lazy blogger

so we went on our BBQ trip and I didn't blog about it here or on the vacation blog. I'll try to write something up this week with pictures and a nice story and all.

Anyway, we're back now and this week Uncle Chris is going to come over for dinner and at some point I need to get candy for the 150-200 kids we see. Sigh.

I've also kept busy studying for the GMAT and need to sign up for level 2 of the CFA exam. busy busy busy.

So that is my life recently. I might try to celebrate national blogging month like I did last year, though I didn't sign up then and I don't think I'll sign up now.

happy birthday winnie!!!

Picture from Sally Denning

The day we picked Winnie up

Below are more pics from the last two years. It might be silly to those of you who don't have pets, but Winnie is our family and we love her so much.

THANK YOU!!!

I wanted to give a BIG thank you to everyone for their support on our 3 year of walking for making strides. It was a beautiful day (first one in a while) and the turn out was great. Bill and I have raised 2045$ before matching gifts from my company, which generously will match all 900$ of the employee donations. Overall, I think this year has been a smashing success in our fundraising efforts, and we couldn't have done it without the help from every one of you.

If you still want to donate you can follow the link on the side bar or in the posting below.

Thanks again!!

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

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~~Update~~
Hey everyone we have a week and a half to go until the walk. Bill and I have raised over $1500 $1700 $2000 so far. Thank you to everyone, and it isn't too late to donate. just click on the link to the right and click on "donate to my team".

You guys are the best!!!

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Hi Everyone!

For the 3rd year in a row, Bill and I will be participating in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. In the last 2 year Bill and I have been able to raise almost 6000$ for our local American Cancer Society. The moneys raise go to help the ACS's efforts in research, support, and awareness. If you are interested in joining our team or making a donation please click on the link on the left or below. This year we are just having people donate to the team instead of to the individuals.

The walk is Sunday the 18th and all are welcome to walk.

Thanks!!

Think Pink - Our Team

Doh!

"Plant the largest cloves to grow the largest bulbs. Leave the outer skin on the bulbs and do not separate the cloves from the bulb until you are ready to plant."

dad do you see the problem in these instructions? yes it says to plant the cloves, and yes that is not what we did. Bill says it is better this way rather than the opposite (cloves can't be put back together into a bulb). I think the squirrels have been trying to send me a message when I come home to find my bulbs unearthed ever day.

sigh I know what Bill and I will be doing on Saturday.

all we have are memories.

So Dad came in for the weekend, and I realized today that I never grabbed a picture, which is disappointing because I wanted to do that with the boys. Yes I said boys as in Bobby drove in to Chicago for Saturday.

Anyway we had a great time. Dad did help me with my garlic (he says he oversaw and blessed them :) ) He also helped me take down my garden, finish the path we were building (that we started in June), and make apple sauce and apple pie. We taught dad to bowl and play tennis on the wii and also how to race cars and play guitar.

Now its back to work and I am tired and achy from the weekend (too much gardening). I have another Drs appointment today (it was a rib out of place along with a variety of other problems).

This week will probably fly by since it is already Tuesday. Sunday is our breast cancer walk. We've raised nearly 2000$ so far. Our goal is 2500 and I think there is a chance we could still raise that amount.

pain in my neck

no literally I have been walking around with a pain in my neck for about 2 weeks. I am pretty sure I know what it is, and pretty sure I was just hoping it would go away. sigh. I have an appt with the chiropractor and hopefully he'll put my rib back into place, as I am pretty sure that is my problem.

dad comes in today, so I probably won't post while he is here. have a nice weekend y'all.

Fall....

So it is really fall... the chill in the air, the lack of light in the morning and evening, and (obviously) the leaves falling. I am using a fellow bloggers post on "Maximizing Fall" as a jumping off point this morning.

Friday I made an apple bacon and cabbage dish that was quite good. this is only the second time I have ever prepared cabbage, and I was quite pleased with the results. Not quite maximising fall, but since the bacon, cabbage and apples all came from the Frankfort farmers market It was utilizing local/ seasonal foods. Fall count: .5 Friday I also worked on making the crusts to my apple pie.

Saturday I got up ran errands and then started on my apple pie. making dough for a crust is easy. rolling said dough out proved to be much harder. I ended up not having a double crusted, but a crumb top instead. Its OK though, it was still delicious. (score count for fall 1.5)

Saturday evening was Bill's 10 year HS reunion. It was fun (more so for Bill). I hung out with Mitul's girlfriend Christy all evening, which was nice.

Sunday brought the farmers market and a purchase of half a bushel of Apples (what ever that means) a pumpkin for pie /roasting and more bacon and eggs.

Yesterday evening, I made 5 1/2 lb of tomatoes into sauce, which is apparently nothing compared to my cousin (45lbs?!). I count this as maximizing fall because canning (or in my lame case freezing) is a fall activity. Fall count: 3 (.5 for getting the apples and pumpkin, but not quite apple picking :) )

Up on deck this week:
Dad is coming to visit!
Garlic shipped today!
First night below freezing :(

wow too many posts today

but i can't pass up linking you all to this article on the freakonomics blog.

Bid Part III

well that is really too bad. I think most people were confident that it was down to Chicago and Rio, so to be knocked out in the first round is really disappointing.

Olympic bid II

I was reading an article about the final pitch for the bid today on NBC5.com (here is the link) and they quoted Daley.

"Chicago will deliver," Daley said, "because in Chicago we just don't talk about what we will do, we do it."

So, I send this over to Bill and point out the quote and he says to me

Bill: nice

i think i want that on a t-shirt

along with a picture of a tommy gun and meigs field

Now I am picturing the orange shirts (which why orange... they look like a see of IDoT cones) with:

and:

Olympic bid day

snapped these when I was walking into work today. I liked seeing the massive amount of news crews all lined up in the street.

I know people have mixed opinions on getting the 2016 bid, but I must say I was so proud of our city when I walked past Daley Plaza this morning.