A simplistic and basic top five to say the least, but they provide a strong foundation for my overall toolkit I rely on daily: Facebook: My preference tool for communicating with people I know personally. I was skeptical when I began using Facebook, I really only signed up to get a feel for what all…
Yard Makeover Reveal
Remember the dresser that I finally fixed? Yea, the drawer bottom fell out within 24 hours. The dresser is destined to be a three drawer dresser. I am over it and even more confident in my decision to bring in the big guns for our yard this year.I could not be happier with the final…
How Frogger Encourages My Inner Runner
I ran the Soldier Field 10 Miler this weekend. My friend and I signed-up for it after an enjoyable Shamrock Shuffle run. It was a beautiful day for a run on the lake. It was a bit hot, but the breeze helped. I was relieved that all the aches from my bout with Fifth’s Disease…
It’s Officially Summer
This essay caught my eye in the New York Times Magazine. I immediately added the book it was an excerpt from, Orange is the New Black: One Year in a Women’s Prison, to my summer reading list. It was the first book on my list that I tackled, so Summer had begun for me. That…
You’ve Come a Long Way Bay to Breakers!
At some point last year my sister and I decided to run a race together. She lives in New Hampshire and I am in Chicago so we looked for a race in a neutral location. We settled on the Bay to Breakers in San Francisco. My sister has wanted to run it for over 15…
Top 10 Travel Tips
A is before B. 5 is before 31. If you snore, or even suspect you snore, do not sleep on a airplane. Farting in an large metal box in the sky is beyond disgusting. Choosing to snore and fart? Expect things will be thrown at you. Like my fist. If you are unable to lift…
I Heart SF
A few weeks back my sister and her friend from New Hampshire, my brother-in-law from Connecticut and myself from Chicago all flew to San Francisco to run the Bay to Breakers race. For those that have never heard of the race I think Runner’s Worlds describes it best, “This 99-year-old 12-K is what you get…
Well That Explains It
It seems I have Fifth’s disease. That explains how I have been feeling. It also explains the red face the three year-old was sent home with. We assumed it was heat rash or sunburn. It has been going around the neighborhood and I have been around plenty of people who have had it. The unfortunate…
Time Out
My body and I have been at odds with each other, today I gave myself a time out. The last month or so I have been feeling really run down. I have been even been falling asleep on the ‘L’ ride both to and from work. I have not done that in probably 15 years….
Call in the Professionals
Remember that fabulous dresser I built? It finally has four drawers that work. It did indeed take me that long to order the missing part and complete the drawer. This is precisely why it pays to hire experts. Speaking of, we landscaped our yard. It is almost done, I will post before and after pictures…