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Miles had the day off school yesterday so myself and him went to lincoln park zoo which while cold and quiet, was a lot of fun. We built up quite an appetite and decided to go to smoque for lunch. It was great, Miles thought their bbq ribs were better…

Work took Debbie to Australia this week, and so she, Colette and Colman met for dinner. From what I hear they enjoyed the local specialty Balmain Bugs. I had to look this up on Wikipedia: Ibacus peronii, the Balmain bug or butterfly fan lobster, is a species of slipper lobster.…

Its been a while since we were at the Lincoln Park Zoo, but it didn’t take us long to realize what a treat it is, especially now that they have the Zoo Lights up for the holidays.  We even enjoyed seeing Liam’s old favorite; the train!  It was a nice…

I’ve now officially got my new glasses and like them so far! They’re taking a bit of getting used to but after a couple of days I’m much more used to them already.        

I put the garden to sleep for the winter today–pulled all these tomatoes off the vines, pulled out the plants and filled up the vegetable bed with compost. Then I put on a nice warm blanket of leaves and am letting it rest for the winter. The parsley was still…

While Cynthia and Liam were at a lecture today myself and miles visited the art institute, enjoying miles favorite the minature rooms, making a cornell box  and seeing this cool speech written out on the stairs.  We really need to visit the art institute more, it was great, and miles…

  Here’s the best photo from the article below, taken near they’re green house on the campus of Liam’s highschool.  Nice view of the Sears tower in the background.

Liam was at school until 8pm tonight, working with the eco-club to finish up their competition entry. They also made it into a local paper this week, check out the articles and photos here. That’s Liam in the checkered shirt, applying Gorilla Glue to the frame. The article is so…