Lunch at Marilyn's/Amish in Hudson/Red Indian 6/30

...But sometimes they come back...

Today, we woke up late, according to Megan, earlyish, according to me, but, it's relative, you know. We drove to (Great) Aunt Marilyn's and had a nice lunch there. On the way back, we drove by Amish houses and chatted with a cute Amish boy.

When we got home we swept the pig barn (no pigs are currently residing there) and made dinner. (grilled cheese, salad and veggie straws (don't ask)) We then went to get some Red Indian ice cream and return our not-so-great movies.

We then went to Zita's to steal her Wi-Fi so we could come and blog to all of you nice people.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Pontoon/Zita's B-day/Lame movies 6/29

...But sometimes they come back...

On Wednesday we woke up quite late and had crepe mixed with pancake mixed with waffle things for breakfast that Aunt Sharon so graciously made for us (complete with blueberries and whipped cream.) Then Megan and I rode down to Zita's house for a pontoon boat ride on Lime Lake. Afterward we trimmed trees for Grandma and went into town to get Zita a b-day present. We rented two movie, 'Love Happens' (BTW, worst movie ever), and 'Year One' (Oddly much better than 'Love Happens', despite the crude humor.) When grabbing the tag to redeem the movie, Sharon almost grabbed Tyler Perry's 'I Can Do Bad All By Myself', which would have been a whole other story; luckily I told her right away.

Afterward, we had Zita's birthday dinner, complete with me, Megan, Sharon, Gma, Gpa, Zita, and Aunt Marilyn. Then they went to bed right before the sun went down, (like 8 or something) and we stayed up making fun of the movies, eating strawberry yum yum and burnt popcorn.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Michigan/Amish 6/28

...But sometimes they come back...

Today we drove 5 hours-ish to Michigan through Indiana to visit the grandparents. We saw nice Amish people who waved at us, and took a few pictures when they weren't looking.

We drove the work horse (golf cart) around by Lime Lake and watched lightning bugs. We are currently stealing Aunt Zita's Wi-Fi.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Church/Gay Pride Parade/John Hancock 6/27

...But sometimes they come back...


On Sunday, June 27th, Megan, Sharon, and I went to church at "Covenant Presbyterian Church of Chicago". It was a very large church with beautiful tapestries and paintings all around. It was a nice service, with lots of Celtic/Irish folk music. Afterward, people from the church and chatted for a bit. When we were done, Sharon dropped us off at the corner of her house so we could walk past the Gay Pride Parade. That was interesting. There was lots of colorful floats and we saw a few too many man butts than we'd like to have. (All we saw was a few.)

After that little adventure we walked back home and watched some more Friday Night Lights. (For those of you who watch the show, we're pretty addicted now and we're rooting for Matt and Julie. Oh, and that Bo kid is pretty dang adorable.)

After a while, Sharon asked us to walk down to McDonalds to get her a Diet Coke. (It's less than a block away.) We went in and there was a lot of riff raff from the parade hanging out in there. We ordered ice cream and yogurt, ate that, then Megan got back in line to order the Diet Coke for Sharon. Just as we stepped out the door, it slammed against Megan's arm and the Diet Coke went flying all over the sidewalk. It was pretty funny. So I went back in the ordered another one, and safely brought it back home to Sharon. We waited around for the guest to come that was staying in the guest house, who was supposed to come at 4:30 p.m., and didn't end up coming until about 7:00 p.m.

When she was finally settled in, we went to the John Hancock building, to the 95th floor, the Signature room, for drinks and snacks. It had an incredible view, and an even better one from the bathroom. We Valet parked, for free, one of Sharon's special deal things she does (Mystery shops). We felt very high class. The guy was very charming.

We stopped by Home Depot and then went back home, facebooked, and forgot to blog so that's why we're doing it now on our way to Michigan. We also, of course, had to watch more Friday Night Lights episodes, and then went to bed.

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Zoo/Babysitting 6/26

...But sometimes they come back...

Today Megan and I walked to the Lincoln Park Zoo which is, like, half a mile away from our house. We saw the kangaroos, deformed looking camels, zebras, a hippopotamus, rhinoceroses, piranhas, really adorable looking meercats, antelope, gorillas, apes, lions, a polar bear, cockroaches, bear cubs, giraffes, aardvarks,and a peeing monkey from like 15 feet high.

Then we came back home and at 3:50ish headed over to babysit a cute 8 year old girl named *Laura. We played and slipped and slid on the slip n' slide and, ate strawberry shortcake and frozen pizzas, named ourselves after numbers and boys. (Nora was #1 and Fred, Megan was #2 and Ned, Laura was #3 and Ted, and Sharon was #4) She danced to Alvin and the Chipmunk songs for us, and she was pretty darn cute. When we said good night she was teary eyed because she said she was never going to see us again.

We stopped at White Castle and picked up a few burgers and fries for the way home. There was some suspicious activity going on, but we weren't scared. No gang fighters would dare mess with us. Once we mumbled out of that jumble and got on back home, we parked the car a block from the house. There was some more suspicious activity that followed us home, but we locked the doors and turned out the lights.

Now we're in our last night in the "guest room", and Sharon's vacuuming away. It's 2:00 a.m., but we just got home and still have things to do.


*Name changed for safety reasons

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Tyler Hilton ;) 6/25

...But sometimes they come back...

At 11:20ish a.m. today we left to see Tyler Hilton at the John Hancock Building in the Plaza. Now, for those of you who don't know who he is, buy yourself seasons 2-4 of One Tree Hill and watch them. Right now. You done yet? Now you know who he is. Pretty great, huh?

Anyways... we got there at like 11:30 a.m. and got a good spot. He sang Sunset Blvd. and This World Will Turn Your Way from his new ep, now available on itunes, and a cover for a song he sang on One Tree Hill, Missing You. He was fantastic. On your left is a picture of him. You see that smile? That was just for us. (More pics on facebook)

Afterward we waited in line to have him autograph my bag, Megan's hand and to get out pics taken with him. Then we bought shirts and got back in line. He remembered our names and signed our shirts and my (Nora) phone.

Megan and I walked down to Navy Pier afterward, and got refreshing beverages, bought Cubs shirts and went on a stupid ride thing that cost us too much.

Tomorrow- Lincoln Park Zoo, Gay Pride Parade?, babysitting, the bean, etc. not set in stone yet.

'People Always Leave' (One Tree Hill quote!) so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

White Sox game 6/24

...but Sometimes They Come Back..:)

Today, we woke up at 10:00 a.m. and hurriedly got ready to take Megan to the 'Minute Clinic' to get Megan's face fixed. (if you want more info, just ask, we'll be glad to tell you in full detail) When we were finished, we met Sharon's friend Nora's (not me, different Nora) husband Bob and rode the red line subway to the White Sox game with seats on the 3rd base line.
We were able to buy the cheapest T-shirts (Sharon has taught us well) for $15 each. There was no scoring until the bottom of the 8th inning, where the Sox hit a home run, scoring them 2 runs. They won, yippie ya hoo ray!. It was very exciting. Sharon had to meet with a client on the way back, so Megan and I had to ride the subway back ALONE. We stared at the map outside for like, ten minutes, and still managed to go the wrong way, when we had a 50/50 chance. And...it was all Megan's fault. And she knows it. :p...
"No it wasn't!" Megan yells from beside me.
Anyways... after a few calls and a turn around or two, we finally managed to make it back home. We watched a few Friday Night Lights, and later went to Gino's and had pepperoni deep dish pizza. :) It was yummy.
On the way back home, we noticed a group of teenagers singing and dancing in green T-shirts. We decided to stop and watch, and later found out that they're a Baptist youth group from Alabama. And Nora may have found a future husband. (Maybe joking, maybe not.) And we both agreed that Jesus was much younger and cuter than we thought he would be. ;)
And tonight we plan to watch more Friday Night Lights tonight, probably not until 3:00 though, so we can be pumped for Tyler Hilton's concert tomorrow!!

'People Always Leave' so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg

Shopping in Chicago 6/23

On Tuesday, June 22nd, we hopped on a plane and flew to Chicago. We arrived in Chicago at 1:00 a.m. Chicago time. We then jumped in Aunt Sharon's car, and adventured around Chicago until 2:00 a.m. We drove by Oprah's house, Robert Ebert's house, the Willis tower (formally known as the Sears tower), stopped at 7-11 for ice cream bars, and then settled in at our new home for the next three weeks. (For the first 5 days we get to sleep in the guest suite, complete with flat screen cable tv, mini fridge, king size bed, magazines, coffee pots, dressers, wi-fi connection and a dancing, singing dog.
On Wednesday, we awoke slowly at 11:30 a.m. We turned on some cartoons and I (Nora) opened the large windows, only to hear someone faintly calling my name.
"I think Aunt Sharon wants us downstairs," I said to Megan. So we went downstairs, only to find her, along with my Uncle Phil (who is redoing the guest bathroom) locked outside.
Later, we went grocery shopping at Aldi's, Trader Joe's and got some gelato and Whole Foods. We bought souvenirs for friends back home.
Getting home, we watched Friday Night Lights and Pretty Little Liars until 3:00 a.m.

'People Always Leave', so we gotta go.

Luv Nora&Meg