The One With a Meme

A couple of my blog friends did this meme a few days ago and I thought I'd join in.

Age: 30
Bed Size: King
Chore You Hate: Vacuuming
Dogs: Corgis & french bulldogs have my heart :)
Essential start of your day: Music in my car on my way in to the office
Favorite color: Blue
Gold or silver: White gold
Height: 5'3"
Instruments I play (or have played): Clarinet (17 years ago, yikes!)
Job title: Office manager
Kids: Someday
Live: Southeastern MN
Mom’s name: Jean
Nickname: Jess
Overnight hospital stays: None
Pet peeve: Bad drivers, people who don't watch their children
Quote from a movie: Oh I could never pick just one
Right or left handed: Right
Siblings: Two younger sisters & a younger brother
Time you wake up: between 8:07 & 8:37 am
Underwear: Bikini
Vegetables you dislike: Cooked carrots--but I love 'em raw!
What makes you run late: Hitting the snooze
X-rays you’ve had done: Teeth, wrist
Yummy food you make: Meat wrapped in meat, on top of meat. (I should share that recipe here!)
Zoo animal: Penguins, giraffes, hippos

Did you play along? Leave me a comment and I'll check it out! ;)

The One Where It's Back to Life, Back to Reality

Well, we are back from vacation. Let me just tell you, it was 10 much needed days away from work, our disaster of a house and the real world. We had such a blast and really did not want to come home on Friday.

We went to 2 baseball games, one in Milwaukee and one in Chicago. I visited 2 knitting stores & came home with what seems like a metric ton of new yarn (yarn diet starts NOW). We spent a lot of time with family, which was fantastic. We went to Summerfest and the Navy Pier.

All in all, it was a wonderful get away that the two of us greatly needed to recharge after what seemed like two months of working 55+ hour weeks, moving (twice!) and just a general lack of relaxation.

I will be back soon with lots of pictures of everything that we did, but for now it's back to reality. How is summer going for you? I cannot believe it's almost half over already!