Hot dogs eaten: 8Times I’ve gotten yelled at for wanting ketchup on said hot dog: 2Hours sitting in traffic on the Edens or Tri-State Toll-way: I’m guessing about 6Beers drunk: CountlessCTA bus rides: 2CTA Train rides: 14Miles driven in rental car: 364Flights I’ve been on trying to get out of Chicago: 4Amount of happy American…
My grandpa passed away this week- we are now heading up to Wisconsin for funeral services- here is the official obit from the Chicago Tribune:John R. “Jack” Bresnahan, age 81, of Burlington, passed away Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Burr Oak Manor in Genoa City. He was born Dec. 28, 1926, in Chicago, IL, to…
Hello world…I continue my Central Florida travels…Today- LIVE from Kennedy Space Center….Right now- we’re about four hours from launch….And I’m sitting about 100 feet from the big giant countdown clock- and right across the water from the space shuttle on the launchpad….It’s pretty cool- but HOT!More to come- of course- complete coverage on News 13.com
From my sister- about my nephew: Last night the kids got to bed a bit later than normal. Colin and I had picked up Mom from the airport, and she had given Colin a pen that had the pillsbury doughboy on it. Unbeknownst to me, he took that pen out of my purse and brought…
The Cooks continues the Great Lakes Tour 2008- hitting popular destinations including: ChicagoDeerfieldGlenviewNorthbrookGurneeNow- we’re onto Michigan…Dexter, Dearborn, Plymouth and East Lansing- and I’m sure some others along the way. We’ve been busy- and have eaten a lot! Here’s some of the excitement… Friday started early with the plane ride and landing in Chicago. We went…
*Thunder*The dishwasher*The ice machine*The vaccum*The dryer buzzer*The garage door*Barking Dogs It makes life fun and exciting 🙂
no one slept.We have a problem at the Cook household.Patrick is scared of thunder.Freak out, come running and crying to mommy kind-of scared.Sometimes this is cute- during afternoon thunderstorms. However, it’s NOT fun during the middle of the night.Take last night for example- it started storming around 4pm.We went to bed around 7pm- all in…
March is just flying by!I hope the luck of the irish touched you in some way this past weekend!It was odd having St. Patrick’s day on a Monday! It’s been a month of changes….lots of changes at work- and some changes in my family.We’ve gotten word that my grandmother is just hanging onto life in…
CBS is calling How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) a “bubble show.”That means it has a chance of being cancelled if ratings don’t improve. How do they figure? I can’t even think of anything else I watch on CBS.So- in a ploy to pop the bubble and stay on tv- the writers are bringing Britney.…