**This is my kind of town, My kind of town, My kind of people, too People who smile at you And each time I roam, Chicago is calling me home My kind of town, Chicago is My kind of town, Chicago is My kind of razzmatazz And it has all that jazz And each time … Read More
Black Friday
Because we like to be daring, we decided that going downtown Chi-town would be a great way to spend Black Friday with the family. We slept in a little then hopped on the 11:30 am Metra line from Crystal Lake to Ogilvie Station for a day long adventure. Our first stop in Chi-town was Five Bucks … Read More
Thanksgiving Day
A brief list from Thanksgiving Day … 1. The newlyweds spent the weekend with us! 2. I had lots of stolen moments with our Wild One. 3. There were 33 people at dinner. Others joined later in the evening. 4. Just dance 3 was a popular activity – all day and evening. 5. We have … Read More
Over the river
We’ve traveled over the (Mississippi) river, and through the (Wisconsin) woods to my sister’s house in the western suburbs of Chicago. It’s 12:04 am on Thanksgiving Day (and my sister’s 50th birthday!). We packed in a full day on Wednesday with the drive here … a stop at an outlet mall… making stuffing, cranberry salad, … Read More
50 Tables
This afternoon I gathered with MANY other volunteers to set up for the Camp Victory Fall Celebration Fundraiser. My role was to decorate 50 tables … in a Safari theme with a VERY limited budget Grass centerpieces were donated. “Tent” table numbers were with canvas fabric that was soaked in liquid starch and ironed into … Read More
Ball or Apple?
Wordless Wednesday
Day Trip
When my friend, Sue asked if I’d like to join her and Deb on a Rochester Community Education shopping trip to several unique spots in the Twin Cities I jumped at the opportunity. Deb and I went along as Sue’s helpers, and received a free trip. Over 70 ladies filled two coach buses at 7:30 on Friday … Read More
Wordless Wednesday
across the road 11-01-11
Moonlighting
Number One Son is a teacher by day and a suave and debonnaire limo driver by night (and weekend). Mr. D and I have never rode in a limo. In fact, until last month, we’d never even sat in one of these luxury liners. So … Mr. D and I enjoyed a 5 minute “staytrip” … Read More
This would look nice at The Cottage…
I love looking at old photos. I received these in my inbox a couple days ago. The photos were taken in the Northwest when the logging industry was still young. Check out the size of the tree …. and the length of the HAND saw they used! and the heavy duty axes… These guys did … Read More