5.2.09

I know, I know. It was Dizzy's wedding and there are no pictures of her represented for the whole weekend. So shameful. She was so beautiful too! Like I said, there will be a proper post to come (...and those last few posts for my own wedding that was 9 months ago also. dang. I got work to do.)

Here is the thing too. My camera was getting passed around between a bunch of people throughout the day since I was sort of busy doing MOH things. When looking through the pics, I am not entirely sure which pics I took and which were Mary, Joe or Jon.

I know I took this one. And I love it. (How cute is Jules?!)

5.1.09

Last weekend was Diz and Andy's big wedding weekend! We had such a good time and a proper full post will follow. Friday night was the rehearsal dinner at The Wicked Hop. It was lots of fun and there was a big turn out since Andy's fam and friends are from out of town. We chatted, ate, drank and watched the Brewers. It was a great start to the festivities!

Oh and this is Diz's bro and sister-in-law, who also happened to be newlyweds.

4.30.09

I bought this cd.

CDs cost $8 these days, btw. Did you know that?

Anyway, why did I buy this cd? Welllll, I saw this band on Jimmy Fallon and kind of became obsessed with them. Then we happened to be at Best Buy, so I picked it up...after playing Rock Band for a while in their video game section. Not going to lie, I had to wait for the group of 13 year olds to be done to swoop in and get a chance at it. It's probably a good thing we don't own it or I might never sleep. I recruited Jon to play drums and before we started he looked over at me and had to say, "only 1 song." Dang. He knows me too well.

...But we weren't talking about Rock Band. We were talking about Tinted Windows. They are a supergroup made up of: James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins, Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick aannnnnd Taylor Hanson of, you guessed it, Hanson. They are so great!

If you must download only one song, make it Kind of a Girl.

You're welcome.

04.29.09

I stayed overnight in Milwaukee after the Britney concert and got this shot at my parents' house. Their neighbor has a lot of feeders with pretty birds flying around. Looks like this bird even took time out of its busy eating schedule to smile for the camera!

4.28.09

Oh, hello, Britney Spears.


a few highlights from the show

• The Pussycat Dolls opened and Nicole Sherzinger stole the show vocally the entire night. Actually she might have been the only person to actually sing live the whole night, so maybe it wasn't much of a competition.
  
• someone got engaged on stage during PCD. Srsly. Then they dedicated Stickwitu to them.
• I met up with a friend from college who I haven't seen in years!
• Was there a live band? no
• Was there any live singing? I don't think so.
• Was there otherwise amazingness? Yessssssssssssssss!!!!!
• I think she said exactly 3 words the whole concert - "What's up Chicago!" Otherwise everything was totally rehearsed. ha! And no one cares! I love it.
  
• The Allstate Arena is kind of awful. So disorganized. The arena is small though, which made every seat actually pretty good I think.
• It was worth every expensive cent that I spent. Comparable in price and entertainment value to any Cirque show I've seen in Vegas...and it was better I think. Well, if you are a Britney fan. If you aren't, you may not agree.
• aaaand basically, she's awesome.
  

4.27.09

I got so excited about Britney that I didn't post a picture for Monday.

When Jon made his way to his car to go to work, he was greeted by this lovely present. I went out and lent some moral support, but quickly excused myself so I could get my camera and take some pics.

Priorities, people!

4.26.09

(no story)

4.25.09

shotski.

4.24.09

Since it was 80 degrees yesterday, we went to the driving range and batting cages with Barney.

I mean if this isn't a sign of summer, I don't know what is! First we dug the grill out of storage and now the golf clubs!? We all took part in the golf portion of the evening, but only Jon and Swarley...I mean Barney, took part in the batting.

Jon is coming out of retirement and playing on a softball team this summer. Chances are you will be able to see more shots just like this one this summer. Or maybe not just like this one. I'm not sure I could get this angle at a real diamond. If I did, I might get hit by a line drive or something...which is never a good thing.

4.23.09

On Thursday, we grilled dinner for the first time this year!

love. it.

4.22.09

I'm going to make an effort to go out during my lunch to get some pics. I am sick of the night shots with the low/artificial light.

4.21.09

Look who's back! It's Tom, my Tuesday night model. The semester will be over in 3 weeks though...so our Tuesday night tradition of dinner and pictures will come to an end. :(

4.20.09

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Just a little experimentation.

The word I would describe the outcome: ehhhhh

wait, is that a word?

4.19.09

This picture makes me think of a few things:

1. I had a facial on Saturday and my ethetician was quite concerned with the expression lines on my forehead. She said they were very pronounced for someone my age. Apparently I need to stop being so animated when I talk.

2. I found many strands of gray hair. They were wirey and not welcome.

3. I am wearing my reading glasses on my head. That's right, I said reading glasses.

4. I might as well be middle aged because all signs point that direction anyway. No offense to anyone reading who is middle aged. It's just that you know, I'd like to wait 20 years before I feel middle aged.

4.18.09

We went to the UW Varsity Band concert Saturday night. We have been going to this concert every year for as long as we have been together and it is always so much fun! I look forward to it every year.

Other than playing all the standard 5th Quarter songs, they have special guests who play with the band, as well as medleys of popular music and musicals. My favorite this year was the Jesus Christ Superstar breakdown.

And btw, this isn't just a sit and listen type thing - there are pyrotechnics, streamers, confetti, trapeze type acrobatics. It's big time. You should probably do yourself a favor and go next year.

4.17.09

Friday night. State Street.

We did some eating, people watching and ice creaming. (recommended: Chocolate Shoppe French Silk ice cream)

4.16.09

No story to accompany this one. There is construction going on at our apartment complex and I snapped a few shots while the men weren't around.

This pic does make me realize how I need to get out during the day more to take pics. You know, so I don't end up with more like this one. The more I look at that one, the more I hate it. I really dislike the lighting and the editing. It's not good. I do love that little babe though...and his smile!

4.15.09

OMG, I overted a near major crisis tonight.

This is my jump drive where I store most of the pictures I have taken this year...and tonight *that* happened. You know, usually the plug should be straight. Not crooked. I thought I lost everything!

You see, I tried catching the laptop as it was slipping with my foot. I was successful in stopping it from falling on the floor. But obviously not successful in keeping the jump drive intact.

Thankfully even though it is jacked up, it still works. I seriously almost had a meltdown thinking that I lost all my pictures.

It's ok now though. I took a deep breath, transferred all the pics to our external hard drive, and put 'new jump drive' on my shopping list.

R.I.P. Lexar Firefly (November 2008-April 2009)

4.14.09

Look who is making another appearance as a good little model!

Tom and I grabbed some dinner on Tuesday (at Five Guys if you must know), and then I made him model in front of The Red Shed. As I was going through the shots, I realized most were almost identical to this one. Red wall and everything! So I opted to change things up and go for a close up.

4.13.09

Since Easter was being spent in our 'hood, it was my job to make a dessert. I had been shamefully thinking about the deliciousness of these brownies since March 13th, so I decided to make them again.

Selfish? Perhaps.

Still freakishly good? Oh yes.

and as a side note, these are the leftovers...there are only a couple left because my husband and I cannot control ourselves when there are baked goods in the apartment. Save us.