Practically Perfect

This past weekend was a keeper. It all started Friday with a lovely dinner with a dear friend and a shared bottle of wine. The stories she shared were hysterical, albeit a bit disturbing. I can't share her stories here, but let's just say she has a way of attracting unwanted attention, and the results are pretty funny.

Saturday I woke up with something stirring next to me. Seeing as Cassidy was not here, in a panic I opened my eyes, only to find a cute little kitten sitting on my pillow and staring at me. Now, I'm not certain, but I don't think there is a better wake up call that I have heard of. A sweet little face with a rumbling purr is about the nicest thing to help me ease into my day. Saturday afternoon I met with four other ladies to go see 101 Dalmatians...if you have a kid, you should go. Otherwise, save your money. (Sorry Kimber!) However, the company was great and the rest of the night with cocktails, food, and girl talk was just what the doctor ordered.

Sunday started out on the wrong foot with a call from PAWS asking me where the kittens are. Seems that Cassidy is trying to get me blacklisted (again). He made an appointment to take them back and failed to mention that to me. Well, if you were aware of the kitten amber alert of February 2009, you can see how this is a problem for me. Fortunately they were fairly understanding when I told them my husband was to blame...and lucky me gets to hold on to the girls for one last week. Sunday afternoon I had a quick lunch with another friend and then spent the rest of the day relaxing, working, cleaning, etc.

If Cassidy were here, it would have been the most perfect weekend.

Sorry, no pictures...Note to self: I have to go buy a new digital camera (or get one of my 3 broken ones fixed) next weekend. Carrying my 'big camera' around is just too heavy and I end up missing out on a lot of great pics.

Valentine's Day in Chicago

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's day or the onslaught of heart-shaped chocolate boxes that line the aisles of seemingly everywhere this time of year. So when Cassidy said that he would like to go do something fun during the day followed by him making me a dinner at home, I was thrilled!

So Saturday we headed to Adler Planetarium. I'm a super dork because I love all things related to space, stars, black holes, etc. Since I have a membership (again, super dork) we decided to watch two shows and take a quick spin through the exhibits. However, as much as I enjoy the planetarium itself, the view from out there is second to none in Chicago.


And then I was that girl hanging out the car window and taking pictures. It's fun to play tourist in your own city sometimes!


Afterwards we headed home so he could get to making some good eats. He tried out something new...and I LOVED it, I don't think he was a fan though. Black bean & pineapple enchiladas anyone? Super good with both sweet & salty in one fabulous dish!

All in all, it was a perfect weekend of quality time and relaxation after a couple of weeks which weren't all that great. I'm hoping it's a precursor to the week ahead.

That didn't take long

Sorry all 2 readers, I just can't live up to my 1 post a day/picture promise. Things around the house have been absolutely crazy and although I can't post about it yet, I promise to share at some point in the future. It doesn't help that it is also busy season so work is always on my mind in any spare time that I have.

I did have a nice weekend though. Spent Saturday with some of my girls and had a great night. However, the best part of my night was coming home to this:


In case you can't tell...that's Cassidy passed out at the table. And no, it wasn't from a late night of working. Turns out multiple margaritas were involved.

My new BFF

Being a crappy, rainy day in Chicago today, I decided to try and whittle down my list of "to-do's" which seems to be passing a full page at this point. One item on my list was to have an eye exam...and so today, I went.

My optometrist was an attractive woman in her early 30's and was very nice and conversational during the exam. After the exam was over as I was gathering my coat, etc, she started a conversation that went something like the following:

Her: "What are you up to today?"
Me: "Just running errands, checking things off my list."
Her: "Right. So where are you heading after this?"
Me: "Target"
Her: "Which one? Elston or down on Roosevelt?"
Me: "Umm.. Elston"
Her: "And then what? Are you going somewhere else?"
Me (at this point I'm not sure what is happening): "Prob the grocery store.."
Her: "That's terrible on Sundays. Are you doing anything else? Something fun?"

So this went on for a bit and then she seemed to run out of questions and I paid and left. Now, she wasn't odd or anything and part of me wonders if maybe she is new in town and looking for some friends? I would have gladly been her friend if that is the case. Otherwise, I'm not sure what was happening. I'm waiting for my facebook friend invite.

Happy Friday!

Cheers! Here's to the weekend ahead.

In theory, it sounds like a good idea?

No picture tonight. I have a pounding headache and I'm certain it is from my lack of caffeine today. When I made my coffee this morning I realized we are out of sugar. Considering I like my coffee at a point where it can hardly be considered coffee anymore (read: LOTS of cream & sugar), I was distraught. After confirming we had absolutely no random sugar packets in the house, I became creative. I found a vanilla flavored powder and thought it would be an excellent alternative...turns out pudding mix will try its hardest to form pudding, even in a mug of coffee.

Goodbyes & Hellos

Yesterday was the day that the girls were going back to get ready for their surgery and then adoption. So I got up early and said my goodbyes and Cassidy took them to drop them off.

However, the vet decided the needed to gain a little more weight and asked if it would be ok if we kept them for 7-10 more days. Exclamation points were involved in my email response.

So here they are, enjoying another week in La Casa Shield: