Door County Birthday Trip

DRS, Magnolia and I took a long weekend in Door County to celebrate my birthday.  We love spending time in Door County in the fall.  The towns are less crowded, the weather is mild and we had all the relaxation time we wanted.  This was Magnolia's first fall trip to Door County with us, and she loved it!  We took her to the beach, played fetch with her in a park and took her on long walks.  She was quite the exhausted puppy by the time the weekend was over!

We also enjoyed some of our favorite eats while visiting.  We had breakfast at Al Johnson's with hot chocolate and their famous pancakes.  We also revisited Mr. Helsinki for dinner.  They have the best Banana Fosters dessert that is a must!

Door County has become one of my favorite places on earth.  I am so lucky to have spent my birthday there with my amazing husband and sweet puppy!

First Snow

We had our first snow of the season!  It was a beautiful snowfall, one that is meant for magazines.  It was pure white and covered the trees like a blanket.  I captured this picture while I was at work yesterday, watching the snowflakes fall.  What a sight!

Spin Milwaukee

DRS and I went on a double date with his brother and sister-in-law downtown Milwaukee over Halloween weekend.  We had a very yummy dinner at Coquette Cafe in the Third Ward.  They have a very cozy atmosphere and very delicious pommes frites.  We then walked to Spin Milwaukee for a fun night of ping pong!  This was the first time DRS and I had been there....but we will be going back.  It was so much fun!  You rent a table by the hour and play as many games as you like.  They have a ball boy walking around picking up balls and refilling your supply.  They also assign a waitress to your table for all of your drink and food needs.  Thank you Susan Surandon for bringing such a fun bar to Milwaukee!

License Plates

We are now officially Wisconsin residents again.  And we have the license plates to prove it!  We opted out for the regular Wisconsin plates and instead choose to show our serious dedication to our favorite sport's teams.  And in case you were wondering, we got to reuse our original MU plates from before the move.  Yes, we saved them!  

Products I Love

I recently started using this leave in conditioner.  With my thick hair I need to use both wash out and leave in conditioner to help detangle my hair.  I found that this is the best leave in conditioner I have used to date!  It smells really good and leaves my hair very easy to comb through.  As a girl, I think it is important to pass on products that really work!  My sister found this for me at Cosmo Prof, but I am sure you can find it other places too.  

Enjoy tangle free hair!  

  

November 6, 2012

HAPPY ELECTION DAY 2012!  

Did you vote today????

Celebratory Dinner

Last week I accepted a new job, hurray!  DRS came home that night and surprised me with dinner reservations to celebrate!  He chose to take me and my parents to Maxie's Southern Comfort in Milwaukee.  It is a southern inspired restaurant that just won Best Restaurant in Milwaukee via On Milwaukee.  We definitely have missed fried chicken, bbq and grits since our move back to Wisconsin, so I knew dinner was going to be a treat!

Warm cornbread was brought to our table along with our menus.  Yum!  We decided on fried green tomatoes, wings and oysters for our appetizers.  For dinner DRS had fried chicken, my mom had chicken fried chicken, my dad had chicken fried steak and I had shrimp and grits.  It was all delicious and made us long for North Carolina.  If you like southern food as much as I do, Maxie's is a must!     

    

Tis the Season

It is officially candy corn season!

October 1st, DRS came home with a surprise for me.....a box of gourmet candy corn to celebrate the season!  What a sweet guy!!!  I love candy corn season, but it is more than just the love of the candy.  It means that fall is in the air.  I love the crisp, cool air, making fall inspired meals, wearing sweaters and boots, apple cider, pumpkins, the color change....I could go on forever.  Fall is also a special time for DRS and me.  We got both engaged and married in the fall!

I hope that both fall and candy corn season doesn't end too soon.  I miss them both so much after they are gone!  Until then, I will eat as much candy corn as my stomach can handle and enjoy the fall weather to the best of my ability!

Happy Candy Corn Season to you!!!

Badger Meter Brewer's Tailgate

My dad has worked at Badger Meter for as long as I can remember.  My grandfather also worked there until he retired a few (many) years ago.  When we were younger, Badger Meter would hold it's company picnic at the Milwaukee Zoo.  It was always a really fun day!  We would have lunch, snacks and then walk around and spend the afternoon with the animals.  I remember having grilled corn on the cob and all you could eat cotton candy.  And let me tell you, I would have my share of cotton candy!  This year, Badger Meter had it's company picnic at the Brewers game.  My dad, mom, sister, brother-in-law, husband and me headed to Miller Park this past Saturday for an afternoon of tailgating and baseball.  We had a great time cheering the team on to a victory!  No cotton candy though.....sad.

Miller Park

DRS and me

My sister and her peanut earring, silly girl!

Graduation Day

As soon as we moved back to Wisconsin, we signed Magnolia up for puppy classes.  She was enrolled in Essential Manners, where she learned basic things like sit, down, stay, come and even a few tricks!  She loves to  give high fives!  Monday night was the last class and graduation.  She received a large bone and a certificate of graduation for all her hard work.  What a proud little puppy!