Happy Thursday everyone!  I’m thankful this week is going by kind of slow, I have a lot to get done before our fun anniversary trip this weekend!  Part of my Christmas/2nd Anniversary/Valentine’s Day gift (yes, I gave Ryan permission a long time ago to roll them all into one holiday) is a weekend getaway to Chicago!!  So that’s on the top of my list for what I’m loving this week:

Our hotel is right next to the Chicago Theater, sadly nothing is really playing while we’re there.  But we’ll be sure to get our own pictures of this famous landmark!  I always have a hard time deciding whether to bring my pro camera if I don’t have an official “shoot”, but I might just have to drag it along.  We’re big fans of the Food Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” so we’ve cased out a couple Chicago places on their list to hit up.  I’m excited about trying the Lair of the Minotaur burger at Kuma’s Corner! (go check out the “food” section of their website to see what’s on this crazy burger!)  Let me know if there’s any other “must-do” or “must-eats” while we’re there!

A rather large victory I had the other week, was finding a travel coffee mug that insulated my coffee but was also microwaveable!  Maybe I’m a little slow, but all I ever saw were the ones made from aluminum and you can’t put that in the microwave to reheat it a bit.  So when I passed by this at Bed, Bath and Beyond I knew I had finally found my perfect coffee cup!  Pink at that!  It’s a Copco brand coffee cup and was only like $8.  🙂

Another one of my recent “finds” that the whole world had discovered before me, was Pandora Radio.  Holy dang this has made my life of editing so much more enjoyable!!  No more boring playlists, just exciting music that changes everyday!  I’ve found a bunch of new artists that I didn’t know existed – it’s nice to break out of the rut of whoever is on the Top 20.  I think you can email your “stations” to people, so if anyone wants to hear one of my stations just let me know!  After using up my 40 hours in 2 weeks (you can only listen to 40 hours for free per month) I went ahead and paid the $36 yearly fee to have unlimited music, no commercials, etc.  I think it was a wise investment.

Another Christmas gift from Ryan was a new addition to the Wii Fit we already had.  He got me the Wii Fit Plus and it’s so much fun!  It’s got a lot of crazy new games where you burn calories without even realizing it.  You have to check your dignity at the door because you look pretty ridiculous doing these.  The funniest to me is this game where you are a chicken (they literally put your “Mii” in a chicken suit), then you have to flap your “wings” and land on certain spots and eventually make it to a boat in the middle of the ocean.  Hilarious.  A quick screen shot below:

Hope you guys are having a great week!  Stay warm for me while we freeze in Chicago!