Breakfast for Dinner Fondue Friday

Tonight, I had the brilliant-never-ever-been-done-before idea to make Breakfast for Dinner Fondue. And since it was also Friday, it must now a thing. #BFDFF #acceptablehashtag? My inspiration for the first ever Breakfast for Dinner Fondue Friday was my intense desire for bacon lately always. I was even caught drooling during a project...

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Hol-ly-wood!

Cute new shoes call for an artsy fartsy lunch break photo shoot. boom ...

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Montrose Dog Beach

On this rare Sunday where Brooks was off of work, we decided the Schatz should take his first trip to Lake Michigan. Rather than visit the only other free dog park we've found so far, we instead headed to the Montrose Dog Beach in Uptown for a little more adventure.  If you ask Schatzi, he'd say this was the place where dreams are...

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St. Nick forgot about me for the 6th year in a row...

...BUT my friend gave me a key topper that looks like a poop. And Brooks. A poop shaped Brooks. ...

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B + Car Keys = Trouble

I love Brooks.  I love him even when he locks the keys in the car.  On this particular occurrence, we were visiting a new church for the first time since we moved to Chicagoland. We get to the car after the service and what do we spot sitting happily in a cup holder? None other than B's 5lb ring of keys. A key ring...

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Our First Valentine's Together

This year, Brooks and I were able to celebrate our very first Valentine's Day together in the same state! Well, our first Day-Before Valentine's since the boy had to work late on the actual holiday. Even so, since it was our first, I wanted it to be special yet comfortable so we could just enjoy each other's company and not worry about...

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Alterra at the Lake

Today, Brooks and I decided to spend the day wandering in Milwaukee for no particular reason. We knew we wanted to sit someplace comfy and pretend to work so we ended up at Alterra at the Lake. Alterra at the Lake is beautiful. How often do you get to hang out in a 125 year old river flushing station while eating sammiches and fruit...

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