Miles is going to the Lane Tech academic center! Whoo hoo! We’re so proud of you, Miles!!!

Later the same week I flew out to Denver to see Madeline, Debbie and Jeff. Madeline is very sweet and very photogenic, so I think I’ll let the pics speak for themselves!

We had a great visit to Minneapolis, starting with an exploration of the art in our hotel What looks like trash bags behind Miles is a bronze sculpture. Talk about fooling the eye! Of note, this piece of artwork appeared briefly in a movie called Wasteland that we saw this…

Speedy and Mr T were very happy at their dinner time tonight, when we took them out of their cage to feed them vegetables. Mr T’s favorite today was carrots and green peppers, Speedy likes cilantro and anything his brother has already chewed on. They make very sweet little sounds,…

After much research and longing for a pet in the mammal category, we adopted 2 rescue guinea pigs today. They are very cute and snuggly, and are a bit freaked out, having moved all the way across town today. They’re really into vegetables! We fed them carrots and green peppers…

Since I was so focused on finishing my masters’ degree the last few years, a few projects around the house were postponed until now. A big one that we’ve been talking about for a while is a radical overhaul of the “conversation pit,” or small area behind the half wall…

We had a great couple of days with Anne this week. Despite a long drive in from the northern suburbs, we were able to introduce Anne to some of Chicago’s best mex food at De Cero, followed with a meal at the Publican for lunch the next day, after a…