Monday, October 22, 2012

Family Fun

This past Saturday, my whole family got together to carve pumpkins, eat chili and watch Hocus Pocus (my fav Halloween flick). It's nearly impossible to get all 13 of us together, so it's nice when it actually happens.











{ My pumpkin! }
{ the whole family }

 Did you do anything to celebrate Halloween this past weekend?

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

VIP

Last week, my co-worker got invited to a VIP group leader appreciation event at Wrigley Field. It turns out, all of the tickets we buy for work makes us VIP. = )

We had no idea what to expect, so we were ecstatic when we found out the event allowed us (what seemed like) free roaming access of the entire ballpark! Hubster and I have been on the field at Wrigley before (for a screening of Ferris Bueller), but we weren't allowed to tun the bases...until last Thursday! It was glorious.

Some snapshots...

{ Carrie and I }

{ Hubster and I standing on the pitchers mound }

{ That's right. I got to take batting practice under the bleachers! }

{ wouldn't trade our life for anything }

{ IVY! }
After all of the fun, we went to the party deck in the bleachers and enjoyed some ballpark food and adult libations. The staff was incredibly friendly and I'm already looking forward to going back next year!

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Project Update #3

I somehow managed to makes some more progress on my homeowner project list today. The items in purple are today's accomplishments.


  1. WD-40 the bathroom drawer (one day I woke up and it seemed to be fixed. yay!) 
  2. Clean the vent above our AC closet
  3. Finally fix the bathroom sink (it doesn't drain to my liking) --Update: Decided to hire a plumber
  4. Make a cleaning calendar so I don't spend an entire weekend cleaning a 600 sf condo
  5. Fix the bottom flap/gutter/whatever its called of the freezer 
  6. Clean the windows on our fire escape door and put a privacy film up 
  7. Put an ad on Craigslist for someone to clean all of our blinds (I've done it twice and it's not worth my misery known as allergies) 
  8. Buy a fire-proof safe for our docs (I can't believe we don't have one yet) 
  9. Figure a way for hubster to store all of his officiating gear so it won't drive me crazy all season 
  10. Find the most amazing glass shower door cleaner and buy it in bulk (not really, but really) 
  11. Buy 2 more pretty plastic containers for my silverware (future post so you know what I'm talking about) 
  12. Take a gander for paint color (just an accent wall) -- Update: Found a color and decided to paint the entire living room/entry way with Behr Basketry. Now I just have to find time to paint. 
I also finished a DIY project that I started about 6 months ago. A while back, I covered a bulletin board with fabric and turned it into a jewelry board for my necklaces. Today, I finally hung the board  so it no longer leans against the wall on top of the dresser. Success! 



Monday, October 8, 2012

Home Projects Update

It's been too long, so I figured I would check-in with how I'm doing on my homeownership projects.

  1. WD-40 the bathroom drawer (one day I woke up and it seemed to be fixed. yay!) 
  2. Clean the vent above our AC closet
  3. Finally fix the bathroom sink (it doesn't drain to my liking) 
  4. Make a cleaning calendar so I don't spend an entire weekend cleaning a 600 sf condo
  5. Fix the bottom flap/gutter/whatever its called of the freezer 
  6. Clean the windows on our fire escape door and put a privacy film up 
  7. Put an ad on Craigslist for someone to clean all of our blinds (I've done it twice and it's not worth my misery known as allergies) 
  8. Buy a fire-proof safe for our docs (I can't believe we don't have one yet) 
  9. Figure a way for hubster to store all of his officiating gear so it won't drive me crazy all season 
  10. Find the most amazing glass shower door cleaner and buy it in bulk (not really, but really) 
  11. Buy 2 more pretty plastic containers for my silverware (future post so you know what I'm talking about) 
  12. Take a gander for paint color (just an accent wall) 

I'm not nearly as far along with the projects as I would like to be. Do I get bonus points for at least thinking about them in my head? 

I haven't been at home the last few weeks, so it's been hard to get anything done around the house. This weekend I am going to work on #3, #5, #9 and #10. Call me ambitious. 

You can see that I completed #11 - make a useable silverware drawer. In the 3 years I've lived in my condo, my silverware has had 3 different homes. The guy who did the gut rehab of our unit put in some very odd sized drawers. As such, I have never been able to find a silverware holder to fit any of the drawers. I finally found a solution at The Container Store. I couldn't find the exact tubs online, but they were $4.99 each. I can't tell you how nice it is to finally have an organized silverware drawer!