Stylish Pups

The fall/winter/just-plain-cold-weather clothes are in! Don't they look dapper! *pupper love*

Wine and Canvas

Not going to lie: I was terrified to paint. I am not an artist. I am a scientist. Anyways, I did a wine and canvas event with a couple girl friends and it was so much fun!  It was relaxed g and easy to follow and my painting actually came out alright! Ronnie even hung it on our wall! We had a blast and I highly recommend trying it.

Visits Indy Wine and Canvas for more information!

Zombie Apocalypse Package!

Okay, this is for the zombie lovers out there. I am NOT a zombie lover but my husband and my friends are, so I get dragged into the saga. With the help of Pinterest, my friend Kim and I put together this rockin' apocalypse package for our friend in honor of the new season of Walking Dead. I should also add that husband was quite jealous of the gift.

It included: a zombie bowl, walking dead toy, zombie key covers, gross candy, zombie style army men, syringe pens, bloody hand gel clings, refrigerator cover, zombie snacks, zombie hunting license, paracord, flashlight, and a nerf gun (not pictured). We packaged it in a painted box stuffed with biohazard bags we snagged from work.

Just what I needed

I had a rough evening the other day after I lost a huge project I had been working on online.  So my amazing, sweet husband got me something to cheer me up.  Somehow he managed to get all my favorite colors and flowers into this beautiful bouquet!  It reminds me of my wedding flowers.  I love them  :)

Mini Vacation

We spent our long holiday weekend up in Fort Wayne visiting my grandma.  We did lots of shopping, eating, and relaxing.  The pups definitely liked the relaxing...

To be missed

My coworker, Sharon, retired this week after 40 years of service here at Wishard/Eskenazi.  We celebrated her after work at Basies and even had some of our past coworker friends join/skype-in!  Sharon will certainly be missed.  She has been my chemistry mentor, go-to, fix-it, and find-it and I'm not sure what we will do without her.

Kissing Dolphins & Walruses

My sister, Shelby spent her summer working at the Indianapolis Zoo as an attendant at the Dolphin Theater. I have to throw in that I think this is her childhood coming full circle and that maybe the six-year-old version of myself did not destroy all balance in the universe by informing her she could not grow up to be a tiger.  After that apparently traumatizing and truth revealing day, my sister decided the next best thing was working in a zoo.  Nearly 20 years and two college degrees later, she found herself in a zoo for the summer.  While the job was not at all as glamorous as a four year old imagines, it did come with its perks which she was kind enough to share with even the crusher of children's dreams.

Yesterday, Shelby took Ronnie and I, along with my parents, and our friends the McCullough's on a behind the scenes adventure.  We started out in the dolphin arena petting, feeding, and even kissing four dolphins.  They were so full of energy and personality and seemed to love the attention we gave them as they chirped, squeaked, and whistled the whole time.

Next, we ventured to the walrus exhibit where a hungry Aurora and [800lb] little baby Puk were waiting.  We fed and petted them and let Aurora give us big whiskery suction cup kisses.  I think I may have a new favorite animal.

We had so much fun at our behind the scenes encounter and learned so much about our water-loving friends.  I can't wait to visit them again on our next trip to the zoo!

Devour Downtown @ Fogo de Chao!

Devour Downtown happens twice a year.  And it is a big deal to me and my food loving friends.  I've always  wanted to try Fogo de Chao, but every time I try to make reservations, they are all booked up.  This year I made reservations 2 MONTHS IN ADVANCE!  The meal was better than I imagined it could be and we all had a great time.... well except for the unfair parking ticket afterwards, but that's another story....

Goods from the salad bar

Carnivores!  

Fair Food

Everyone has their reason for going to the state fair.  Our reason is the food.  Nothing wrong with a little deep fried goodness from time to time, right?  This year, Ronnie was the adventurous one.  He tried a donut burger and also had his first [can you believe that?!?] elephant ear!  

Fur babies missed us

I sure did miss these furry faces while we were gone.  I think they missed us too.  :)