WHOA!

GUYS! We disappeared but are back and the action has not stopped around here.  Happy New Year!

Since we last posted in July, a lot has gone on:


Alex settled into his new job, marking the end of his time with the startup turned corporation that helped us decide to move to Chicago, and his full transition into the world of product management.

We celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary, with a fantastic chef's table meal at Band of Bohemia in Ravenswood. Alex secured a vegetarian meal and beverage pairing and we got to be, like, humans for a night.

I attended another plant-based conference in Raleigh and met (and drove!) a who's who of prevention-focused experts in nutrition.



We adopted Nyobi's sweet Shadow puppy after six months of fostering, and have been so happy to continue to see her (and winter sweater collection!) grow.






We went to freaking Japan!  Alex has wanted to do this for a long time and we finally pulled the trigger.  It was our longest adventure together to date and so, so enjoyed and needed. At left is the Hiroshima Bomb Dome, a structure that withstood the blast and is part of the memorial.

We decided that I needed a break and pressed pause on my road to RD.


My dear friend Lisa came to visit before winter weather really hit, the first time in years we were both free of obligations bearing down at the same time.





Our sweet, feisty Charlotte gave us quite the scare with a liver infection and hospitalization, coming home during poor Lisa's time here.

Ugh and this election, which at least brought Joe Biden memes to a greater audience.

But, we've surfaced and want to stay in better touch!  Many projects have come and gone and a number are in the works, so I'll try to get you up to speed on that front, and hopefully Alex can get a lot more sympathy for what goes on here.

Happy 2017!