Movies!

Seen any good movies lately?  The last movie I saw in the theatre was Sing.  Super cute.  I really want to see Hidden Figures.  

How about you?

Make It Monday!

What is something (craft, recipe, project) that you would like to make?  

I would LOVE to do a teacher's lounge makeover. I have all sorts of ideas.  Here is one of the things I'd like to do... I already have the dresser. I think this will be a summer project.

On a different front, my cookbook club met on Friday night (yes, I belong to a cookbook club).  It was January with Julia.  We all prepared recipes from various cookbooks from Julia Child.  I made an Orange Bavarian Torte (basically a cake) that had no less than 67 steps.  I was pretty proud of myself! 

 

How about you???  What would you like to make?  Cooking?  Some sort of "thing" that you want to try?

Fri-Yay!

Whoo Hooooo!!!  It's FRIDAY!  

Are you feeling good because it's Friday?  Like Carl, I think Fridays are AWESOME!  

Here's what I'm feeling good about today....

• I thought I lost my Fitbit yesterday.  After a small panic and downloading a "Find My Fitbit" app, it turned up.  It was in my car.  Crisis averted.
• Registration for Homewood Baseball & Softball is this weekend.  I'm the secretary of the league and registration is one of my gigs.  Everything is done and ready, that makes me not act like a crazy person.
• Fun Saturday and Sunday nights this weekend - My church is hosting a Winter Picnic tomorrow night and there will be a Jimmy Buffett cover band.  Sunday is Mr. Cal's work season kickoff party at Maggiano's in Oak Brook.  YUM!  
• And....hockey!  

That's what I'm feeling good about!  HOw about you????

Wordy Wednesday

How many words can you make???

Tasty Tuesday!

What's your favorite restaurant?

Greek Islands in Greektown.  Opa! It's not really that the food is SOOOO good there.  It is, but I love going there because it's a fun environment.  It's loud.  It's the city.  It's got flaming cheese!  

What about you?  What's your fave restaurant?

Back at it...Monday!

Hello, Happy Monday to my peeps!  What's on your mind today?  How was your weekend?

I had a fun weekend.  Friday night we went to see Blue Man Group.  Saturday was BEAUTIFUL outside!  My son's Winter Classic hockey game was nixed because the rink melted..haha!  Hung out with hockey friends for a bit Saturday night, then dropped the kiddos off at home and went to see a friend that was in town.  Yesterday...Baseball, hockey, grading papers, watching football and the Blackhawks.  Mr. Cal and I are currently binge watching House of Cards, so we got a few of those episodes in as well.

How about you???

Fri-YAY!

Good Morning!  It's FRIDAY!  YAY!  Here's what I'm feeling good about today....

1 - 1/2 day! Teachers still have to be here until 3:25, but we get an hour for lunch and get to leave the building! AND.....it doesn't appear that we have an afternoon FULL of meetings.  Just one small one and then it's "teacher directed time".  

2 - Going to see Blue Man Group tonight with the fam.  Never been before, so I'm excited for that.

3 - Hockey - we have our Winter Classic on Saturday.  There have been years where it was FREEZING, so I'm happy the weather is supposed to be nice tomorrow.

4- I have a new window!  After the Christmas Eve break-in, my front window has been boarded up.  The new window was installed yesterday, so we no longer look like white trash with wood and garbage bags taped to my front window!  Yay!

How about you? What are you feeling good about today?

Travel Tuesday

Pack your bags!  You can leave today to go anywhere for 2 nights. Being realistic (time-wise), where would you go?  Don't worry about your budget.  

Me?  Today? Probably Florida or Mexico.  Somewhere where I can soak up some Vitamin D.  I need some sunshine, warm air, and some color on my skin.  

Where are you headed?

Happy Homecoming Friday!

Homecoming tonight!  Are you going to the game?  Are you going to the dance?

What do you have planned for the long weekend?

The Cal's have another busy weekend.  Mr. Cal is now a basketball coach, so he has a sudden interest in going to tonight's game.  We'll be here tonight.

Tomorrow we have baseball meetings, hockey games, martini making classes, and dinner plans at Lou Malnati's.  Deep dish pizza is a so good!

Sunday is another day of hockey games.  

Monday - Eye doctor appointments.  Be jealous.  We are also dropping off some items at our local homeless shelter.  

Happy Friday!  Enjoy the weekend.  

Don't forget.  We celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday.  This day is now known as a National Day of Service.  See what you can do in your community to make a difference!  Doing good feels good.

Three Things Thursday

What an ugly morning!  I'm not a timid driver, but I saw three accidents on my way in.  And I should probably get some new tires...  so I'm not a fan of weather where I can't see out my window AND it's a sheet of ice.

So, in honor of a morning where I would rather be in than out....

What three things do you prefer to do on a rainy day?

Me?

1.  Read

2.  Binge something on Netflix

3.  Cook

What about you?

Would You Rather Wednesday!

Would you rather.....

Always have to say everything on your mind??

or

Never be able to speak again??

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!  Happy New Year!

How was your break?  Fill me in!  Mine was OK.  I'd be fibbing if I said I wasn't slightly ready to come back.  I love my family and all, but it's time everyone got back into a routine and schedule.  

We had a lot of fun over break.  We were in a hockey tournament downtown, went to the movies a couple times, went to skyzone, did some shopping, had fun with friends, etc.    

It was also kind of crappy.  Someone tried to break into our house at 2AM Christmas morning.  They broke my front window and tried to steal presents.  They only got away with one, but it was still scary.  Kind of cast a dark shadow on the rest of break.   The year capped off with the unexpected death of a very close family friend.  So...yeah....that sucked.

I'm ready for 2017!  Bring it!

What about you?