Oh Miley...

I think we get it...you aren't on Disney anymore...

Yum

While in Chicago Sara and I needed a place to eat one night and ended up at the Dunkin Donuts near our hotel. We found out that they have the most AMAZING hash browns, and since the trip I have been massively craving these little round pieces of joy. So after work today I totally drove all the way to the Dunkin Donuts just to get these. They were just as amazing as I remembered...

Yum yum yum. I miss Chicago!

New Layout + Why I Hate May

I decided to make a few changes in the blog world layout-wise. I just wasn't feeling the other one anymore, and I really wanted to make it more photo-friendly. I'll stick with this for now, though I'm not totally sure I am set on the yellow...it's a bit more cheery than I'm used to! Ha. Perhaps it was because today was the first sunny and non-rainy day all month?

Anywho, as a side note, I hate the month of May. It rains a lot, the yardwork starts needing to happen, and my biggest peeve- it's the season finale month for every show on the planet. Well, the ones I watch anyway. It always leaves me annoyed and then I'm without my shows for the next few months.

Adam and I have become big fans of the show Castle during it's past two seasons and the finale was last night. I took the bait and stayed up late to watch it, to be honest I dont think that I have stayed up to watch this show at the time it was on since it came out, but I REALLY wanted to see the finale, and what ended up happening? I was annoyed and frustrated in the end and couldn't fall asleep. So work today was rough, and my point of hating the month of May was once again reiterated.

Just made the hubby dinner and now we are off to watch the finale of Desperate Housewives that was on this past Sunday...yes we are a bit behind. Eh. I hate May.

BRGR

Sunday Adam and I were trying our best to figure out a place to eat that was cheap, and we remembered all of our friends RAVING about this place called "Cheddars" that they ate at down in Springfield at the wedding. Well, we found out we have a Cheddars here, so we decided to make the drive out there to see if it really did live up to the hype. Well, on the way we had to swing by the bank, and at the particular branch we stopped at, there was a strip mall nearby and we saw this intriguing place called "BRGR" and decided to stop over and see the menu. It was filled with different burgers, and we both thought that sounded good, so we detoured from Cheddars and ate at this unique little shop instead.

It was very different inside, metal chairs with a super rustic charm. We ordered a couple of waters, and they bring us back this bottle, it made me laugh!

All in all the place was pretty good. I liked my burger and Adam liked his, though I kind of wish we would have done Cheddars since we drove all the way out there! But it was definitely good. Yum.

Chicago!

So earlier this month Sara and I took a weekend trip up to Chicago. She had never been there and I have only been once, but it was a few years ago and we went up and back in two days and spent the time looking for an apartment for our roommates at the time, so we didnt get to see the city. So I was really excited, and the city was so much fun! We were total tourists though, even paying for one of their "hop on, hop off" tour bus deals. But we got to see pretty much everything we were wanting to, and had alot of fun seeing all of the different things. We figure next time we can spend time doing more "Chicago" things, as opposed to the touristy attractions. Haha. Anywho, we stayed at a super fancy hotel right near the water and had fun seeing the different museums and shopping down on the Mag Mile. Now that I know more of what is there, I am excited to get to go back!

It was super cloudy and windy our first day, but the Buckingham Fountain was still super spectacular.



It cleared up a couple days later and the water was so pretty!






We had wayy to much fun taking pictures at the Bean!


















2nd largest department store in the WORLD!! This was one GIGANTIC Macy's!!

I can't wait until we get to take our next trip in a few months!!!

Happy Hour!

So Adam had a conference deal through work where he had to go to some fancy pants meeting thing at a hotel downtown, which meant he got off a couple hours earlier than normal and we were FINALLY able to take advantage of one of the restaurant's happy hours here in town. We went to La Bodega, a little mexican joint down near midtown, and it was delicious (and cheap!). It was so much fun to be able to go out together during the week and get some cheap yummy food at a place we probably wouldnt normally get to go. It sucks that there isnt a happy hour on the weekends!

Yum! And we got Sangria! Mmmmm!

We also went and saw Iron Man 2 at a sneak preview- another thing I LOVE about living in the big city is that we actually have screenings for all of the big movies coming out. And we usually get passes for free to go see these movies, so we get to go see the big hits for free and before they even come out. Love it! With the prices of movies so dang high now, we never get to actually GO see a movie, so this way we get to go and we are seeing a big movie. Sure, we have to stand in line for an hour or so, but it's totally worth it! Iron Man, however, not on my list of top faves. Adam loved it, but I just wasnt a fan...could be because I didnt see the first one? Who knows....

Goodness, it's May?

Wow, I can't believe the last time that I updated this sucker was back in March. I feel like these last few months have just been this big huge blur...I'm in awe that it is already May. Actually, it's over halfway through the month now so technically it's almost June. CRAZY!

Anyways, not too much happened in April. We've been decorating our place and working on things for the business, combined with everything else I feel like we have little time to do much else. We've been driving back and forth to Omaha all the time for work and that's starting to take it's toll...it's not a bad drive or anything, but when you do it EVERY weekend, it starts to get a bit boring and long.

This is what I see on our drives. Adam sleeping, Annabelle on his lap. I'm left to drive allll alone!

Tina graduated from college a couple weeks back and I went up to watch. I'm so incredibly proud of her! She always has been my best friend, and I totally had tears when she walked in all dressed in her cap and gown. She's going to do so many great things in her life, and I can't wait to be a part of them!

Tina and the hubby! I still can't believe it's been almost 2 years since she got married!

Billy, Tina and I at Tina's graduation party! I can't believe we are all college grads!

More later!