We had a busy, busy weekend, more about that down below. Our weather continues to be quite balmy for a Wisconsin winter and it has been great since we haven't had to lose a lot of running days due to snow. Unfortunately, we also haven't had the chance to get a lot of use out of our cross country skis. But being warm is always nice.
Nothing too special about the work week. We had a evening dinner for work as Northwestern Mutual was interviewing a candidate and significant other. So I had to suit up for once but we had a wonderful dinner at the University Club in downtown Milwaukee so it was probably worth it. The food was excellent, although the dessert was a tad overcooked. I completed painting the spindles on the first and second floor railings - there was a fun job, can't wait to tackle the spindles to the third floor. Otherwise, we worked out during the evenings and planned for our weekend party. It is almost getting light enough in the evening to start doing our evening walks more regularly.
Friday evening, Jo's roommate from college and fellow Quincian came up for a visit along with her fiance. We hadn't seen Mary for quite a while and she was her usual hilarious self. It was also nice to meet Greg who she'll tie the knot with later this year. Friday was spent catching up on all the happenings and stories from Jo and Mary's high school and college days along with the news on high school classmates and the story of how Greg and Mary met. We stayed up way too late, especially for me, but it was great to hear all the news.
We were up bright and early on Saturday and after a quick run, we started preparing food for our party. Kathy and John came over from Madison to see Mary and help with the party so the energy level in the house was high (a nice way of saying with Mary, Jo, and Kathy all talking the introverts in the crowd could have used a quiet place). For the party, we had invited all the neighbors on our block along with a few other folks to help beat back the winter blues. It was also a chance to show off all the renovations we had done, including the new painted job. Everyone was polite enough to say our bathrooms look great but we also had quite a few comments about my Mom's artwork that decorates many of our walls. We had made too much food, but I always figure it is better to have to put some away then explain to someone that there isn't any more food. Plus I love leftovers.
To cap off the weekend, after a walk to the local coffee shop/bakery for a cinnamon roll, we headed to the Greek festival. This was mostly to see the Frank Lloyd Wright designed church since it was open for tours, but we also got to enjoy some Greek food (gyros for Jo and I) and dancing. It was quite a full weekend with lots of fun activities but it did feel really good to collapse into bed, read the newspaper a little, and get a good nights sleep.
Nothing too special about the work week. We had a evening dinner for work as Northwestern Mutual was interviewing a candidate and significant other. So I had to suit up for once but we had a wonderful dinner at the University Club in downtown Milwaukee so it was probably worth it. The food was excellent, although the dessert was a tad overcooked. I completed painting the spindles on the first and second floor railings - there was a fun job, can't wait to tackle the spindles to the third floor. Otherwise, we worked out during the evenings and planned for our weekend party. It is almost getting light enough in the evening to start doing our evening walks more regularly.
Friday evening, Jo's roommate from college and fellow Quincian came up for a visit along with her fiance. We hadn't seen Mary for quite a while and she was her usual hilarious self. It was also nice to meet Greg who she'll tie the knot with later this year. Friday was spent catching up on all the happenings and stories from Jo and Mary's high school and college days along with the news on high school classmates and the story of how Greg and Mary met. We stayed up way too late, especially for me, but it was great to hear all the news.
We were up bright and early on Saturday and after a quick run, we started preparing food for our party. Kathy and John came over from Madison to see Mary and help with the party so the energy level in the house was high (a nice way of saying with Mary, Jo, and Kathy all talking the introverts in the crowd could have used a quiet place). For the party, we had invited all the neighbors on our block along with a few other folks to help beat back the winter blues. It was also a chance to show off all the renovations we had done, including the new painted job. Everyone was polite enough to say our bathrooms look great but we also had quite a few comments about my Mom's artwork that decorates many of our walls. We had made too much food, but I always figure it is better to have to put some away then explain to someone that there isn't any more food. Plus I love leftovers.
To cap off the weekend, after a walk to the local coffee shop/bakery for a cinnamon roll, we headed to the Greek festival. This was mostly to see the Frank Lloyd Wright designed church since it was open for tours, but we also got to enjoy some Greek food (gyros for Jo and I) and dancing. It was quite a full weekend with lots of fun activities but it did feel really good to collapse into bed, read the newspaper a little, and get a good nights sleep.
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