I have so many little matters to tell you of, that I cannot wait any longer before I begin to put them down.
Posted in Friends, Homemaking on Dec 20th, 2008
Stats– Hours spent baking: 14ish (over two days, with reading breaks [see below]) Different kinds of desserts made: 7 Number of desserts that had to be thrown out because attacked by squirrels while cooling in the snow: 1 Pounds of sugar used: at least 10 Number of times someone read St. George and the Dragon […]
Posted in Friends on Dec 18th, 2008
We’re supposed to have a foot of snow in the next 24 hours, so Hannah is coming over tonight to get snowed in with us! Full report tomorrow…
Today Tommy and I braved the subzero windchill and headed downtown to meet up with my South Bend friends Rachelle and Leslie and their mom and Tommy’s friend Aidan. Tommy and Aidan hadn’t seen each other since Leslie visited us in St Louis last fall, when Aidan was about to crawl and Tommy was getting […]
With a rare free Saturday this past weekend, we drove up to the Milwaukee to visit the Driscolls! Tommy and JJ hadn’t seen each other since we both moved from South Bend, Derek and Rob wanted to watch the ND-Navy game together, and Kathy and I had plenty of catching up to do on our […]
Posted in Friends on Nov 10th, 2008
Whew! I think this weekend was one of the fastest we’ve had since moving to Chicago! I had such a wonderful time hanging out with some of my dearest college friends….we talked, ate, played games, and even managed to surprise Mariel with a bridal shower at Hannah’s place. I felt like it was old times at […]
We decided to do Halloween this year. Last year Tommy dressed up as a hot dog at Bible study, but this year we realized that it is a big deal in our neighborhood, and since our neighbor Juliet was going out, we needed to, too. Here are Tommy and Juliet a few minutes before the […]
Posted in Friends on Oct 25th, 2008
Last night the Smiths stopped by on their way home from a wedding. It was soooo good to see our dear friends again! The boys had a blast playing together last night and this morning.
Posted in Friends on Oct 18th, 2008
This week was a turning point for us: We hosted our first Chicago dinner party on Wednesday night (for our small group–relatively disaster-free although I made twice the fettucini we needed and haven’t cooked since) and attended our first dinner party tonight at Hannah’s! After meeting many folks here who have different political/intellectual/family/religious backgrounds than we do, […]
Posted in Friends on Oct 6th, 2008
I think my cold got to me more than I realized this weekend, because I got home and discovered that I had exactly one picture from homecoming: Sarah and Tommy and I hanging out at the Gathering! (Wow, you can tell that I was sleep-deprived. Oh well.) Let me run down all we did, just […]
[composed over the course of the summer] This year, we’ve attended six very different weddings. Here’s a quick look back… #1–Bride was Em’s high school/church friend. Most memorable moment–getting the invitation and reading that the couple were not accepting gifts for their wedding. Guests were encouraged to donate to the homeless ministry that they work […]