Our friends Dave and Dana are getting hitched! Bachelorette party was a heavenly long weekend in Napa.
Our hotel/spa was really gorgeous and old school.
It had a steamy mineral spring pool.
The...
Recently I had to travel to Austin for a conference.
Work Nicci! Despite the fact that I was suffering from some type of plague-like sickness, we (just) managed to enjoy some yumsies from one of our favorite joints,...
Back on the homefront, I did a huge weeding projects, the likes of which I usually reserve for Eddy (due to the nasty creepy crawlies that live on the side of our house.)
See how scary that looks! This is the after...
In addition to Cel and Tom's wedding, Eddy (finally!) took me to the Brookfield Zoo for the first time! Now, I have a deep affection for the Lincoln Park Zoo, so I set my expectations pre-tty-high.
Let me just...
So the reason we were in Chicago (you know, other than because we like to stick our heads through stuff) was because Celeste and Tom were getting hitched!
Cel and I are good SLU friends, so of course we had to have...
You may know that we like sticking our heads through stuff. It's a thing. Well, recently visited the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago and we basically hit the jackpot. Behold!
This owl is definitely...
So we've been taking Norman to obedience school because when he was just a wee dog he was quite the ball of crazy. In fact, we'd been months without our beloved Discovery Green because it was just such a chore to take...
So Eddy is kind and sweet and thoughtful enough to read to me each night before we go to sleep. I know. He's the greatest. Usually I even get to choose the books that we read. In the absence of dystopian...
We recently attended a totally amazing Polish Festival at this little Polish church that we pass by all the time on the way to Norman's bad dog classes.
There were lots of beautiful paper flowers.
I mean really,...