and the winners... michigan

helmet head

fans, fans, fans... is it better to sit in the stadium as a normal mortal or paint a michigan helmet on your mohaired head.

maize - the color of fall

it was a "maize out" and michigan fans were to wear maize but it just isn't in my wardrobe... for good reason. it looks terrible on me. so, i donned blue. apparently, the students had no problems with the color as you can see in this photo of the student sectionof the "big house".

go blue!

it it looked like rain and my throat was still a bit iffy but when my brother called with wisconsin v michigan tickets i headed for the big house.

beau's new jean jacket

this is "handsome" beau in the jean jacket i made for him for porscha's 22nd birthday. the photo is compliments of her and her blog: www.thingsdone.blogspot.com. check it out.

it's lonely on the side of the road

side of the road 4, originally uploaded by slc doucette.

Check out more of my photos at: www.flickr.com/photo/slc_doucette

98.6

The fever is gone, my throat is tolerable but my coughing persists. Beacuse Greg and I both feel like "thyphoid Mary" we had decided not to take the next few days off and bring this illness to the U.P. Since we were planning to be gone for a few days it is a good excuse to relax and get better. If I don't get better I won't be going to Boston in a week and a half!

Body Aches

Okay. Is just doesn't seem to end. I am still sick. Apparently, I was so tired last weekend because I was coming down with a cold. My throat hurts, legs and back ache, I feel hot and cold at the same time and am sneezing and blowing my nose every couple minutes. My husband, clients and friends say I sound like Hell.
I work at home most of the time and am able to send things to my clients via the internet... Unfortunately, our internet connection sucks so I usually have to go to a coffee shop or my friend's house to do the sending. This time I will do my work, upload it tomorrow and send a disc to Ann Arbor with Greg for my client to pick it up in the morning.
I can, however, lay around in comfy clothes and not worry about makeup or looking perky. When I finish here I will Lysol the house, was the sheets and sterilize the dishes. Hopefully, my efforts will purge our house of some nasty germs.

Dinner Party, Open house, Reception & Bed

Dinner at 7p with Ron and Suzannah. The company was great, wine great, appetizers delicious and meal lovely. But the road to the evening was a bit woe fraught. To accomodate vegetarians in our group thought I would make a spinach lasagna... (You probably guessed it already). On my way home from the grocery store with my fresh bag of spinach, I caught the evening news and the story about ecoli in fresh "bagged spinach". A quick stop at Meijer and problem solved with "frozen spinach".
For desert: creme brulee. Using Nigela Lawson's book, How to be a Domestic Goddess, 8 egg yokes, 2 1/2 c. of heavy creme and a wee bit of sugar, I made a huge curdled mess. A trip to Trader Joe's for cheesecake - Key Lime and another problem was solved.
Saturday's wedding reception offered it own set of obsticles. For one, the gift - a brass door knocker with the couples last name and the year engraved on ithad a large black nick on its face. The young clerk asked, "Will that be a problem?" We look through "Things Remembered's" stock and found only one that was acceptable. I picked up the door knocker a couple of hours before the party and raced to Target for gift wrap and back home to get dress.
The directions instructed us to, "look for a VFW with a large red, white and blue missile" out front. There it was. I had worn a dress and heels for a party where the bride and groom wore t-shirts and jeans. Drinks? Beer, light beer or soda. The buffet table was filled with sausage, pasta with hamburger, ham and cheesy potatoes. Fortunately the pototoes were meat free, so I spooned some on to my plate and made a small salad out of the condiments. We managed a quick, "Hello" to the bride and groom. We were home by 7:30p.
I was so exhausted, after the reception, that I feel asleep next Greg while he watched the Packer game. The noise didn't even bother me.
Sunday, was nice and sunny. I woke up late and made a rice, brie and tomato omelet for Cynthia and myself. Just as I started preparing for my run Greg called to say he had made a mistake, the open house was from 11a to 2p, not 2p to 4p. It was 11:37 and we had to drive to Detroit. I went for the run anyway and we made just in time for the last hospital tour. (This was an open house for Greg's project for a hospital in Commerce township.)
Since we missed the food, we stopped at a place called Fibber McGee's for lunch. Although the waitress assured me there was absolutely no meat in the clam chowder, I was suffering horrible stomach cramps halfway home. I made it to the bathroom with no time to spare. I spent an hour in there in pain and the rest of the day sleeping.
Another weekend over.

Lady Cynthia

Sleeping Beauty

After an all night party with friends and a full day at the Renaissance Fair, the exhausted Lady Cynthia slept.

Denis

Accident on the Streets of Ann Arbor

Weekend in Chicago

Woman Down

Greg took Tuesday off to work on the house plans. After he was done with the plans we took a road trip to IKEA. I hadn't been feeling well for a couple of days but it came to a head while at IKEA. At 7:30p we made it home and I went directly to bed. With the exception of breakfast and lunch, I stayed in bed until 5:30p.
Although my throat still hurts and I am still tired... I am up. I have to do some web work.