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Happy Halloween!!

I am of course slacking on my blog again and to those of you that read I apologize!!

Tomorrow is Halloween. For the most part it is just another day for me. I have to work until 5 and then I plan to go to the gym. After that I don't think Shaun and I have any plans. Maybe we will just get on the train, head downtown and have some fun on our own. I guess time will tell.

2 weeks ago Shaun and I went home for my 10 year High School reunion and while we are there we took Skyy to the pumpkin patch. This has been something I have done every year with her and I am happy that I was able to do it again this year. Here are a few pictures that I got. Enjoy and I will make sure I post again soon!

Where I should be.

If life had not happened I would be sitting on a beach in Mexico drinking something fruity right now. Shaun and I were planning on going with my Aunt Dawn, Uncle Jon and my Mom. When I got pregnant I cancelled our trip. Unfortunately when I lost the baby we did not have the money to get the deposit right away so here we sit in Chicago instead of Mexico :( It all happened for a reason but I can still want to be there. Right?

The good think is my Mom is coming for the week. She will get here Monday night and then will ride back to Traverse City with us when we go up there on Friday. My 10 year HS Reunion is the 18th so we are making the trip for that. We will also be taking Skyy to the pumpkin patch so be on the lookout for those pics when I get back.

My time at the Gym

So I joined a gym at the end of August. I had been talking about it for months and decided that it was time. I walked down to Ballys after work one Thursday (only half block from work) and walked out with a membership card. I have worked so hard to get where I am after my surgery and I am ready to make it even better! Right now I have a personal Trainer named Albert and he is amazing! He pushes me so hard and has confidence that I can do what he tells me. Good grief, last week he had me doing sprints!!! Never in a million years thought I would be doing sprints ever again, but I did! I have 4 more sessions with him and I am hoping to continue to work with him if we can afford it. Other than my one work out with him a week I have been going in 4 other days and doing my cardio on the elliptical machine and doing some weights. I actually look forward to going to the gym. That is something I never thought would come out of my mouth. So here is a picture of Albert and I! I can not thank him enough for helping me get on track with my life!

CUBS CLINCH!!!!

How Awesome is this for Chicago Cubs fans! 2 years in a row now the cubs have made the playoffs. The last time it happened 2 years in a row was in 1907,1908 when they ended up winning the series in 1908. It has been 100 years and it is OUR time!!! GO CUBS GO!!!

Saturday night (9/20) Shaun, David and I went down to Wrigleyville to party a bit with the fans. It was like 7 hours after the game ended and there were still hundreds and hundreds of people out partying! I love this city! We went into Bar Louie and had some drinks and a great time!


Dave and I
Shaun and I on the ride home. We were a little drunk :)

Family Visit

The weekend of the 19th-21st Shaun and I had house guests. My Grandparents and my Cousin came to visit. We had such a fun and busy weekend. Here are a few highlights.


We are a big game playing family! I was so happy to get to play some games while they were here because Shaun is not a big game player. We played a couple of card games and a new dice game I learned called "Farkle" SO fun!!!!



Saturday G&G, Shaun and I went to see the play Mama Mia. It was a great show with so much energy! Now that I have seen 2 different shows here in Chicago (Mama Mia and Wicked) I want to see as many as possible. I just enjoy them so much!! After the play we met back up with Davis and walked over to Millennium Park and then had dinner at Giordano's. YUM!

Sunday was game day. This was my 7th game of the season and it was the last home game of the regular season. By this time the Cubs had already clinched their division so a lot of the key players were off for the day but it was still a great time and we won the game so who can complain about that :) This was the farthest back we have sat. We were I kid you not 2 rows down from the TOP of the park!!! I think the seats were still great, just not as close as I am used to.

What a wonderful weekend was had by all and I hope they all come back and see us soon! I just love when family visits!!!

Carlos Zambrano is the MAN!!!

Because of Hurricane Ike the Cubs/Astros series was moved to Miller Park in Milwaukee. Tickets went on sale at about 9pm on Saturday the 13th. The game was scheduled for 7:05 PM on the 14th. Shaun and I decided what the heck let's go! 1:00 AM we had tickets printed and in our hands.

Miller Park is a nice park. It is definitely no Wrigley Field but there is only ONE Wrigley!!! We had great seats, 17 rows behind what was supposed to be the Cubs dugout. Houston decided they wanted to be behind 3rd base so oh well.

Carlos Zambrano was starting pitcher and he had been out for a couple of weeks so we were not sure how he would play. Well let me tell you this...He was frickin' AMAZING!!! he had a no hitter game which was the first for the Cubs in 36 years!!!!

The sounds of 23,441 Cubs fans screaming as loud as they can is deafening. Especially in a park with a closed roof. I still can not believe that there were that many fans since the tickets went on sale 22 hours before opening pitch! Us Cub fans are very Loyal to our Boys and we have faith!!!

As I type this our Magic number is 2!!! Hopefully our boys in blue will win tomorrow and the Brewers will lose and we will clinch the division! I am SO excited and I know they will do it. Hopefully they do not blow it in the playoffs this year but I have faith.

Here are a few Photos


Z's Final pitch of the night...what a beautiful strike!!

His reaction to that pitch!!!

I LOVE this shot! It shows his faith and that makes me have faith in them!

The way his teammates all ran onto the field after that last pitch brought tears to my eyes. These boys really are one big happy family. They deserve to win the world series. It has been 100 years and I think that it would be great for it to happen this year!!!