paternal birthday.

(taken one summer...one of my favorites)

happy birthday.
you are one hell of a dad.
may your days be filled with lakes and oceans.
fish, too.
i love you,
kaye

and the award goes to...

recipient of the "kaye t. shaddock" award (formerly the kaye t. pryor award)

please join me in congratulating justin bertin shaddock. mr. (dr. pending) shaddock received the kaye t. late this evening and was beyond joyful at the news. in fact, he peed his pants a little...just a drop. he is a two-time winner of this award.

shaddock has worked hard to earn this award. he has been a candidate under scrutiny for the past five years. mr. shaddock was found to be stellar in the following competencies:

- extreme kitchen mastery, specifically red sauce
- scholarly drive and persistence
- eye color
- fathering rabbit skills
- espresso froth designs
- callused fingers from guitar playing
- gentleness
- grocery store cart maneuvering
- pateience
- robust laughter

shaddock has been reported celebrating at home with wife and bunny.

croutons.

we went to a brand new pizza place in logan square...the boiler room. the ny style pizza made our eyes water with delight. THIS is precisely the type of pizza we have been searching for since moving to the chi. alas.

in addition to the masterpiece, we ordered a caesar salad. while the salad was great, but after much critique, we decided that more croutons were needed. more croutons. end of story.

that night i had a dream that there were 3 croutons hiding under a piece of lettuce...and since neither justin nor i overturned that piece of lettuce, we never found them. so in fact, it was a nightmare.

hiatus.

phew! a month has come and gone. here is a list of what june brought:

1. a trip to wisco to visit sweet carol (and jan and mike)
2. little sara's wedding
3. north carolina (related to number 2)
4. a visit to hooters (also related to number 2)
5. a one year wedding anniversary shared with the mr.
6. days at the rooftop pool

here is what has happened in so far in july and what to look forward to this month:

1. a visit from my moley em and her beau, ben
2. the mr.'s trip to perry sound, canada
3. purchased a vintage picnic "suitcase" from (you guessed it) the gift shop at work!!! on sale for $2. beat that.

this is what the picnic suitcase looks like...no, the mr. and i do not hope to look like this on wednesday at ravinia. (although the hairline is...)

4. a much needed dinner with jiwon (we discovered we will both be at ravinia on wednesday to see the swell season, all because i showed her my picnic suitcase!!)



the swell season performing in byron bay, australia...a utopia that we visited last year at this time...



one of the beaches at byron bay.

5. officially and seriously back in training for the next half marathon - sept. 12th.

i am back and ready to write. thanks for being patient.