This & That

My Cubs are the NL Central Champs! Post season here we come again!

The skies have been beautiful in the Midwest the past couple of weeks:

My Mr. and Young Mr. traveled to the path of totality on August 21. Mr. took this with his phone just before totality. They were both psyched about the whole thing and are looking forward to the next one!

These are the loaner cars I have had from the dealership since August 22 (still driving the black one). I am still waiting for MY car to come back to us. Frustrating does not even cover my emotional state in dealing with the dealership right now.

When this is finally figured out, I will post the whole saga. (And it's a doozy!)

I hope you all have a great weekend!



All the Feels

For those of you who don't know, I work a second job at our local library. One evening a week I hold a children's story time. I love it!

Last night story time was a lost cause on all the kids that were there. I may as well have been reading to a brick wall. As I was reading, I noticed a young lady (probably college age) slip into the room and sit down quietly. Since we live in a college town, I didn't think too much of it - thinking she was observing for a class or was with one of the families who were there.

After 15 minutes, all the families had left because no one was listening. And there sat this young lady. She asked me to keep reading. Ok - feeling a little odd reading to an adult, I continued. She moved closer and sat and listened. When I finished the book, she said "I am learning English."

Lightbulb!!!! 

I asked if she would like me to read another book or if she would like to look through one by herself. She asked me to read another. So I did and she stopped me to ask what different words meant. I don't think about it on a daily basis, but there are MANY things in the English language that are confusing and actually difficult to explain. We made it through and she asked if she could come again next week.

That question made me so happy and I can't wait to see her again next week.

Happy Friday!

Most importantly, my heart goes out to and I am praying for all the hurricane victims in the Caribbean, Texas, Florida and all the other areas and to the earthquake victims in Mexico.

Happy Autumn Equinox!

I am thrilled with all the photo shoot bookings I am making the past week. I have a few more openings at the end of October in northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin area - contact me if you are interested. (photosbyjenmcgee@gmail.com)

(This song has been stuck in my head for a few days-you're welcome)

Wishing you a safe, restful weekend ahead!

This & That, part 2

A little more summer catch up, since I am SO far behind with this little corner of the inter webs.

Our July started with some friends getting married. 

My annual work conference (after going through a merger about 10 days before that), was held in Chicago. We had a nice time and it was nice to meet some new co-workers.

Our team building exercise was each table was given a picture to paint - they all came together to make this mural. It was fun and turned out really cool!

The Mr. & I took a night away for ourselves. We went to see Sara Evans, which was entertaining, as always.

A $5 bet got me this at the casino... 

We went to a South Bend Cubs game on one of the few really hot days we had this summer. That ballpark is beautiful!

That pretty well sums up our July.  I will be back with another this & that post soon!

Aren't you a Cubs fan?

"How can you be excited about that? Aren't you a Cubs fan?"
I was asked this last week during the Cleveland Indian's 22 game winning streak.
I replied, "I am a die hard Cubs fan. BUT, I am also a baseball fan."
I get excited about milestones, no hitters, winning and hitting streaks. These are all exciting to me, no matter what team it is!


So yes, I love my Cubs and LOVE when they are winning. But I also love when there are other successes in baseball.


Do I want to talk baseball with you? ABSOLUTELY!


Are you a sports fan? What sport/team do you enjoy?

This & That

This is Young Mister; myself and Young Miss perfectly!

A scarf I am working on for myself:

(I will post more progress soon!)

I made this cup using my Cricut and vinyl:

That's all for now - will post more of these to try to "catch up".

What I'm Loving Wednesday

Hey all! Between summer, work stress and life, I haven't had the energy to deal with this blog. I am going to try to get back to it - hopefully relieving some stress.

*The weather is starting to feel like fall


*Post season baseball is coming


*I am doing lots of reading lately


*A scarf I am knitting (very slowly)


I will try to do a summer recap post soon!