Glamazons!

I have been out & about!  Enjoying summer and friends and new experiences!

We have hit Boystown in Chicago so many times in the past 2 weeks!  It's been a total blast!  First, we went to RuPaul's Official Drag Race Tour at Roscoe's where we saw Chad Michaels, Latrice (Motherfuckin') Royale, Phi Phi O'Hara, The Princess and a few others.  We got there early enough to secure a great spot on the dance floor, but then we headed outside to grab a bite to eat...MISTAKE ~ it was so crowded when we got back inside!  We were relegated to a side room where I could just barely peek some glimpses of the queens performing!  Ah, well!  Lesson learned!  It was still fun!!!

With Sinders Parrish outside Roscoe's, Chicago

Two nights later, we were at SPIN Nightclub for Pandora Boxx and The Princess!  This time, we secured our spots and didn't leave!  It was a much smaller crowd, too, which helped!  We paid for "Meet & Greet" tix which got us in photos with the queens after both shows!  Then, we had breakfast a few blocks north of the club!  We didn't get home until 4:30 AM!  I had been up since 7AM Saturday morning!  22 hours of awake time for this girlie ~~ insane!  Then, I only slept about 3 hours Sunday morning!  What?!?  Who knows where I got the energy reserves for Thursday thru Sunday! 

With Bart & Sinders @ SPIN, Chicago

The Princess @ SPIN

Pandora Boxx @ SPIN

With Bart, sitting on the stage, securing our spots for the show!!!

My "Meet & Greet" pic with the queens

And this past Saturday, we enjoyed Chicago Pride festivities for the first time!  We went up with our friends for a fest, where several blocks along Halsted were closed down for bands, DJs, food booths and other vendors!  It was crazy busy and our friend, Sinders Parrish, was in all her glory!  Her photo was in constant demand!  (I suggested a donation box for the future...like the street performers in New Orleans!!!)  We had another late-night meal and then hit a bar real quick for Sinders to do some karaoke (to "Blue Moon" ... to match her color scheme this nite, of course!!) 

With Jim & Sinders at Pride Fest on Halsted, Chicago

This weekend, we will spend some time with family at an open house for my cousin's daughter and step-son.  We will also do some yardwork.  That is a job in & of itself and we haven't felt like giving the yard the attention it needs, but we haven't fully ignored it, either.  We have had to water the landscaping and grass b/c we are so very dry here (can't wait for the water bill, right!!!)!  Everyone has a crunchy yard!!  We are more concerned about the plants than the grass, so we have some pretty dry patches all throughout the front and back yards.  

Still not one single bite on the house!  Frustrating doesn't even come close to describing where we are right now!  We won't renew the contract with our current realtor at the end of July and will, instead, go with our friend, Bart.  Also, it was suggested that we RAISE the asking price (we have lowered it twice now...down $6000), so that we bring in a different group of potential buyers.  We will give it a shot!  In the meantime, we did some more cleaning, rearranging and purging on Sunday ~~ if we could only sell our sleeper sofa and open up space in the front room!  (Might even be willing to part with the chair, too, if the sofa buyer wants it for just a tad more.)   We will then set up that room as a dining room, just like the previous owners had when we looked at the house.  So, we have a couple things we will try & keep our fingers crossed that they work!  

Oh, Chris had a phone interview with UCAR last week!  This is the same place he interviewed last September...however, this new position is management!  We were hoping he would get a call this week for a second interview, via Skype.  (It is Tuesday, one week since the 1st interview, and he hasn't heard anything....YET!)  I am just remaining positive that once Chris is offered a job, we will get an offer on our house!