About
Life in the city
Millennium Park
Baby Romulus, 7 weeks old
Allie and Jeff (that’s us) live 44 floors above the ground in the Chicago theater district with their semi-evil cat, Romulus. They own a web development and research company along with a good friend from college. Jeff is a technology author and foodie, and Allie spends a lot of her spare time exploring photography.
| February, 1984 | |
| Jeff is born a leap year baby | |
| January, 1985 | |
| Allie is born | |
| Summer, 1998 | |
| Allie starts cheerleading | Jeff starts flying airplanes |
| August, 2002 | |
| Jeff starts college at MSU, works in the College of
Communication Arts & Sciences |
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| August, 2003 | |
| Allie starts college at MSU | |
| December, 2004 | |
| Allie applies to job in College of Communication Arts & Sciences | Jeff sees “MSU Cheerleader”on Allie’s resume and votes to hire her |
| 2005 | |
| Allie and Jeff work together, but rarely talk about much more than lab equipment | |
| 2006 | |
| Allie and Jeff become facebook friends | |
| May, 2006 | |
| Allie spends part of the summer studying in Italy | Jeff spends part of the Summer studying in Japan |
| January, 2007 | |
| Allie and Jeff start a class together—Scripting for Web. 2.0 | |
| February, 2007 | |
| Allie and Jeff start dating | |
| July, 2007 | |
| Allie moves to Chicago to start a job | Jeff stays in Michigan to finish his Masters at MSU |
| June, 2008 | |
| Jeff finally moves to Chicago—Allie and Jeff move into an apartment in the loop | |
| August, 2008 | |
| Allie asks Jeff to let her foster a 7-week-old kitten for two weeks | Jeff agrees—two weeks |
| Two Weeks Later | |
| Allie and Jeff adopt Romulus | |
| September, 2008 | |
| Allie and Jeff discover that Romulus may be slightly more evil than the average kitten | |
| January, 2009 | |
| Allie and Jeff start a blog | |
| August 16, 2009 | |
| Allie and Jeff get engaged | |
