Checking in from Chicago y’all!

Saturday’s online finds: Inspirational, educational or just silly. Here is what I found this week…

• Small-town lottery, big fame, big money
• It’s just candles and booze = formula for throwing a party at home
• 104 year-old yarnstormer
• Drink water. Eat something. Work out Go outside. Take a shower
• It takes a village
• I met you in the rain on the last day of 1972
• How a container once integral to farming culture came to be the hipster vessel of choice
• YELP for people. ha
• Mom’s spaghetti (thanks Kristin)

Have a great weekend! I am running the CHICAGO marathon and that is ALL I have on my mind right now (my number is 10705 and it’s estimated to take 15 minutes to get to the start. ~7:45 am (Chi-time))…

… but isn’t this adorable: