Anna co-opted Olive for a bedtime snuggle
Category Archives: Friends
Proof of life: dog sitting
Doggy day care
Trying the margarita flight!
It’s four FULL SIZE margaritas, y’all. It’s a unique delivery system but I’d prefer smaller servings. And, if I’m being honest, better margaritas.
Oh Ivy
Take the time. It’s worth it.
Take the time and make the plans to see your faraway friends. It’s worth it.
It was so good to talk in person and give hugs and laugh and drink and eat together.
That said, 36 hours was NOT enough time to spend with this amazing person, but something is better than nothing.
Cheers!
Chocolate martinis for the win!
I think Olive missed Anna.
When Anna’s away…
Anna had to leave town for a family emergency but David still came over for our scheduled dinner. But her absence meant he could also steal her seat!
Olive had no problems with the replacement lap.
And just like that we have a high schooler.
Owen volunteered to play in the jazz band before his promotion ceremony!
I love that he was able to walk with his good friend Lucas…
And Anna (as school board president) was able to give him his diploma!
And then it was off to our celebratory dinner at The Chocolate Sanctuary because it’s closing soon! Of course I forgot to get a photo of our whole group but I did get a picture of my chocolate strawberry martini!
Paint your pet!
Anna and I painted our pets (puppy Olive and Honey) at a local art studio! (Tom and I did birch trees here before!) With the pets, they start you with a pencil drawing from a photo you send— which made it a ton easier!
It was really fun, though I enjoyed it more than Anna did!
Olive gets a ride to school
Olive had spent the night at Anna’s so Ivy could relax after her surgery. She didn’t want to go in the travel crate while Anna took the kids to school…
Making it my own!
THE•ONE•WITH•THE•BESTIE
Matching shirts today for our errands!
Oh college…good times.
I ran across this photo from college this morning and showed it to Katie. She did NOT believe it was me. She kept looking back and forth from me to the photo like HUH? WHAT? and I assured her it was indeed me.
What I didn’t tell her (but will later — she was running behind for school) is that this was NOT my normal look. This was after my roommate Angi plucked my brows (for the first time ever!) and put some “more involved” makeup on me.
I remember being in sweatpants and was like “Well now we need to go out somewhere!” but it was like a Tuesday night or something.
Last jazz band concert
It’s past Olive’s bedtime.
I’ve graduated to the good tequila.
And boy does it make all the difference!
I blame David. He started it.
Exotic snack store attack!
I looooove chips. So I might have gone a little crazy at the local exotic snack store!
The last time I did something like this was probably over a year ago when Tom and I wandered into a Japanese grocery store and we bought a bunch of chips (and I think we only have one bag left—we just open a bag every now and again and do a taste test with Anna and David). So I dragged her along with me…
I know the flavors are probably hard to read, so I’ll share a few:
- Roasted Cumin Lamb Skewer
- Salted Egg
- Fried Crab
- Seaweed
- Sweet Basil
- Spicy Garlic
- Sichuan Pepper
- Wild Mushrooms and Sour Cream
- Creamy Forest Mushroom
- Green Onion
- Scallop Butter Garlic
- Salmon Chili Lime
My BFF gets me!
Every time I wear this shirt I first think of my BFF Anna who found it for me…and second I think how perfect it is! (ICYMI, my business name comes from my sarcasm.) #lippylife #livinglippy
Shopping for the boys.
Early GNO for St. Patty’s
Dr. Pepper Strawberry taste test
Anna: I really like the Zero version. 4/5 stars
Jen: I am not a huge flavored pop fan but I give the regular version a 3/5.
Tom tried both and liked the Zero version better. 4/5
We have consensus that it needs vodka. 😂
Leaving Atlanta. Boooooo.
It was hard saying goodbye because we had soooo much fun and soooo many laughs and we all get along soooo well.
But we’re counting the days until Kelly hopefully comes back to Chicago this ssummer—and we have a birthday girls weekend to plan for September!
Atlanta Day 4
Atlanta Day 3
Atlanta Day 2
Let’s get this party started!
Atlanta bound for girl’s weekend!
Our friend Kelly really needed our support during a rough patch so we decided a girls long weekend was in order!
Somehow we managed to have the only empty seat on the plane in our row! We definitely took advantage!
NIMCon Solo Ensemble
Northern Illinois Music Conference
Thankfully it wasn’t too far to Highland Park Middle School—and they looked pretty alert for 8am.
Between performances we just hung around the library/cafeteria area with Lucas’ parents. It’s a really nice school.
Owen’s big ensemble did The Entertainer and it was really good!
After the performance, the judge gives them a few tips and suggestions and has them practice some bars again to see the difference. It’s really neat.
