Watch Kelli Run the Red

For the past few weeks Kelli has been ribbing me cause I have a penchant for squeezing through yellow lights. I must admit I love the feeling of barely, yet safely, making it through. Gliding through and coming out on the other side feels so much better than having to jam the brakes and then sit for a while.

So the other night I came home to a Chicago dept of Revenue ticket that actually has pictures of Kelli running a red. Those of you in Chicago are aware of all the cameras that have been set up to catch people in the act. They actually video-tape it so you can watch the irrefutable evidence in the privacy of your own home. Even though it's a $100 dollar fine, I feel like it has given me about $40 worth of vindication -- so to me it's like a $60 dollar ticket . . . not quite as bad.

Don't worry, you can watch my lovely wife the run the red too!! Go to the link below and use the following:

Link -- https://www.photonotice.com/login.asp?citycode=chi

Citation Number: 7001271067
License Plate Number: X563536

Ticket for running a red: $100. Publicly humiliating my wife (in good fun): priceless

Enjoy.

potato sack dress

yesterday tyson and my cousin mark spent all day biking a century (100 miles).  so kat (mark's wife) and i had our own marathon day of sewing.  kat's been wanted to learn more sewing skills so we decided to make this dress together.  kat did the original dress in blue and i did a variation on the neckline in a brown linen.  overall it was really easy.  i think mine only took about 3 hours.  here is a picture of us after church with our matching dresses.  tyson says mine resembles a potato sack and i must agree, but i like it anyway.

pillows

i decided to take a break from sewing my messenger bag which is taking forever and make the couch pillows that i have meaning to make for a few months. i wanted to make something similar to these pillows from cb2. i was really happy with the way they turned out. i meant to make more although after the two i felt like they were already getting pretty bold and busy in our simplistic room so i stopped. i may add a few plain ones in the future, but for now i am done. it just feels good to finish a project.

The World We Live In

My name is Tyson -- I'm married to Kelli.

No, I don't have any cool pictures to post except for this one I stole from the BBC website. I found a pretty interesting article there today.

Apparently, a Canadian man sued Culligan Water Co for psychological damages after he found a dead fly in a bottle of water. He was awarded $341,000 until the Supreme Court overturned the lower court's ruling.

Click here to read on.

San Francisco

I was in San Francisco this weekend for my freshman roomate, Jenny's, wedding.  And  I have to admit that I was extremely impressed.  Those of you who know me well are probably familiar with the fact that I am not much of a California girl.  In fact there was a time when Tyson and I were dating that it looked like we would be living in Orange County.  I would go visit Tyson and although the weather was awesome I always felt like I was on vacation, never like I was at home.  I just never seemed to fit in very well amongst the hollywood style gorgeous blonds with fake boobs and perfect teeth (I know I'm stereotyping and probably offending right now).  But  San Francisco has changed my entire feelings of California.  Not only do they have gorgeous beaches and perfect weather, but the residents seem much more down to earth, the architecture is interesting (not everything is made out of stucco), and the steep and windy roads make you feel like you are at an amusement park everyday.

Not only was it great to go to San Francisco, but it was also great to catch up with old roomates.  Here are the four (out of six) of us freshman roomates who made it for the wedding.