What a (Windy City) weekend! I’m still catching up on sleep after an energy-packed three days in Chicago. The holiday season is one of my favorite times of year to be in the city, and it was fun to take a trip back to visit friends and see my old view decked out in Christmas […]
Dinner
Soup’s On At Panera Bread
It took a little strategy – and more than a little sparkle that wound up in our hair, on our clothes and all over the house – but our inaugural Arizona Christmas tree trimming is now complete! Bobby and I stayed up until the wee hours last night putting it together. The tree used to […]
Nine Is Fine
Things are starting to come together around here. We’ve had an exciting week of furniture delivery – since I took that “part-time job” as Craigslist poster back in September – and after one particularly amusing scene where Mama Bender and I somehow managed to hoist a mattress up the stairs (those things are heavier than […]
Homeowners
The past few days have been a whirlwind. After signing the final paperwork, we received a call Friday morning with big news: our house was officially “our house!” I had to impatiently wait most of the day to pick up the keys because of work projects, but it was worth it. After an initial walk […]
Is This Real Life?
Post title courtesy of David After Dentist, who also led me to this video. So cute! Now where was I? Oh yeah. A funny thing happened last night! One minute I was at the Bender home, minding my own business, and the next I was in an office with Bobby and a notary, walking through […]
Homecoming
**Thinking of everyone affected by Sandy on the East coast and hoping you and yours stay safe.** This past weekend, Bobby and I traveled to a very familiar city. It felt good to be back in Chicago! I don’t think enough time has passed for it to feel different. Other than the fact that we drove […]
Taste of Cave Creek
Late last week, we had ourselves a Taste of Cave Creek…and it tasted good. Cave Creek calls itself “True Arizona.” Driving through, you can definitely get a sense of what it must have been like in the old mining towns, minus the modern-era roads and electricity. You may even spot a fellow citizen on horseback […]
Viva Las Vegas!
TGIM! You know things are crazy when you spend the majority of your Tuesday thinking it’s still Monday. Maybe I should blame it on Vegas? 😉 Nah. We had an awesome anniversary trip that was very different from our “grand” adventure last year. For one thing, there were a few more lights! We stayed at […]