Sunday, April 11, 2010

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard...

So going here when I hit LA. Yeah, yeah. I know I'm flying out to help J. pack up all his stuff and move him back here, but it can't be all work and no play. That's just not how I roll ;)

And, yeah, I know I can get my beloved Temptations vegan ice cream here. Still, there is something so awesome about having a place where I can go out for a shake versus making one on my own. Even if I do have to travel all the way to Santa Monica to get it. Another must on that trip? Pinkberry. Good god, I am an absolute whore for the Pinkberry goodness. ;)


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Friday, April 9, 2010

Rise

As I head off for another day with my boys. I leave you with this. This book and movie changed my life, I swear it. So nice of my beloved Eddie Vedder to pen a soundtrack for it.

Happy Friday. <3



Thursday, April 8, 2010

Tidbit...

Ever had one of those nights when things could have gone horribly awry and, instead, the night went perfectly? Such was my night. The zilla soldiered through an enormous amount of homework with nary a complaint, I made an amazing vegan chili,--don't tell the zil that it was Teese and not cheese!--a pre-birthday gift arrived from one of my favorite boys, although I am forbidden to open it until my bday, and I cleared half the space from my dressers and closets to make room for J.'s things--two months and four days. Time.is.flying!

Hope for the best/expect the worst. Almost always pleasantly surprised. :)


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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Raining in Baltimore...

The rain keeps coming down and I am so feeling this song today...

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Moo in the box...

The Moo likes to hang out in boxes (see photo).  Any box.  Any size.  Doesn't matter.

My favorite part about The Moo hopping into said box?  When the zilla starts to sing, "I'm The Moo in the box..." ala Alice in Chains.


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Moo in the Box

Friday, April 2, 2010

10 weeks/70 days/1680 hours/100,800 minutes...

...until my sweetheart comes home to stay.  I have a lot more I want to say about this but it will have to wait for another time.  Just wanted to note it for the record :)

The weather gods have been kind to us and Chicago has been blessed with two glorious days of (almost) summerlike weather.  I, for one, plan to make the most of it.  The doors and windows are wide open and this tease of summer has lured my mind into the very near future and all the promise summer holds.  Post-bedtime wine on the patio, grilling up some tasty veggie burgers, countless zoo trips--the Zilla and I are members and it is one of our favorite places, lazy afternoons of dangling our feet in the pool, the lakefront--oh, how I love the shores of Lake Michigan, and maybe a trip or three to the Shedd--another favorite of ours.  I *love* summer.  I'm not a fan of the sometimes oppressive humidity--I would never make it in Florida, Louisiana, or the like--but the sun on my face, it's warmth on my skin, just make me feel...alive.  And it's due.  The winters here gut me.  But the winter is already retreating into the recesses of my memories and summer beckons me to come play.

Don't mind if I do...

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Thursday, April 1, 2010

We're gettin' the band back together...

If you've known me for any length of time then you know of my deep, steadfast love for New World Spirits.  NWS was (is, I suppose!) a St. Louis band that I followed--no, literally, I followed them--back in my Carbondale days. ::huge nostalgic sigh::  I was so sad when they disbanded (many years ago) and have been watching Google like a hawk for any NWS news.  Like I said, I seriously loved them.  Seriously.  Today, I added them to my blip.fm playlist and what should happen to appear but a little youtube clip of a recent St. Louis show--that I missed!  All horrors from missing said show aside, I am beyond thrilled to see my boys back together and making new music.  I've added them on fb and twitter and am eagerly awaiting news of another show.  Road tripping to St. Louis is old hat, and I am definitely down with showing them some love.  Though, I fear my ability to toss back Jager shots with them may have waned in our off time.  Oh, the Jager shots...so many blurry memories--compliments of a liquor that tastes like original NyQuil. ;)

Those NWS boys have a youtube channel

and...

A new website

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