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10 things I'm looking forward to this summer (in no particular order)</div>
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1 - Eating outdoors at restaurants</div>
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I love to eat, seriously, food is the best. I LOVE summer, because you can sit outside, on the patio & enjoy your meal while people watching. Nick and I are fortunate enough to live right in the middle of Denver's Restaurant Row... so we have TONS of great restaurants right at our fingertips!!</div>
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2- June trip to Wisconsin for my Grandpa's 90th Birthday</div>
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My Papa Joe turns 90 the 2nd weekend in June. We are flying back to Wisconsin and making the 3 hour drive to attend his party. Growing up I was so very lucky to have him live just across the field from us. He is the kindest, most gentle human being I know. He attended every sporting event I ever had and was always good for sneaking us some candy when my parents weren't looking!</div>
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3 - Flip Flop Season<br />
Does this really need an explanation? Flip Flops are seriously the best.<br />
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4 - Patio Drinking<br />
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5 - Hiking trips in the Rockies</div>
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6 - Our trip to Chicago for Jeri & Dan's wedding<br />
Our friends Jeri and Dan are getting married in August in Chicago. We are planning on making a long weekend out of it. I'm so happy and excited for them!!<br />
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7 - July trip to Milwaukee for Summerfest (and to see my boyfriend Luke Bryan)<br />
Milwaukee in the summer is like no other place I've ever been. People come out of the woodwork to celebrate & it is the #1 thing I miss since we moved away. <a href="http://www.summerfest.com/" target="_blank">Summerfest</a> is the Worlds Largest Music Festival. It's 10 crazy days on the Lake Michigan Lakefront. Every night there is a headliner, but there are also a TON of free stages as well! We have tickets to Luke Bryan as the headliner & I'm sure will check out quite a few other shows while we are in town!!</div>
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8 - Driving with the windows down<br />
Best feeling ever - sometimes I wish I was a dog so I could stick my head out & just take it all in.</div>
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9 - Milwaukee Brewers Baseball<br />
We are going back to Milwaukee for an entire week!! I'm literally so excited I may wet myself!! Between the Brewers & Summerfest & catching up with friends and family - it is going to be amazing!!</div>
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10 - Memorial Day trip to Santa Fe<br />
Santa Fe has been on my bucket list since pretty much forever. When we decided to move to Denver I was SO EXCITED since it's only about a 5 hour drive away. After nearly 2 years of talking about it, we are FINALLY going over Memorial Day!<br />
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<br />Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985808984965247461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349771599911855528.post-37157943664072321232016-05-01T19:17:00.003-06:002016-05-01T19:19:23.228-06:00What to do when its rainy in DenverUsually Denver offers excellent sunny weather & I have no complaints... This weekend was not that. This weekend was cold, windy, rain/snow mix and gross. Since Denver normally has such amazing weather, we usually spend our weekends outside; either at the park down the street, walking around and exploring the bars/restaurants in our neighborhood or being 'one with nature' in true Colorado fashion.<br />
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Friday we didn't even venture back out after getting home from work. We turned on the fireplace - nestled under some blankets & finished the last few episodes of Season 2 of <a href="http://www.amc.com/shows/better-call-saul" target="_blank">Better Call Saul</a>. Have you watched this show? Both Nick and I were HUGE <a href="http://www.amc.com/shows/breaking-bad" target="_blank">Breaking Bad </a>fans. We binge watched the first 4-5 seasons during a cold and snowy winter a few years back in MN. Binged to the point where we were both dreaming we were drug lords. We were obsessed with the show.<br />
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When Better Call Saul first came on the air, we tried to watch it. Really, really tried, but I think it was just too soon after Breaking Bad (for us at least) to get into it. Fast forward a couple of years and we started DVRing it again, turns out the show is awesome and we were hooked! If you haven't check it out you really should!<br />
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Saturday was another dreary rainy day. We woke up Saturday morning and watched <a href="http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/bering-sea-gold/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bering Sea Gold</a>. This is our new Saturday routine, Nick DVR's the episodes during the week and then we watch a couple on Saturday mornings. Remember how when you were a kid you would wake up on Saturday mornings and watch cartoons? Well...I guess this is the grown up version of that!<br />
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After we'd finished our shows and done some weekend cleanup around the house, we decided to venture out and do a bit of exploring. We went to <a href="http://www.breckbrewfarmhouse.com/" target="_blank">The Farmhouse at Breckenridge Brewery</a>. If you are in Denver, or visiting Denver, I would recommend. The complex it self is HUGE. They have a few different brewing operations, a restaurant, tasting room as well as a huge patio/backyard space that I'm sure is a blast in the summer!<br />
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It was pretty busy when we got there so we had about 15 minutes to kill while we waited for our table. We sampled a few beers, looked over some items in the gift shop & before we knew it, our table was ready. The dining area itself looks like an old farm house. There is a huge fireplace, a bunch of old chandeliers, mis-matched dining chairs at the tables and an absolutely gorgeous interior. On weekends they have a brunch buffet, or you can order off the menu. We both ordered some lunch off the menu and a flight. Everything was excellent!!<br />
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On our way home we made a last minute decision to stop at Big Lots. I'm not normally Big Lots shopper, but we were looking for plastic bins to re-organize our storage unit with. One of the downfalls of condo living, is NO space... And on of the downfalls of our condo, is lingering water issues. First it was our dining room, then living room and then storage unit... so we decided plastic bins were necessary. It happens that it was our lucky day. They had these blue bins on sale for $4.95 each. PERFECT. We loaded up our cart and dropped $100 on bins and headed home!<br />
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Saturday night we watched the movie <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_revenant_2015/" target="_blank">The Revenant</a>. Have you seen it? I'm not a huge Leonardo DiCaprio fan, but DAMN he was amazing in that movie. The beginning was a bit bloody/violent for me, but I enjoyed the movie. I loved how they tied all the Native American history into it and really 'explained' a lot, with very little dialogue.<br />
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Sunday we were up bright and early organizing our storage unit with the new bins. One of the problems we have is that some of our boxes hadn't been unpacked since 2010. We've moved a few times in the past few years (including twice in 6 months back in 2014/2015) so we seemingly always have boxes full of stuff - and we're never quite sure what is where. We were able to go through every box/bin in the storage unit, get rid of the crap we don't need, make a considerably large pile for donation & then repack/relabel everything, so we know exactly what is where! It was quite the undertaking, but so very worth it!<br />
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Sunday afternoon we ventured out to a local pizza joint <a href="http://www.tonypspizza.com/" target="_blank">Tony P's</a> to grab some slices & beers. They have all day happy hour on Sunday - so we figured we'd take advantage.<br />
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All in all - we were pretty productive, considering the terrible weather this weekend. What did you do with your weekend?Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11985808984965247461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349771599911855528.post-34750263207973226572016-04-10T21:56:00.002-06:002016-04-10T21:56:29.675-06:00I'm back!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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After a few years & a cross country move, I've finally decided to dust this old blog off and get serious about it! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went to dinner at one of our favorite seafood restaurants. This place is great in the summer because it has 2 rooftop decks and you can get a great view of downtown Minneapolis while you dine! I had a popcorn coconut shrimp plate with an orange marmalade dipping sauce. YUMMY!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had an early appointment on Saturday morning, so we had a pretty low key Friday night. We ended up getting into our sweats & watching Unsolved Mysteries. It's sort of an inside joke with us, we got to talking about the show on one of our first dates and then ended up renting a DVD shortly after. I bought a 'greatest hits' DVD awhile back and now it's just cute to reminisce!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After we got our taxes done - we spent the rest of the day running some serious errands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went to the post office, the bank, Nick got a haircut, then we let the serious shopping begin!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We hit up Target, Kohl's, Crate & Barrel, Restoration Hardware & a bunch of other shops in the mall. We got some stuff for our apartment at Target, found a bunch of kitchenware on super sale at Kohls and I got a few new purses as well!! It was a LONG day of shopping, but in the process, we discovered a new neighborhood to house hunt in!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After we got home, I went on a cleaning rampage. I went though all of the boxes that had been sitting around since we moved in (in 2010 -oops) and did a serious downsizing of my closet. After I got through all of my clothes, I started posting some of my nicer things on EBAY, hoping to sell them. We'll see what happens. It does feel really good to get rid of a bunch of stuff and actually have ROOM in my closet again!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We spent the morning/afternoon attending open houses in one of the neighborhoods we discovered Saturday. We actually found a house we REALLY liked. It's overpriced for the neighborhood - so we aren't excited about that. We'll see what happens though. The up-side is that for the first time in all the months we've been looking - we finally found something we could actually see ourselves in! On our way back from house hunting we went and got Shamrock shakes from McDonalds! Yum!! It's my favorite time of year (and the only time I eat at McDonalds).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went and saw the movie 'Chasing Ice' at the cheap theater by our house. The photography was simply amazing. It's so sad to see what is happening to our planet though. It really makes you re-think all of our actions and how they impact the world on a whole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I spent the evening going through my office area and getting rid of all papers I don't need. It was a bit ridiculous how much stuff I had accumulated. I may have went a bit crazy with our shredder -it stopped working after while - oops! Hopefully I didn't break it for good! I still have a bit more stuff in the office that I need to go through, and then it's on to our basement storage unit. I'm really trying to get rid of all the clutter in my life (and make room for wedding presents that are currently sitting in my aunt's basement...)</span></div>
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5. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy (I've tried a few times and can't get into them - but I'm determined!!)</div>
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Oh Chicago, we love you.</div>
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This weekend Nick and I took a quick getaway to Chicago! We hadn't been there in about a year and decided a weekend away was in order.</div>
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Saturday, we started off the day by going to one of my FAVORITE breakfast places. I love love love breakfast. It's seriously my favorite meal of the day. We stumbled across this restaurant in Las Vegas last year and when I saw they had a Chicago location, we had to go!</div>
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Nick got a bloody mary and I got a spiked hot chocolate!! Then we got to the main event! I had a smoked salmon scrambler and Nick had eggs, bacon and a Snickers pancake! It looked delicious!!</div>
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<b>Dear Winter </b>-</div>
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I am over you. Seriously, seriously over you. I'm tired of the cold and the snow and the terrible driving. We got yet another storm this week and they are calling for one next week as well. Please just go away. I really want it to be flip flop season.</div>
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<b>Dear Peanut Butter (veggie) Burger I ate last night -</b></div>
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You were amazing. Seriously amazing.</div>
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You had peanut butter, a bit of mayo, fried onion straws and pepperjack cheese. I know you were so unhealthy - but so delicious! Nick had the 'real meat' version, which also included bacon, he agreed it was fabulous!</div>
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<b>Dear Bridesmaids Movie </b>- </div>
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Ever since a co-worker made a reference to you this week I can't stop quoting you. I've even listened to the soundtrack on repeat all day. It doesn't hurt that you take place in 2 of my favorite cities. Milwaukee & Chicago.. Ahh.. love.</div>
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<b>Dear Milwaukee - </b></div>
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I miss you. I miss you a lot. It's been 2 1/2 years since I lived in 'the state of Milwaukee. When I was talking to the above mentioned co-worker about the movie, he asked me if I enjoyed Milwaukee. This led to me giving a very long explanation of all the reasons I love Milwaukee. It ended with him telling me that if my current job doesn't pan out - I should really look into being an 'ambassador for the city of Milwaukee'. A girl can dream! :-)</div>
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It Nick and I were just chatting this week about how we wish it was summer in 'the state' and we could go and patio drink somewhere ...</div>
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<b>Dear Chicago -</b> </div>
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I'm so excited to see you this weekend. It has been far too long.Hopefully our flight isn't cancelled (please refer to the previously mentioned snowstorm). I have big plans to eat brunch at one of my fav spots and to imbibe in some adult beverages with some good friends. </div>
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In the words of Will Smith "We all know Chi town's got it goin' on"....</div>
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Technically Nick & I met online - even though we'd gone to college together and had some friends/rec sports league in common. Our first date was April 3, 2009 at Bar Louie in downtown Milwaukee. We met up for 'a drink' and ended up staying for four hours!! </div>
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So glad to have you back Brit Brit.... </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think living a life like that would be so fascinating! Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm a secret agent running around with a hidden gun looking for the 'bad guys'. </span></div>
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We set out in search of a good Lenten fish fry. Being from Wisconsin, you could literally go to any bar/restaurant/church and find an awesome Friday fish fry... This has been a struggle for us since we moved to Minnesota. We ended up at a bar near our house... It was less than appetizing. We won't be going back.</div>
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We had the 'pleasure' of being seated next to 2 interesting groups. One was one of the most dysfunctional families I've seen in awhile. It was a mom, dad and their teenage son. The mom spent the whole time yelling at the dad about the bill/what he did with his wallet/how many glasses of wine she wanted to have. The son spent the whole time yellling at the mom about how he was apparently having digestive issues (he was quite graphic, I'm censoring this post) and that she needed to stop drinking her wine so they could leave... and the dad just sat there and took it - without really putting up much of a fight..</div>
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The new style is still growing on me... I'm not sold yet..</div>
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The rest of the day Saturday was pretty relaxed. Nick had gone and gotten a massage in the morning. We went out to lunch at <a href="http://myburgerusa.com/" target="_blank">myburger </a>and then got frozen yogurt at <a href="http://www.yogurtlabs.com/" target="_blank">Yogurt Lab</a>. Lunch was good, however we were fearful for our lives at the yogurt place. While we were in line to make our yummy eats, a stampede of poorly behaved children came in. They were literally yelling/pushing/screaming to make their desserts. It was horrible! And to make it worse, the parents didn't say anything, didn't try to correct their behavior and didn't even apologize to the other customers that were (literally) being pushed out of the way by these kids.</div>
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I just don't understand why some parents let their children behave this way?? I understand kids will be kids and no matter how much you try to teach them good manners - sometimes they just act out - but some of these kids were probably close to 10 years old - so they should have been plenty old to understand how to wait their turn. </div>
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After that traumatic experience we went home and spent the rest of the day chilling on the couch. <br />
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Saturday night we checked out another local restaurant for dinner. We'd never been here before and had heard rumors that it was a good place. The menu was slightly upscale bar food - with a lot of local/natural ingredients. We LOVED it! We'll definately be back! The food was good, there were great drink specials & the music playing in the background was fabulous! </div>
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More househunting. Yuck. We went and looked at a few loft/condo's in downtown Minneapolis. We (think) we have decided we want to be downtown and be in a walk-able location. This pretty much rules out any single family home - so we're now on to the mission of finding the 'perfect' condo. We looked at 3 units in the same building - they were unique to say the least...</div>
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Plus the building didn't have parking. You had to rent out spaces in a parking ramp a few blocks down. This is a HUGE downside - especially in the winters when its -20 and you would have to walk a few blocks to your car. I think this is untimately the deal breaker for us..</div>
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<span style="color: black;">This morning Nick & I exchanged Valentine's Day cards...</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nick: almost 2 months<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Erin: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>almost 2 months<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">Erin: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the parking lot outside of Nick’s apartment</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I find that I frequently go through 'food obsessions'. I'll find something new that I like and eat it over and over and over again. I'm not sure why I do this? Anyways - I've had these every day this week for breakfast and even had one for dinner last night..<span style="font-family: inherit;">They are so simple and yummy. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just take a tortilla, throw on some peanut butter and then add granola & whatever fruits you like! I've tried apple & banana and both are great! It's also a great snack as well!</span></div>
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Ok. So just to be clear, we aren't renting this movie. Top Gun in 3D is playing at one of the IMAX theaters here. Nick LOVES Top Gun - LOVES it. When we were on vacation in San Diego a few years ago we had to go to Kansas City BBQ (aka the Top Gun Bar) and hang out for a night!</div>
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We love Chicago. When we lived in Milwaukee, it was just a quick 75 mile trip south - we would frequently go just for the day, usually taking the commuter train. Now that we are in MN, the trips require a bit more planning! We try to go a few times a year. Nick & I both have friends that live there, so usually we end up meeting up for dinner/drinks with them. </div>
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We spent so much of 2012 being so ridiculously busy. Between both of us finishing up our MBA's and taking frequent trips back to Wisconsin to finish wedding planning - we just got a bit burned out on being away. This weekend we really have nothing on the calendar (aside from our 'Top Gun' date) and I'm LOVING that!!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This weekend Nick & I headed back to Wisconsin! It was so so good to go home!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I went bridesmaid dress shopping for my sisters wedding...it was a bit of a disaster at the bridal shop...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To start with - they wouldn't let us make an 'appointment' for bridesmaids dress shopping, they said they only reserved 'appointments' for brides. Fine we said, we knew what we were looking for and they said they would reserve a few fitting rooms for us. My sister had picked out her color and designer and had called ahead and they said they carried 'a bunch' of dresses by that designer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We tried on what we could, and when the shop realized it clearly wasn't going well - they became quite snarky. It was awful. They told us they could take our measurements, so we agreed - but then they refused to show them to us. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(I'm sure they didn't want us to go order the dresses elsewhere...but they really shouldn't have offered to take them in the first place, they clearly knew we weren't ordering from them)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After we left the shop, we ended up going back to my parents house for lunch and then just shopped online and ordered our dresses. It turned out to be fine - but the shop was extremely un-helpful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nick and I had a great weekend back in Wisconsin.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately we got stuck in a winter storm during our drive back today... Ugh! It was awful! I hate winter weather!! It took us almost twice the usual amount of time to make the drive back. Yuck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We've spent most of the evening just relaxing after the very stressful drive....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's a few pics from our drive... we drove for 200+ miles in this... (awesome)...</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799850086761657591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349771599911855528.post-52128009063406183372013-02-08T12:26:00.001-07:002013-02-08T12:43:05.458-07:00Fab Friday Link Up!!<center>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">my Superbowl winnings in the work pool - granted I really didn't care about the game, but I was pumped that somehow I landed the correct numbers to 'win' the first quarter in our work pool!!<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">the phone date I had with my wonderful friend Heather! We really hadn't talked since the wedding and it was so great to hear her voice and catch up on her life. She has 3 beautiful kiddos and unfortunately they've been battling the flu for a few weeks at her house - here's to hoping thats over with now!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">yesterday was FREE BAGEL DAY at Brueggers!! The work girls and I were all over that! Yummy!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm heading back to WISCONSIN this weekend!!! This counts for at least 2 'fabs' this week! I get to see my wonderful family, hopefully some high school friends AND we are going bridesmaid dress shopping for my sisters upcoming wedding!! I CAN'T wait!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Ever wonder if your spouse really knows you?!</b> Well now is the time to find out!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">If she was ordering drinks for both of you what would you each get?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">What is the best meal she has ever cooked you?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">What is the worst meal she has ever cooked you?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">don't get me wrong - it still isn't warm by any stretch of the imagination in MN - its MUCH warmer than it was last week. I absolutely hate winter. I mean hate it. I want to curl up in a ball wrapped under about 50 blankets in my nice comfy bed....and sleep from about Nov-April. 'Why do you live there' you may ask? Well...I'm not exactly sure is our answer. We're both WI natives - so we're used to winter.... and even though neither one of us enjoy them - we still can't seem to leave for a warmer climate...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">yes, I actually said it. I really do love my job. I work for a large corporation (30,000+ employees) <u>however</u>, I'm located in a tiny 15 person sales office. We frequently describe ourselves as a 'family'. It's great, everyone is friendly, and it's a relatively low stress job. I'm honestly quite blessed. I've had jobs that I've DREADED going to every day - and I give thanks often that this one is so great. My office is way up on the 30th floor of a building - so when it snows (which it does often here) it's almost like we live in a snowglobe!) We also have a relaxed dress code (hello blue jeans everyday!!) and did I mention we play 'put for a buck' mini golf on Fridays? Oh - and I won $20 in the Superbowl pool over the weekend!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Donald officially retired today. He has been with the Pack since 1999 - and is literally my favorite player. Such a class act. He's humble, generous in the community and overall a wonderful role model. This is the type of person you would hope EVERY professional athlete could be. He is someone you WANT young children to look up to and to aspire to be like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Off the field - he has helped countless people both in the Green Bay area and nationally through the <a href="http://www.donalddriverfoundation.com/" target="_blank">Donald Driver Foundation</a>. He hosts a golf outing every year, a celebrity softball game, football camp, pool tournament and charity dinner/auction. The foundation provides scholarships as well as helping families in hard financial times - this man is seriously amazing. Not to mention - he did win a season of Dancing with the Stars!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Seriously. I'm lucky. I know it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">No marriage/relationship is perfect - but ours is pretty awesome. We can truly just be ourselves with each other. We are both pretty independant people and I love that our relationship allows us to not only spend time together, but also to be ok with doing our own things. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love that he cooks me yummy meals (frequently, since the only meal I really cook is breakfast...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I went to dinner with my sweet friend Emily. We used to work together and have really kept in touch after I changed jobs. We met in St. Paul at <a href="http://www.bangkok-cuisine.com/" target="_blank">Bangkok Cuisine</a> Thai restaurant. The food was so yummy and it was so great to see her smiling face! She told me all about her recent trip to Istanbul & I caught her up on the wedding & honeymoon details!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I met up with some new work friends of mine for a night out in Minneapolis' North Loop. We started with dinner at <a href="http://blacksheeppizza.com/" target="_blank">Black Sheep Pizza</a>. Of course we had to start with a pitcher of wine! :-) After we'd had our fair share of food and drink - we continued our night with stops at a few local establishments (and a lot more alcohol!) Needless to say Saturday morning was not a great time to be me! :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nick and I went to brunch at the <a href="http://www.chatterboxpub.net/" target="_blank">Chatterbox</a>. It isn't too far from where we live and they offer a pretty good brunch selection. After brunch we went and saw the movie Zero Dark Thirty. It chronicles the efforts over 10 years that led to the raid that ultimately killed bin Laden. I thought the movie was pretty good. I honestly left wishing I could work for the CIA!! I think it would be fascinating to work on projects that are so important and have access to all that top secret information! I had read the book 'No Easy Day' - which sort of tells the same story. It was interesting to see how the story lines overlapped!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We spent Sunday afternoon finishing up our Thank You notes from our wedding. We were married 5 weeks ago and have been seriously slacking on getting them done. We were so blessed to have had so many wonderful gifts that I really wanted to get everything written and in the mail. Mission (finally) accomplished!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We really didn't do anything for the Superbowl. Our beloved Green Bay Packers weren't playing - so we really didn't have much motivation to watch. I do have to say that I thought Beyonce ROCKED that halftime show! Dang! I wish I could look like that!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well that's all for now - my goal for this week is be a much more avid blogger!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799850086761657591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349771599911855528.post-44846403861008827992013-01-28T20:39:00.003-07:002013-02-10T21:21:57.201-07:00Since I've been gone....<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wow... I knew I wanted to start a blog, however, I didn't realize the discipline it would take to sit down and write every night!! Here's to hoping I get a bit better at keeping up with this! :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's what we've been up to the past 2 weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My team at work are all field based- there are about 20 of us scattered all across the US - so we meet a few times a year to discuss projects/strategies to better serve our customers. It's great to see people face to face and learn what my counterparts across the country are working on! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course there is always the perk of hanging out with my teammates & getting to know them outside of work - all while going out for dinner & drinks at yummy restaurants!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nick and I are looking to buy a home. Having just gotten married & both recently finishing up our masters programs, we finally have some time. We're still not sure exactly what area of our city we want to live in - so we set out exploring what we could buy for our budget in different areas....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was not as glamorous as the TV show makes it out to be.... Yuck! We spent an entire weekend driving all around the metro area looking at homes and didn't find a single one that we liked! A few realtors told us this was a 'low inventory' time - so we're just keeping our eyes open for something we like to come on this market. (I have a feeling there will be many more posts about this!) ;-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We've been sooo busy the past few months with the wedding & school - that we really haven't had a 'date night' in forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We went to a fun little Mexican restaurant (on a recommendation of a friend)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799850086761657591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349771599911855528.post-91358299473774397942013-01-12T22:15:00.002-07:002013-02-10T21:22:10.547-07:00New Blog!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi blog friends!! I decided to try something new and start a blog to keep up with the happenings in our lives!! We just finished up a super busy 2012! We both finished our MBA's & got married! Here's to some new adventures in 2013!!</span></div>
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