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Day 1: New Adventure Begins
On our way The next adventure starts now. We decided to pack the car and leave from work. That would save us 40 minutes and we are already at the highway. I had a 2:00 to 3:00 meeting and then we figured we would just slip out the door. Luckily, my PM was nice enough […]
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Day at the Races
Today, I played hooky from work. Well, kind of. I arranged to quit work a little early so I could go to the racetrack with my friends. It’s been a long and stressful few weeks. Karen, my shadow, had suggested that we schedule a day to go and watch the ponies. We did just that […]
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Sweet Home Chicago: Day 2
Friday is Day 2 of our adventures in the city. We were not in any hurry this morning. Rich wanted to do breakfast burritos at a place we saw last night. So we trekked back up to Adams. It turns out that the Taco Al Fresco was run by an Eastern European couple. They didn’t […]
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Trip to Southern Indiana
I recently went home to Southern Indiana. Rick had his plans fall through, so he joined me. The drive down was good. Even going through India No Polis on the day before the big race wasn’t too bad. We arrived in the late afternoon. I gave Rick his choice of things to go and do […]
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Flood waters are receding
This has been an interesting week. After almost 6 inches of rain over the short course of three or so days, we were flooded here. This turned out to be the highest rate that the Fox River has ever seen on record. The river finally crested at 7.48 feet. That meant that the channels around […]
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Once again, it was a good day for a Polish eating holiday. We had pierogi and sausage for brunch along with Mimosas for the adults. Zurek soup was on lunch followed by lamb, wild rice, and crescent rolls for dinner. Rich picked out a really nice pinot for the adult beverage.We had the […]
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March in like a Lion
Winter again?!? Tuesday, it snowed again. I planned ahead this time though. I ended work at home on Monday, so I had to go into the office on Tuesday. My plan was to stay at the office until the snow started and then go home. I had a meeting at 10:30 and no snow yet. […]
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Latest holiday season
So instead of writing my blog on Sunday, I went down to The Roundhouse for appetizers and beers. We decided to take a road trip to Aurora with a friend. We had wanted to go down and check out the surroundings for Two Brothers. We’ve had some of their beers and now it was time […]
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Ah, the sounds of winter
So it is officially winter here. We have the gentle buzz of snowmobiles out on the river. The last week has been very cold and the river finally froze over solid enough for the steady stream of machines to be buzzing up and down that temporary highway.We went out to dinner this evening and then […]
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Work on the interior of the garage begins
Now that the garage is up, it’s time to work on finishing it off. Rick is my undocumented slave. That and the fact that he really needs to work on his skills for when he owns a home. Rich has a lot of techniques and experience to share. I figure they might as well as […]