Some Pictures of Pitchfork and nachos!

BLOG! I have neglected you so so so so so much!

WOW!  I blame my lack of writing on a few things:  my nerd books on my Kindle, Candy Crush Saga and Cookie Jam.  Totally honest, I find myself with these three things occupying my time more then anything else in the world.  I have a lot to talk about, I don't think I have posted since March!
Well, the semester ended and so did the Industry Event Series. I worked a ton of overtime but thankfully that is over, and we will hopefully start instituting new things with that programming.

May was a fast month, I had a birthday party for Bill at Lex's house, which was ok.  Oh, I had my birthday in April but it seemed like no one could make it, and I didn't want to do anything in the first place.  Oh well.

Summer - I over planted once again.  Lots of veggies that are kind of not growing because it hasn't been hot enough.  Its a bummer.

I ran my first 5K - that was hard and I need to start running again.  We're dog sitting for Albus for 10 days. I'm nervous. Really nervous.  I hope it goes well.

                                                           Lenny, Olive and Albus!

I'm super excited because my near and dear friend David is in town!!!!!  I can't wait to see him!  That's all for now, Cookie Jam is calling my name.

Milwaukee here I come. For a change of scenery and more snow.

I am going through rough times and desperately needes a trip out of town. I took a day trip with Rachel and James and it was great.  Something when life, and weather gets you down, a trip out of town and just new experiences are vital to keeping mental stability.  First was a trip to Wisconsin Cheese Mart and beer shop.  Holy amazing balls. 

So Much CHEESE!

The cheese, the beer, the pretzels were amazing.  I highly highly recommend to anyone visiting Milwaukee to totally check this place out!  For three of us, it was $60.  Yep - $60.  

Then we made it to the original Spice House, I frequent the one in Geneva, but this was great too.  I bought a lot of spices.  Moving onto the Public Market which was super impressive, and ending our day a the Foundation Room.  

Great trip, great times!!  Much needed!

Just some photos of Lenny loving winter.

Matt's Glitch in the Matrix

So my friend Matt Lawrence posted this a long time ago, but it has always stayed in the back of my mind for some reason.  Its not that extraordinary, but regardless.  I was talking with my friend from work yesterday on our way to the train, and she was telling me how she always seems a peculiar woman every single morning regardless if she is on time for work or not!  So I thought is this - enjoy!

10 Years ago I met the man of my dreams!

Joseph Gordon Levitt you ask?

Oh, Ira Glass then.

Of course I mean Bill Alevizos! 

We celebrated at home last night and I made a freaking killer Beer & Cheddar Soup with grilled garlic toast!  I loved this long soup process and here are the photos!

All the ingredients (and Half & Half too)

Bacon Rendering

Onion, jalapeno & garlic

Soup is finished!

And it looks AMAZING. And tasted AMAZING!

Bang Bang Pie Shop slices!  Butterscotch Cream + Chocolate Cream!

And of course Bill brought me flowers!

If you want the recipe you can find it HERE!

Its crazy to think about the past 10  years.  We have been to Seattle, Los Angeles, Asheville, San Francisco, Antioch (ha), Michigan, Aruba and to Indiana and St. Charles a million times.  We had a dog, lost a dog, got 2 more dogs.  Bought a house, bought a dining room table, changed jobs between us  4 times.  Got a Masters Degree, got married, got surgery (his more serious then mine), experienced love, loss and everything in between.  Watched friends get married, divorced, have kids, move away, move back, move close, and even had three nephews and one niece born and watch grow up.  What a ride it has been.

Drowning in the Fall...

First off - if that works, its an unreleased Elliott Smith song for your pleasure.

Somehow the semester is halfway over already - I have no idea how but man I'm exhausted.
In my exciting news, I won a contest and work and finally got a Kindle!  I never treat myself, so this is super awesome.  Hello exciting CTA trips now!