Banned Books Week

1 Oct 2006 – 1:00
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Banned Books Week is over now, but friday we did head up to evanston for a reading of books that were almost banned in Arlington Heights this year:

British Invasion

7 Aug 2006 – 11:22
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I would love to get 6 weeks of holiday time. Melanie’s best friend from high school just left sunday morning. They’re headed on to New York for a week, before going back home. And that’s less than half of the vacation time they get.
This last week’s been insane. Friday we drove up to Toronto to [...]

everything at once.

26 Jul 2006 – 5:27
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the week of insanity is here, the wifest’s best friend arrived from england last night, and on friday we’re headed to toronto to meet up with my father in law, who is on the continent for the one time this year (which is, of course, the same week).
and as of yet, we’re still not sure [...]

New Apartment Pikchas!

8 Jul 2006 – 4:32
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Everything’s been unpacked, arranged, assembled, and cleaned up, so it’s time for a tour:
The living room:

Our super-sexy kitchen:

The Bedroom:

The only room without red curtains, the bathroom:

Well, the beer and videogames room doesn’t either, but that’s because it doesn’t have any curtains at all:

And Pictures of us being dorky:

The dining table hasn’t been stencilled yet, so [...]

Moving Shorts

30 Jun 2006 – 12:28
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CAR WASH! CAR WASH!: The move itself wasn’t too bad. We had gorgeous weather, probably due to the prayers of the church that was running a fund-raising car wash two doors down from us. Our prayers for the girls screaming at passing cars to go hoarse, however, went unanswered.
Beer and Cupcakes wound up [...]