Life in Denim and Flip Flops

I'm headed to the Brewers game with the family. Manda got tickets through work and they include a tailgate at the park. I'm excited. Ball games with the family are always fun. Manda and I took the whole family to a game for dad's birthday last year too. This year, it just so happened the regional M&I Bank game fell on my dad's birthday. Clearly this is a sign. Here's to hoping they pull off the game against the Mets. You should look for us. We'll be in the right field bleacher seats, hopefully catching Brewers home runs!! :)

Craziness ensues when the powers that be go on vacation. My week has been a bit loopy. Weird questions and odd requests, but I've survived long enough to get to a Things I Love Thursday post :) Angel- I didn't watch Buffy or Angel when they were on. Back when I was moving out of the apartment in Madison, I started watching both on Hulu. However, since Hulu only had so many seasons up, I sort of stalled. I like Buffy, but when I got to Dubuque I really wanted to watch Angel. However, neither the public library or UD had the series. Not true anymore!! Now we've got the entire runs of both Angel and Buffy. Yay! I've watched all of Season 2 this weekend, and have moved onto 3. So much fun. I have a feeling after running through Angel, I'll be picking Buffy back up in Season 3 where I left her. YA lit- I got to do a book talk for the Children's Lit class on Monday. I'm by no means an expert in YA lit, but I am a big fan. It's fun to go into the class and b...

So, you may have previously heard about my childhood desire to be a fashion designer. I realized very quickly that this wasn't going to be an option due to my huge lack of drawing skills. I used to play fashion show with Barbies a lot because I got to mix and match outfits and pieces without actually having to create anything. And now...Christina has now enabled me to play this game all over again. She introduced me to Polyvore . I've had a bit of fun playing with this today. The first one is a dream work outfit. The second is for an imaginary evening out. I refuse to look at the prices of these items (as we all well know I can't afford them, so why tempt ourselves), but I like to think this gives me an opportunity to play with a wardrobe I can only dream of. Well and to see what's out there so I can find it in a knock off! Just me by beckiejean featuring Manoush tops Evening out by beckiejean featuring Bloch shoes

Wow. It got warm fast here. It seems like just a week or two ago it was threats of frost and now I'm contemplating turning on the ceiling fans. Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy warm summery weather, but it makes my work wardrobe a bit trickier. I like walking to work in the summer. This means clothes appropriate for hot weather, but it's always cold at work. The first floor office pretty much guarantees it'll be the coolest place in the library. So I guess it's back to keeping a few different colors of cardigan sweaters at work to keep me warm enough at work, but cool enough to walk home ;)

I've been a bit busy on weekends lately. So I'm taking this weekend as a mental break. That's why my evening is going to consist of watching season 2 of Angel and listening to the Brewers-Twins game. I think the most taxing thing I'll attempt to accomplish is deciding which audio feed to listen to. I feel a little bad cheering against the Brewers, but I suppose its their own fault for trading away my favorite player. ;) Tomorrow I'll probably spend some time at work tomorrow prepping and organizing the books I'll be booktalking in the children's lit class on Monday. I just sort of lost my concentration this afternoon. I need a little me time and a few hours of sleep, then I can tackle the rest of the prep tomorrow! So on that note, I'm going to get back to my Twins announcers. Go Twins!!

nutella- somehow a coworker and I got talking about nutella today. Then I was craving it, so I had to buy it this evening. It's just as fabulous as I remember. rhubarb- I made a rhubarb cake today. Growing up rhubarb pies and cakes were synonymous with May. That's when the 5 rhubarb plants in the backyard were ready to harvest and bake. Love it! Also, did you know that rhubarb is actually a vegetable? Who knew! The Last Five Years- I love love love that musical. It's this cool show with only 2 people: a guy and a girl in a relationship. He tells the story from beginning to end, and she tells the story backwards. They only interact once on stage during the middle song. It's pretty amazing, and they're putting it on downtown for free this weekend. (Anyone in the area who wants to join me is welcome!!) my coworkers- We had a meeting set aside to write up our accomplishments for the semester. Hanging out in the computer lab with everyone was so fun. Sometimes I feel a l...

Today was a shopping day. Amy needed to go to the container store and I'd never been to IKEA so clearly we needed to fix that. Boy did we have fun. Amy found a solution to her cabinet problem and a new spice rack. I found the cutest new purse/travel bag ever. The one downside to my fabulous camera is it's size. It's not exactly the most convenient to throw in a purse or a bag. As we were wandering around The Container Store I came across the most adorable solution to this problem. It's a Sherpani bag. It looks like this . Oh and it's pink :) It's a great shoulder bag that I can put a digital SLR camera, my flip video cam, a wallet, sunglasses, and my Chico Bag comfortably, which will make it perfect for traveling this summer. Because we all know that I can't travel without my camera and flip video camera! After digging around their website, I think I'm officially in love with the rest of their line. You should check them out at www.sherpani.com . IKEA w...