Happy Sweetest Day!

My heart feels like my chest can barely contain it,

like it doesn't belong to me anymore-

it belongs to you.

And if you want it,
I'd wish for nothing in exchange -

no gifts, no goods, no demonstrations of devotion...

Nothing...

but knowing that you love me too -

Just your heart...

in exchange for mine.

Icing

Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 I joined Anthony, Andy & Beth for a Blackhawks game at the UC. We had awesome seats & a perfect view! Hadn't been to a Hawks game in a grip so I was surprised when the lights went out and the pre-game intro began- lazers on the ice and a tribute to the Hawks then and now. It was neat but the most amazing thing was the National Anthem.  The Hawks played the Edmonton Oilers from Canada. They began the Canadian National Anthem first and everyone was very respectful and stood for the ceremony. THEN the US Flag was displayed everywhere and the crowd blew up - everyone cheered and clapped and alot of people sang - I The singer was super impressive and the crowd did not stop clapping, they clapped through the entire song.

Now I've been to sporting events before but I haven't witnessed anything like the National Anthem at the Hawks game - it was amazing. Anthony told me that it was a hard core tradition for the crowd to applaud and cheer thru the whole thing.  The UC was packed and alive and it set the tone for the game which was pretty awesome. My husband is a sports nut and had season tickets to both Bears & Hawks and has taken me to both and I always told him that while I love the Bears, I have a harder time following the game when I am actually at the game (possibly because of alcohol consumption) but mostly because our seats are in an endzone and I have a hard time following the ball, etc. But seeing the Hawks game live was so so so much better than watching it on TV.  My favorite player, hottie Patrick Sharp #10, scored the first Hawks goal in like the first few minutes... probably because he knew I was at the game watching! Great game, great night!!

A little something for "Bosses Day"!

Sunday Afternoon in Fall

Sunday, October 11th was a rare time in the fall of my life! Why, you ask? The Chicago Bears had a Bye week which meant I got my husband to do something on a Sunday in fall that didn't involve beer pong, grilling food or rally shots! Much to his dismay (although when we got there he had fun!) we took a drive with my brother Jim and his love, Kelsey to Hobart, Indiana's County Line Orchard.  Besides being a gorgeously sunny morning, it felt so good to be participating in the season with the ones I love the most!

County Line was packed, took us a while to find parking but my husband has a horse shoe up his butt so we ended up with a spot right in front, which is really convenient because you end up making a few trips to the trunk to stow your loot!  We picked pumpkins & gords, drank cider and browsed in the country store. The place was so alive with families. They always have live music on the weekends and you can eat lunch because they have homemade BBQ!  County Line Orchard is known for their homemade donuts - and this time of year the special is the apple cinamon and pumpkin. They are both to die for!

We met my cousin Bob and Dina later and we journeyed to the corn maze. The admission to the maze and the tracker pull ride to the maze is $7 per adult. You wait for the tracker to pick up the group and he'll take you thru the orchards and explain about the apples and such.  If you want to get dropped off at a certain grove he'll stop for you.  The most popular apple stops were Gala & Honey Crisp.  The honey crisp apple is the most amazingly sweet and refreshing & crisp apple I've ever had.   I am hooked! 

We had a good time in the maze - they give you a map but we weren't all that good at reading it. It was more about us getting lost in the maze and feeling like kiddies again!  Not totally sure if I would bring small kids to the maze however.  As we were walking in there was a mother who had been waiting for one of her children for an hour. 
All her other kids were out of the maze so she was negotiating getting back in the maze without a bracelet to locate her child.  Yikes!!  I made a mental note on that one!   Last year we did the maze at night when it was dark - which had its charm!  Being able to see this time around, especially the mud and puddles was helpful, but I must admit, not quite as much excitement!It was the best non bears Sunday I've had in a long time! We got lost in the maze and lost in the season!