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• 6fsn member

  

  July 2017

  And I think at just shy of 42 I have finally figured out makeup. People that have never commented on photos have done so. Acquaintances have said something in person. My daughter even commented about how blue my eyes looked. 

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• charlotte989875 member

  

  July 2017

  Good luck @6fsn, hopefully you'll have some wine to get you through? Or recover. 
  
  I'm telling my department head today that I'm leaving. Not looking forward to that meeting. Academia seems to take it personally when you leave and can get fairly petty. Hoping I'm expecting it to be worse than it will be. 
  
  Other than that packing is in full swing. Making the first of what will likely be many drop-offs to the donation site. We use Retail, which is a Humane Society consignment/goodwill-type place. Added bonus they have kittens running around. 

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• charlotte989875 member

  

  July 2017

  H just took the boxes to the car and the dog cried and tried to jump in one of them. It's going to be a long few weeks. 

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  July 2017 edited July 2017

  @6fsn  congrats on the winning what kinda makeup did you do?
  
  @charlotte989875  omg poor pup!! And I want to find a donation place with kittens .... actually I just want to be around kittens. lol
  
  
  Monday we went to a beach where the guys rented kayaks and canoe. I went on canoe but didn't apply sunscreen just before .... so I'm burnt. But like raccoon eyes burnt because I was wearing sunglasses.
  I've been slathering aftersun on, but I think tonight I'll have to do ye olde vinegar and water trick on a couple of places - like my forehead and hip. My forehead hurts most, but it's probably just because of where it is.
  
  I have horrible knots in my shoulders, and M massaged it a bit and put biofreeze on but it's not doing much
  I'm going for a massage Friday. It's an indian head massage but i'm hoping it'll help my knots also.
  
  
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  I used the Method "Squirt & Mop" almond on my floors Sunday. OMG I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!
  I need to find another kind for the tiles, but I think this is my new fave mopping stuff. I may do a serious mop with a mop vs microfiber a couple times a year, but this does a really good job.

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• DrillSergeantCat member

  

  July 2017

  H started painting the exterior of the front door Sunday. He took the doorknob and deadbolt off because I bought new ones. He finally finished painting the door yesterday and I put the new lockset back on. If you're counting that's 2.5 days with our front door unsecured. Other than that, I did no house related stuff.
  
  I got off at noon Monday and took that time to get some chores done. I went and got groceries, got my tires rotated and balanced, and went and got an oil change. I called and spoke to the manager of the lube place today because last time I was there they didn't put the cover to my cabin air filter back on so I handed it to the assistant manager and asked that they put it back on this time, he put it on my windshield wiper. I go inside and they come in and tell me they recommend high mileage oil. My car doesn't even have 65k miles on it and that oil isn't recommended until 75k. Then, I hand him a coupon for $30 off a signature oil change and he tells me, "We can't use that coupon for the conventional oil only for the high mileage or synthetic. We got in trouble by corporate because we were losing money." I read the fine print and there's no such verbiage, so I tell him that. He plays dumb and "reads" the coupon and then gave in. Then, when I go to pay, he says they've washed my exterior windows and vacuumed my floor boards. I get in my car, the seat is all the way back, the AC is as low as it goes, the windows are dirtier than when I came in, the floor boards haven't been vacuumed, and yesterday my cabin air filter fell out meaning they didn't put the cover back and I can only assume they threw it away. I'm not happy.
  
  We went to the botanical gardens yesterday and let Mouse play in the splash pad. It was pretty deserted. All of the parents got a bit twitchy when a man came alone, took his shoes off, and got in. It just seemed like he was watching the little girls too closely. Afterwards, we took a big bag of fish food to the pond to feed the koi. Apparently, ducks, sparrows, and grackles like it, too. I felt like a Disney princess because the fish were following us, the ducks were following us, and even the sparrows and grackles were following us. It was surreal. Mouse love it.

  

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• NiceKindaSpice member

  

  July 2017

  @6fsn Yay for the prizes and best wishes for the swim! 
  
  @charlotte989875 Ooh I hope it's not that bad either. Fingers crossed! I remember when my mom left a tenured position, the backlash was horrendous. I hope you have to deal with nothing remotely that bad and have understanding peers. 
  
  @MissKittyDanger When I have horrible knots on or near my trigger points, I use a foam roller. If you don't have access to one, tennis balls work as well. If you want to try, stand with your back against the wall with the tennis balls or roller placed wherever the knots are and then apply slight pressure (or harsh, it's your discretion but I'd probably start with slight and build up), moving in small circles, and then releasing every so often. I hope you feel better soon! 
  
  My first pre wedding event is on Saturday and since my mom and younger sisters are hosting, I'm seeing all the preparations under way!!! I'm so excited. But I'm also really nervous now because there are literally 30 days left. Did anyone start to feel really self conscious about their body closer to the wedding even if they thought they looked fine beforehand? Everyone in my family was really slim when they got married and even after having kids until they got significantly older. I'm now concerned my arms are too muscular and I won't look pretty and dainty in my pictures like my mother and all my aunts did. Amongst other things.  
  
  
  
  

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• NiceKindaSpice member

  

  July 2017

  @DrillSergeantCat Wow that lube place is awful. Is there a different one you can attend? I find local garages, in my experience, usually have better customer service and quality than franchises. 
  
  Also, awww. That scene of y'all feeding the animals looks too cute in my head. Glad you had fun!
  
  
  

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• DrillSergeantCat member

  

  July 2017

  @NiceKindaSpice yeah there's other places I can go to, but this one is .3 miles from my house so it's really convenient. After I get my cover replaced, I'm not going back. 
  
  Mouse loved feeding the animals. He'll take one pellet and say, "Twow?" And he holds it until one of us says, "Yes. Throw." 

  

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  July 2017

  @DrillSergeantCat  If that happened to me with the animals, I would start singing. Isn't that what disney princesses do?
  
  @NiceKindaSpice  I tried that but they're kind of on top of my shoulders, so it doesn't work well M tried to massage, but once he put pressure on it I was whining.
  

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• mrsconn23 member

  

  July 2017

  What's up?!  
  
  DH and the kiddo had a blast on their trip.  We are sooo... happy to have them home.  They deadheaded back...26 hours in all.  They are crazy.   
  
  Monday, we had my nephew and SIL is in town.  We all met up at a water park.  It was fun, but crowded AF.  Yesterday, we went to FIL's and hung out.  We went to fireworks and then came home.  DH had to leave after dinner because he had to work last night.  
  
  In interesting-we'll-see-what-happens news...DH came back after 10 days to find out his boss took a new job and is relocating.  I hope this means good things for DH, but we're trying not to read any tea leaves or anything.   

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• short+sassy member

  

  July 2017

  Hello All, back from my glorious 4-day weekend.

  @charlotte989875, I saw on a previous post you got the job.  Congrats!  That's very exciting.  I know you all have been wanting to get back to Buffalo.

  My H and I had a leisurely and luxurious lunch on Friday at a fancy-pants restaurant near our house.

  Saturday was a whirlwind of cleaning and organizing as we got ready for my cousin and her H to arrive.  My H had dumped a bunch of construction stuff from our last reno...*cough, cough* that was done in February...into our front room.  It's been looking like a mini ACE hardware store since then.  I don't know where he put all that stuff, probably the shed, but I'm excited to have my living room back, lol.

  On Sunday, we all went to a nearby coffee shop with the pupper and just hung out for a couple hours catching up.  Then it was off to see Oak Alley.

  On Monday, we all went out for a delish breakfast at a place I'd been wanting to try.  I had a Benedict over wilted spinach and fried oysters, of all the crazy things.  Then we headed off to Avery Island to visit the Tabasco plant and grounds.  In all the time I've lived in southeast LA, that was the first time I'd gone.  We took separate cars and said adieu to our guests who headed to their next stop in Houston.  Then, since we were in Cajun country, we picked up awesome boudin on the way home (a rice/pork sausage).

  On Tuesday, I lounged around watching tv in my pjs all day, lol.  Then we had friends come over from MS to hang out.  We cooked up some of that boudin .  The city shoots fireworks over the MS River and we were even able to see some of them from my deck.

  All around, a lovely and fun weekend.

  And now today.  My mouse wasn't working when I got into work.  Mmmmkay.  Switched it with another one.  Then I go to open my main database.  That I desperately need for my month-end reports.  It's totally wonky.  Except the only IT guy who deals with the databases is on vacation this week.  Still puzzling over what to do.  Sigh.  Why does it have to be an extra challenging day after a long weekend, lol?

  

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• kimmiinthemitten member

  

  July 2017

  This is the Mondayest Monday of all Wednesdays and I just don't wanna.
  
  Although I did unofficially decide to take the morning off and sleep in.
  
  Dad is home and doing great and Chicago was amazing!  We ate at some amazing restaurants (I want to marry Paul Kahn), shopped our assess off in Wicker Park and I made a point of buying things outside of my comfort zone...although my new harem pant jumpsuit is super comfy and even H liked it, and ended the trip with dog from Portillo's and an architectural boat tour, which is really cool.
  
  The downside of a great weekend away is that I left the animals to H who is our weak, helicopter animal parent.  He feels bad crating the dog if he's only going to be gone for less than an hour, only made plans once all weekend so he wouldn't leave her, and doesn't do a good job of swapping off time in the house with the dog and the cat.  So after a successful day yesterday of having them both roam the house freely, Rosie just lunged after Truman because Matt was showing him attention.  Ugh.  She's in timeout and I'm worried about what's going to happen when he goes back to work at this rate.

  
  

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  July 2017

  @kimmiinthemitten  it makes me giggle that your H is a helicopter pet dad Oh dear .... has Truman at least played nice remotely? No dangerous moments?
  

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• CharmedPam member

  

  July 2017 edited July 2017

  @6fsn, I never figured out make up! lol.  Eyes shadow especially.  I have really sunken in eyelids so putting any highlights or blends on my eye lid is pretty much a waste of time.
  @charlotte989875, good luck with the notice! phew!
  @kimmiinthemitten, glad you had a good time in Chicago. I love that architectural tour. And of course I love portillo's!
  
  I bought a car! I went with DH after work on Monday, and we test drove what I had in mind once, loved it, and then put a down payment on it while it comes in (either today or tomorrow). So I don't have it yet.  It's a mazda cx3.  I got a good deal for my trade in, and I talked down the price a bit to fit my payments.  Not the color I walked in wanting, but it'll do.
  
  Yesterday the hubs and i went out for brunch, and then I came home to finally upload and organize my photos from both the phone and dslr camera.  I hadn't done it since December.  We took 290 on our honeymoon (cruise) and 870 of Ireland!  I felt super productive for getting that out of the way.  Other than that, I just watched netflix and chilled.
  
  edit for: Is anyone having trouble getting back to work?  I do have actual work but I don't wanna!

  
  

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• kimmiinthemitten member

  

  July 2017

  @MissKittyDanger Rosie has been slapped a couple times, but she's been pretty scared of the cats, until H paid attention to them.  He is the absolute worst, which is hilarious considering as a teacher he hates helicopter parents.  We went through this when we got Kennedy too.  He feels all bad for the new pet, and hovers over them to prevent them from making mistakes, but they need to be thumped on occasion to set boundaries.
  
  @CharmedPam I'm legitimately considering ordering myself the 10 pack dog box just because I am craving Chicago dogs now.  I'll deny it if you tell anyone, but I prefer Chicago dogs to Detroit Coneys.

  
  

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• CharmedPam member

  

  July 2017

  
  

  kimmiinthemitten said:

  
  

  @MissKittyDanger Rosie has been slapped a couple times, but she's been pretty scared of the cats, until H paid attention to them.  He is the absolute worst, which is hilarious considering as a teacher he hates helicopter parents.  We went through this when we got Kennedy too.  He feels all bad for the new pet, and hovers over them to prevent them from making mistakes, but they need to be thumped on occasion to set boundaries.
  
  @CharmedPam I'm legitimately considering ordering myself the 10 pack dog box just because I am craving Chicago dogs now.  I'll deny it if you tell anyone, but I prefer Chicago dogs to Detroit Coneys.

  
  

  
  That's what I like to hear.  I went to lakeshake last weekend with my parents.  My dad came back with what was the nastiest hot dog ever known to man.  For $5 too!  he asked for condiments on it, but it would have been $7.50 since that's considered "Chicago style" to them.  So he came back with ketchup and mustard packets. lol.
  
  But $7.50 for the worst Chicago dog you ever had  vs  $2.49 for the best Chicago dog.....hmmmm the decision is a hard one!

  
  

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• kimmiinthemitten member

  

  July 2017

  
  

  CharmedPam said:

  
  

  
  
  

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  @MissKittyDanger Rosie has been slapped a couple times, but she's been pretty scared of the cats, until H paid attention to them.  He is the absolute worst, which is hilarious considering as a teacher he hates helicopter parents.  We went through this when we got Kennedy too.  He feels all bad for the new pet, and hovers over them to prevent them from making mistakes, but they need to be thumped on occasion to set boundaries.
  
  @CharmedPam I'm legitimately considering ordering myself the 10 pack dog box just because I am craving Chicago dogs now.  I'll deny it if you tell anyone, but I prefer Chicago dogs to Detroit Coneys.

  
  
  

  
  
  That's what I like to hear.  I went to lakeshake last weekend with my parents.  My dad came back with what was the nastiest hot dog ever known to man.  For $5 too!  he asked for condiments on it, but it would have been $7.50 since that's considered "Chicago style" to them.  So he came back with ketchup and mustard packets. lol.
  
  But $7.50 for the worst Chicago dog you ever had  vs  $2.49 for the best Chicago dog.....hmmmm the decision is a hard one!

  
  

  
  
  Well, the bolded was his first problem!

  
  

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• CharmedPam member

  

  July 2017

  
  

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  @MissKittyDanger Rosie has been slapped a couple times, but she's been pretty scared of the cats, until H paid attention to them.  He is the absolute worst, which is hilarious considering as a teacher he hates helicopter parents.  We went through this when we got Kennedy too.  He feels all bad for the new pet, and hovers over them to prevent them from making mistakes, but they need to be thumped on occasion to set boundaries.
  
  @CharmedPam I'm legitimately considering ordering myself the 10 pack dog box just because I am craving Chicago dogs now.  I'll deny it if you tell anyone, but I prefer Chicago dogs to Detroit Coneys.

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  That's what I like to hear.  I went to lakeshake last weekend with my parents.  My dad came back with what was the nastiest hot dog ever known to man.  For $5 too!  he asked for condiments on it, but it would have been $7.50 since that's considered "Chicago style" to them.  So he came back with ketchup and mustard packets. lol.
  
  But $7.50 for the worst Chicago dog you ever had  vs  $2.49 for the best Chicago dog.....hmmmm the decision is a hard one!

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  Well, the bolded was his first problem!

  
  

  
  Ketchup is a gift from the gods.

  
  

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• kimmiinthemitten member

  

  July 2017

  @charmedpam I agree, except on a hot dog!

  
  

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• short+sassy member

  

  July 2017

  
  

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  @6fsn, I never figured out make up! lol.  Eyes shadow especially.  I have really sunken in eyelids so putting any highlights or blends on my eye lid is pretty much a waste of time.
  @charlotte989875, good luck with the notice! phew!
  @kimmiinthemitten, glad you had a good time in Chicago. I love that architectural tour. And of course I love portillo's!
  
  I bought a car! I went with DH after work on Monday, and we test drove what I had in mind once, loved it, and then put a down payment on it while it comes in (either today or tomorrow). So I don't have it yet.  It's a mazda cx3.  I got a good deal for my trade in, and I talked down the price a bit to fit my payments.  Not the color I walked in wanting, but it'll do.
  
  Yesterday the hubs and i went out for brunch, and then I came home to finally upload and organize my photos from both the phone and dslr camera.  I hadn't done it since December.  We took 290 on our honeymoon (cruise) and 870 of Ireland!  I felt super productive for getting that out of the way.  Other than that, I just watched netflix and chilled.
  
  edit for: Is anyone having trouble getting back to work?  I do have actual work but I don't wanna!

  
  

  
  
  ((scribbling down "Portillo's" for upcoming trip))

  Congrats on the new car!  Fun!

  

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• OliveOilsMom member

  

  July 2017

  This week will be a crazy one at work.  I came into about 20 emails alone from one attorney.  Blerg!

  We did a whole lot of nothing this weekend.  We did some things around the house.  Went out to H's friends for floating in the pool and hot dogs/burgers yesterday.  It was a great afternoon.

  Seems like everyone had a good time this weekend!

  Yoga after work tonight.  I forgot my mat & yoga furniture but remembered my change of clothes!  At least they have extra mats at the office to borrow!

  Back to the grind and hope I can pop in again later!

  

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• short+sassy member

  

  July 2017

  
  

  CharmedPam said:

  
  

  
  
  That's what I like to hear.  I went to lakeshake last weekend with my parents.  My dad came back with what was the nastiest hot dog ever known to man.  For $5 too!  he asked for condiments on it, but it would have been $7.50 since that's considered "Chicago style" to them.  So he came back with ketchup and mustard packets. lol.
  
  But $7.50 for the worst Chicago dog you ever had  vs  $2.49 for the best Chicago dog.....hmmmm the decision is a hard one!

  
  

  
  My condiment shock.  I was staying at the Harrah's in Atlantic City and they have a food court in their casino.  I went to a store that only sold pretzels and got one.  I'm looking around for mustard and can't find it.  So I ask where it is.  I'm told it is 50 cents for mustard.

  I thought they misunderstood me.  And replied back, "Oh no, I'm just looking for regular mustard, not the honey mustard (on the menu)."  They're like, "yeah, mustard is 50 cents."  At a PRETZEL store.

  I stare back speechless and incredulous.  It wasn't even the money.  It's the, I've eaten at 1,000+ places all over the country in my lifetime and that is the only one that charged me for a basic condiment.
  
  

  

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• levioosa member

  

  July 2017

  Yesterday was a success. I messed people up on the sangria. It was pretty hot but we still managed to play some outdoor games. Later in the evening we had a bonfire and just hung out. I did get a little miffed at SO because he went to bed instead of helping me clean up. And one of our glasses broke after me repeatedly saying we should use plastic cups for our get togethers instead of the nice glass ones. So that was annoying. All in all a success though. 
  

  
  

  
  

  

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• kimmiinthemitten member

  

  July 2017

  @short+sassy  this trip sparked my memory, here's my list for places to eat:
  
  Purple Pig - River North
  Publican - Fulton Market
  Big Taco and/or Blackbird- Wicker Park
  Frontera Grille - River North
  Longman and Eagle - Logan Square
  Acanto - The Loop
  Copper Fox - River North (the Biscuits are amazing!)
  
  Dogs:  Portillos (chain)
  'Za:  Gino's East (chain)
  Steak:  Bavettes (River North)
  
  We also finally got into Three Dots and a Dash (River North) - it's totally kitchy but you have to go at least once.  The drinks are tasty and fun to take photos of, we didn't try the food.  Wicker Park also has a new tiki bar called Mahalo that has a totally different vibe and features Hawaiian beers.  We did have the shrimp app there and it was pretty good.

  
  

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• short+sassy member

  

  July 2017

  @kimmiinthemitten, thanks for the food tips!

  

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  July 2017

  
  

  kimmiinthemitten said:

  
  

  @MissKittyDanger Rosie has been slapped a couple times, but she's been pretty scared of the cats, until H paid attention to them.  He is the absolute worst, which is hilarious considering as a teacher he hates helicopter parents.  We went through this when we got Kennedy too.  He feels all bad for the new pet, and hovers over them to prevent them from making mistakes, but they need to be thumped on occasion to set boundaries.
  

  
  

  
  Tbh we still tell Penny to leave Angel alone, but that cat has patience of a saint some days .... she'll play with his tail, and he'll deal for awhile but sometimes he throws a giant paw out and she gets tossed. Learns and couple days later she's being a little shit again.
  
  Ginger cat = goldfish

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  July 2017

  Ladies .... please tell me I'm not alone.
  
  I picked up some soup and spring rolls from a restaurant next to my work. Spring rolls are great. Went to have soup, felt full. Fine. I'll just leave it open and nibble on some.
  
  Started feeling sick.
  I swear ... I am more sensitive to smells while on my period.
  Anyone else sensitive to anything?

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• DrillSergeantCat member

  

  July 2017

  @MissKittyDanger I get that way.
  
  I'm starting to get pissed. The ballast went out in the only light in my bathroom at work over the weekend. The parts guy went and got new bulbs but not a new ballast. It's now noon and I still have no light. I'm already pumping in there and now I have to pump in by the light of a shop light.

  

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• MissKittyDanger member

  

  July 2017

  
  

  DrillSergeantCat said:

  
  

  @MissKittyDanger I get that way.
  
  I'm starting to get pissed. The ballast went out in the only light in my bathroom at work over the weekend. The parts guy went and got new bulbs but not a new ballast. It's now noon and I still have no light. I'm already pumping in there and now I have to pump in by the light of a shop light.

  
  

  
  Oh good! I'm not alone!
  
  And dammit dude! Get the damn light fixed for the woman who needs to be in there Grrrr

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• missJeanLouise member

  

  July 2017

  
  

  kimmiinthemitten said:

  
  

  @short+sassy  this trip sparked my memory, here's my list for places to eat:
  
  Purple Pig - River North
  Publican - Fulton Market
  Big Taco and/or Blackbird- Wicker Park
  Frontera Grille - River North
  Longman and Eagle - Logan Square
  Acanto - The Loop
  Copper Fox - River North (the Biscuits are amazing!)
  
  Dogs:  Portillos (chain)
  'Za:  Gino's East (chain)
  Steak:  Bavettes (River North)
  
  We also finally got into Three Dots and a Dash (River North) - it's totally kitchy but you have to go at least once.  The drinks are tasty and fun to take photos of, we didn't try the food.  Wicker Park also has a new tiki bar called Mahalo that has a totally different vibe and features Hawaiian beers.  We did have the shrimp app there and it was pretty good.

  
  

  
  My friend would never speak to me again if I didn't recommend Pequad's for deep dish. He says everything else is trash, lol. 
  I personally recommend Fado's Irish Pub but only if Aaron Wilhoft is playing.
  
  We FINALLY got a dining table, lol. other than that, SSDD. I sewed two rows of my quilt but will have to rework them a little to get the points to match up. Probably won't work too much on it till after the weekend. The house is trashed and I need to get my shit together. I am going to try to finish it before DH goes to his conference, so he can take it with him and ship it in the US, but it won't be the end of the world if I take longer.

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