Toadfrogs and Elephants

Wade and I drove to Chicago last night after the barbeque. Wade tried to surprise me with a trip to Chick-fil-A (the only one near us is about 30 miles south of Milwaukee), but when we got to the address we realized it must be in the mall, which was closed. There was a Dairy Queen right across the street so we still go ice cream!

We had a late morning sleeping in and then went out for brunch. Wade loves his iPhone and one of his favorite features recommends restaurants close to you. We have to admit that Meli’s was a hit. Wade had french toast and I had chocolate chip pancakes.

The next stop was the Ford Theater. Wade and I had tickets to Wicked. The play was wonderful. I was amazed at how well the story ties in and explains items in the Wizard of Oz. Not to mention the completely different impression they leave you with on “wicked witch”.

Before heading back to Milwaukee we decided to visit Navy Pier. We walked around and ejoyed all of the free shows and sights.

A few months ago I wrote about a couple we met through the craig’s list in a post. I got a call a few days ago from Mary asking us over for barbeque this weekend. Wade and I met 9 of their 10 kids, a nephew, and two other families and their children. We had a great time. The food was excellent and Wade really enjoyed the ribs. We even made some contacts for housework – one of the men flips houses and always “knows a guy” for every project. Wade even found someone on his level to play with..

Wade and I are celebrating our delayed anniversary this weekend. My gift was to replace Wade’s wedding ring. The wooden one went missing about six months ago. I walked into the jewlery store and the woman helping me was so excited I was getting married I had to tell her this was a replacement. When I got to the fact that this was the third ring in four years, she responded with, “So I guess you want the cheapest ring we have?” I instead decided to go for the most durable – tungsten carbide. Wade was excited about it and we’ll start the countdown to see how long this one lasts.

I have rediscovered an old favorite. I don’t remember when in my life I enjoyed these popsicles, but I know I did. I started thinking about them on Tuesday, but have been too lazy to go to the grocery for them. Wade took me to Moe’s tonight and agreed to stop for the popsicles on the way home. The best part is they aren’t loaded with sugar (not that that would have stopped me from buying them). Now we’ll see if my current trend holds or I actually eat more than one or two.

I had an ultrasound done last week and we got the results today. Everything looks good. There don’t appear to be any of the genetic disorders that they tested for. It was very surreal having the ultrasound done. I see the baby moving and kicking, but I don’t feel anything at all. Heck, at this point I don’t look remotely pregnant – no slight bump, nothing. (I am not complaining).

I never ate at Moe’s in Atlanta, but when one opened in Anderson I fell in love. I could eat their nachos every day of the week. Then we moved to Milwaukee and I thought I said good-bye. When we were looking at houses WAY outside of Milwaukee we found a Moe’s. The only two times we ate there were when we put the two offers in on our houses (the nearest we came to WAY out there). Then I got pregnant and sick. Most things in general didn’t sound good, but Moe’s did. It was one of the first meals I kept down. We have discovered by interstate it only takes about 20 minutes to get there and have been at least a couple times in the last few weeks. I think Wade is just more willing to humor me now!

In the past three years I have bought a lot of paint. In general I like Depot’s better than Lowe’s. I can’t really tell a difference in the latex I bought from Sherwin Williams and it costs quite a bit more. However, Sherwin Williams does have some things that the others don’t – knowledgeable staff, enamel paint, etc. I also realized what a markup they have. I was buying some specialty paint and noticed they carried Zinser BIN, which I have been using on my trim. They are charging $45 a gallon. I pay $23 at Lowe’s for the exact same prepackaged gallon.

Wade and I don’t have cable, but we do get most of the basic channels that have our favorite shows. We also have TiVo so we don’t spend a lot of time just channel surfing. We’ve been shocked at how much we have enjoyed watching the Olympics. Neither one of us can remember ever watching much in the past and now we spend a good chunk of time after dinner catching up on the games. We’ve discovered all kinds of new sports and athletes to cheer for. We are so thankful for TiVo – at least we can still fast forward through commercials, long debates, and non-interesting competitions.