On our last day we made a quick trip down to M illennium Park and did a little shopping on the Mag Mile. We needed to pick up souvenir gi...

I had so many plans for the side shade garden this year, but haven't been able to do anything myself and can't talk the kids into h...

I spent a couple days last week stripping the old fireplace mantle. It had a couple coats of ugly brown and gold paint, which came off prett...

Our first thing on the agenda for Chicago Day 4 was the Field Museum, which as I said before was cool sure, but not worth the hype. Bryan w...

I had fun watching Little Buddy and Bryan playing baseball in the front yard the other evening. Little Buddy is getting pretty good, he can...

Little Miss AlleyCat doesn't even realize that in about a month something is going to rock her world. AlleyCat is going to be a big si...

I have been thinking about what a small world we live in and how you can never be too careful when it comes to the safety of your children. ...

Our trip had been planned around this game, as anyone who knows Bryan knows just how much of a die-hard Cubs fan he is. We arrived 2 hours ...

One of my favorite and least favorite parts of Chicago was the El Train. I do not like ridding backwards or standing up, which in a crowde...

Today's my dad's birthday, sorry I'm a very bad daughter and I really don't know how old he is, or else I would post it her...

On the recommendation of our tour guide we ate at Portillo's, which turned out to be the best meal we had in Chicago. We wanted to go ba...