Joel McHale Show

The show was a blast last night!  We got to the casino fairly early so we gambled a little.  I basically broke even, but we bought a few beverages, so that put us a little behind... darn slot machines!  As we were hanging around the casino we heard some guys talking about a Bears player that was there, Hunter Hillenmeyer.  So we walked by and saw him playing Craps- Alex was excited!  

We then wondered up to The Venue.  It was actually a pretty nice venue.  It just opened last summer, so still in nice shape.  There was an opening comic Chris... something, he was on The Last Comic Standing.  He was actually really funny!  Then Joel came on and he did his skit for about 90 min. it was cool.  Lots of jokes about the Kardashians, Tyra Banks, and of course his nemesis... Ryan Seacrest! haha They had made an announcement that if you buy a t-shirt you get to do a meet and greet with him, so we bought a t-shirt and waited in line for like 2 hours (ahhh!), and we got to meet him.  He signed my shirt and we took a picture with him.  All and all a good time.  For all you Soup watchers out there I got the shirt that says "Its a Felony!" and he signed it "Its Miley!" haha 

But, here are some pics from the evening: 

So, it has been awhile since our last post!  I'm not really sure where the time has gone.... April has been a pretty busy month for me.  Started off with my Spring Break and my birthday, woo hoo 23! haha Then Easter, parent teacher conferences, Jake and Rox visiting, Brandy's bridal shower, and then it was May!  7 more weeks of school I can hardly contain my excitement!  I honestly didn't know in September if I was going to make it this far... just a few more weeks.  But then, I have signed up to teach 2 weeks of summer school.  I am splitting the time with another kindergarten teacher.  I was having an internal battle with myself over this b/c my summer is short as it is, but its good dinero for 2 weeks of work and only 4 hours each day.  Especially since we will be having a lot of purchases for the "big day" next summer, I figure I need all the $$ I can get!  

Finals are beginning for Alex- so he has been hitting the books!  Today he went to his first Cubs game of the season w/ LBC.  As they were waiting for the other guy they were going to the game with they were hanging outside of Murphy's the bar right by our apt.  And all of a sudden this camera crew walks by and it was Denise Richard's filming her reality show "Denise Richards colon Its Complicated".  They had to sign waivers b/c they will probably be on the show when it comes out.  So make sure you all DVR her show and look for Al.  He is the one w/ the look on his face like, "Who in the world is this lady and why are these people following her w/ cameras?" haha 

Tomorrow we are heading to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, IN to see Joel McHale's comedy show.  He is the guy that hosts E's The Soup.  We love that show and watch it every week, so we are really looking forward to it! 

Hope everyone is doing well! 

March Madness

My parents just came up today for a short little visit.  We drove down to my school, and amazingly enough we were able to get in!  So they got to see my classroom and check out where I spend most of my time. haha  We then came back up to our place and took the train downtown to lunch at Webber Grill and then we walked around Michigan Ave.  It was a nice visit, and I am looking forward to going home in 2 weeks!! 

Alex and I are getting ready to head out and go to Durkin's, which is a Purdue bar up here.  We have been there once before with the Standefords to watch a Purdue football game.  It's kind of a neat thing.   All of the Big 10 schools have bars up here that are all decked out in that school's stuff, and its where alumni and fans go to watch the games. 

Hopefully it will be a good time, but it would be a lot more fun if some of our Purdue friends from home were with us! =( 

Hope everyone is enjoying this weather we have been having lately and happy spring!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Growing up in Lafayette you never realize how big of a deal St. Patrick's Day is to people!  WOW!!  Up here everyone is all about St. Patrick's Day!!  

We met up with my Uncle Jerry, Aunt Nancy, and cousin Jennifer for part of the day because they were in town to see the celebrations. The day starts off with turning the river green, there's a parade, and a huge drunken fest!  It reminded us of Breakfast Club in a way.  Because we live in bar central basically, there are a ton of people around here today enjoying the festivities.... needless to say, parking is not the best right now! 

So, after we found Jer, Nancy, and Jen we headed down to Nordstroms to do a little prom dress shopping for Jennifer.  It was fun to look at all of the dresses, I haven't done that in a few years!  We then proceeded to lunch.  We went to a place called Ed Debevic's.  It is an old fashioned hamburger place, but it has the theme like a Dick's Last Resort, where the waiters are all rude and super funny!  It was fun!  They gave us paper hats, but they didn't write on them like they do at Dick's.  Then about every 1/2 hour or so the waiters get up on the counter and do a dance, but they really can't dance so they are just up there looking ridiculous!  It was a good time and we got a kick out of it.  The only disappointment was that they didn't have green beer!  So.... we settled for regular old Bud Light in the yellow/brown color it always is.  

Alex posing in front of the newly green river.  

Quick trivia fact: the dye they put in the river is actually orange, but somehow when mixed with the wonderful Chicago water it turns a bright green. 

Crossing the river on Michigan Ave. 

Alex and I at the restaurant with our hats on.  We are also sporting the green beads we caught from people throwing them out of the trollies and busses downtown. 

Jen, Jer, and Nancy with their hats on too.  Jen also caught some beads!

The waiters getting their groove on... 

My parents are supposed to be making their way up here tomorrow morning for the day.  They both caught my cold from last weekend, so hopefully that doesn't keep them in L-town.  I'm sure we will go back downtown and drive to my school to see the construction progress because it has been a while since they have seen it. 

Hope everyone enjoys the holiday!  Don't forget to wear green on Tuesday!

Go Boilers!!