Good afternoon Crystal and the rest of Illinois!

I am working and then heading to Rockton to dinner with a friend.  I am looking forward to it.

Tomorrow will be my Friday at work.  I will attend my appointments on Friday morning and then pick Riley up from her last day of school.  After that, I am not sure what we will do.  I am sure we will find some sort of mischief to get up to.

Gotta get back.

Have a lovely day!

Good Morning Everyone!

I cannot believe we are back to cooler weather but I will take it over snow any day.  I am getting tired of rain though. 

Today, Gage comes for a few days.  IT will be really good to see him.  I have not seen him for several months.  He just had his prom over the weekend so I cant wait to hear about that.  If will be fun to hear about a guys point of view. 

Last night AT&T did not show up for their appointment.  I spent another hour on the phone with them.  I have left them with the ultimatum of they fix my system by Friday at 5 pm or I go elsewhere.  I refuse to pay for anything because the system does not work.  They fix it or come remove it at their loss.  I am fed up with them.  I have been more than patient and when they do not show up for their scheduled appointments then that is the last straw! 

No other news today.  Everything else is going ok for which I am thankful.

Everyone have a great day!

Good afternoon Crystal and the rest of Illinois!

I am getting ready to leave work soon.  I have to drop a few things off with David then home to see how the porch looks.  My FIL has lent me a power washer so the siding can be cleaned up a bit.  I still have the porch furniture to work on and Olivia has to work at the graduation tonight so no help there.

Riley LOVES camping.  She is already asking to go again this year.  I agree with Lisa.....it seems that I do most of the work when camping so a hotel is my idea of fun.  I suggested that Todd and the kids take Riley while Amber and I do something else, but that did not go over too well.    Things we do for our kids and grandkids....

Not much else happening here.

Everyone have a good evening.

I have Uverse internet but cannot get their tv here.  Everyone I know who has gotten the full suite has had months of transition headaches.  The healing pain in the upper right quadrant of my abdomen i****ting but only about a two.  Pain over all has been close to consistent but keeps changing places.  Overall it has been less than expected.  Lectures and maybe a quiz today.  I canceled my going to a lunch meeting at Groupon today.  Do not want to pu****  And I need to pay Uverse.

Hello everyone

I stayed up to late last night...ughhh.  I'm a bit tired now.  I will be fine once I get moving.

I got my workout in yesterday and I checked the AC is workoing fine at the clubhouse now!!!  They fix things fast around here...I like that.

I don't know if I mentioned it before but I always watch WGN news in the morning.  I find it to be light and so funny.  I don't want serious news so early.  But they are always cracking me up.  If anyone watches them on a regular basis you know what I mean.  They are hilarious.  They make the news fun to watch. 

More of the same for me today...work and working out.  How about you guys???

Well I go to get going guys...have a good day all...see ya later...bye

Good Afternoon Everyone!

I am home today.  We are still trying to get my Uverse phone figured out. The life alert  system went  off  at  2:30 this morning and  I never got back  to sleep.  3 hours of sleep and making nice to customers does not mix.  So I called in and went back to bed and finally fell back to sleep.  After the umpteenth call to AT & T  we may have the problem figured out.  I have a fax machine that connects to my phone line and we are thinking that may be the problem.  They are sending a tech out to rehook up everything as whoever installed this system did it running through the fax machine,.  So much for the "expert installation"  Needless to say I want this solved yesterday!

So I am relaxing today and may go for another nap.  

Dawn, your porch sounds delightful.  You will have to post pictures. 

Lisa, I am sorry you are so tired.  I was too after surgery.  It lasted about 6 weeks.  I think I took a nap every day.  Hopefully it is just your meds but give yourself a break, it still could be the surgery.  

Crystal, I am glad you had fun yesterday.  I would be caught short on camping as well.  My idea of camping is a bed and a bathtub at the local Holiday Inn.  Somehow campgrounds dont provide that service!    Our family did not camp growing up.  Although I have camped and survived it.  I want the bed.  

Everyone have a great day! 

Good morning Crystal and the rest of Illinois!

I was MIA over the last four days. 

Todd decided Wednesday night that we both needed to take Thursday of to paint the pillars on the porch.  He wanted me to switch my Thursday for Friday but I had commitments to keep on Friday.  I used a vacation day and we had a great time.  The weather was perfect for painting and lots of neighbors stopped by to inquire about the project.  We then had a late lunch with friends before coming home and I worked on the porch furniture some more.  I have two pieces cleaned, repaired and ready to paint.  Only three more to go.  I think I am going to look into borrowing a sprayer......

Friday, I went to my appointments and the thrift store to see what I could find for the 60's party on Saturday.  There is a pic on Facebook of what I came up with.  Todd was Andy Griffith........trick was, he shaved his beard and wore a wig so many people did not recognize him.  It has been over 20 years since he last shaved his facial hair completely.  He looks like David under there!

Yesterday, we just chilled.

I am back to work today feeling refreshed and relaxed with a new attitude.  So, Nancy----maybe the long weekend will do the same for you.

I am having Riley the next two Fridays and the little shop across the street from my house has agreed to sell my products.  So, all in all feeling more positive.

Someone asked when Liv graduates-----not until next year.  She is just a very prepared young lady.  We still have to go check out schools in Florida once she is done for this year.

Gotta get back at it.  You all heve a spectacular day!

Hi Shannon!

There are a few in Dakota, a couple in Rock City (although the white one on Market Street is asking way too much) and I noticed quite a few in Durand the other day.  All have excellent schools.  Pecatonica too.

Happy hunting!

Notify me when someone replies to my post does not work for me any more for months now.  Even when I start the days posts.

I like to mozie, dawdle, stroll, linger, swing in a hammock, rock in a huge rocker on a porch, tread water and do a dead man's float.  I am hoping the change in my abdomen has gotten rid of what felt like a beach ball when swimming.

I do not know anyone that does security attacks for a living in my current group.  I have known some in the past who designed protection systems.  The groups I am hanging out with now are into sharing so anyone that steals from them has to be pretty stupid.  It does still happen though.  My favorite professor recently went on a rampage because some jerk tried to act like his work belonged to them.  

I guess I will be playing pong today but it will be less fun than usual as I will be playing my peer's pong games to grade them.  I think it will be three weeks from now when I get to make my next attempt at learning OO syntax.

Good Morning,

Crystal, it is nice to see you enjoyed yourself yeasterday. We used to camp, until I decided it was more fun at a Holiday Inn. All i have to do is pack clothes and a few snacks instead of cleaning gear, cooking meals and cleaning everything when we got home.

Today I will be going to Bloomington for a Mother/Daughter tea for Rainbow. Morgan invites me every year. I don't know what if anything I will be able to eat, but it will be fun anyway.

I am going to call my heart dr. today. I think i am reacting to the new beta=blocker that they gave me. I seem to be extra tired all the time. At first, I thought ok, I just had surgery, it takes a lot out of you, I will be ok in a week or so. But, I am still that way. I can dust a room or two, and then its sit down and rest. Plant a planter, come in and rest. Go to the store, and need a nap before I put stuff away. Anyway, that is one of the side effects of this med. Another is feeling cold.

It looks like it could get nasty later today. The forcast is showers and thunderstorms after 4. Just about the time I will be leaving.

Have a great day,

Hugs,