catch up

We've got some catching up to do! Fall has passed here in Chicago, and we're well into the season of mittens and earmuffs. I've been trying to finish a 50 pg paper & Terah's been busy wrapping up his interviews. But the big news of the month - we're officially headed for the west coast next year! exciting stuff. Anyway, here's a few snapshots of the past month.

For my birthday, my one request was to go somewhere that I could experience total silence. We ended up in Indiana...











Age comes with maturity (read the sign)





totally Terah's idea.

Then we had some awesome visitors in town. Val, our good friend from philly, was here because Hubie was running the chicago marathon - way to go Hubie!



Then my sister stayed for a week. My parents treated us to a morning at the spa. Best. massage. ever.

my wife said it all...

wooohoooo! a Phillies win makes me a happy man (for more reasons than one...)

some philly pride

I never thought I would ever be writing a post on sports. But having the Phillies in the world series has done that to me. My heart is swelling with pride... GO PHILLIES! I used to go to your games at Citizens Park and I can't believe you're all the way here!!!

only one thing to say as a Red Sox fan...

GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!



thanks for the memories and another great season

don't stop believing...

For those not already familiar with my sport allegiances, no worries, as I will leave this a short post. No matter what happens tomorrow in game 7 of the ALCS against the Rays, I have to say that game 5 was probably one of the most incredible moments in Red Sox history. Not as big as beating the Yankees in 2004, coming back from a 0-3 deficit, but still historic in nature and moment. Some of you may not know what I'm talking about, so I'll summarize it this way:

Tampa Bay is leading Boston by 3 games to 1. They only need one more game to win the series. They are leading 7-0 in the 7th inning. In fact, some non-loyal fans even began to leave the stadium. Yet the Sox found a way to come back to win 8-7. Incredible. Wonderful. Historic. Magical.

The cover of ESPN.com captured it well: