Eleanor's First Piano Recital

Eleanor has been taking piano lessons since February. She does a wonderful job and her skill and confidence and enjoyment of playing are continually growing. In October, she had her first recital. She played "Gliding" solo and "What a Song" together with her teacher, Miss Abby. And she was so lucky that Aunt Shea and Uncle Pat were in town and able to see her play.

 She was poised and confident and played perfectly! We were oh so very proud of this little lady!

IU Girls Weekend in Bloomington

As tradition would have it, some of my IU girlfriends and I were able to reunite. This year, sans kids and husbands for a girls weekend in our old stomping grounds! We tried to re-do it, college style. We mixed cocktails in the back of my car and put them in Red Solo cups and we took in a rainy game. And the Hoosiers knocked off Penn State for the first time in history.

Hoosiers: 42, Nitany Lions: 24

Thankful to see my little sissy at her sorority house!

After touring Emma's sorority house, we went out, to take on Bloomington! We enjoyed a fantastic meal at Uptown Cafe. We chatted, we were served upscale drinks, we had a grand time. And during this time we soon came to realize we were 35 years old and getting beer sloshed on us, stepping on a sticky floor, yelling over loud music and drinking cheap drinks somewhere lost its appeal. So we stayed put and had more $10 martinis and enjoyed each others company. Why? Because we could.

"Sex And The City" as deemed by our favorite Uptown bartender, Logan

And to end the weekend on an upscale note, we bypassed Denny's and had a fantastic breakfast at FARM Bloomington.

Breakfast at FARM Bloomington