Tumblr (3.0; @cdub)http://cdub.tumblr.com/<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7gtyyNAG1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Feast</b></p> <p>Yum.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/225541569http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/225541569Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:39:33 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks5fgtks1y1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Bring it on Siegel</b></p> <p>The hub and I are starting a friendly little workout competition today to help us get in shape for our upcoming Christmas cruise.  Between now and December 15th a single point will be awarded for each workout, and for every 2 pounds lost.  The one with the most points on the 15th gets a prize.  WHEN I win (obviously) I’ll be receiving a comfy chair and ottoman for the bedroom.  Adam, you’re going down.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/224370229http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/224370229Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:14:52 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks3sg98RME1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks3sg98RME1qz58ndo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks3sg98RME1qz58ndo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><b>Please Make it to Saturday.</b></p> <p>This morning I set up my mummy-o-lantern in the downstairs front window. Now it just needs to keep until Halloween.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/223469802http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/223469802Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:00:09 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks2wp9niym1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Jello Shots and Pumpkin Guts</b></p> <p>Thanks to Nate and Lynette for a fantastic Halloween party.  From purple punch to eyeball-laced jigglers, it was spooky through and through.  AND, for the second or third year in a row these two have sponsored our pumpkin carving fun.  We’re not talking about triangle eyes and a lame toothy grin here folks.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222867752http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222867752Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:34:00 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1d9ccvT61qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Practice Makes Perfect?</b></p> <p>I wish I had learned to be better at a lot of things when I was younger - skiing, sailing, Spanish, piano, TENNIS.  I’m trying now, but some days I wonder if I’m too old a dog for new tricks…  It seems like Emma believes in the power of subliminal messaging though. Thanks Mems.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222100747http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222100747Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:36:00 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1b90MbVw1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Back to Reality</b></p> <p>Real life isn’t quite as good as vacation, especially when there is a mound of laundry the size of Grand Teton.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222069763http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222069763Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:53:00 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks19v9n3TR1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Promises</b></p> <p>I promise to be thankful for you.  Whether big days or small days, amazing days or annoying days, holidays or Tuesdays I will celebrate our time together. I will be thankful for you.</p> <p>I promise to respect you.  I fell in love with you because you are such a good man - passionate, smart and moral.  I will not take those things for granted.  In my words and in my actions I will respect you.</p> <p>I will support you in life’s challenges, in your ideas, in this Inkling and all your future inklings.  Sometimes that means just listening, sometimes it’s problem solving, sometimes it’s apologizing, sometimes it’s bearing with the computer face.  I will support you.</p> <p>I promise that someday I will learn to parent along side you.  We will make mistakes, but I will try my hardest and do my best to raise good children into good people.  I will have fun with our kids.  I’ll let them get dirty.  Most important of all, I will love them tenderly and with all of my heart.  I will parent along side you.</p> <p>I promise that I will make memories and build my life with you.  I will dream with you and live our dreams.  I will do the good stuff and the hard stuff as your partner.  I will love you - yesterday, today and always.  I will build my life with you.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222048580http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222048580Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:23:00 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks19nqBbY81qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks19nqBbY81qz58ndo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks19nqBbY81qz58ndo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks19nqBbY81qz58ndo10_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><b>Lions, Tigers and Bears.</b></p> <p>Our second day in Wyoming we went on a 10 mile hike, with an incredible view of the Tetons.  We spotted a bear (at a distance), a moose, a beaver, and the enormous leavings of an animal that we wouldn’t have wanted to meet.  The view was worth every single one of those 7,823 feet in elevation.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222045433http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222045433Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:19:00 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks18yhcGf51qz58ndo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Happy Anniversary to Us</b></p> <p>It doesn’t feel like a whole year since our wedding celebration at A New Leaf, to me at least. If you ask Adam he’ll probably tell you it feels like 15 years - har har.  Thanks for a wonderful weekend in Jackson Hole Adam.  I loved our first Four Seasons.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222033992http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222033992Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:03:00 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1dfu4PuO1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Kaya as Photo Fodder…</b></p> <p>… for days that are less than blog-worthy.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222103492http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/222103492Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:00 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krgvl59jDs1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>That’s My Reflection On That Shiny New Honda</b></p> <p>I will forever feel like buying a new car is a complete racket.  That said, I think Adam and I did fairly well holding our own in the Honda dealership yesterday.  At one point the sales guy told us he had to call the owner of the dealership before he could agree to our offer.  I’m almost 100% certain there wasn’t anyone on the other end of that telephone.  Sharks.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/212159649http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/212159649Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:03:00 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krdbvpVceo1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Perfect Fall Day</b></p> <p>Adam, Kaya and I drove up to Fort Sheridan today.  The sky was blue, the trees were vibrant, the homes were huge, and the sea gulls were a big tease.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/210394129http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/210394129Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:04:36 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krdbg1b6dU1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Thelma, Louise and the Ficus</b></p> <p>In my opinion there’s nothing quite as fun as a good fit of the giggles.  Thanks to Jessie, Eric, and Adam for sponsoring today’s belly laugh.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/210386754http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/210386754Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:55:00 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr92lzYFGg1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>It’s Friday…</b></p> <p>…and I’m taking my hub to the movies tonight.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/208419381http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/208419381Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:53:58 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr82bw4ok01qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>DWPaG</b></p> <p>It’s funny that yesterday I was worried about Driving While Taking Pictures because today while on the Kennedy I literally saw someone DRIVING WHILE PLAYING A GUITAR.  I only got a quick glimpse of this guy.  He was driving a white van with a ladder on the top, which makes me think he is a roofer or a painter or a guy who works construction.  Whoever he is, I know one thing for sure…  he doesn’t like to waste time in traffic when he should be practicing.  Is this seriously acceptable behavior?</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/207983090http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/207983090Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:50:00 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr6g7cWxAN1qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>DWTP</b></p> <p>Taking pictures is probably right up there with texting and drinking on the list of things you shouldn’t do while driving.  Rest assured, traffic was moving so slowly on Lake Shore Drive this morning that I could relatively safely pull out the camera.  Traffic aside, the view of the skyline from LSD always makes me glad to live in Chicago.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/207263443http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/207263443Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:54:47 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr4il5XB811qz58ndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>New Camera - New Dedication to Blogging…</b></p> <p>As I was sitting like a lump on the couch this evening, I couldn’t ignore the sound of the wind on our windows.  I decided that I might try my hand at the new camera and a slow shutter speed.  Though I was out for the movement of the leaves, I caught some neat nighttime colors instead.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/206366102http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/206366102Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:51:03 -0500<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/7klfcq0iKkcvwgn1R8Jx14qRo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I talked to Emma this evening.  She named all 44 US presidents from memory (backwards starting with Obama) including this guy, who I had honestly never heard of…</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/81243626http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/81243626Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:40:23 -0600<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/7klfcq0iKk2cn6b50s6vnmj7o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I was sick and mopey for most of this past weekend, but I did perk up on Valentine’s Day for a lovely dinner made by Chef Hub.  We had mushroom caps, homemade ceasar salad, crab cakes, roasted potatoes, and asparagus.  Adam you outdid yourself.  It was all that much tastier when eaten off our new china with a bottle of wedding wine.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/79101773http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/79101773Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:43:00 -0600<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/7klfcq0iKjuhwi1ctu3uYtPWo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Congratulations to the newly belted.  You are a fearsome twosome.</p>http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/77652837http://cdub.tumblr.com/post/77652837Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:48:39 -0600