Monday, February 25, 2008

I really DO have friends....

OK so I'm a bit blog happy now that I've gotten some responses from my faithful readers... heh heh heh....this is the last post of the day since, well, I'm not paid to do this, and I've got three attorneys CLAIMING to need legal work out of me... don't they know I have priorities?

I'm always complaining to Kyle that we don't have any friends here. That is not exactly true. I have friends at work, but everyone commutes to Chicago from the suburbs so it's not like we get together on weekends or anything! So here are some pics of my Chicago friends. (my social calendar is still, well, you know, AVAILABLE if you're wanting to get together or anything....)

This is Delores. She sits next to me. Her nickname is Baby... so I call her Baby like it's her real name. Once I turned around and said, "Hey Baby," getting ready to tell her something, and just as I said that, a young attorney was walking by and turned around like I was talking to him. We about wet our pants laughing. What kind of concieted jacka$$ would just automatically assume that if someone said, "HEY BABY" that they'd be talking to him? Now whenever he walks by Delores and I laugh...

This is Baby putting her face on. She didn't want to be posted on the internet lookin' like she just woke up. She's single, gents...

This is Beverly. She has all kinds of nicknames, which I will reserve for another blog. Bev and I laugh at everything, all the time. I mean, you name it, we go off on it, and we're laughing so hard we have to hang up the phone because we're crying we're laughing at crap so hard. Again, more of that in another blog.

This is Bev demonstrating how every day, she changes her screen colors to match what she's wearing. No one knows why she does this. She just has to do it every day. She also dates everything. I mean, she has a map hanging up in her office of Chicago. It's dated 3/14/04. So, apparently on that date this year, we can say, "Hey Bev... remember when you got that map? It was EXACTLY four years ago." She gets joy out of things like that.

This is Cindy. She sits next to Bev. She has many talents, including making awesome Old School Jams CD remixes and cooking. I mean, this gal cooks it up like I've never seen. She's always bringing stuff in and saying, "I made whatever casserole. Try it." She went to culinary school but then hurt herself so she had to bail on being a chef. She hurts herself a lot. It's kind of her thing.

Meet our new baby brother....



The gerries (Tim and Linda....) got a new puppy. Meet Wally Hahn....(Grace on the right, Carly is on the left)






Bartletts on Ice...

This weekend we went ice skating.... we've been promising Nathan forever and finally we paid up on our promise and took him. He's really into hockey now and wants to play with Kyle's hockey stick all the time, so we figured it was time to get him on skates.

I was exhausted. Let me explain.

First, Kyle had his hockey skates from his days with the Carmel Ice Hounds.... so those bad boys needed sharpened. $7. Then we wait in line, pay for all of us and two skates for me and Nathan. $22. We then get laced up and I realize that it has been a LONG time since putting on ice skates, and I'm not quite the skater I used to be. Kyle's 1994 skate laces weren't holding up so I bought him another pair while he helped Nathan. $5 for new laces...do we see a trend here?!? Also, while we were waiting on the skates to be sharpened, we looked around. Hockey is a VERY expensive sport!! Skates (which I'm guessing are outgrown every year?) were around $200, then stick, shoulder pads, knee pads, something called hockey tape that looked like duct tape but was white...I was starting to feel like I might pass out and secretly hoped that Nathan would NOT take after his dad and like hockey. Then while we were getting laced up we met a nice couple who was getting their four-year-old all "suited up" and the mom says, "I'm not putting on all of your gear. You're just here to skate..." Then I hear her say, under her breath..."I swear, I spend half my life getting him in and out of this stuff...." Great...

After all of this it had been a half hour (and $34 later) and I was already sweating, trying to walk around on skates and keep Nathan from falling over. He did awesome!! Kyle had him out there and of course, Kyle skated like 13 years hadn't passed and he just played hockey yesterday. Nathan did SO well! Kyle skated backward and held Nathan's hands and he did great. One lap really wore him out though, so after that we sat for a bit and Kyle relived his Ice Hound days. I spent my time on the ice doing triple axles and other sweet moves that made the cute little skirt I was wearing sparkle on the ice...*





(*this information is false)

We found classes for Nathan that are HOSTED by none other than Chris Chelios! It's probably like a million dollars to sign him up but after Kyle heard that Christ Chelios was involved, it was a done deal. Upon reading the brochure, I immediately recognized the name and knew that getting Nathan in that class was of utter importance.*

(*this information is also false. My response to reading the brochure was, "isn't Chris Chelly-is a big deal?")


My feet have never hurt so bad. I did not even make one lap around the rink! Apparently its not like riding a bike and you can't just pick it up where you left off. Kyle said for me to skate it cost us $1 a minute.... So although I won't be practicing skating with Nathan, I will make a great team mom. I mean, I can be in charge of the brownies and juice boxes.... The pictures aren't that great (cut me some slack, I was on ice skates...) and I have awesome video that I am trying to post. Check out the ice skating pics, and other Bartlett pics at www.snapfish.com - email me and I will give you the info....

In other Bartlett news, Nathan went to the dentist for the first time on Saturday and Kyle made fun of me for taking pictures...he did awesome and got a new toothbrush. No cavities!! He was so excited and showed Kyle his new pretty smile...he's such a big boy....