reLAKEation

we had an amazing time this past weekend.  we spent friday night in the 'burbs with our friends kim & mike eating pizza and drinking too much wine.  we also taught kim how to play euchre.  she loved it!  although, i think mike loves us more for [finally!] teaching her how to play.

on saturday morning we drove up to wisconsin to relax on pewaukee lake.  we've spent a lot of weekends there this summer and truly enjoy every minute of it.  [thank you, becca!]  we then headed up to madison on sunday afternoon to cheer on a few friends who participated in the ironman.  talk about an inspiring event to watch.  we're pretty proud folks over here.

 




































*ironman photos courtesy of kimberly cowie

going away gathering

some of favorites hosted a little going away gathering for us at belmont harbor this weekend.  talk about amazing weather and fantastic city views!  we ate, drank and were merry until the harbor closed.  no tears... yet... but another great night in chicago, which makes the thought of leaving this amazing city so much harder.  luckily, we received a lot of requests (wine induced? lets hope not!) to come visit.  friends, you're welcome anytime!  also, *special thanks* to mary & mike for organizing this fun night!

we're homeowners!

yes, you heard right!  we bought a house in dayton!  first, we apologize for being MIA (on this blog) for the last couple weeks.  we were involved in the semi-stressful roller coaster, yet fun (we loved negotiating!) of buying our first home. second, we're so excited for this new space.  as carrie says in sex and the city (the movie), "just a simple home for two" ... we couldn't agree more!  we move in three weeks from today.  crazy, huh?  we can't believe it either.  it hasn't sunk in just yet, so in the meantime we're going to enjoy these final weeks with our favorites in chicago!

house hunting

we were in dayton all weekend looking for a place to live.  between a few rental properties and A LOT of homes (to purchase), we had plenty to choose from.  it was fun, frustrating, exciting and overwhelming all rolled into one.  fortunately, we have a great realtor and amazing friends to show us around & share advice.  no news to report yet where we're going to live, but we'll keep in touch here.  when not trekking through other peoples homes, we had fun going to a dayton dragons baseball game, eating apple pancakes the size of our heads and visiting little elaine! cutest. baby. ever.

drive to dayton

we're headed to dayton today to look at apartments & houses.  yes, houses...we may buy!  cole has never been to dayton, so my fingers are tightly crossed that he loves it.  well, maybe just really likes it.  the love will come as we make our soon-to-be humble abode a home-sweet-home.  wish us luck!       

golden weekend

it was all glitz, glam & gold this weekend as the olympics kicked off (USA! USA! USA!), my mom came to the city for a "spa day" saturday, one of our favorites, becca, celebrated her golden birthday, as well as a day trip on sunday to our dearest friends, kim & mike, lake house.  we're all "go-go-go!" these days as we want to get everything in before we leave!  by sunday evening, we were pooped.  we enjoyed a wendy's frosty and some gymnastics on tv before calling it night.  hope your weekend was busy fun too!

[by the way, when i say becca (aka B$) celebrated her golden birthday, she celebrated her GOLDen birthday.  everything and everyone was dressed to the nines in gold!  it was amazing!]

coffee & tea

i met up with one of my greatest friends, jen, this afternoon for coffee & tea.  i see and chat with jen all the time during the week, but it was this little, unplanned visit that really made my day.  i was also spoiled to get to see her again only a few hours later.  dang, i'm lucky.  thanks for always being awesome, jpec.