Charley at the Beach

Charley had her first trip to the beach in Beverly Shores, Indiana on June 20th!  Her first sleepover, too - we were at Lex's dad's house.

Look at those little pink feet sticking out!

Olive LOVES rolling over and over in the sand!

Lenny and Olive had a great time, too!  I haven't seen them that happy - well - ever!

City dogs need to be reminded to take their flea and tick medication. We found one on Olive a week later, and I found a HUGE tick on her just 2 days ago!  Whoops!

Its been almost a year since my last post!

And I have a baby!  I think I was so overwhelmed on August 17, 2014 when I found out I was pregnant, that I kind of abandoned my usual things which involve this blog.  But because of Colleen Holland and her awesome blog about her new adventure teaching in China, I am inspired.

So hey readers, meet Charley Nettie.  She's pretty awesome.  She was born on May 1, 2015 is now two months old, and Bill and I are learning the ropes. I am so lucky, she is such a great baby. Yesterday she slept from 8:30 - 12:30, (she went 6 hours since I fed her too which is nuts), then from 1:00 - 3:45, then 4:00 - 7am. Pretty easy breezy.

I love co-sleeping with her, but I only do it after her last feeding b/c I'm scared I will roll over on her or that she will suffocate or something.  Other crazy fears: Forgetting her in the car, forgetting her in the shopping cart, etc. I'm scared I will hit her head on a door frame, spill a hot liquid on her, drop her, that she will fall off something, fall off the changing table, etc.  She had a dr appointment today, and I'm scared they gave her the wrong vaccines.  We're following the Dr. Sears Alternate Vaccine Schedule,  and the nurse sounded confused.  So now I'm scared.  Its all those things.

I started back at work yesterday after having 8 weeks off.  Its hard. I didn't think I would feel the feelings I feel but I do. I can't believe how much I love her and miss her and she is just the best.

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!