Sometimes your tax dollars go to this . . . . . .

Let me start off by saying that I live in Illinois now. However, I use to live in Wisconsin when I grew up and I have many friends that still live there.  This is how I got wind of this store I'm going to share with you all.  I'm literally picking up my jaw from the floor, because is this was my elected official, we'll I can't publish what I'd say to ...continue reading

Cool Things Happening In Chicagoland

Ever feel super jealous that you missed an event? Well, I wasn't until I saw this video: Now, how cool was that? The killer is that I live fairly close to that mall! I mean, I could get there in less than an hour (well, depending on traffic that is. If you live here, you'll quickly learn that a 5 mile drive can take an hour in rush hour). I've ...continue reading

Snow Day!

It is terrible here in Illinois.  This is what my house looks like this morning: We broke our back door trying to open it this morning.  My house is a sheet of ice.  We have about 4 inches of snow.  On top of that, we have freezing rain, so it is definitely an interesting combination we have going on out there.  We watched the ...continue reading

Halloween Madness

How was your Halloween? Here is Chicago we had a beautiful day. The last two Halloweens it was so cold that we have to dress the kids in layers of berghaus clothing, and they were still cold after about an hour. Not that they wanted to quit trick or treating or anything, but I was worried about how cold it was. However, this year, we didn't have that ...continue reading


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