Good morning!

This morning I give you the view I had at dinner last night and dessert too!  Phil and I went to Sweetwater Bar downtown for dinner and a drink and then grabbed ice cream from our local ice cream shop!  With the nice weather that we had last night, we decided to sit outside on the patio!  And we even grabbed our patio chairs and sat outside eating our ice cream! Our dog even made an appearance at dessert!  She may have also begged for a bit of my ice cream but had to settle for the last bit of the cone!

I guess you could say it was a successful evening!

Now, onto the workday and the rest of the week, wishing for the weekend!!

My puppy begging for a bit of the ice cream cone!  

Our view from the patio at Sweetwater!

The sunset last night from our back porch!  

Good afternoon all!!

Today is Friday!!  Thank goodness!!  I could use a weekend!!!

So on this sunny Friday afternoon, I decided I would share some sunny pictures by the river!!

Me in front of the Chicago River!

Me and Trump!  We're close!!

The panoramic!!

Mid-Summer check in

Wow, has it been since May since I wrote something??  I guess it has!!!  Anyway, what has been going on since then???

Well first off, we finally have some good weather!!  I just hope it continues!!  And we live in a wonderful city that is great in the summer!

June brought us the official start of summer!!  I got to go to a Tigers game when they played the White Sox.  I went to the game with a good friend of mine and rooted for the Tigers to a win!  It was a nice night for a baseball game!  It'll be great to get to more games later this summer!!

July brought us our anniversary!!  We got married 4 years July 3rd!  Well, this year was a complete BUST!!  We both ended up working on the 3rd and were so tired from the day and the short week, that we didn't even go out to dinner!  We ordered take-out!  Which can be fun, if you make it!!  Phil owes me!!  Though, the 4th was great this year!  We both were off from work and got to enjoy a hike and a picnic at Starved Rock State Park.  It was great to get out of the city, even if for a few hours!  Then this week brought my sister to town!  She lives in St. Louis and we get to see her every couple of months!  We took her to Eataly downtown and enjoyed some pasta and wine!  Then we joined some of my co-workers for the Kickball League!  I haven't played Kickball in about 20 years and it was a blast.  And I am not athletic, but it sure felt good to get out!  I even caught a fly ball from a kicker!!  Had dinner drinks afterwards to end the night!  She should be on a plane back to STL as I type!!

Now it's the middle of summer and I feel like I still have so much to do and no time to do it in!!  So, following Sarah, a friend of mine, I am starting a Summer Bucket List!  Everything I want to do and more!!
So, here it goes.....
-Attend a concert in the park with the CSO.
-Go to festivals around the city, including the ever popular Taste of Chicago.
-Go to Vegas on vacation, in August!!
-Go back to Starved Rock, but this time, take more pictures and the dog!
-Go to Six Flags, Great America!
-Finish a baby gift for my best friend who is pregnant with twins!!  And yes, that means I have to finish two things!!!

I think that's it for now!

Enjoy some summer weather and some air conditioning too if it's too hot for you!

TM

Part of the city as we were driving down Halsted!!

The sister and her wine at Eataly!!

You can't go wrong with a soft pretzel, a beer and good ol' fashioned baseball game!

Courtney and I at the game!  Go Tigers!!