More September Excitement

More September Excitement

First - we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary on Sept. 16th! Amazing, really. I can't believe that it's been twenty years already. Blink of an eye for sure. We went to the Chesapeake Seafood House for dinner; we'd gone there on the evening of our very first date. We'd actually gone to lunch at Incredibly Delicious so many years ago and it went so well, and the next day Kevin was about to go somewhere and do a triathlon, so I think I suggested that we go out to dinner on the very same night, because why not? This time we went super early because we were so hungry and I got lobster...

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The Car Show

The Car Show

We took place in the Illinois Secretary of State Vehicle show again this year, for the third year in a row. That is to say, Kevin entered three vehicles and I drove the Thing there and back plus I...

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The Rest of JuneCon

The Rest of JuneCon

We got through the trivia questions and also the very complaining Q&A, and we got a vew more pictures taken. Then there was a costume contest; they'd posted online a long time ago that only ten...

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JuneCon! Part 1

JuneCon! Part 1

JuneCon was a celebration of June's Journey's 9th Anniversary. I've been playing the game almost since it started. It's a hidden object game, and the storyline is set in the 20s involving the...

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Chicago!

Chicago!

Thursday Sept. 3rd, Amy, Mom and I took the train to Chicago. We were headed to "JuneCon," a night of celebration by our favorite online game, June's Journey. The event was on Friday night, so we...

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Wrapping up August…

Wrapping up August…

Here are some photos of the very last Tomb Ceremony of the summer, which kind of wraps up summer...except that it's about 96 today and feels like its 100 and something. Enough with the heat already....

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Other Stuff in August.

Other Stuff in August.

The fun things in August were Kevin's birthday celebration, including an awesome kayak down Long Bay, plus a festive birthday dinner. And then the fair with Bev was also enjoyable. But after the...

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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Incidentally, have you seen that movie? It's one of my favorites for sure. But that's not what I'm writing about today; many things have happened and many photos, and I was trying to find a "before"...

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The Fair!  Part Two

The Fair! Part Two

Way back in August, Monday Aug. 17th to be exact, after leaving Conservation World Bev and I headed over to see the Butter Cow. I'm looking kind of bedraggled here; I think that's just how you get...

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