Zucchini Bread

My first attempt at making Zucchini Bread ever! and it actually turned out really good! Next week I am going to try my hand at Banana Bread.. we'll see how that goes!

Summmmmmmmer

    Looking back at a magical bike ride that Kyle, Azuree & I took to Downtown this summer. 

                                                                             Navy Pier

                            We stopped to get some delicious chips & salsa from Uncle Julios.

Our 15x15 Mansion!

 Welcome to our little space. It's not much.. but it's what we call home and it works for us!

The bookshelf that Trevor and I designed and built together. 

 Big Oh-So Comfy Couch!

 What would I do without my window? and beautiful brick wall.

tv/stereo/xbox/Wii/vinyl 

 My state of the art kitchen!....yeah right!

Our Cozy Cave we call a bed.

 Good thing it has doors!

 What a mess! but it's all we've got!

 Our Bathroom/Laundry Room/Storage Facility.

 Bathroom Cubbies.

  Our Picture Wall.

My sheepskin before it was ruined on account of faulty internet information.

Pretty much all of our dishes fit in this one cabinet.

FLASHBACK!!

One of me and my best friends favorite groups when we were younger! Oh boy!! This brings back some serious memories!

Turn Turn Turn

Well, the leaves are littering the streets and the air is beginning to hold that crisp cold bite of fall. I know that fall is beautiful and I need to appreciate it, but I can't help but think of what fall leads to. Winter... now, let me make myself clear... winter in Chicago is not like winter where I come from. People always say,"Oooh, you're from Canada! You should be able to handle the cold!" No. Winter where I come from is beautiful. The snow so heavy on the trees branches that they hang low to the ground. People ice skating and kids sledding. Yes, Chicago does have beautiful moments in winter. Like, right after the snow falls and everything that was brown and frozen is covered over with a heavy blanket of white. But the very next day everything is brown again and you just try to push your way through the bitter cold wind that cuts through you like the scalpel of a heavy handed surgeon.
I feel like I need green life around me. I need sunlight warming my face. Its really easy for me to become "under the weather" in the winter. I love Christmas, but after that it just seems useless and miserable! To be completely honest!
But I guess this year I will try to push through it and see the beauty is every sparkle of snow, Every sip of Starbucks...mmm, every scarf and mitten and rosy cheek.