Lazy last weekend

I cannot believe it's almost the weekend again! Last Friday, I had a continuing education course at McDonald's Hamburger University in Oak Brook. My cute pregnant coworker and I posed with the fall colors behind us during our lunch break. Over the weekend, Mr F and I went to brunch, read a lot and had a long relaxing weekend. 

The kitties enjoyed the laid back weekend too. 

Our first few days of vacation in Michigan

We drove up to Michigan on Saturday morning with my in laws for a week long vacation. We're also celebrating my sister-in-law and her fiance too! The weather was absolutely perfect, Saturday afternoon with 70 degree weather. Unfortunately, the water was in the upper 40s! Apparently the North winds have been blowing a colder water into the area, but it should improve in temperature later this week. 

Sunday morning, we took a walk to Point Betsie lighthouse! 

It was a nice hour long walk, around a mile and a half. 

After lunch, we got more exercise by playing tennis! This morning, it's raining so I'm catching up on my blogging but we're going to Traverse City later to check out the wineries!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Chicago Style!

We had a Pot(O'Gold)luck at work on Friday, with corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots from a local deli and many green desserts! Someone even made Irish Soda Bread and brought Irish Butter!We also had Green River punch! 

 On St. Patrick's Day, we meet our cousins for a hearty breakfast and the parade down Columbus Street.It was a hot, 80 degree day, which is so bizzare. Apparently it was in the 30s last year. It seemed like, everyone came out for the parade fully decked out in green! There could have easily been half a million people in the Loop at the same time as us.  The ice skating rink was still set up in Millennium Park, melting away in the bright sun!We had to see the Chicago River dyed green so we waded through the crowds to Wabash Ave. Apparently, orange vegetable dye is used to make the river so neon green. It was fascinating but gross at the same time. Our lepre-cats even dressed up for St. Patrick's Day!Obviously, Lily and Lulu loved being lepre-cats. :)

I love my house!

Here are a few sunlit photos of my home in the afternoon! Seattle is beautiful today with bright blue skies and a few fluffy clouds.

Lily Thomas loves the sun too! Our mantle is pretty in the late afternoon sunlight too!

Lily and Lyra in the hallway, posing for me!

Cute things to check out on the internet!

I'm currently multitasking, blogging and watching Samurai Champloo. These are the cute things I've been looking at on the web.The Ballerinas in the Countryside photo shoot featured on Frenchie and Flea!This cute kitty reminds me of my little Lilly!  I saw it on jaeve + things! Ballerinas and kitties make me think of this Brittney Lee print!  This kitty print is super fun too.  It's called Multitasking! 

We're also eating a marzipan dessert from our Easter baskets. Mmmmm, these mimosa cupcakes look good too. Check out the recipe on Liz in Life!

Saturday in pictures!

It was so warm and beautiful that I took pictures of Lyra and Lily Thomas sunning themselves on the balcony. It's amazing that it's 60 degrees in February! 

Last night, we also celebrated my Mom and my Husband's birthday! It was great to see Janie!