29 and bbsitting

Some people might wonder if I am crazy, hard up or a sucker......I like to think that none of those are true and that I just appreciate how important it is for all of us to be a positive part of a child's life and speak to the inner child in our hearts. For this reason, I find myself taking bbsitting jobs that cut into my social and sleep hours. To me, it is worth it. Here are a few pics of my little buddies....how could you not get paid to hang out with these cuties?! They tell it like it is, act like they feel and can eat anything they want(because bbsitters make special exceptions to keep everyone happy)!

You Won't Be Single For Long Vodka Cream Pasta

Friday night it was requested that I put my cooking skills to the test. As many of you know...I love to bake, but cooking is just a little different. A few reasons I don't do it often include 1. I eat cereal often for dinner (and love it) 2. have a sweet tooth 3. by the time I finish cooking I am either not hungry (because I ate too many tid bits) or buzzed from drinking a little too much wine and.... 4. most portions are too large for just me and having the same thing for 7 meals in a row is just not that exciting. So.....after asking my dear cooking pals what they would make if they were put to the test....I decided on this one....because it sounded oh, so yummy to me...and it WAS!!!! I added some spicy sausage and mushrooms in the mix and topped it with some fresh parmesan...delicious!

Don't fret.....I was not that hungry when it came time to eat it because I had done a little bit of #3 listed above....oh well, I think I passed the test for now!

If you have any must try recipes please let me know!!!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/you-wont-be-single-for-long-vodka-cream-pasta-recipe/index.html#

It is a small world....

You are NOT going to believe this! It is true, since you are all active followers of my famous blog I am sure you remeber the lady who was grilling hamburgers on my street at 7am back in August on a Sunday morning?! Yeah, I knew you'd remember....so earlier this week I was in my morning hustle off to work and jumped on the famous Halstead #8 bus. I looked up to see my two dear friends and co-workers (Liz and Julie). As I was bus surfing (standing up on the bus, holding on for dear life as our driver over applied the breaks in a short time frame) I heard a voice that I knew I recognized. It took a moment, but then it came to me.....that deep (for a woman), smokey voice.....it was the hamburger lady from a few months back. She was on the bus with the cutest little boy. My first thought was omg, who was with the little dude while she was grilling those hamburgers?! But, with some detective skills and my bionic ears.....it was discovered that he was her godson and she was taking him to the Shedd Aquarium for the day. I can't wait to run into her again in some funny way....just you wait! I know it will happen!

don't you want this!!!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/53968234/too-legit-laptop-graphic-item-40006
Don't you want this!?!?! Maybe when my computer gets home from being fixed (her mother board wasn't working, sounds serious) I will purchase this for her so she is really happy and feels all snazzy?!

Don't you just L-O-V-E this time of year? It is the perfect time to me. and this delightful picture is just a few minutes from my house. I try to get on as many walks down by the lake as I can right now to REALLY soak it all up! I wish I could just hang in the air on a string and soak this up for awhile! Instead, I posted this pic so we can all soak it up and swallow this beauty down!

Enjoy.

HOTTIE Potato

I just love that this is the actual name of some place. It is near my work. I think it is a food distributor. It is perfect! LOVE.

Mary Found Me Again

It was a Monday morning. And I had been awake since 3:50am....flew back to Chicago on the "early girly" from Des Moines, was home for a wedding that weekend(it was a great wedding and weekend). I took the El-(blue line) from O'Hare down to the Milwaukee and Grand stop, where I hop off the train and pop up from under ground. There I catch the grand old #8 bus a few blocks to my usual stop and cross the beloved bridge to work (all while dragging my suitcase behind me professionally). The funniest part is that I am usually early for work and travel so much further than a typical day.

I haul my suitcase and shoulder bag up the stairs as people are bustling around in the morning chaos. I pop up the last step and realize it is a truly gorgeous morning. The sun is shining, the air is perfect and the chocolate factory near by is "making brownies" or so it smells.

In the distance, I notice this very nicely dressed girl (about my age) walking towards me. She is so put together and I think, wow-I do not look like that today. I do not see a bus in sight. It is then, I realize, shit. I know this girl....I have seen her before and if I pop my sunglasses down now she will "know". Before I know it.....here we are, best friends reacquainted. It was her....the Mary Kay girl from the cheese isle....I was brief, I was blunt, and then the bus came!!! God Bless the # 8.

Just another day, in the "Big City".