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We were BIG 4x winners!

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Holy crap! We spent $20 on raffle tickets at the Warren Township High School play Friday night (which was amazing by the way!)…and got a text yesterday that we won and could pick up our prize today. They didn’t tell us what it was, so we tried to remember what we’d entered for. Imagine our surprise when Tom walked out with TWO huge baskets and said we’d actually won FOUR things!

✔️Richardson Adventure Farm – 2 admissions
✔️Nothing Bundt Cakes – bundlets for a year, tumbler, corkscrew, journal
✔️Lake Geneva Cruise Line – 2 tickets
✔️Local eats – $60 in local gift cards (Potbelly, Steak & Shake, Coldstone)

I think we’ve used up all our luck for the year!!

Titanic!

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We went to a Titanic exhibit today! It was neat to see reproductions of things (dinnerware, rooms, grand stairwell, etc.) as well as a few actual pieces. It was a little crowded so I didn’t take many pictures.

Different menus for different classes:

And we got to walk along the first class promenade:

At the beginning we all got a card detailing the life of a passenger. You find out at the end of the exhibit if your passengers survived—and all four of us did (which I thought was crazy)!

Then it was lunch at The Cheesecake Factory and then home.

A friend at the Laugh Factory

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We found out that a friend of ours (TJ Wharry) was going to be performing at the Laugh Factory in Chicago, so we checked Vettix and they had free tickets so we went! ? We sat with his wife Janelle and then all went out to dinner after. (We met them way back when we lived in Troy and have kept in Facebook contact over the years!)

A sushi jazz night!

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Pre-concert dinner at Kura Revolving Sushi Bar! I’ve always wanted to do one of these and we definitely had fun! Our drinks were even delivered via robot!

Amazing seats (third row!) for Branford Marsalis at North Shore Center for Performing Arts. Thank you Vettix!

Squeeee! I have a Dream Box!

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I wanted a Dream Box back when we were redoing the office…but they are super expensive (and then we figured out it wasn’t what I needed for my business).

Fast forward to Tom finding a used Dream Box on Facebook marketplace and the price was right so I grabbed it! It was 1.5 hours away so it was a little bit of work but she’s home and beautiful in the basement bedroom.

Now to fill it with all my Christmas stuff, crafts, art supplies, Cricut accessories…

Thanksgiving Day 2023

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David helped me prep the chili board for lunch!
Grandpa made the green pozole and Gramma made the red chili.
It was a hit!
The 1,000 piece puzzle finished at 12:15.
The next 1,000 piece puzzle started at 12:50!

Friends of ours—Scott and Wendy—also joined us this year as she was visiting from Seattle and they didn’t have other plans! She loves Thanksgiving and cooking so she brought most of the sides to go with Tom’s smoked turkey and smoked ham!

Thanksgiving tip? Gravy in an insulated pitcher! Pourable plus it stays warm!

Dinner is served!
We were all gathered around the kitchen for grace…and I looked over and both dogs were in the circle with us!
Three drinks going at once (water, rum punch, and wine)!
Helping clean up!

The evening was spent watching football, playing cards, puzzling, and visiting!