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Five on Friday!

January 10, 2014

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So its 34° outside right now…it literally might as well be summer in Chicago. I was born & raised here and still the weather never ceases to amaze me. Monday it was -15 with a -40 windchill and today 34°. Crazy.

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Yesterday I was looking at photos from my time in China and I realized how much I actually miss it. I miss my coworkers and my students so much that it makes me quite sad sometimes. It being my first time away from Chicago and my family & friends for a whole year without coming home made it so hard to really appreciate the amazing things I was experiencing all the time.

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This girl needs a night out! I have not been out with my girls & bestie G without The Boy in 2 months. I have never been one of those girls that does everything with her boyfriend and somehow that is exactly what has happened. Do you ever just need a night out with just friends(no SO)???

I need high heels, a cute dress and some drinks!!

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This weekend I plan to get my blogging shizz in order. I am going to make a plan and stick to it! Ok…I am going to really really try to make that happen!

I have an idea of the kinds of posts I want for certain days and link ups that I enjoy participating in and it would really help if I didn’t leave every post up to the morning of.

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It is effing Friday!!! Woooooo!

I don’t have a 5th thing to share because I posted exactly what was on my mind every day this week so….Instead I share a song that I am loving this week:

I may have mentioned before I am a big Eric Church fan 🙂

Thirsty Thursday!

January 9, 2014

I couldn’t find any link-ups for this but it is Thursday and being back to work has me thinking about how much I would like to be a person that drinks.

I mean I drink…on the weekends or socially but very rarely will I just pour myself a glass of wine or make a drink and just hang out on the couch.

Anyway…the whole point was that as of last week I have a new favorite drink. I have only really heard of them when it comes to the Derby but for the party I made Mint Juleps and I love them!!

I may actually just start making them all the time!

So here is how I made mine:

Mint Julep

-4 to 5 sprigs of Mint

-Crushed Ice

-a shot or two of bourbon

-a tablespoon of simple syrup

I made my own Simple Syrup:

-1 Cup water

-1 Cup sugar

Combine the sugar & water in a small saucepan and boil, cook till the sugar is dissolved. Then take it off the heat and cool. I poured mine into an old(cleaned) wine bottle so I could use it for different drinks.

Then when you are ready to make your Mint Julep you put some of the mint in the bottom of the cup with a the simple syrup and using a wooden spoon mash up the leaves. Add crushed ice, the bourbon and a little extra sprig of Mint and stir it up!

So delicious! That is actually what is in my cup in my main photo over there!

Try it…or come by and let me make you one!

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