6 hours away from my birthday, my 27th birthday. Where has the year gone? What have I been doing? I planned a wedding... had a bridal shower... attended bridal showers... had a bachelorette party and attended bachelorette parties... got married and attended weddings... went on a glorious honeymoon to California... went from blonde to red to ( Read more... )

Our honeymoon has been so wonderful - wish it would never end!
Chris referred us to an awesome tour guide: Vino Van Tours w/ Tom Delaney. He took us to 8 wineries on Tuesday adn got us started and comfortable in our own shoes to do some exploring on our own. Here's my take on them and others we made it to on our own:
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Brain Cells Fused with Computer Chip ( Read more... )

A department head / teacher / coach emails me on a regular basis to make him banners for his basketball games. It is very intrusive on my actual work when he asks me to do these ridiculous tasks always at the last minute. SO today, I write him back with the banner he requested and tell him in the future he needs to either ( Read more... )

Glad I'm not the only one flaking out lately - seems like it must be that time of year - everyone focused on life changes and resolutions leaving little time for good old LJ ( Read more... )

As a first time homebuyer, a little over a year ago Patrick and I found ourselves with one apartment worth of cheaply bought furnishings that needed to fill a 4 bedroom, one office, living room, dining room, and recreational room home. It was lucky for us my brother was moving from a similar sized house to a condo in Chicago at the same time. So ( Read more... )

I understand the point to taxes - and I would stand behind the outrangeous taxes that come out of my paycheck if I thought the money was going to worthwhile locations - healthcare reform, social services programs, etc. But to know that so much is goign to a war i don't support really cheeses me ( Read more... )

My crap ass birthday in fact KICKED ASS this year. Not for any reason too exciting - it was just a great time having all of my friends out at a bar on Friday, having everyone at my house on Saturday, and of course, spending my actual birthday with Pat, my brother and my parents on Sunday ( Read more... )

Okay - so here it is. Every year I get real bitter around the holidays. It has nothing to do with the excessively congested traffic or the excessively crowded stores or the holiday excess in general ( Read more... )

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