Busy weekend

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On Saturday we went to Dinner by Design.  Basically you look at their menu for the month and pick out which meals you want and then when you get there they have everything prepared for you.  You prepare the meals, but everything is laid out for you and they do the dishes afterwords.  It is kind of like being on a cooking show!  And then after you take the meals you prepared and freeze them for reheating later.  Sara’s mom gave us a gift certificate so we would have some meals easily prepared after the baby is born.  It was kind of fun, but a little pricey considering you only really get the main dish…the side dishes cost extra.  Oh, also they made cinnamon rolls in case we wanted a snack and gave us coffee and water.  I don’t know if we’ll do it again or not.  We haven’t tried the food yet, but it looked delicious.

On Sunday we took the river cruise sponsored by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, of which we are members.  It was really interesting.  It was amazing how much has been built since the ’80s and how much has been converted to condos and how much is being built right now.  I would have thought everything would have been much older!  I definitely like Art Deco sky scrapers the best, followed by Post-Modern.  Seeing so many examples of all the different kinds really clarifies the differences.

Speaking of architecture, I forgot to mention that the weekend before we toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio.  Man could that guy…architect.  His home was amazing.  I like Victorian architecture as well, but for my money nothing beats Frank Lloyd Wright.  Well actually, I like the Prairie style and all, but really it was Wright’s interior design skills and attention to detail that puts him over the top.

Anyway, later on Sunday we were shopping and we went to Hollywood Blvd. for dinner and a movie.  We saw (of course) Harry Potter.  But here’s the surprising thing!  When we got there there was a huge line out front and it turns out that James and Oliver Phelps (Better known as George and Fred Weasly) were there signing autographs!  We didn’t wait in line or pay to get our picture taken with them but we did stand and watch them for awhile.  By the time I thought to use my camera phone, they went on a break. 😦  Still, it made our Harry Potter experience that much more interesting.

So I think that was pretty much all for the weekend.

3 weeks until Sara’s due date!

Magical Trevor

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If you enjoyed Magical Trevor there are like 3 more of them.  Just go search YouTube for Magical Trevor.

Magical Trevor is coursesy of Tony Vegas (who has nothing to link to as far as I know)

Congratulations

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Isaiah Paul
July 5th 12:41 p.m.
8 lb 10 oz
21 1/2 inches long

Congratulations to Margaret and Casey!

Candy Mountain

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Heeey!  Reaaaders!  Come with me to Candy Mountain!  To Candy MounTAIN!

(courtesy InteractiveReader)

Update time

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Happy 4th of July!

Before I get started, let me just say that Wendy’s (and the inside of my stomach) have a new sandwich called the Baconator!  I mean, there was no way I could not get it once I saw the name.  It wasn’t quite as good as it sounded though.  Bacon at a fast food restaurant isn’t quite as good as real bacon.

So last weekend we went to Wisconsin for Baby Shower #2.  My mom planned a lot of games.  I skipped out and played Frisbee golf with my uncle and cousin.  That was a blast!  I haven’t played in years, in fact I haven’t even thrown a Frisbee in at least 2 years.  I lost, but it was a close game.  It was a nice course too, although not as good as Ravines though.  I got back to the shower in time to open presents.  I didn’t want to sit up there in front of everybody, but I made myself because I knew Sara had been sitting there in front of everybody for a couple of hours already!  There were a lot of people and I was particularly glad to see some of my dad’s side of the family because I haven’t seen them for a long time.  I think everybody had a good time, my Aunt Lois said it was the best shower she’d ever been to.  I know my mom had a good time planning it.  Also we got a lot of presents! 🙂

Yesterday was Sara and I’s 3 year anniversary.  We didn’t do anything special, just take out from Noodles, etc.  I love that place, I could eat there every day.

We didn’t do anything for the 4th either.  My big plan for today was to hang the ceiling fan we bought for our bedroom.  Wow, was I not prepared for the amount of effort that was!  I’m starting to think I’m just not very handy. 🙂  It took about 4 hours.  Really, it was all pretty easy, except the instructions were very vague when it came to where exactly the receiver for the remote control was supposed to go.  Getting that worked out accounted for about 2 hours.  And I was so good about reading the directions this time!!  The problem was that it was sooo ridiculously heavy and I didn’t bother moving the bed before hand, so I’m holding 25 lbs. in one fully outstretched arm while trying to turn some screw or something with my other arm.  After 4 hours of this I kind of felt like I had ran a marathon!  I was covered in sweat, my arms were shaking and I was starving.  Sara tried to get me to quit at about the 2 hour mark saying we could live without the remote, but I knew it had to fit in there somehow!  So finally persistence paid off and everything is up and working. 

So why do I have the sneaking suspicion that I’ve just set in motion my own doom in spinning blade form?

In unrelated awesomeness news, did you know they made an “Evil Dead” the musical?  Who could resist such great songs such as “Ode to an Accidental Stabbing” and “Blew That B!tch Away.” Looks like it’s only playing until Aug. 4th though, so you better get  move on if you want to see it.  I would love to make the trip up there, but I don’t think I’m going to make it. 😦