Category Archives: Sycamore

Brands, Favorites, Sycamore

Things I Love About Sycamore, Illinois

  • Six dollar movies at the State Street Theater
  • The pumpkins on the courthouse lawn at Pumpkin Fest
  • Tuesdays on the Town
  • Sweet Dreams Desserts & Bakery
  • Stone Prairie
  • Dairy Dogs ice cream with googly eyes on the cone
  • Small town festivals and fun
  • Farmer’s Market
  • The architecture, especially the library
  • The people that are so passionate about their community
  • Excellent schools
  • Privately owned shops lining down town
  • Eggsclusive Cafe
  • Great doctors offices and medical facilities
  • The Pumpkin Fest parade
  • The Sycamore ornament at Blumen Gardens (that I’m definitely lining up for this year!)
  • A caring, compassionate community
  • The Kishwaukee Family YMCA
  • All the friends I have made
The sunset reflected in my porch door
The sunset reflected in my porch door
Sycamore

Things I Should Be/Am Doing Today With My Day Off

Things I SHOULD be doing today with my day off:

  1. Packing boxes
  2. Cleaning house

 

Things I AM doing today with my day off:

  1. Slept late
  2. Packed one box of kitchen stuff
  3. Lunch with Katrina
  4. Shopped at Walmart
  5. Dropped off lightning-ruined 41″ TV to Best Buy for recycling
  6. Picked up new sunglasses from Spex Expressions
  7. Stopped by the office to say hi to everyone working (and picked up some work to do at home)
  8. Heading to my pool which was completely empty when I drove by a few minutes ago
  9. Going to dinner/drinks with Kara (New New Kara) tonight

september sunglasses

 

 

 

Brands, Events, Family, Sycamore, Travel, Work

Stuff I did in April

2-7 – Went to Cancun, Mexico
9- Attended Premier whiskey tasting event at brand new Whiskey Acres Distillery
15- Paid my taxes
18- Celebrated Caleb’s birthday (which is on the 19th)
25- Healthy Kids Day at YMCA & promo for “Swim with the Mermaid” event

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Moon Palace Resort, Cancun
Events, Family, Inspirational, Nature, Sycamore, Travel, Work, Writing

Things I Wasn’t Sure I Could Do But I Did

  • The portage to Sunbeam Lake
  • Losing 40 pounds
  • Assembling my TV cabinet
  • Asking a guy on a date
  • Eating rice with chop sticks (which I am still not good at)
  • Writing a novel
  • Completing a triathlon (although actually I was pretty confident in that one)
  • Moving away from my son
  • Taking on a new job with people I didn’t know
Triathlon
Triathlon

 

Favorites, Sycamore

Things I Love About My New Home

  • My job!
  • My fabulous apartment
  • The view from my porch
  • The quaint down town
  • TWO bathrooms
  • Ceiling fans
  • The pool in my neighborhood
  • The yappy but adorable dog next door
  • New restaurants to explore
  • The adorable Sycamore Theater where movies cost only $6
  • The art deco terra cotta library
  • The small town feel next to big town living
  • Meeting new people
  • The beautiful pond out front
  • A fireplace in my home!
  • Having a guest bedroom
  • Having guests to stay in it
The sunset reflected in my porch door
The sunset reflected in my porch door