{366} Week 23

{Day 160} 06.03.2012
Great End to a Great Weekend - Uploading the France 2011 book for printing!

{Day 161} 06.04.2012
Christmas Gift from my friend, Pon. My office is at least 80 degrees on any given day. I've surrounded my desk with fans.

{Day 162} 06.05.2012
$4 Farmer's Market Consolation Prize for Skipping the gym to go to work.

{Day 163} 06.06.12
I was stressed out during a call and unwittingly chipped off my no chip manicure. My nails don't look this gross and peeled in person. Ewwww.

{Day 164} 06.07.12
City Hall

{Day 165} 06.08.12
My friend from H.S. is a teacher and a very talented stand-up comedienne. You should check her out.

{Day 166} 06.09.12
Working "Remotely" during my pedicure.

{366} Week 22

{Day 151} 05.27.12
Cleaning the House. No wonder May flew by. I was drunk the whole time.

{Day 152} 05.28.12
Reading my France Journal before bed to refresh memories for the photo book.

{Day 153} 05.29.12
A (denied) request for extension on a big project at work turned into two and a half days of spreadsheets and tap-dancing.

{Day 156} 05.30.12 I love seeing how different people interpret the morning weather report. (For the record, it was definitely sandals and a light sweater weather.)

{Day 157} 05.31.2012
I always enjoy the Merchandise Mart's CANstruction Project. This year, I had two favorites - this guy and an elephant.

{Day 158} 06.01.2012
The Frank Lloyd Wright Tour Preview Night. My friend volunteers and invited me as her guest. This sooooo beats paying $100 to stand in lines for eight+  hours.

{Day 159} 06.02.2012
Playin' the Ponies at our friend's birthday party. The Birthday Girl, Andy, and several others won $75 the first race. I won $28 and then cut myself off at -$30.

{366} Week 21

{Day 144} 5.20.2012
A resale shop on a wine walk that I attended had art like this haphazardly displayed side-by-side with paintings of the Virgin Mary. I chickened out taking photos of both, just in case God reads my blog. (You know He does!)

{Day 145} 05.21.12
I forgot to take a photo. This photo is from me using to the camera zoom to see if there were NATO protestors on the bridge. (There were, even though you can't see them here.)

{Day 146} 05.22.12
The Internet has a buzzer?

{Day 147} 05.23.12
I was feeling deflated about a few things when I misread the message from this Hallmark Christmas ornament as, "You will PEAK again, it's your destiny." Darth Vader is a total dick.

{Day 148} 05.24.12
A fun DIY project - etched glasses for Aunt Ruth's lake house. More pix to follow.

{Day 149} 05.25.12
Heading to dinner before Steppenwolf.

{Day 150} 05.26.12
Day at the zoo with my favorite little girl.

{366} Week 20

{Day 134} 05.13.2012
Mom's Annual Disposable Mother's Day Dinner Party

{Day 135} 05.14.2012
New Software <3

{Day 138} 05.15.2012
This person's hair kept touching my purse and iPad. Eeeeeewwww!

{Day 139} 05.16.2012
The Washington Street bridge on my way home from a networking event

{Day 140} 05.17.2012
A Sausage Tree at the Beer Under Glass at the Garfield Conservatory #forreals

{Day 141} 15.18.2012
Coast Guard Boats with semi-automatic weapons ready to cap some protestor ass.

{Day 142} 05.19.2012
Mattress as a Sandwich Board + Air Guitar = Bitchin'

{Day 142} 05.19.2012 - BONUS!
Andy totally jazzed over the new bags he bought for AR's lake house.

{Week 19} 366

{Day 127} 05.06.2012
The previous owners of AR's vacation house invented a weight-loss drug that a certain government agency wouldn't approve. They've renamed it and now sell it out of a gas station.

{Day 128} 05.07.2012
I forgot to take a photo-a-day pix and then remembered after I woke up on the couch just before midnight. I snapped this fog photo through the window on my way to bed. #fineartphotography

{Day 129} 05.08.2012
Hooray! My new computer is in business! I felt naked without my Illustrator and Photoshop. I'm so eager to teach myself InDesign for work.

{Day 130} 05.09.2012
The light was spectacular this evening.

{Day 131} 05.10.2012
Preparing for Mother's Day W****t Style. This little guy held some super cute chevron earrings and a crisp $20 bill.

{Day 132} 05.11.2012
The surgery for my benign mass was an all-day affair, but super easy.

{Day 133} 05.12.2012
A handsome door at Queen of Angels Catholic Church.

{366} Week 18

{Day 120} 04.29.2012

I haven't played with beads in ages. Such a calming activity for a Sunday night.

{Day 121} 04.30.2012

A surprise greeting to thank a good friend for a HUGE favor. 

{Day 122} 05.01.2012

Already?

{Day 123} 05.02.2012

Here come the sail boats!

{Day 124} 05.03.2012

The first glass of wine on Aunt Ruth's deck in the Northwoods.

{Day 125} 05.04.2012

Popping champagne to christen the maiden voyage on his dad's new boat on Aunt Ruth's lake. 

{Day 126} 05.05.2012
For "Northwoods Andy," sticking one's head under the faucet and styling your hair counts as "dressing for dinner." Northwoods Andy also wears khaki pants that he cut into tattered capris for a pirate costume a few years ago, as "why junk up good pants fishing?"

{366} Week 16

{Day 106} 04.15.2012
Tulips make errand-running so much happier.

{Day 107} 04.16.2012
I spotted this package in my lobby. There has to be an excellent backstory to using a Successorie as a mailing label.

{Day 108} 04.17.2012
We did our taxes ages ago, but I forgot to pay the state. Then on Tax Day, I left the payment at home and had to grab a ghetto fab money order to meet the deadline without going back downtown to the big post office before midnight.  (Yes, they totally still sell money orders.)

{Day 109} 04.18.2012
I arrived home to find a "Handmade Pay It Forward" gift from Tara waiting outside my door -  homemade jam, recipe cards, and am orange trivet. I need to get on mine!

{Day 110} 04.19.2012
The training class that I attended last week got out early, so I got to hit the sample sales at lunch. Yikes.

{Day 111} 04.20.2012
More sample booty. Yikes. My favorite holiday showroom is closing and offering 75% off.

{Day 112} 04.21.2012
I ain't gonna lie. Unexpected occurrences of the word "wiener" thrill me every time. I have several "wiener" pix on my phone, as I am emotionally a 12-year-old boy.