It’s never been winter on my birthday before. 1

It's never been winter on my birthday before.
On the way to work this morning, I considered actually crying over the weather, it’s been so terrible lately. We still haven’t had anything really approaching summer, and I’ve been wearing my cold-weather clothes all week. I didn’t think when we booked a trip to Vegas for my birthday that we’d be escaping Minnesota weather in June, but there it ...

it’s 100 days til the wedding?

Tonight we’re heading westbound to Watertown for our first wedding shower with a bunch of Matt’s parents’ friends. They’re expecting more than 20 people there at the Irish pub downtown (I’ve met 6 of them, I think). Joe and Missy are coming, too, and we’re all staying at the hotel that has the bar where beer taps are conveniently built ...

#triviaweek wrapup!

Friday: 331 Club In addition to the usuals (me, Matt, Joe, and Missy), we had Wendy, Amelia, and Meg there to help out. We took third place and won a Jagermeister tshirt. That trivia was insanely crowded, too. Saturday: TGI Friday’s in Woodbury We braved the outer suburbs!! Chris and Rich joined us (they and Missy are all Woodbury alumni, ...

two cakes!

This weekend contained two birthday celebrations. You can’t go wrong with that! The first one was at Friday Night Meats, which went from 7pm til almost 3am. (Sorry, neighbors.) Missy made me birthday cake #1, too, which was really fruit and yogurt in layers to look like a cake. It was awesome. Saturday, Matt’s parents arrived from South Dakota. We ...