks. Dale loves a good steam train so he made a point to stop to find out if one was coming--and it was. Just five minutes after stopping this big ol' train went choooohttp://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/11/few-more-random-october-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-6188234754698326468Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:31:00 +00002009-11-08T00:45:10.509-06:00anniversarywisconsinDuring our anniversary weekend, Dale and I spent some time at the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame! And while Dale was ambivalent to stopping there I needed to see the giant fish! I had to go inside! I was reluctant to spend the $6 to gain entry to the giant fish (I dislike paying for roadside silliness) but what this place lacks in, oh, things not relating to fresh water fishing, it http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/11/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-7893181825588998624Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:43:00 +00002009-11-01T21:31:41.628-06:00anniversaryphotographywisconsinWhile we were in Northern Wisconsin (with a brief detour to Minnesota) last month for our anniversary Dale took a great many gorgeous postcard shots so I grabbed up my favorites and put them together in this post! Above is Lake Superior. We both love old signs painted on brick buildings--doesn't everyone? This one is in Two Harbors, Minnesota! This trip marked another big milestone--my first triphttp://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/11/anniversary-weekend-pt-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-4483058895498643164Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:38:00 +00002009-10-31T10:43:28.477-05:00catsholidaysSo my plan was to have hilarious pictures of the cats in the bee costume I bought them but they kind of weren't going for it. Poor Bella has been sick so I didn't torture him but a minute (his little flu virus explains why he was glazed over and didn't care about the hat so much).This is the only picture of Monty I could get where he didn't look either suicidal or homicidal. So we'll go with it..http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/10/happy-halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-4255525528450271095Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:23:00 +00002009-10-28T21:48:27.574-05:00anniversarywisconsinDale and I went to Bayfield, Wisconsin, for our anniversary earlier this month. We had a lovely time in spite of the weather! It was very cold and even snowed a bit! That said, the place we stayed, pictured above, was very cute! It's called the Grey Oak Guest House. It was literally the only place to stay because a marathon was happening that weekend and every hotel was booked for miles. We got http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/10/seventh-anniversary-weekendpt-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-3037228471659631505Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:48:00 +00002009-10-17T17:51:14.813-05:00daleworkDale was having a crisis at work. An important server kept overheating but he couldn't let the computer be down--people have to keep working while Dale waits for parts. So he constructed a box fan mechanism (heh) to cool it off while it was running.As you can see, he was very happy when it worked. That's Dale--showing off his work computer being cooled by a huge box fan that is taped to the side http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/10/dales-work-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-895026869019259860Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:42:00 +00002009-10-17T17:43:12.464-05:00mr. squirrelhome He had a lot of seeds! Ha! I love this little dude. I forgot to post this in September but had to share. More pics of our anniversary weekend will be coming...someday.http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/10/mr-squirrel-is-exhausted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-4472052840684879139Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:30:00 +00002009-10-07T20:36:54.531-05:00friendsOur dear friend Meghan came to visit a few weeks back and we had a really nice time. We went to the Renegade Craft Fair on one day and to the Art Institute of Chicago the next. This is Meghan in front of the crazy huge Blue Marlin!Meghan is a graphic designer but had never been to the Art Institute. She helped us have a greater appreciation for it, I think. This is a detail of the famous http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/10/meghans-visit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33536299.post-2730880846502245754Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:49:00 +00002009-10-05T20:49:40.568-05:00catsA few months back we posted about Sidney's declining health. Anyway, we're really happy overall because he's remained his usual sweet, snuggly self. We have him on cosequin, which does wonders for his back legs (He's back to jumping on the counters sometimes and the general mischief he's always been up to. Yay?).Anyway, he's lost a bit more weight but is really hanging in there so far. We're http://www.dale-murray.com/oakpark/2009/10/update-on-sidney.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rebecca and Dale)2