Category Archives: Friends and Family

Nov 29 2012
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Friends and Family, Fun for Couples, Games, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 66: Crossword Competition

I do my shot every week on Thursday in the evening and usually, after I’m done, I need something to distract myself from thinking too much about the possibility of side effects or how freaky it is that I just gave myself a shot while sitting at the dining room table. This week I decided to challenge the hubs to a crossword competition.

A crossword competition is when you print out a number of copies of a crossword from an online source (in this case, two) and then compete on who can finish fastest. This is something I’ve participated in at work, but decided to bring home. The puzzle we tackled was entitled “Abbreviated States,” though I cannot tell you why. We competed for about 20 minutes before we started giving each other answers. Eventually we were both so stuck, we decided to just work on it together, and we were victorious! Even though no one won, it was super fun. I highly suggest this game. You could play until someone wins on their own, or see who has to ask for help first, or just have fun competing knowing you might ultimately have to put your brains together to finish.

Nov 25 2012
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Chicago Specific Fun, Friends and Family, Holiday Fun, Nightlife

Day 61: Singalong

Just got home from the much anticipated Sound of Music Singalong! It really was everything I hoped it would be and more. This annual event at the Music Box Theater isn’t just people in a room singing along to a movie. It’s vocal warm-ups, costume parade, gift bag full of interactive items (flashcards, Edelweiss, poppers-for when the Captain and Maria kiss for the first time, etc.) and so much laughing and singing. For the holidays, they do a White Christmas Singalong and I will definitely be back.

Nov 23 2012
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Friends and Family

Day 60: Breaking Dawn

I’m a sucker for a book series and a book series turned movie series, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, etc. Currently, I’m reading Game of Thrones, also being made as a tv series. So perhaps it will come as no surprise that I am also a Twilight fan. I went through the books in about a week and have been secretly watching the movies. Recently, I’ve been re-watching them with my friend who was seeing them for the first time, and tonight, as a special treat, we went to see the final movie in the theatre together.

It was not the midnight showing with a bunch of tweens screaming when Jacob took his shirt off, but a mature audience of grown women, only a few of whom woo’d. We respectfully enjoyed our vampire/werewolf drama and appreciated the homage at the end of the movie. And as my friend and I left the theatre discussing how this was totally the best movie of the series, I realized we had just made public our inner twihards. And now I’m owning it here. Team Edward.

Nov 22 2012
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Food/Drink Fun, Friends and Family, Holiday Fun, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Day 59: Giving Thanks

On holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, it will be hard for me to choose one fun thing to write about on this blog. I love the holidays (if that isn’t clear enough already) and try to enjoy them in so many ways. Here is a list of things I will do today that will be tremendously fun:

  1. watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  2. bake pumpkin bars
  3. watch football
  4. eat, feast, tire, eat more
  5. hug family

 
Here are some of things I’m thankful for–family (momdadmeaganbrittreddykalapadma nathanphilphiljrpriankastevegertjohnIIjohnIIIjohnIV(!)juliejenniderekcedrictanneralisonalexangel billtristangrandma), kindness, Chicago, Wild Bunch, Elphaba, theatre, blog readers, cinnamon, instagram, holiday decorations, baking, music, reality television, scarves, West Elm, philanthropy, photobooths, celebrity, How I Met Your Mother, UET, ACT, CST, CU, NMH, DIY, New York Giants, Lake Michigan, dog parks, other people’s babies, my iPhone, wordpress, health and FUN. (not the band, the purpose of this blog. ok also the band).

Nov 21 2012
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Food/Drink Fun, Friends and Family, Holiday Fun

Day 58: No bake

I don’t often use no bake dessert recipes, but a coworker brought this treat to our Fall party, and the result was so cute and delicious, I had to try it. I had fun making these adorable little acorns that took almost no time. They are part of my contribution (with pumpkin bars) to Thanksgiving tomorrow.

Acorns

1 package Nutter Butter Bites (smaller, circular version of the peanut shaped cookies)
1 package Hersey’s Kisses
chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and/or peanut butter chips

Melt some chocolate (I melted about 3/4 cup of chocolate chips). Dip the flat end of a Hersey’s Kiss in to the chocolate. Dip a chip (I used chocolate and butterscotch, but you could also use peanut butter, white chocolate, dark chocolate, etc.) into the excess chocolate on the kiss. Stick the kiss to one side of the cookie and center the chip on the other. Voila! Delicious acorn.

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