The Big Day!

It's here and we are all still alive. Admit it...you all thought for a split second, "but what if the world does end?" and had a slight moment of panic.  Sadly folks there was no big fireworks but we should all be a happy to have just a little more time. Enjoy it!

 

I don't care that is is going to be played all day.

Love, love, love
Bridge

Sweaty Winter Weather

Today I was all bundled for the "epic" snow storm and I walk outside and it was basically 80 out. As soon as I stepped onto the train with all my gear, my glass fogged up and I instantly started sweating.  It's similar to when you get in the elevator at work and you still have all your winter stuff on so you get so over heated you started to literally rip things off in a panic. Or after you put everything on and you start talking to someone before you leave and you are inching your way to the door during the conversation because you are boiling. You can always hear someone at one point say "I have to leave because I am so hot right now!" and just storm away. Today was one of those days.

Even though I am completely against "Draco," a terrifying/ridiculous name, I was still pretty excited about the first snow fall. It is always very peaceful to watch and puts me a good mood.  I assume  I will be cursing it come February but for now I am going to enjoy it.

Record broken. 

Love, love, love
Bridge

Tuesday Song

The week leading up to Christmas is always a favorite of mine. Everyone is in a good holiday spirit and the week is filled with spending time with friends and family, doing some last minute holiday prep and lots and lots of treats and goodies. My brother Michael loves Christmas more than anyone I know. This is a favorite song among my family that we always play at Christmas time and it always reminds me of him. 

Love, love, love
Bridge

Prayers

It doesn't seem right to talk about my weekend without talking about the Newtown school shooting. While I don't have kids and was not personally affect by what happened I know it broke the hearts of all of us. I don't really know what to say or how to talk about what happen except to say that my prayers are with the Newtown community. 

Love, love, love
Bridge

Lisa Marie

Happy Birthday Lisa Marie! You have been an amazing friend and I am so lucky to have you in my life. I know that 25 is going to bring you a so many amazing memories. I can't wait to see where life brings all of us! 

Love, love, love

Bridge

12/12/12 + St. Anthony

The 12/12/12 day has come and gone. Even though it was like every other day I wanted to make it a little special. Michelle and I ventured down the street to a bar in a our neighborhood that we had not been to.. I know what your thinking...what a "special" thing to do. But it actually was a great bar! They had a lot of different beers on tap and, lucky me, tons of gluten free options. However, after ordering a gluten free bun, the manager informed me that they were out so I opted for a regular bun. (Obviously I am taking the gluten free thing really seriously) After getting our order the waiter came running in our direction informing/panicking that the bun was not gluten free. After I assured him that I was not going to die from eating gluten he stopped freaking out and said "Ohh good! I was so worried that there was a bun on the loose!" 

On the way home I confessed to Michelle that I had lost something that was really important to me and I had no idea where to look for it. For the record, I lose everything. But I was really upset about this particular item and I think I avoiding ever really looking for it because then I would have to admit that it was lost. Well let me tell you, it took only 2 prayers to St. Anthony before that thing popped up! I don't consider myself over religious but St. Anthony works about 90% of the time so I always give him a try. The power of prayer.

Happy 12/12/12!

Love, love, love

Bridge

Tuesday Song

I may or may not have taken a sweater out of my goodwill pile and worn it today. There were only a few holes in it. I honestly thought I got away with it until my friend at work openly called me out on it. I deserved it.

One of those days. Dance it out.

Love, love, love

Bridge

TV Catch Up

Mondays never get easier. Luckily two great things happened to me this weekend to make Monday a little better. First, I got HBO Go back just in time for the second season of Girls to premiere. Hallelujah. I am also able to officially watch Game of Thrones which I was way behind on.  Second, my roommate came home so we were finally able to finish season 1 of the Wire. Woo woo! Just so you are aware, I have no shame in the amount of TV I watch. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

Big Money

I got convinced today to buy a lotto ticket. I have never done it before but my sister pointed out that it was 500 million so I might as well throw 4 bucks at it. Before this goes any further, I did not win the lotto. If I had I would have posted this picture and I peaced out for a solid month while doing rich things.

Via. 

Now that I have played the lotto I totally get why people keep playing. I actually convinced myself that I had a really solid chance to win. I spent $80.00 at benefit while actually saying in my head "Don't worry about it, if you win the lotto you are going to need all this makeup for your interviews." For a couple hours tonight I was millionaire. One day, one day.

I am not going to bore you with the idea that I would donate to charity if I won that much money. I am being honest in saying that is definitely not the first things I would think of. Truthfully having that much money gives me a ton of anxiety. It didn't help that when I turned on the news to see my numbers on the screen the first thing I saw was some guys saying "If you win make sure you keep the ticket safe and then yourself!" Um what? Is someone going to shoot me if I win the lotto? That really destroys my plans of running in the street screaming "I WON 500 MILLION DOLLARS!"I guess its a good thing I didn't win the lotto after all.

Tuesday Song

I ripped my jeans this morning. Unfortunately, it was not because they were old and worn. No people, it was just because they didn't fit. So I was aware that I should be making some changes for my waist line but now it has become a necessity to keep functioning everyday. Lets just say after ripping your jeans you are not feeling like a million bucks. I guess my attitude of "ehh I could always look worse" as I reach for another slice of za needs to change.

Here is a song for all those ladies who have ripped their jeans before.

 I will probably continue to go for that second slice and, in the words of Julia Roberts from Eat Pray Love, just buy bigger pants.

Love, love, love

Bridge

Thanksgiving Wrap-Up

With 4 of the 5 of us home this past weekend there was little quiet and rest but, when we get together there very rarely is, and that is the way that I like it. Thanksgiving weekend, like most weekends home, was chaotic but filled with lots of laughs. 

Mom did another great job of making the house ready for the holidays from the beautiful table to the most amazing  dinner. 

The rest of the weekend was filled some movie time, pjs and a big win from ND! I swear I think my older brother started crying. 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Love, love, love

Bridge

Family Times

The countdown to Thanksgiving is officially on! I am so looking forward to some quality time at home with the fam. As my siblings get older, time together is less frequent so I really enjoy the moments we do get. Most of the time those moments involve us kids in our pjs all day laying in the basement watching TV as my mom calls us lazy. They are special none the less. Speaking of wonderful moments check out the video my cousin posted on her blog today. 

Tear. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

Tuesday Song

After President Obama was elected my facebook blew up with intense and disappointing comments. What I find really shocking/ridiculous is that all those people who wanted Romney to win for the good of the country completely abandoned our country as soon as Obama was elected.  What does that say about you? Everybody has a right to his or her opinions about the election but I find it sad to see how quickly people just give up. Respect is earned people.

Unrelated.  

Love, love, love

Bridge

Election Night!

I am very excited that election day is finally hear! Mainly because I need my Facebook to go back to normal but also because this is a very important election! With my own family being very split we have had a number of very interesting and insightful conversations over the last couple months and I am excited to see how it all plays out tonight! I hope everyone voted! 

Just of fun. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

Happy Friday

I am especially excited for this weekend to start because I am going to be taking a photography workshop that I have been really looking forward to for awhile. Also, some of my besties are in town so a total girl session is happening this evening. I can't wait to gossip. I hope everyone else has a lovely weekend. I know its only 3:30 but....

via

Love, love, love
Bridge

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! My team at work decided to dress up as the Kardashians and I was the baby Mason in the group.

I thought I nailed it until my friend pointed out I looked like Blossom. She nailed it.

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! 

Love, love, love

Bridge

Tuesday Song

So I have had a number of comments on my "Tuesday Funk" post. Apparently I am just really throwing people off with them. Let me clarify. Even though Tuesday is my least favorite day of the week the "Funk" was really suppose to be about music...which is why I always post a song. It seems that most of my followers, all 15 of you, are just focusing on the fact that I must really hate Tuesdays (which I do). Obviously, my clever use of the word "Funk" is not going over very well and I think it's time to just retire it.

 

I have been trying to think of a clever play on words to replace "Tuesday Funk" but lets be real...I am not that creative. I think for now I will just stick with "Tuesday Song." So here is my "Tuesday Song" pick in honor of the rocking good time we had at Erin and Ashley's commitment ceremony  this weekend. Lets just say this request got all the south siders to the dance floor.(It was my sister MK request...she will be really upset if I take the credit) It also caused my younger sister, Nora, to throw her arms into the air and scream "GO SOX!" You know she had just been dying to do that.

 

Also, I know its Wednesday.

Love, love, love

Bridge

Stomach Flu Thoughts

While the beginning of my weekend included plenty of family time celebrating the commitment ceremony of my cousin Erin I have spent the last part of my weekend laying on my bathroom floor with the stomach flu. I sort of forgot how terrible the stomach flu was because I have not had it in a long time but let me remind all of you that it is terrible. Not only do you think you might be dying but you can only find comfort in the most terrible of positions, like laying in the fetal position next to the toilet bowl you just puked in because the cold tile feel so good. 

Being bed ridden with the stomach flu does give you plenty of time to think. Not just about all the food you ate the day before because it's literally being brought to your attention every hour on the hour but, also about all the things you are going to do when you don't have the stomach flu. I think I made a million promises yesterday when I was laying on the bathroom floor about becoming a better person, taking more risks and spending more time doing the things I love. You know...because I thought I was dying. 

Luckily I survived and while I have yet to make the world a better place I was able to take a quick peak at some of the snap shots I took this weekend. I am not overly proud of myself with the pictures I took but there are a couple great pictures and this is one of my favorites. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

Grad School Freak Out

Today I had a total panic attack about going to grad school. My test is three weeks away and I am not even close to be ready. I have no zero idea of where I want to go to school and I am really starting to doubt what I want to go back for. The main reason I wanted to go back to grad school was so I wouldn't fall behind. I wanted to advance my career, be able to support myself and give myself more job opportunity. The thing is, this doesn't always happen when you go back to grad school and it is a very expensive risk if you aren't sure what you want to do. Don't get me wrong, I fully support high education. Three of my siblings have their masters and I am so proud of each of them. I am just not sure if that is the path I want to take right now. I know that one day I want to go back to school but I think I still have a lot to figure out before then. 

So, after a long and emotional, email to my dad I decided to push back my GRE and take some time to think about the whole grad school thing and take my time with figuring out what I want to do with my life. In the meantime I am going to continue my life of total uncertainty. So far its work out just fine. ;)

21 Secrets For Your 20s - Something I stumbled across on Pinterest that I spurred a little. 

Love, love, love
Bridge

Tuesday Funk

I am having one of those days where things keep getting added to the list and I seem to have less and less time. Not to mention it's a list of things of things that leave me uninspired and unmotivated. In other words I really don't want to do any of it. This song is the only thing that is getting me through the day and keeping me moving. That and my endless cups of black coffee. For those of you who work in the agency world....F it's 4th quarter.

Love, love, love
Bridge

Pumpkin Carving

 Earlier in the week Pattie and I planned the most epic fall day ever full of pumpkin carving, butterbeer, and a Harry Potter marathon.  Since we live in the city we tend to be lacking pumpkin "patches." Instead we have more pumpkin "lots" but they still get the job done. 

As much fun as pumpkin carving is it also really really hard! Not only to you have to scoop out all the guts of the pumpkin, which by the way is seriously nasty,  you also have to put some hardcore strength into getting that knife into the pumpkin. On top of all this you have a huge fear getting your hand cut off while try to cut the perfect eye triangle between the lines. I have a whole new appreciation for parents who do this with their kids.

Siblings ready to get their carving on.

One of the best part about spending the day carving pumpkins was it was with all Harry Potter fans. Yes...you read that correctly people. I love Harry Potter and there is nothing better than spending time with others who also love Harry Potter especially when they all our down with watching it all day. 

To really get into the Harry Potter spirit we thought it might be fun to make butterbeer. While it was fun...it was not successful. And by that I mean it was super nasty. We thought adding butterscotch schnapps would help but, unfortunately, nothing can take away the fact that you are drinking condensed milk.

This might look like a milkshake but it is not. 

The tiny one won the contest. 

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Love, love, love

Bridge

FREEDOM!

My friend C always plays "Freedom" in honor of Friday and I think everyone should pretty much blast that right now.

I had a number of good things happen this week. 

1. I found out that I can watch "Game of Thrones" at my sisters since she has HBO. This is awesome since winter is coming. Pun intended.

2. I made my first attempt at a recipe on pinterest and it was huge success. I think these are suppose to be a healthy pizza option. Even though they were good its time that we all accept the fact that there is no awesome alternative for pizza. Pizza is amazing just the way it is and we need to stop acting like some sort of fake, healthy option will be equivalent. You can never replace pizza so stop trying.

3. I started trying a little more at work. I'm not talking about productivity I am referring to the way I look. I just added little things to my look like brushing my hair, wearing lipstick and adding some blush to this porcelain face. I have never gotten so many compliments in my life. I would be lying if I said I didn't eat it up but it also begs the question...how awful did I look before?

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!

Love, love, love

Bridge

Tuesday Funk

Ohhh just getting home from another GRE class that makes me once again realize how incredibly stupid the GRE is. Let me just go memorize a million words which I will never use in real life. Then I can finish a bunch of math problems that I will never be faced with in real life. Ohh I know people...it's suppose to be how you apply logic to situations. Well let me tell you that currently in my life I have never needed to find the angles of a triangle. 

Suck it GRE.

Lists for Sleepless Nights

Last night I had one of those nights where I laid in bed till 1am going over the things I have to do in the next couple weeks. I have been majorly lacking in my GRE studies and it hit me while making this list that I only have 4 weeks till my test. I may or may not have had a slight panic attack.
So I have four weeks to become a genius..no big deal or anything. Along with a lot of studying to do, the list kept adding up making it very difficult to fall asleep. No surprise there. For some reason I rarely get the full 8 hours and I am not sure why. I tend to wake up a lot during the night and then have trouble falling back asleep. So my new thing is not drinking after 9pm so that I never wake up to go to the bathroom and if I do wake up to use the bathroom to not turn on any lights. I read somewhere that turning on the lights makes it even harder to go back to bed. It has made for some very interesting bathroom visits.

 

 In other news my cousin Erin asked me to take some pictures of her and her fiance as they get ready for their ceremony. I was so honored and so excited! So for the next two weeks don't be surprised if you start seeing an obnoxious amount of pictures on here. Practice makes perfect and Im thinking if the pictures are perfect I need to have a special day.
Treat yo self.

Love, love, love
Bridge

Movie Trailers

I love love love movie trailers. Not only is it my dream job to work on trailers but I also think I would be really good at it. Sigh. One day. Today I spent a good amount of time watching trailers for upcoming movies. These are some of the ones I can't wait to see. 

Django Unchained

I am not normally a huge a Taratino fan but man oh man do I love Leo. 

Zero Dark Thirty

Snap. Love me some good war movies. 

Gangster Squad

Emma, Ryan, and Sean Penn. If this is bad I am going to be really sad.

Seven Psychopaths
No words.

Happy Friday everyone! It is suppose to rain all weekend here in chicity but I am looking forward to it.

Love, love, love

Bridge

Some Oldies But Goodies

On my flight home from Arizona two awesome things happened to me. First, I received a free glass of wine from the flight attendant. I believe it was because I accidentally had a panic attack and sat silently crying when we hit turbulence. Why does no one else think its weird when the plane shakes? Second, I read an article about Britney Spears that just reaffirmed how awesome she is. My friends and I have been big B Spears from the beginning and I am proud to say that we never gave up. So today I spent some time watching some of her best VMA performances. Your welcome.

Awesome.

Awesome. 

Awesome. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

Happy 30th Anniversary!

Happy 30th wedding anniversary to Tbone and Babs!

You are amazing parents and I feel so blessed to have you both as role models for a wonderful love story. I can only hope that me, and my future husband, are still dancing the way you two are 30 years later.

Love, love, love
Bridge

Arizona Bound...Political Discussions

With my travel robe packed I am officially ready for my weekend trip to Arizona! The parental unit bought me a plane ticket in the summer and I would have been a fool to turn that down until I just found out that is going to be 100 degrees everyday!  As mot of you know hot weather is not my thing so I am curious to see how this whole weekend pans out. Regardless it will be nice to get away for a long weekend of hikes, good food, and I am sure some political lectures from the parents after those debates last night.

 

Recently the single siblings and I received a voting email from my dad:

 

"I think it is very important that you vote. I am sure you can imagine how I would like you to vote, but that is not the point. This is an important election and one that could very well determine social, economic and foreign policy for a long time to come. There really does seem to be a differentiation between the two candidates. I would strongly encourage you not to consider voting on a single issue, although that is as legitimate a vote as any.

Most important, exercise your right and privilege to vote. As we see in the news in the face of what happens in the Mid-east (the Arab Spring), the Sudan, Syria, etc., our ability to vote is truly a treasure and not one that should be ignored. People have died all over the world, and even in the US, in order to secure this right for themselves and others. Honor them.

Love, DAD"

 

MK was left off this email. Apparently, when you get married you are old enough to make your own decision on voting. My family is full of very smart and very stubborn people so everyone tends to have opinion. While it can get frustrating, like when my mom said to my brother and I "I don't know if you are voting for Mitt Romney but YOU SHOULD!", I am also lucky to be part of a group that cares and encourages free thinking. This is a big election and I still don't know who I am voting for but I am loving the political spirit that is happening all over the country!

 

 

Tuesday Funk/Weekend Snaps!

I had one of those jammed packed weekends that always end a little too soon. Most of my weekend was spent with old friends and family celebrating all of life's great moments. That is one of the reasons I love fall so much. Life slows down after the craziness of  summer and you get to spend more time catching up with old friends, focusing on some fun projects and relaxing before the chaos of holiday season hits. These are some of my favorite days. 

A much need laugh fest with old friends. 

This is gets me literally every time. Sobbing.  No I mean, I am actually watching this right now and sobbing. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

National Sibling Day

In honor of national siblings day I am just going to post a bunch of pics of my siblings. Deal wit it. 

Love, love, love
Bridge

Tuesday Funk

So as you all know my stomach has been a royal pain in my a** for most of my life and currently I have been taken some active steps to eliminate these issues. A lot of this involves doctor appointments. At my most current appointment, where I cried, my doctor ordered me to do a stool sample. I honestly just ignored him with that request, knowing that was not going to happen, and kept asking questions. Upon leaving I had to go and get some blood work done and while sitting in the chair in walks a totally babe who also need to get some blood drawn. It could have been the best "how did the two of you meet" story, but as I was casually daydreaming about this, over walks a nurse with rubber gloves and a cup.

It was almost as if everything started moving in slow motion. Before I could tell her that wasn't happening she started slowly, but loudly, explaining to me how to take a stool sample. Just so you know I am basically knee to knee with this guy so I am not sure there was any way for this to happen without him hearing anything.

As she kept talking, my neck to the my forehead was turning bright red. To make matters worse the babe next to me was so clearly uncomfortable he just kept looking at his feet and tapping his toes  As she turned the conversation to what I should do if anything was "runny" I literally grabbed everything out of her hand and just said "got it."

Needless to say I did not end up meeting the love of my life that day.

My life is a joke.

Love, love, love

Bridge

Doctor Doctor

Today I found out the worst news ever...my gallbladder is not inflamed. Okay so maybe it is not the worst news ever but it did bring me to tears in the doctors office. I know how ridiculous this may sound but I have been dealing with terrible stomach issues for a long time so I was hoping that this was going to be the solution. Unfortunately, it was not. Life, right?! Hopefully with some more test I will eventually be able to solve my stomach mystery but for now I am just going to make some everyday changes to make me feel better. 

In the meantime I am looking for a good quote/picture/painting to hang in my bathroom.

Thoughts?

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Love, love, love

Bridge

Sibling Chats

With only two out of the five of us kids living in Chicago my siblings have gotten into a pretty solid habit of group text messaging. It's a fun way for us to, not only keep in touch, but also a way to remind each other that we are thinking of one another. Plus its a quick way to let each other know when Babs is having her moments of craziness. 

We do love her. 

Don't get me wrong, my siblings and I aren't always nice to each other. Let me remind you that there are five of us so when one of us is mad at someone you can find someone else to lean on, making it very easy to stay mad. :) Plus all 5 of us are stubborn, opinionated, passionate and smart. It has made for some colorful conversation. 

 The thing that I love about those group text is that its a constant reminder that even though we have our moments of totally hating each other we always move on. That's the thing about siblings, you can have moments that you think they are crazy, where you are totally embarrassed by them, and even moments where they hurt you but you never stop loving them. No matter what in happens they are always part of you. 

Plus if you got a text like this every so often you would be happy you had them around too...

Kirk: Actual quote. "One direction is kind of alternative." - Mary Kate

MaryKate: I was simply saying they aren't a traditional boy band

Michael: What makes a boy band traditional?

Nora: remember how Tom got in trouble by his sister in law for pooping at this brother's place? 

MaryKate: Ha ha if that happened in our family no one would ever be talking to each other

Bridget: Poor Tom

Michael: I don't think I ever heard that story but that is so weird

Nora: Just spent 50 bucks at chili's for two of us. We're about to stuff our fat faces...you better believe there's wings in there

Michael: How come I miss out on everything?

Bridget: Because your always at concerts

MaryKate: you were in school for like 8 years

Bridget: And your not even a doctor...fail...jk

Nora: What was Brendan's Christmas list when he was little:

1. Casido aka tuxedo

2. Lake house

3. tempurpedic mattress and what else?

Oh yeah Rolex

Notice Brendan has yet to reply to any message. We let it slides since he is our favorite. 

This might explain my love for long hair. 

Love, love, love
Bridge

Tuesday Funk

Lately my life has been all work and no play. Don't worry, I am not about to get all Shining on anyone but I have been feeling a major disconnect lately. I have been too busy to get anything done. For example, I have not had toilet paper for three days. Yes you read that correctly. I ran out of toilet paper and every time I meant to go buy more something just sorta came up. Now I know what you are thinking, but I have had some extra tissues on hand so it has not gotten all Amazon style yet. That is what happens when things get busy you just can't find the time for those everyday errands. I am not complaining though.  I enjoy a busy life as long as I can find those small moments of alone time. Not to mention Fall has totally arrived and has brought a much cooler temperature to my liking. 

Plus I can finally start rocking all my fall clothes again. 

Lets be honest, Summer is just not my season. 

Fall Kicks

In case you were wondering my lovely roommate ran out and got me some TP tonight while I was in class. Luckily it was before any BM emergency if you catch my drift...

Love, love, love

Bridge

Recent Updates/Thoughts

I recently started taking a GRE prep course one night a week. By recently I mean I have gone to one class so far. The first class was a tad overwhelming to say the least. It started with me realizing I don't remember any math and it ended with me realizing that I have a million hours of work ahead of me. I think enrolling in this course is really appropriate to my current quarter life crisis. Ya know, just in case I wasn't freaking out enough about where my life was going. 

The big test day is November 10th so I have right around two months to get my sh*t together. 

Along with studying for the GRE I am currently dealing with some gallbladder issues. After spending a number of nights sprinting to a bathroom to get violently ill (sorry for the visual) I decided it was time to see a doctor. I had an ultrasound this morning for about an hour and I am currently waiting for the results. Unfortunately, those technicians can't tell you anything about what the results are. They were able to tell me that I had a "good looking liver." If only that is what I what I needed to land myself a rich hottie. Not that those are what I am looking for in a guy or anything. 

Last random idea of the day...I am really into the show "How to Make it in America." Get into it. 

Freakin Weekend

Here she is again. The oh so awful Monday. Don't you just hate her sometimes? 

Mondays are always the worst when you had such a great weekend! One of my bfs, Meggy, came home this weekend and it was a much needed reunion. We spent most of our time together talking over each other and catching up on everything that has happened in the past month. It was awesome. 

On top of getting to  have a total gab fest with a good friend I also won a $50 gift certificate to Paris Club. Paris Club is one of my favorite places to eat so I was super pumped when my named was called. I mean I literally did a jig and fist pumped. If you haven't gone and you are living in Chicago...go! Along with all that I also spent a good amount of the weekend spending a million dollars on some goodies to redo my bathroom. I will share some pictures when its all done to show you the changes. 

Check my sparkly gold soap dispenser... :)

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.

Love, love, love

Bridget

How Embarrassing

I hate the feeling of being caught wearing the same outfit twice. I know we all wear the same outfit over and over again but you don't want anyone to know about it! One time I was looking at pictures with a friend from a previous night and we came across a picture I was in and I was wearing the same outfit that day that I was in the picture. I was totally mortified! 

Another time my family got together with some old friends and as I went to give someone a hug he said to me "You are wearing the same outfit that you were wearing last time I saw you!" Honestly, how I am suppose to respond to that?!

I am not sure why I get so embarrassed but I do. It's obviously inevitable considering I wear a lot of the same outfits over and over again but I still feel a little less cool every time I realize it. I definitely don't consider myself to be a fashionable person or to have exceptionally great taste but for some reason I still get that pit in my stomach of being totally uncomfortable in my own skin. 

Tomorrow is my company's summer outing at the Columbia yacht club and when looking at pictures from the previous year I noticed I was wearing the exact outfit that I was planning on wearing this year. My life is a joke. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

I Don't Want To Hear It!

Today, while working not at all intensely, a couple of my work friends and I discussed a number of issues in the world ranging from how mean hippos are (it's true...look that s**t up) to the end of the world happening.

 I am sure you have all heard about the theory of the world ending in December 2012. In fact, many of you believe it. Whatever your thoughts on the theory I am choosing to ignore it. I tend to fall on the side of "what you don't know can't hurt you" and I feel very strongly about this when it comes to the end of the world. 

Personally, if the world is going to end just don't tell me. I would rather be casually enjoying a cup of coffee reading a good book when the times comes than sitting in pure chaos sobbing, puking and sweating. A friend of mine said, "Don't you want to know to say goodbye to good friends or family." Ummmm No! I am a 25 year old, single, female who has no idea what they are doing on a daily basis. I have enough emotional conversations in my life as it is. Come on. 

I can only imagine the craziness that will be happening that day in December. I am just going to take it one day at a time and not think about the world ending. I'm hoping that life will have me so distracted I won't notice what is going on till it's over. 

Love, love, love

Bridge

Cleveland Rocks

Woah caos! Before getting finally getting back to my new apartment I made a quick trip to Cleveland with the parents to visit my bother, Michael. By quick trip I mean a 6 hour drive filled with lots of conversation about me needing to join match.com....#hadtoholdmypee.

Even though the drive was long, the weekend was really fun and very relaxing. I know Cleveland gets a really bad wrap but there are a ton of little spots throughout the city that are really cool. Who knew Cleveland was on a huge lake?! At one point in the weekend I said to my brother, "I feel that the lake should be talked up more. Chicago is always known as the city on the lake but apparently so is Cleveland." Michael did inform me that people did know that Cleveland was on the lake as the "mistake on the lake."

 Poor Cleveland. 

 One of my favorite areas of Cleveland was Little Italy. We grabbed dinner there on Saturday night and sat outside drinking red wine, eating big plates of pasta and listening to some old school Italian. It was very classy of us, minus Babs using her sunglasses to read the menu. Her glasses are prescription.

T-Bone Style. 

It was a lot of fun to see where my brother is currently living. (He tends to swap homes often) 

In other news one of our oldest family friends got engaged. Congrats Katie and Neil! I could not be happier for both of you!  I hope everyone had a great labor day weekend. Happy Fall!

Love, love, love

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The Burb Life

My life has been pure craziness these last two weeks. I officially moved to my new apartment. I was there for about 48 hours and haven't been back. I'm living the suburban life for a week and, let me tell you, I am not a suburban girl. It is way to creepy quiet and my fear of being attacked by a masked man is always heightened when I am sleeping in the burbs! I am literally picturing the man from "The Strangers" right now and I am starting to scare myself in my well lit cubicle. If you haven't seen that movie...don't. I can promise you that is some of the best advice you will ever hear.

In case you were wondering, I do not like scary movies.

I tend to be able to only spend a weekend in the suburbs before I get that city itch. It seems that errands always take twice as long, everything is farther away, and people are more rude. For example, while driving to the train station today, my mom attempted to drive straight after stopping at 4 ways stop as the car coming the opposite direction started turning. Naturally, my mom stopped and let him go, ya know, to avoid an accident. You would have thought that my mom got out of her car and punched his (which I have seen happen) with his reaction. He literally threw up his arms in disgust and was mouthing "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" at us and driving super slowly to make sure we saw his anger and he could hold up traffic. People, we let him go first! It might have been the biggest overreaction I have ever seen.

People in the suburbs need to get out more.

Maybe it is because I spent a year too long living in the suburbs or maybe it's because my home is in the city but, for whatever the reason, I feel out of my element. Needless to say, I can't wait to get back downtown.

This song has been keeping me moving this week. I know, dramatic.

I hope everyone is having a good week.

Love, love, love

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Moving Weekend

Happy Friday! I will be spending most of my weekend moving and getting settled into my new place. Oh and it decided to go back into the 90s today for the big move. Lucky me. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and soak up the last days of summer. 

Can't stop listening to this.

Love, love, love

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College Bound Brother

My little brother Brendan left for college today! My whole family is excited and sad about the whole thing. We are all proud of him and know that he will do great things at Marquette but, he is every one's favorite, so we all get teary eyed at the thought of him going to school.

Brendan was the last of us 5 kids and the most pleasant of surprises. Wink,Wink....nudge,nudge.
Watching him grow up has been amazing and I could not be more excited for what he is going to accomplish over the next 4 years.

 I am really pushing a study abroad semester in Australia so I can come visit but I guess a European country would be okay too. Whatever.

Congrats Brendino!

Love, love, love

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Tuesday Funk

We have been having the most beautiful weather in chi-city lately. I think someone was reading my blog and decided the heat needed to end. Amen.

Not sweating on the way to work makes the day a million times better. Literally.

Fall is in the air.

In other news I woke up at 5am today and starting making a mental list of all the things I needed to do this week before moving. I never went back to bed. Moving really blows. Honestly though I could not be more excited to get settled in my new place. I hung out there for a large part of the weekend and I am really looking forward to making a new home for myself. I even joined a gym down the street from my new apartment. Big steps people, big steps.

Love, love, love

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Weekend Highlights

I spent most of my weekend checking out my new digs and drinking way too much wine.

 I did pull it together on Sunday to celebrate Audrey Flo's baptism. 

What a nug. 

It was a very special morning followed by pizza and bellinis. What better way to celebrate a baptism! 

After all the celebrating was over and I was headed out the door my grandma looks right at me and goes..."So you still haven't found anyone huh?" 

Ohh Milly...

Happy Monday! 

Love, love, love

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Happy Friday!

TGIF! It could not come any sooner, am I right?! I am going to be exploring my new neighborhood this weekend and enjoying the gorgeous weather. I am hoping to find myself a new gym in order to stop my rapid weight gain. I would love to act like I don't know how this is happening but I had two ice cream bars on Wednesday. I know, I know, I need to make some lifestyle changes. Whatever.

In other news my sister got her professional wedding pictures back and we have been having a lot of fun going through them! When it comes to pictures I have a really hard time looking good. I would say 9 out of 10 times my eyes are closed.
Proof.

Ohh and also this lovely picture that I managed to completely ruin.

Also, just in case you were starting to doubt my sideburns. Here she is in all her glory.

Luckily she was hair sprayed so she is sticking straight out for this glamor shot.

Of course there was also some really lovely shots from the wedding as well but those aren't nearly as fun to share. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Love, love, love

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