How do we celebrate 23 years of marriage?

Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you pay for some eggs at Jewel/Osco and head for the exit only to be confronted by…

I gotta admit I’m pretty impressed with my most recent time. Yeah, that one at the top.

Earlier today, Nate and I attended Brick Convention: A LEGO Fan Event at the DuPage County Fairgrounds about a half hour from us. Much like the LEGO event I attended way back in 2010, it was a combination of builders displaying their stuff and vendors selling their stuff. It was cool.

It might be time to retire ol’ Smiley, don’cha think?

Aaaaaaaannnnddd… DONE!

Wow. It’s been three months since we worked on a puzzle. I can’t believe it’s been so long. But it’s finally time to throw a new puzzle out on the kitchen table.

Are there any words you truly hate? Like, you hear them and they make your skin crawl?

Since Katie has a mandated uniform for her work, about the only freedom of expression she has is in her footwear. So she does. As much as possible. And sometimes, she gets funky.

Mine and Katie’s Northern Illinois Huskies football team won their game today.

Who knew a “Carversary” was a thing? Apparently Nissan knew and they decided to help us celebrate the one year anniversary of bringing Blue Bandit (“BB” for short) home.

We’ve been having some issues of late with our doorbell. Several years ago, we switched from a standard doorbell to a Nest wired camera doorbell. It’s been great.

How about a simple post of photos from our road trip to Indiana and southwestern Michigan that ended today just to put a little bow on the weekend?

I received this SMS yesterday morning. I nearly fell out of my seat laughing.

If you were sitting there reading a book and you saw this peering out at you, would you find it adorable or threatening?

Nate and I went to the Chicago Toy Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds near our house today for their summer show. It was our first time attending the summer edition as we prefer the weather in the spring and fall, but we had C2E2 in the spring and we will likely miss fall for other reasons.

Can anyone explain to me why adult toothpaste flavors suck rocks? Maybe it’s just me because my dentist has me using sensitive formulas like Sensodyne.

I’ve decided that, since I broke my Sodabriety earlier this month, I’m not going to go back and give it up cold turkey again.

But I’m also not going hog wild drinking it.

Being July 11, today was 7-Eleven Slurpee Day! Did you go get your free Slurpee? What kind did you get?

While I’m  still upset that Five Below (and just about every major retailer save Amazon) seems to have ditched out on Tapatío flavored Doritos, at least I can say that I found these.

We went to the pool today. It was a brief visit due to storms that decided to come crashing through from out of nowhere. But it was almost briefer for me.

At the pool today, Nathan and I were playing catch and I heard two tween girls near us gauging the level of their friendship with questions about each other’s favorite this and that. Favorite movie, band, chip, etc.

Nothing like being the last ones to leave a theater at closing time. Yeah, we did that tonight when Katie and I went to see The Fall Guy with my brother and his wife.

Eddie and Dustin are finally done! This one took a little longer than expected. But once we hunkered down and focused, we got it.

Yesterday, the three of us went to the Eras Night (Cougars Edition) at Northwestern Medicine Field. No, it was not a Taylor Swift concert. But it was a Taylor Swift-themed night at the ballpark of our local minor league baseball team, the Kane County Cougars.

I woke up this morning and saw this on our kitchen table…

Let me introduce you to our one and only hanging plant this year…

And, just like that, we are done!

It’s been a couple months since we finished our last one, but we’re finally getting back in the puzzle game with one we bought for Katie for Mother’s Day…

Which one do you think I am?

I totally forgot to celebrate my one year of sodabriety back on May 28! Get it? Soda + sobriety = sodabriety. If it wasn’t a thing before, it is now. Deal with it.

We went to the library yesterday to sign up for the summer reading challenge. I walked up to the table and announced our intentions, she said hi, and then she started typing in her laptop.

For about five minutes yesterday, my house was getting pelted with hail. And probably the most limited scope hailstorm I’ve ever experienced, to boot.

I guess there really wasn’t anything to worry about. Crossing the border into Canada at Blaine, Washington, was a breeze.

Why do I feel so much more anxious about this trip we’re leaving for today than any of them in the past three years?