Archive for October, 2008

They Say It’s Your Birthday

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments »

Today is Mr MIP's 40th birthday! He'll be all embarrassed when he sees this, but oh well... I have to celebrate it! I even made a cheesy little playlist with some lovey ... Read more..

Update

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 Posted in Family, Food, History | 2 Comments »

Quick catch-up: This weekend we crammed a ton of fun into a few short hours. This fun included a family dinner at Mr MIP's favorite pig-out restaurant (or, as my friend ... Read more..

Personal Shopper

Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in Family | 9 Comments »

Gearing up for a great weekend of birthday celebration for Mr MIP who will be turning 40 soon! I've been saving up my pennies for a great gift for him. In ... Read more..

Check It Off the List

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in Family, History | 3 Comments »

My mom has these baby books for us and in my brother's book is a picture of a teddy bear that has coffee grounds glued on it. That teddy bear ... Read more..

Answers, We Got Answers

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 12 Comments »

To Jeff, who asks "Hypothetically speaking, why would a person sign up and pay for the Chicago Marathon and then not run it?" I answer: Hypothetically speaking, the back of the ... Read more..

Two Spot

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

Someone asked me the other day if I run out of things to talk about on the blog. Yes, I do. I'll take questions from the audience today. Unless you have no ... Read more..

One Year Ago

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Well, well, look at this. This is the post from exactly one year ago this week. Just change the 86 years to 87 and you've got it: Don’t know if you ... Read more..

cold comfort

Sunday, October 5th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »

then the cubs totally choke and give it up and derosa isn't able to live up to what i thought he could live up to and people comfort you at ... Read more..

Never Give Up, Never Surrender

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Let's Go, Cubs! Help me out here, those of you who have seen Galaxy Quest. This dialogue from the movie keeps going through my head. Now relate it to the Cubs... ... Read more..

cubs

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in Sports | 3 Comments »

I'm speechless over the Cubs. Wait. No I'm not. I've written some verse in haiku in memorium. If you'd like to join me in my haiku mood, please do so. If ... Read more..