Change.

You must embrace change. I've heard that since I was a child, and lived it as my parents divorced, we moved 5 times within the same city in 4 years, went to 3 different junior high schools and a completely new high school....and so much more.

Also--technology, reel-to-reel tape to casettes to 8-track to better casettes and Bose to the internet and Windows and Mac desktops to laptops to iPads to brick mobile phones, to HBO to cable tv to DirecTV to cell phones to online banking to iTunes to iPod to digital cameras to podcasts to dvd's and dvr's and Netflix and Skype and video chat to...

Family-wise...Lindsey's halfway through to her doctorate at DePaul...Peter's a senior and will graduate next summer...and I took Chris to Marquette Univ for his orientation this week. In two months, the term "empty nesters" (with benefits, i.e., kids will still be home for breaks, holidays, etc.)...will apply to us! They're not at all the 3 little kids I remember watching play baseball, water polo, cheerleading--talk about change...

Jobs change too. More to come on this. Exciting. with tremendous accomplishments to build off of. And I will. As I embrace change...

December 2009

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Happy. Proud. Lucky.

Naperville 2009

Naperville 2009
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One of my favorite Fall photos---took it in downtown Naperville....

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Look Who I Bumped Into...

I was walking through Union Station to catch the train....and he was there...sequined shirt, short shorts...I swear to God.

Want to be there...

Here's a picture inside the cabin--I've only been able to spend two weekends there, but can't wait to get back. Looks like Memorial weekend will be the next time--have tickets to the Cubs/Houston game next Saturday afternoon. Nice to have a place to get away to.

May 1st, 2009

Friday afternoon...watching the Cubs, listening to Pat and Ron. They're the best. Only others I have found who compare are Steve Stone (he's just smart and strategic)...and Ernie Harwell. And you can't forget Harry Carey. Actually his sons are pretty good too, Skip and Chip. Thank God my parents didn't give us all "rhyming" names...

Going to the cabin in about an hour in Saugatuck, Mich...what a nice place to relax--people just do their own thing, down to earth, and it's a nice getaway. Plus it's just under 3 hours, and it's a pretty easy drive. Sports bar with awesome food right across the street...golf course nearby, hiking trails to Lake Michigan beach which I can run to---very lucky.

Ok...gotta go pack....but will be back.