Carrie

80′s Party

January 17, 2009

I’ve mentioned before that my wife is a big fan of Chicago author Jen Lancaster. Through various machinations of the internets, somehow my wife’s book club became friendly with her and was even mentioned in her most recent book. This past Friday, my wife and I attended an 80′s Party at Jen’s house. Now, I [...]

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I’m afraid of dolphins too!

October 19, 2008

Carrie and Matt with Joel McHale Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. Last night Carrie and I drove over an hour to Waukegan to see Joel McHale (of The Soup fame) perform stand-up. It was well worth it. First, however, we had dinner at the Bavarian Lodge, which is a restaurant pretty close to our new [...]

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Boom shaka laka BOOM BOOM

August 5, 2008

No Parking Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. In case you didn’t notice, there was a big honkin’ storm last night. Carrie, Scout, and I actually ended up down in the basement for about 20 minutes when we heard the tornado sirens go off (especially when I read in the NWS alert that “the tornado” would [...]

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Today I had a flashback to the summer of my junior year in high school

July 27, 2008

Carrie and Dirk Perfect Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. Today, Carrie and I went to the Bristol Renaissance Faire (my first visit since 1992 or thereabouts), and we had a great time. It was a hoot to see shows like the Swordsmen who were there back when I used to go, and find that it’s [...]

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Fun at the Botanic Gardens

May 31, 2008

Yellow Blues Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. Today Carrie and I rode our bikes up to the Botanic Gardens. Well, we didn’t ride all the way; we drove about halfway, parked the car, and rode the rest. We wandered around and looked at flowers and I took a bunch of pictures. We had an overpriced [...]

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Happy Birthday, Carrie!

March 4, 2008

Carrie Originally uploaded by Matt Stratton. Happy birthday to my lovely wife, Carrie! Smooches, etc! To celebrate, we’re going out to dinner at a lovely French restaurant tonight, and then this weekend we’re going to Orlando. Yay berfdays!

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NYE

January 2, 2008

Matt and Carrie Originally uploaded by lakesideknitter. I’ll post more later – busy at work right now. Lots of updates, but here are the highlights: * Christmas was cool. Lots of family, lots of Wii. * NYE was spent Up North with Brian and Angie. We went skiing. Dogs are hilarious. * Crashed the car [...]

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