Personal Faves

You can’t get a much more personal fave than a personal trainer but this post is long overdue.  Bear with me my non-Chicago readers. I go to Fitness Formula Clubs (FFC) South Loop location.  I’ve been going to this gym since early 2006.   I’ve been a regular exerciser since 2002 when I got back from [...]

Before I start raving about our wedding photographer, Jeremy Bustos of Studio This is, I have to give a shout out to my friend Caitlin.  She has taken our Christmas photo the last two years and has captured some great moments with my little guy.  Caitlin still has a full-time job teaching though and, I [...]

Yes, we had another baby and I am back to breastfeeding which I think could be considered a part-time job.  Amelia Claire was born on March 31, 2011 at 12:25 p.m. and our house became even more of a circus than it already was with a two year old.    Actually, we are managing but [...]

I am so tired/ delirious I’m thinking labor, delivery, and two days in the hospital sounds like a welcome break from potty training a toddler.  Can’t my water just break already?!  I’m half joking.  Seriously, like everything related to having a child potty training is so much harder than I expected.  I had all kinds [...]

Minus a snag at my doctor’s office (I went to my scheduled appointment only to find the office closed!) it has been an extremely relaxing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Just FYI I checked my appointment card and I did NOT lose my mind– it said Monday, January 17, 2:30 p.m.  They obviously decided to [...]

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season.  We were until Graham came down with a terrible case of croup (a virus that narrows little airways) and then my vacation turned into a tour of hospitals across the Midwest.  OK, probably a bit dramatic but we did go to one hospital in Iowa and [...]

Heel-Tastic is much more fantastic than it’s cheese-tastic name.  I promise.  I don’t know if it’s my upcoming milestone birthday or being pregnant but lately I have been on a mission to take better care of myself, as evidenced with my efforts toward better skin.  So actually, right before I went to dinner at Tru, [...]

October 14, 2010 marked our fourth wedding anniversary.  I informed my husband I would not be cooking and so we packed up Graham, his food, his new “big boy” travel high chair, his books, his diapers, etc. and went to one of our local sushi restaurants [my personal fave- Triad]  After we ordered the appetizers [...]

Hear Ye, Hear Ye: I have two announcements to make.  1) David and I are going to have our second baby!  Due date is March 24 and we couldn’t be happier.  2) I love my new Boscia exfoliating mask.  These announcements are definitely related.  [my loyal blog readers are the first to receive the online [...]

I hinted in my last post that I had a blog I was secretly loving and now I’m letting the cat out of the bag.  You all know I am a wanna-be fashionista.  By that I mean I love fashion but it doesn’t come effortlessly to me.  I have to scour magazines, people watch (which is [...]