What have I been up to?

Oh, nothing much, you know, just starting a business, finishing my 40+ page thesis, and learning every single bone, muscle, tendon, ligament, nerve, artery, vein, and bump on a bone in the human body (Oh yeah, and their functions, exactly where they attach, etc). I spend my five minutes of free time out of every 24 hours sleeping. LOL.

In the free time that I make (you know, when I should be studying or crocheting or writing or sleeping) I've been doing some regular fun things.

Like going over to Megan's for delicious hot chocolate and even better conversation.
Or going to the last home hockey game of my college career. We tied. :(
Or just going out to eat with some of the boys I live with.
But mostly I've been making time to crochet. If you haven't already, check out my website at http://www.facebook.com/craftingjoy/. You can see it even if you're not on Facebook, Mom! Here are some of the orders I've been completing.

Apologies?

Never. Okay, maybe. I'm sorry that I've been so ridiculously busy that I haven't posted in, um, forever. I'm not promising to do any better, but I thought I'd share my life via iPhone since my last post.

Last party in Chicago. :(


I learned how to make Oreo truffles!
Last dinner in Chicago. We all split fried ice cream and sopapillas.
Home with the kiddos. :)
Daniel showing off his wink.
Becky's college graduation.
Loving cousins.
Awesome trail of lights.
The military tribute.
Christmas morning.
I let the kids color on my phone and somehow this one got saved to my pictures.
Ella and I sewed together the chick Ari gave her for Christmas.
My going away party.
Quesadilla buffalo sauce extra pickle burger at Denny's. Now why isn't this on the menu?
Building up my earring collection.
All packed up for Colorado.
At the movies with friends.
Parmesan encrusted chicken. Seriously the BEST thing I think I've ever made. I'll share the recipe if you want!
The heater in my room.
Me acting cute. ;)
Frying up some chicken...
...and making some homemade buffalo sauce... (don't mind the disgusting stove- I didn't do that. It comes from living with four boys.)
...so I can have a buffalo chicken sandwich! So good! It would have been better with a bun instead of white bread, but oh well.
Superbowl Sunday special at Borriello Brothers. Any XL pizza with any toppings for $10. Mine had double pepperoni, double bacon, and double cheese, and I ate it for four days.

One more...

For a little comic relief!

Flashback...

I was going through some photos today, and I came across this one from our trip to the San Antonio Zoo over the summer. It was the very first picture of the day, and I love it.

Who can resist that face? And his hair...

I can't wait to see everyone in Texas next week. You know I'm missing y'all and now the end is in sight!

Fall in Millenium Park

First, I made this apple pie for my professor's birthday. Delicious!

Downtown Chicago has this giant park named Millenium Park. Right now it has the most gorgeous trees. Trudy and I visited it while she was here. It has this thing called "the bean".

This was at the Art Institute. That place was AMAZING! And it's free on Thursday nights, so I might just go back!