Ferret Mom ⋅ 48
I live in Chicago. I love city life, the Cubs, and animals.
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I’ve been meaning to start a new Prosebox book where I put entries about random stupid crap I overhear people say when I go places. Right now I am sitting on an Amtrak train returning to the cit...
Sirens w/Edit in My Landlady Serby is the Bane of my Existence
There are tornado sirens going off absolutely everywhere and of course, I don’t have a key to the basement since Serby changed the locks. 🤨 EDIT 45 MINUTES LATER Seems like it’s mainly passed no...
WOW!!!! Just wow. A few hours ago I bumped into my neighbor Clifton. He told me that recently Serby told him “to spy on everyone in the building and report back how many of them are cocaine dea...
Not Even Surprised in My Landlady Serby is the Bane of my Existence
So Serby pays gas here, and tenants pay their own electricity. Well, it turns out that Serby has not paid the gas bill for the entire building for a very, very long time because they are now cutt...
And The Beat Goes On in My Landlady Serby is the Bane of my Existence
Yesterday I woke up at 6 AM and there was no hot water. The whole building was out, second time in a couple of weeks this has happened. It has to do with the plumbing issues. Serby will only tak...
30 Days in My Landlady Serby is the Bane of my Existence
So you may remember that Serby kept my refrigerator (as well as electricity to the bathroom) turned off for 22 days, and then when she finally turned it back on she insisted on shutting off the s...
Monday (which was also my birthday) wound up being The Very Long Day From Hell. And then Tuesday wound up being The Very Long Day From Hell: The Sequel. I mean, my entire week has sucked, but tho...
Not to brag or anything, but this is practically my backyard. . . . We have a solid 40 miles of lakefront here in Chicago, and my neighborhood is located right along the lakefront, so I can just...
Police Report Filed in My Landlady Serby is the Bane of my Existence
So this happened a few days ago. Let’s start with the fact that on this particular day I had been awake since 3AM. I had a freaky dream that someone was breaking in and I got out of bed to inves...
I posted 6 entries in 2022 where I asked you guys to vote on pictures. I just went through and rounded up some of the ones with the most votes, as well as a few pictures of the day that lots of y...
Black and White in Pictures
As always feel free to vote on which ones you like best. 1.) . 2.) . 3.) . 4.) . 5.) . 6.) . 7.) . 8.) . 9.) . 10.)
For lack of a better title. It’s been about 2 months since I’ve done one of these. As always, feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. 1.) . 2.) . 3.) . 4.) . 5.) . 6.) . 7.) . 8.) . ...
Sittin' Downtown in a Railway Station... in Pictures
Last Saturday I wrote about how there were plenty of street festivals going on around the city, but because it rained all day I stayed in Saturday and went out Sunday instead. When I woke up Sun...
Black and White in Pictures
As always, feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. 1.) . 2.) . 3.) . 4.) . 5.) . 6.) . 7.) . 8.) . .9.) . 10.)
A Picture Entry in Pictures
As always, feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. . 1.) . 2.) . 3.) . 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.)
Black and White in Pictures
As always, feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. 1.) . 2.) . 3.) . 4.) . 5.) . 6.) . 7.) . 8.) . 9.) . 10.)
Out and About in Pictures
Here is just a round up of things I have come across in the last few weeks. I was downtown one day and the Lyric Opera House had this sign up. . . Saw this guy in a Walgreen’s parking lot. . . ...
As always, feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. . 1.) . . . 2.) . . . 3.) . . . 4.) . . . 5.) . . . 6.) . . . 7.) . . . 8) . . . 9.) . . . 10.) .
I’ve had plenty going on lately and but it seems like for the last couple of weeks I haven’t been writing out entries when things actually happen. Here are some pictures from things I never wrote...
. Yes, I took that picture. I could not live anywhere where it does not look like this every fall! I don’t know how some of you out there do it, only having one season year round. Or some of you...
Sunrise, Sunset in Pictures
Getting up early on a Saturday and leaving your house while it’s still dark out so you can watch the sunrise over Lake Michigan is totally worth it. . . . . . You can get some of the best view...
Black and White Pictures in Pictures
As always, feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. . 1.) . . . 2.) . . . 3.) . . . 4.) . . . 5.) . . . 6.) . . . 7.) . . . 8) . . . 9.) . . . 10.) .
End of Summer in Pictures
Summer is winding down (not technically over til the 22nd). I was looking through my pictures and here are a few shots that just have a summer vibe. Not great shots or anything, but whatever. ....
As always feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. 1.) . . . 2.) . . 3.) . . . 4.) . . . 5.) . . . 6.) . . . 7.) . . . 8.) . . . 9.) . . . 10.) .
Black and White in Pictures
As always, feel free to weigh in on which ones you like best. 1.) . . . 2.) . . . 3.) . . . 4.) . . . 5.) . . . 6.) . . . 7.) . . . 8.) . . . 9.) . . . 10.) .