We're in Chicago this week attending a web development conference. I'd planned on napping and shopping while Ben sat in lecture halls, stuffing his brain full of website, geek stuff. However, luckily, he scored me a free ticket. LUCKILY! Now I can join him in a marathon of Power Point presentations. Otherwise, I would have been stuck shoe shopping at Nordstroms all day. Phew! That was a close call!
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Several weeks ago, Ben and I attended a conference for web developers, even though I’m not a web developer myself. I'm a web designer, yes, but not a developer. They may sound similar but they’re not, and confusing those two roles would be like asking the hospital janitor [the one mopping your insides off the birthing room floor] whether, or not, your newborn is taking enough areola into her mouth when she latches on. Wrong man for the job, and trust me here people, that was one awkward conversation! ...Continue Reading »
Ben and I are taking a break from our regular routine today. And by ‘regular routine,’ I’m of course referring to sitting around all day in our pajamas scraping the bottom of sour cream containers clean with potato chips. Instead, we got up, took showers and drove an hour to attend an all day Drupal conference. Do you know what that is? Me either.
So far, Ben’s filled half a legal pad with notes while I’ve been updating my Twitter and Facebook feed. I mean, come on now, it’s not like my feeds are going to update themselves! ...Continue Reading »
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Ben had a conference in Chicago this past weekend. The conference ran both days, so we all drove down with him on Sunday so that the girls and I could spend the day shopping [and going to the public restroom every half-hour]. Whereas Ben spent the day sitting in a lecture hall taking notes on building Drupal modules for six hours. Sounds sexy doesn’t it?
On our list of ‘Places to Fritter Away Our Money’ was the American Girl Place store. We’d visited this doll store a few times when Lexi was younger and from what I can remember the store’s greeter grabs unsuspecting parents by the ankles, holds them upside down, and shakes them violently until all the money falls out of their pockets. But like I said, I’ve been to the store before so I knew to wear a floor length skirt and avoid eye contact.
Never again Store Greeter, never again! ...Continue Reading »
