Summer Days of Fun: The Funnel Cake Dilemma

Yesterday was my friend Jen's birthday. For her birthday she was able to get some free tickets to go to the White Sox game.

Before the game Jen's sister Kaitlynn make us some pre-game / birthday drinks. We figured because someone else was driving us - so why not enjoy a taste beverage.

I love my friend Anna, but she normally runs late to everything. (She's trying to get better, but she always gets stuck doing something which makes her late.) After about an hour or more of waiting, we were on the way to the game.

I have to say Anna knows how to make up time with her driving skills. A trip that normally can take about an hour, she made it in about 40 minutes and because of awesome driving we made it to the game by the beginning of the 2nd inning.

Soon after we got into the park it was time for some food runs. I agree with Anna when she said "The best part of going to a baseball game is the food." And we wasted no time on getting on that.

Has anyone tried eating a funnel cake at a baseball game in the town called the "windy city"?

Let me tell you it's not easy, and it's very messy. I mean really really messy!

So messy that the couple in front of us ended up with powder sugar all over them as well. So we had a dilemma on our hands- do we tell them about the sugar or play it off like we didn't notice?

Well, they noticed on their own. Kaitlynn apologized for the mess and offered to share some of the funnel cake with them. Lucky for us, they weren't mad and the guy did take Kaitlynn up on her offer a had a piece.

 After the funnel cake, the rest of the game went on with out a hitch.

The Sox's won 9-3! And it was a great night with some great friends!

Hope everyone has a great and safe Memorial Day weekend!

Summer Days of Fun: Bar Stools = Fat Feet

In true bad blogger fashion- I'm sorry I fell off the face of the blogger world. Currently my life hasn't been very exciting and with all the wedding stuff wrapped up- I have felt like I have ran out of things to write about.  However with summer here (or at least it feels like summer) I hoping to adding a little more fun to my life. So as this summer starts, I wanted to start writing and sharing my stories in these "Summer Days of Fun" posts.

This story come for this past weekend... Bar Stools = Fat Feet!

I know there are many girls out there who love a cute pair of shoes- and I'm one of those girls. Last Saturday night, the weather was beautiful and I decided to wear one of my favorite pairs of sandals.

On Saturday night, we decided we wanted to hanging with a group of our friends at our local watering hole.

 (Sam real likes the oranges soaked in Blue Moon)

  
Our group that night consisted of Sam, my college roommate Katie, my friend Jen, Jen's two younger sisters and myself. I've been friend with Jen so long that her younger sisters, are like our younger sisters- so in true big brother fashion, Sam thought it would be fun to harass one of them.

(The orange is still in his mouth)

After some good laughs, some funny pictures, and reminiscing on old college stories, it was time to head home. When it was all said and done we had spend probably about 3+ hours at the bar.

When I got home my feet were hurting but it didn't real make much sense because I had sat most of the night. This isn't the first time this has happen after leaving a bar, so I have come to the conclusion-

Bar Stools + a long time of sitting = Fat Feet for Stacy

My sandals never leave marks on my feet on a normal day, but sitting on a bar stool for multiple hours for some reasons makes my feet swell like a pregnant women.

Note to self: wear flip-flops if I'm going to be sitting on a bar stool for a long period of time.


Question: Has anyone else had this problem?

Mother's Day Weekend Recap

Happy Mother's Day! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a great Mother's Day.

This weekend has a been filled with spending time with both friends and family. I started my weekend with a girls night out on Friday.

The girls night include three of my bridesmaids. -Alison & Jen

Anna & I

We went to Flat Top which is always fun and tasty! To start I got their "Asian Punch".

The drink was ok- it basically tastes like a melted purple popsicle mixed with Sprite. I'm just not a purple popiscle fan, so it was only ok. However, my stir fry- well think this picture says it all.

Yeah- that bowl didn't stand a chance. I thought about getting second bowl, but I showed some self control.

Saturday- I had a good day even though the weather wasn't so good, but here's the highlights.

1. Hit the gym! (For the first time in a long time- I'm not liking my body or my weight as of late)
2. Bought my mom some flowers for Mother's Day.
3. Met up with my dad to go to Saturday evening church.
4. Went to dinner at Red Lobster with the husband, mother in-law, and brother in law. (I love me some snow crab legs! So tasty!)
5. Spend the rest of the night watching TV and drinking wine with the husband.

Sunday- Mother's Day!

When I was at church with my dad on Saturday he said "You know your mom would love if you went to church with her tomorrow." That was a good idea- so I got up early and my way to my second church service of the weekend. I knew my mom would be singing in the choir, so I just made sure I sat somewhere so she could see me.

Her face just lit up like a kid on Christmas morning when she saw me. Seeing her excitement that I came to church made the trip completely worry it. After church she made the rounds introducing me to some of her friends, and I got to see and talk with some church members I hadn't seen in quite a while. 

After church, my mom and I met up with my dad and we all went out to lunch. Lucky for us we got there just after the restaurant opened so we didn't have wait at all.

Once we finished with lunch, I suggested going to a local farmers market. Partly, I want to check it out because I wanted to see what was being sold. But I also wanted to check it out because if we get the house we are trying to buy this framer mart would be just 4 blocks from our house.

The weather so nice. I love sunny Sundays and this was a great way to spend the afternoon. There wasn't a lot of produce (but it's early for produce to be grown) but there was a ton of different food vendors. They had everything from pizza, to hotdogs, and to frozen chocolate covered cheesecake. However, I couldn't leave the framers market without buying this-

I love me some freshly made kettle corn. I bought the biggest bag you could buy and it only cost $5! Sam loves kettle corn as much as I do, so this bag doesn't stand a chance of lasting more then two days.

To finish my evening, I went back to Sam's house where we made dinner and spent some time watching TV.  It was been a great weekend and I only can hope that the rest of the summer is filled with these types of weekends.

My 100th Post!

Happy May Day! I can't believe it's already May and it's my 100th post. I know I'm not always the best blogger when it comes to writing posts on a regular basis but I try.

So in honor of my 100th post, I figured I would bring back a main theme found in this blog- my wedding! I been working with my photographer to finalize our wedding album, and I just sent in my second set of revisions today. However, I would love to share some of the great album pages that have been put together for us.

Getting Ready

The Bride

 

The Girls

The Groom

The Bridal Party

 The Walk

The Wedding

The Kiss!

Bubbles!

The Reception

The First Dance

The Party!

The End

(All photos by Eivan's Photography)

My Wisconsin Weekend

Happy Monday. I hope your day wasn't too taxing. I think Mondays are the hardest after a vacation, because I feel like I need a vacation day from my vacation. Plus it didn't help that it was raining and gray this morning. My motivation was almost zero.

My vacation was nice but if you ever been to the Wisconsin Dells, you know it's a "family friendly" town. And by "family friendly" I mean "cheesy" (and not just because it's Wisconsin- lol). However, we had a good time anyway.

When I say "we", there was a group of four of us who went on this trip. Here are players of the adventure.

There was myself (not the best picture of me) and Cathy- who was one of my bridesmaids and the person who planned this trip.

And there was Jenny (Cathy's cousin) and Steve (Cathy's best friend), who both went to high school with Cathy and I.  

For our first day in the Dell we did a lot of shopping (outlet mall = awesome deals!), enjoyed a good dinner, and did some drinking.

One of the most important things we learned while in the Dell's- that they don't sell liquor after 9:00pm. So what is a bunch of 20-somethings to do when the liquor stores are closed? Answer: A bar crawl around the hotel- duh! Drinking + no driving = perfect idea! We only made it to three of the six bars before everything closed for the night, but I'll call it a success anyway.

On Saturday, our group split up so we could do our own thing for a while. Steve and I went to the water parks that were connected to our hotel, while Cathy and Jenny painted pottery. Later, we met up with each other to go to dinner and then we just hung out and played games all night.

I have to say my favorite parts of the trip was on Sunday when we went out for breakfast. We went to this place called "Paul Bunyan's". It was an all you can eat, served family style place.

The food was good, but the donuts... the donuts were amazing!!! They come out warm and fresh, they were so good that I had to have two. (Don't judge me- I was on vacation and you were there you would completely understand.)

Also, on Sunday we made a stop a this very cute independently owned shop called "Cranberry Connection" where I got two different type of cranberry based lotions and dried cranberries.

I had that bag of cranberries opened and started eating them before I even got to the car. The cransberries were really good and the lotion feel really nice on the skin. I'm glad I treated myself to these little extras.

Finally, on our way home we made one last stop per Cathy's request to "Pita Pete's". It on the Northern Illinois University campus, which is where Steve used to go to college. Cathy loves this place so we just had to stop.

At "Pita Pete's" you pick your pita (the main meat you want in it) and then you pick all your fillings. It's kind of like the Subway or Chipotle of pitas. I got the "Fajitas Pita" which was fajita seasoned steak meat with lettuce, corn, black beans, and sour cream. It was pretty tasty, I only wished I would have gotten grilled onions and peppers added to the mix- oh well.

All in all- it was a great weekend. It's nice to get away sometimes, and I think there will be a lot more weekend road trip in store for me this summer.

Our 6 Month Anniversay!

I can't believe that 6 months has past since Sam and I got married. Time has gone by so fast.

 (The cover of our wedding album!)

I had a great weekend (and I'll tell you all about it tomorrow) but it was nice to come home and spend some quality time with the husband. For our anniversary we went to dinner and did some food shopping. It has been a great easy night. 

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

A Much Needed Break

I know I have taken a break from blogging for bit, but that's mostly because my real life has been pretty busy. For a girl who has gotten use to just working Mon-Fri. adding work to both Saturday and Sunday just pooped this girl out. However, I'm taking a long weekend to make up for the lack of weekend I got last week.

For my 3 day weekend, I'm making to most of it and taking a girls trip to the Wisconsin Dells. We are staying at an indoor water park resort, which will be interesting. I only ever been to the Dells once and that was 10 years ago. I all I hope for this week is a chance to get some rest, to relax, and to have a good time. I'll be sure to share some pics.   

I hope everyone has a great weekend!