So, “The Maiden Metallurgist” is technically a married metallurgist, but no, I'm not changing the name of my blog. Call it artistic license if you want.

I live on the South Side of Chicago with my wry and witty husband Josh (you can find his blog here.), and the two furry members of our family- Kitty and the Murph dog.

I moved from Denver in September of 2008, and got married in January 2009. I work in Indiana but I play in Chicago. I love to cook and eat out, read, play games (board games, card games, puzzles), and I’ve very recently become hopelessly addicted to Wii sports. We travel pretty often, mostly to Denver, but not quite often enough. I miss my friends and family, but I’m adjusting to my new life here, a thousand miles away.

I can also be found on Yelp, Facebook, and Twitter where I am always on the lookout for new friends.

I never make New Years Resolutions, the New Year just seems like an arbitrary time to make a plan, and I feel doomed to failure. But with just a little over two weeks to go until we move into our new place and just six months until my thirtieth birthday I’ve decided that the time is ripe for some resolutions or a to-do list; just some sort of plan. This isn’t a thirty-before-thirty list, it’s more of a wish list. There is no deadline at all really; it’s just a place to start.
Wish List
1.See a Sox game
2.Ride bikes all the way up to the Lincoln Park Farmers market
3.Dinner at Alinea
4.Apple Picking
5. Carve Pumpkins
6.Hit the Beach
7.Tap Class at the South Shore Cultural Center
8.Sew a dress
9.Learn to crochet
10.Go to a street festival
11.Play Craps
12.Visit an Illinois Town Other than Chicago
13.Visit Newberry Library
14.Finally read Against the Day
15.Take a belly Dancing Class
16.Volunteer in the community
17. Visit my Grandma
18.Make Paper
19. Shoot some real film
20.Go Roller skating
21. Start a separate savings account
22.Get back in shape
23.Re-try the foods I hate;
peas, cottage cheese, black olives, beets
24.Bake a tiered cake with frosting
25.Go on Honeymoon
26.Run one mile
27.Set up a light box for better pictures
28.Invest in a new camera
29.Spend a weekend alone
30.Spend a weekend at my parents house
31.Make a quilt
32.Buy and refinish one great Craigslist find
33.Make a piece of art for the house
34.Learn a Jewish Tradition
35.Meet a blogger
36.Take a whole week off from blogging
Visit Museums
37.Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
38.Art Institute of Chicago (Modern Wing)
39.Chicago Children's Museum
40.Chicago History Museum
41.DuSable Museum-African-American History
42.Illinois Holocaust Museum
43.Museum of Contemporary Art
44.Museum of Contemporary Photography
45.Museum of Science and Industry
46.The Field Museum of Natural History
47.The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Visit Three Branches of the Chicago Public Library
48.South Shore
49.South Chicago
50.Avalon


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