Quick Update

• Last night was the final opera of the season. Adam and I had a good time. I was having an ADD moment and was having trouble concentrating on the opera. I think I drove Adam slightly crazy.
• Adam has a weird week this week. He was here last night for the opera and then headed back to Elkhart this morning to work. He will be back tonight because he has a meeting in Chicago tomorrow and then will head back to Indiana tomorrow night. He will be back Friday night because he has Saturday off. Saturday night we are going on a date. I think tapas and sangria are on the menu.
• Work is keeping me busy. Everyone who lives outside of Chicago is on Spring Break this month. We haven't been too crazy busy, but we have been steady. I hired 2 new girls last week and they started training yesterday.
• I had a dream last night that Adam bought me a cat. Maybe this dream will come true soon.

Tropic Thunder

Adam and I watched Tropic Thunder last night. It was pretty funny. If you are in need of a good laugh and don't mind a little stupid comedy and a little blood, you will enjoy it.

3 Day Weekend

I am so happy that I have the next 3 days off. It has been a tough week. This is the first weekend in 3 months that I haven't had to work or had something I had to do. Adam and I are going to spend the day with his goddaughter McKenzie tomorrow and I am going to check out the St Patrick's Day parade on Saturday. Sunday will be a day of doing nothing. I can't wait. Check back after the weekend for pictures. :-)

Guess who is on Andy Dick's Blog??????

Our Two Favorite Girls

McKenzie enjoying the slide at her 2nd Birthday Party

Bridget being cute

Leaky Roof

I got home from work Sunday and sat down on the couch before I started making dinner. While I was sitting on the couch I heard a dripping noise. I turned the TV down and walked around the living room and sun room and couldn't figure out where the noise was coming from. I gave up and figured I was just crazy. After Adam got home we were in the living room and for some reason I looked at the ceiling and noticed some significant water damage above the door frame between the living room and the sun room. Adam and I hung curtains in the doorway in November because the sun room is all windows and sucks out a lot of heat. The curtains were pretty damp and the floor was wet. You can see on the walls were the water came in and the paint is starting to crack.

Adam called Susan, our landlord, and she came right over. Needless to say, she is not happy. She had some guys do some work on the decorative trim outside the building in the fall and has had lots of problems since they completed the work. Her boyfriend Kevin came over yesterday and took a look at it. Today the roof guy and the guy who did the decorative work are coming over to check out the damage. This should be an interesting meeting.

It's not good. Adam and I have a feeling we have some messy and long weeks ahead of us. They will probably have to rip out the door frame to really see how extensive the damage is. I had nightmares last night that 30 guys rushed into our apartment and made Adam and I leave before we could get stuff. They ripped up the floor in the dining room and Susan put me up in hotel near the airport and it was impossible for me to get to work. I know it was just a bad dream, but it was crazy.

Visit from Andy Dick

I am a self proclaimed reality TV junkie. Adam gives me a hard time about this often. I really enjoy watching mindless TV and I get so caught up in the silly lives of people on TV. I know it is a problem, but I have no desire to fix it. I got sucked into VH1's Celebrity Sober House a few weeks ago. In case you are not familiar with the show, it follows 7 celebrities through their journey to being sober. Comedian Andy Dick is one of the celebrities on the show.

Last Thursday I was at work stuffing a lamb for a lady. All of a sudden a man walked over to the stuffer and told his friend to take his picture. This happens all the time, so I was not surprised. As soon as I saw who it was, I got a little excited. Andy Dick was in my store. He was in Chicago to do a show and was killing some time at Navy Pier. He ended up making a bear for his daughter, whose name is Meg. He also signed a shirt for us and posed for some pictures. Word spread fast around The Pier and at one point in time we had about 50 people in the store asking for autographs and pictures. It was pretty cool.

Some of you are probably thinking to yourselves "why is she excited about Andy Dick....he has a bad reputation". He was super duper nice. It was really neat to meet him.

Me and Andy Dick (I was so tired that day)

Andy and my assistant Rosie

Another picture of me and Andy

Andy talking to some people who heard he was in our store

Are you ready?????

I am getting ready to write lots of blogs. Be prepared. I have found the camera cord Woohoo!!!

Summer Planning

Yesterday I was at work and started thinking about the summer. The more I thought about it, the more I got excited. The excitment was for both personal reasons and professional reasons. Last summer was really rough. Not only was I in Chicago without Adam, but it was also crazy at work. I knew Navy Pier was going to be it's own crazy animal, but I never expected to be there during the crazy time with only 1 assistant manager. That summer is in the past and now it is time to look forward to this summer.

I think my two assistants yesterday were a little freaked out about how I was beginning to plan. I spent so much time last summer at work that I didn't really get to enjoy the summer. I never went to the farmers market or the beach. I worked, went to Cubs games and slept. That's about it. This summer will be different. I will of course go to some more Cubs game, but I am also going to attempt to ride my bike to work. We will see how that goes. :-)

Adam is going to do a bike trip with his mom in June. It is called Ride the Rockies. It is a 3oo mile bike trip that takes place over 5 days. I won't be able to make the trip because of the craziness of the summer. My brother is getting married at the end of August so that will bring some excitement as well.