So I've decided to take a break from blogging...as if I hadn't already - ha.
The summer was SUPER taxing - working my internship, normal work and two insanely involved classes. I had no time blog. And while I thought the school year would give me a breather...I was completely wrong. Sigh.
Good news...I got a job out of my internship - I am the new Box Office Manager for The Chicago Chamber Musicians. Bad news, all 3 of my classes this semester are super involved with bazillions of projects, literally. I think I have a total of (seriously here...I counted) 6 projects (3 major with 20+ page papers each), 15 papers (NO JOKE HERE...really), and financial management out the wazoo.
So...
Here begins my blogging break.
Feel free to shoot me emails or check me out on facebook.
I'd love to hear from y'all!
PS - GO BLUE! (as in U. of Michigan football)
GO NORTH CENTER DOUBLE HAWKS! (as in my fantasy football team)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Summer Adventure!
SOOO....we've decided that we're not going to take a summer vacation - gotta get those internship hours (BTW, internship = very cool!). Instead, we've decided that we're going to take a couple of long weekends and explore Chicago! We finally branched out a little bit when it comes to restaurants (instead of staying in our "comfort zone") and had such a good experience that we're planning to do more!
We're hoping to go to new neighborhoods and try at least 3 new restaurants a month! Fun times! We had our first experience tonight!
We ventured out to a far northwest neighborhood called Albany Park and ate at Chicago Kalbi, a Korean BBQ. The neighborhood is very ethnic - Latino, Middle Eastern, Korean. There are so many restaurants and we'd love to try some more!
Moving on the restaurant - Korean BBQ is amazing! They bring out beef and chicken of different kinds and a charcoal grill. Talk about fun! We grill it ourselves and put it into a BBQ/Soy sauce to cool it off. Then eat - yummy! Along with all of the meat, they bring out a plethora of sides, including spicy Kimchi (hot sauce-ish cabbage) and cucumbers (which I liked a lot, despite burning my mouth :o) They also brought us some of the BEST potato salad we've ever had! As an appetizer, we had some pot stickers that were very tasty and, for desert, some scrumptious green tea ice cream!
I'm going to post all the different restaurants that we go to and hopefully write a little review every time.
We're hoping to go to new neighborhoods and try at least 3 new restaurants a month! Fun times! We had our first experience tonight!
We ventured out to a far northwest neighborhood called Albany Park and ate at Chicago Kalbi, a Korean BBQ. The neighborhood is very ethnic - Latino, Middle Eastern, Korean. There are so many restaurants and we'd love to try some more!
Moving on the restaurant - Korean BBQ is amazing! They bring out beef and chicken of different kinds and a charcoal grill. Talk about fun! We grill it ourselves and put it into a BBQ/Soy sauce to cool it off. Then eat - yummy! Along with all of the meat, they bring out a plethora of sides, including spicy Kimchi (hot sauce-ish cabbage) and cucumbers (which I liked a lot, despite burning my mouth :o) They also brought us some of the BEST potato salad we've ever had! As an appetizer, we had some pot stickers that were very tasty and, for desert, some scrumptious green tea ice cream!
I'm going to post all the different restaurants that we go to and hopefully write a little review every time.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
All moved in and LOVING it!
We moved in to our lovely apartment last weekend and LOVE it! And imagine this - it only took 2 hours to get out of the old place and into the new! We will never move ourselves again...
We're still far from unpacked - tons of boxes left, still need to get our new desk all set up, so on... Our 2nd bedroom is packed to the door with boxes. Unfortunately all of my clothes are in there somewhere, so that's a project that needs to happen pronto ;o) We bought desk parts at Ikea this past weekend and are going to paint the unfinished legs today. We settled on a dark brown to match all of the other furniture we bought at Ikea!
And, as I suspected I might, I've come down with some form of laryngitis. It seems that every other year, I end up with some nasty illness. Luckily this one isn't too bad. Thursday I had a fever and my throat was swollen. Yesterday I was achy, feverish, and just generally all-around icky. Today, I have no voice, but I'm not achy - just a little run down. I was talking to my former college adviser on facebook (yay for Mr. Reece!) and he suggested drinking some warm liquids. I didn't think coffee or hot chocolate would be good (because as I remember Michelle telling me, drinking milk isn't so great for the chords). So, after our weekend breakfast at Golden Apple, we stopped at a nearby Tea Cafe. I still don't like the taste of tea (even green tea makes me gag a little ;o), but by golly IT WORKED! I'm still a little funny sounding, but I can talk again. And that's a huge improvement from this morning when, ask kurt so eloquently put it, I squeaked at him! Ha!
Well...I'm off. Gotta sand off some legs and get ready to paint! Have a good weekend!
We're still far from unpacked - tons of boxes left, still need to get our new desk all set up, so on... Our 2nd bedroom is packed to the door with boxes. Unfortunately all of my clothes are in there somewhere, so that's a project that needs to happen pronto ;o) We bought desk parts at Ikea this past weekend and are going to paint the unfinished legs today. We settled on a dark brown to match all of the other furniture we bought at Ikea!
And, as I suspected I might, I've come down with some form of laryngitis. It seems that every other year, I end up with some nasty illness. Luckily this one isn't too bad. Thursday I had a fever and my throat was swollen. Yesterday I was achy, feverish, and just generally all-around icky. Today, I have no voice, but I'm not achy - just a little run down. I was talking to my former college adviser on facebook (yay for Mr. Reece!) and he suggested drinking some warm liquids. I didn't think coffee or hot chocolate would be good (because as I remember Michelle telling me, drinking milk isn't so great for the chords). So, after our weekend breakfast at Golden Apple, we stopped at a nearby Tea Cafe. I still don't like the taste of tea (even green tea makes me gag a little ;o), but by golly IT WORKED! I'm still a little funny sounding, but I can talk again. And that's a huge improvement from this morning when, ask kurt so eloquently put it, I squeaked at him! Ha!
Well...I'm off. Gotta sand off some legs and get ready to paint! Have a good weekend!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Lake, Dog, and other random pictures.
Here are some random pictures from the past month or so (and my birthday ;o)... Thought I would share them!
Looptopia: 'Tulips in the night... '(To the tune of "Strangers in the night")
Binary Birthday cake. Kurt couldn't fit 27 candles on my piece of cake (I didn't want a whole cake, so he made me pumpkin bread and bought a piece of cake instead!).
In binary code = 11011 = 16+8+2+1 = 27!
Pictures from the lake this past weekend - we've been going there every saturday when our landlords have an open house for our apartment. Despite being very populated, it's been nice to be by the water!
As close to the water as we can get Shosta (an they're easily 100-200 feet away) - she HATES the lake! When we take her close to the water, she PULLS like crazy to get away!
Happy dog after a walk at the lake.
Sister -in-law Kelly on a short visit to Chicago. We're eating at an all night diner near Depaul Univ. called Clarke's.
Kurt being goofy ;o)
Shosta sleeping...what a cute doggie...
Shosta in the car.
Looptopia: 'Tulips in the night... '(To the tune of "Strangers in the night")
Binary Birthday cake. Kurt couldn't fit 27 candles on my piece of cake (I didn't want a whole cake, so he made me pumpkin bread and bought a piece of cake instead!).
In binary code = 11011 = 16+8+2+1 = 27!
Pictures from the lake this past weekend - we've been going there every saturday when our landlords have an open house for our apartment. Despite being very populated, it's been nice to be by the water!
As close to the water as we can get Shosta (an they're easily 100-200 feet away) - she HATES the lake! When we take her close to the water, she PULLS like crazy to get away!
Happy dog after a walk at the lake.
Sister -in-law Kelly on a short visit to Chicago. We're eating at an all night diner near Depaul Univ. called Clarke's.
Kurt being goofy ;o)
Shosta sleeping...what a cute doggie...
Shosta in the car.
Goodbye old apt! Hello New!
We don't really have that many pictures of the new place yet, maybe some tomorrow night. But here are pictures (mind you, we're in the process of packing, so it's TOTALLY messy) of our old place.
Our teenie - tiny bathroom - ICK!
Kurt taking a rest after packing in our tiny living room.
Cheers!
Our HUGE master bedroom - I will miss this slightly, but we didn't really use all of the space.
The stairs up to our bedroom - they weren't insulated, so in the winter we could freeze water out there! No wonder our gas/electric bill was nearly $400 in the winter!
2nd BR/crap chute.
OLLLLLDDDD kitchen. I was packing and on one of the doors of the cabinets it said that it was certified to meet 1985 standards. HA!
The new fridge that we had to ask for because the other one was dead and leaking brown stuff. Well...it was actually leaking brown stuff ever since we moved in...but apparently they didn't care.
OUR NEW PLACE!!!! This is the living area where we're going to have our living room and office.
Our teenie - tiny bathroom - ICK!
Kurt taking a rest after packing in our tiny living room.
Cheers!
Our HUGE master bedroom - I will miss this slightly, but we didn't really use all of the space.
The stairs up to our bedroom - they weren't insulated, so in the winter we could freeze water out there! No wonder our gas/electric bill was nearly $400 in the winter!
2nd BR/crap chute.
OLLLLLDDDD kitchen. I was packing and on one of the doors of the cabinets it said that it was certified to meet 1985 standards. HA!
The new fridge that we had to ask for because the other one was dead and leaking brown stuff. Well...it was actually leaking brown stuff ever since we moved in...but apparently they didn't care.
OUR NEW PLACE!!!! This is the living area where we're going to have our living room and office.
Friday, May 16, 2008
It's all over...at least for 11 days.
Sigh...
All of my exams and presentations are finally over - thank goodness!
Now I can relax - HA!
We will begin the moving process Thursday night of this coming week. Surprisingly, we've gotten a TON of packing done already, which is a huge relief for me. This weekend and the beginning of next week will be full of packing the kitchen, CD's, bathroom, and all the little stuff that's lying around. We're going to start taking stuff over to our new place Thursday night and Friday and hopefully get all of the cable and internet (and maybe phone?) hooked up Friday as well. Then, Saturday the movers are coming to take all of the boxes and furniture. We are NOT doing this all alone like last time, and while it may be expensive (we're guessing around $500 or $600), we're willing to pay just so we don't have to deal with the living nightmare that was last June!
We're very excited about our new place! A huge living space, 2 Bathrooms, 2 Bedrooms, Air Conditioning, Central Heat, Dishwasher, FREE laundry, and a nice backyard - what more could we want?
So, what's in 11 days? SUMMER SCHOOL! I decided to take 2 online courses over the summer just to get them out of the way - Fundraising and Grant Writing. They are both very writing intensive, so I'm a bit worried. Not only will I be taking classes, I'll also be working in the AM at CSO and PM at my internship with Chicago Chamber Musicians. Luckily I won't have to go to class, but I KNOW this summer will not be relaxing because of them! Thankfully, Fundraising only lasts 8 weeks, but Grant Writing is a full 12 weeks. I'll get a week or two off before fall classes start. Oh well...
Well...I'm done for the night - spent the last 3 hours packing away, so I'm pooped!
Take care!
All of my exams and presentations are finally over - thank goodness!
Now I can relax - HA!
We will begin the moving process Thursday night of this coming week. Surprisingly, we've gotten a TON of packing done already, which is a huge relief for me. This weekend and the beginning of next week will be full of packing the kitchen, CD's, bathroom, and all the little stuff that's lying around. We're going to start taking stuff over to our new place Thursday night and Friday and hopefully get all of the cable and internet (and maybe phone?) hooked up Friday as well. Then, Saturday the movers are coming to take all of the boxes and furniture. We are NOT doing this all alone like last time, and while it may be expensive (we're guessing around $500 or $600), we're willing to pay just so we don't have to deal with the living nightmare that was last June!
We're very excited about our new place! A huge living space, 2 Bathrooms, 2 Bedrooms, Air Conditioning, Central Heat, Dishwasher, FREE laundry, and a nice backyard - what more could we want?
So, what's in 11 days? SUMMER SCHOOL! I decided to take 2 online courses over the summer just to get them out of the way - Fundraising and Grant Writing. They are both very writing intensive, so I'm a bit worried. Not only will I be taking classes, I'll also be working in the AM at CSO and PM at my internship with Chicago Chamber Musicians. Luckily I won't have to go to class, but I KNOW this summer will not be relaxing because of them! Thankfully, Fundraising only lasts 8 weeks, but Grant Writing is a full 12 weeks. I'll get a week or two off before fall classes start. Oh well...
Well...I'm done for the night - spent the last 3 hours packing away, so I'm pooped!
Take care!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
It's my last week!!!
It's FINALLY the last week of the semester - I didn't think it would ever come! I certainly learned my lesson this semester - don't take more than 12 hours at a time or you will want to kick yourself in the butt every single morning you wake up...and you will seriously consider shooting yourself in the head when you have 5 projects/papers/exams due in one week (yes, that really happened :o(
So...this week is all about fun times...(said dripping with sarcasm)
Monday: Marketing Presentation and turning in a 20 page Marketing Plan
Tuesday: Accounting Final Exam and Data Case Analysis Final Exam
Thursday: Law Final Exam
All the while working away at the CSO...
I'll get a few short weeks of a break before my summer classes start - Fundraising and Grant writing. I'll be taking both online, so I won't have to go to night classes - thank goodness! Once June 1st starts, I'll be SUPER busy - working @ CSO from 9-1, Chicago Chamber Musicians from 1:30-5:30, then coming home to do school work!
In the meantime...
In just 2 short weeks, we'll be moving out of our "hell hole"!!! So EXCITED!
We did a LOT of packing this weekend - our 2nd bedroom/office/room full of stuff is all packed (thanks to kurt) and our bedroom is mostly packed except for a few things. All that's left is the living and kitchen. So, next weekend after searching for some used furniture for our new place, we'll be packing like maniacs. I even passed up going to the end-of-the-year AEMM graduate student party (hosted by the amazing singer/DJ from Jai Alai Savant) so that I could pack :o( Oh well...there's always another time for fun...
I'll have pictures of our new place in a week or so - we're supposed to pick up the keys next weekend!
Take care and have a super-duper week!
So...this week is all about fun times...(said dripping with sarcasm)
Monday: Marketing Presentation and turning in a 20 page Marketing Plan
Tuesday: Accounting Final Exam and Data Case Analysis Final Exam
Thursday: Law Final Exam
All the while working away at the CSO...
I'll get a few short weeks of a break before my summer classes start - Fundraising and Grant writing. I'll be taking both online, so I won't have to go to night classes - thank goodness! Once June 1st starts, I'll be SUPER busy - working @ CSO from 9-1, Chicago Chamber Musicians from 1:30-5:30, then coming home to do school work!
In the meantime...
In just 2 short weeks, we'll be moving out of our "hell hole"!!! So EXCITED!
We did a LOT of packing this weekend - our 2nd bedroom/office/room full of stuff is all packed (thanks to kurt) and our bedroom is mostly packed except for a few things. All that's left is the living and kitchen. So, next weekend after searching for some used furniture for our new place, we'll be packing like maniacs. I even passed up going to the end-of-the-year AEMM graduate student party (hosted by the amazing singer/DJ from Jai Alai Savant) so that I could pack :o( Oh well...there's always another time for fun...
I'll have pictures of our new place in a week or so - we're supposed to pick up the keys next weekend!
Take care and have a super-duper week!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
We Got The Place! And some fun times this weekend!
We got the apartment! SO very happy! I'll hopefully have pictures over the weekend sometime!
Fun things we're doin' this weekend:
Friday night is Looptopia.
We are SUPER excited - this is an all night festival based off of the "White Nights" in St. Petersburg Russia, where they have festivals from 5pm to 7am. When there is light for nearly 24 hours, they party! This event sounds amazing! They close off the entire Loop (which is HUGE) and present art and dance and music and just about anything out on the streets! In face, Cirque du Soleil will be performing as well. Galleries, stores, and restaurants stay open for the entire 14 hours. Museums are open, EVERYTHING is open for the entire time. It sounds like a most amazing time! What's even cooler is that the Program/Artistic Coordinator for the event is an assistant prof. for our Marketing Class. Very cool.
KELLY IS COMING! KELLY IS COMING! My sister-in-law, quite possibly one of the coolest people ever, is coming to visit one of her former flute students at Depaul and is going to come out to dinner and hang with Kurt and I. Very excited - we haven't seen her since Christmas!
OK...should get going...I need to get some sleep tonight. I stayed up late last night working on a Data and Statistical Analysis exam. Fun times.
Take care...and go visit the Looptopia website! VERY COOL!
Fun things we're doin' this weekend:
Friday night is Looptopia.
We are SUPER excited - this is an all night festival based off of the "White Nights" in St. Petersburg Russia, where they have festivals from 5pm to 7am. When there is light for nearly 24 hours, they party! This event sounds amazing! They close off the entire Loop (which is HUGE) and present art and dance and music and just about anything out on the streets! In face, Cirque du Soleil will be performing as well. Galleries, stores, and restaurants stay open for the entire 14 hours. Museums are open, EVERYTHING is open for the entire time. It sounds like a most amazing time! What's even cooler is that the Program/Artistic Coordinator for the event is an assistant prof. for our Marketing Class. Very cool.
KELLY IS COMING! KELLY IS COMING! My sister-in-law, quite possibly one of the coolest people ever, is coming to visit one of her former flute students at Depaul and is going to come out to dinner and hang with Kurt and I. Very excited - we haven't seen her since Christmas!
OK...should get going...I need to get some sleep tonight. I stayed up late last night working on a Data and Statistical Analysis exam. Fun times.
Take care...and go visit the Looptopia website! VERY COOL!
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