Day 151

I NEED to go to the Post Office. I have swaps & cards that MUST go out. I don't know why I put off the PO visit for so long! I guess 'cause mailing swaps can get complicated, it usually takes a long time to get thru (especially if you get a employee who just doesn't "get it") and I feel bad taking up that much time when people are waiting. The good news is there is a PO at the Mall (where the library is) and very few people go there. Makes it a bit quicker. The guy there doesn't quite understand it but, maybe he'll pick up on it!

Day 150

Time for Stamp Camp!!! Driving up to Elsah again. Really wanted to take more Elsah pics but they were having a triathlon up there & there was too much going on (even at 8am) for me to stop & take pics. So, you will get a pic of ME! This is me, driving in the car w/the windows down & the sunroof open. Spring is fun! Although, it might be over & Summer's here already. It's supposed to near 90 tomorrow!

Day 149

Nick was going NUTS to get into the pool. The weather has NOT been warm at all & it's been rainy. But he was insistent so, up we went. I figured he'd be in for 10 minutes & then be ready to go home. No way!! We were up for nearly an hour & a half!! Becca sat beside the pool for most of the time (and ended up w/a little burn!) but finally got in up to her waist. Nick was jumping & swing & splashing & generally having a good time. Even tho the water was FREEZING!!!! Should warm up next week!

Day 148

FINALLY!! A nice day w/no rain & no overbearing humidity. Scott & Nick went outside to shoot some hoops. Nick's skills are improving. He's not ready for the bigs yet but he might be able to hold his own in basketball this fall. He does need to practice some more!

Day 147

More clouds & rain! Actually, when I took this pic of the clouds churning overhead, I figured we were going to get SLAMMED w/bad weather. We had HEAVY rain but it wasn't so bad. Didn't even take out the satellite. I think we had one lightening bolt & I don't recall any thunder.

We may be done with rain for a bit. They are predicting better weather (although cool) for tomorrow & warming up by the weekend. Nick is DYING to get to the pool. I keep telling him it's way to cold to get into the FREEZING water but, he's 12; he knows EVERYTHING!!! Hoping I can get the key tomorrow & I'll let him learn for himself.

Day 146

This is our "moat".

We have been having ALOT of rain lately. Apparently, we are he lowest point in the neighborhood. This "river" shocked my son when he looked out the window. I took pics for him (in the rain!) but this is NOTHING!! We have had such heavy rain that all of the yard to the top left (not in this pic) was a LAKE!!

Day 145

What a Memorial Day! Rain, rain, rain & more rain! No pool, no BBQ, no nothing!! Oh well, I LOVE rain!! And I'm not too fond of BBQ (although it always smells AWESOME when someone else in the neighborhood is doing it!) and I'm so not ready for the pool. Plus, holidays bring out the drinkers & they make me uncomfortable so, I usually stay away anyway. Stayed in & made ATCs, watched the season finale of Criminal Minds (so ICKY & the cliffhanger ending has been so overdone! Of course he's not going to die!) and then watched the Cubs lose. At least the managed to score some runs!!!


I guess the rain made this little guy come out. He was stuck to the sliding glass door and driving Jack NUTS!!! He wandered up & down & across the window, just having a good ole' time. I'm sure he knew that Jack was going crazy trying to get him. And he knew he was safe. Cats are fun (sometimes!) (Again, I apologize for the bad pics. Low light thru glass. I really, really need a class in this camera!)

Day 144

This is the line to get into Night at the Museum II last night. Scott INSISTED that we go early 'cause it was opening weekend & it would be crowded. Well, it wasn't that crowded but they didn't let us in the the theater until like 5 minutes before the start.

The movie was ok. I wasn't thrilled by the first one and this one wasn't as good as the first. The kids liked it alot! I felt there were far too many new characters & none of them were well defined. Plus, they never explained what happened in the morning. That's all I'm going to say, don't want to give anything away. Oh well, I LOVE movies & popcorn!!!

Day 143

Scott has tomatoes!!! He's quite happy. There are actually two tomatoes on this plant (one behind the other) and one on his 2nd plant. He's dying for fresh tomatoes. I don't think it's hot enough & these tomatoes will probably rot before they turn red. We'll see.

Day 142

Spaghetti. Scott's favorite dinner. Since he's been out of town & eating out all week (awww, poor baby!) I decided I'd make his favorite for dinner. He says he could eat this 7 days a week. Once a week (a month?) is too much for me. BLUCK!!

Day 141

Yesterday was the awards ceremony at Bethel. Becca got on the High Honor Roll and Nick made Honor Roll. I'm so proud of both of them!!

(Sorry about the crappy pic! I underestimated how much trouble the sunlight was going to cause. I need someone to teach my how to take pics!)

Day 140

Well, obviously, after the washing of the crocs, there is the drying of the crocs. It looks like they're trying to escape!

Day 139

The greatest joy of the front-load washer? No agitator to ruin the crocs. So I washed just about all our crocs at once (ok, mostly it was mine & Nicks, Becca had one pair & Scott had one pair).

Day 138

Finally, a picture of Becca!! Nick had Alex over and they rented a video game from Blockbuster ($8.95???? What's up with that???) Since they got a game, Becca wanted a movie. Redbox, always a buck and I had a free coupon. And no, after we returned the movie, I did NOT break down & get fries & a diet coke. Might have WANTED to but I was a good girl!

Day 137

Made breakfast this morning. Now, I usually don't make perfect waffles; we have a square waffle iron but, if you fill it completely, the corners never cook. I just dump some batter in the middle it usually fills out to circle shape. For some reason, today's waffles were all weird. This one had one quarter full & the rest circles. Very strange. And, when I broke it in half for Becca, it looked like a garbage truck.

Day 136

We went to Longhorn for dinner (yum!) in Fairview Heights. FH contains an Archivers, a Best Buy and a REALLY BIG MALL and just about every other store known to man but these are the ones we stopped at Saturday.

While shopping in Macy's Nick discovered this giant "brass' rhino & insisted it had to be my picture of the day. So, for Nick, her it is!

Day 135

I took this pic on a whim (yes, while driving. But no one else was on the road & it only took a second). It turned out so cool. Nick didn't like it 'cause he thought I was trying to get a pic of his hair. I explained his hair was blowing, no one could tell how "short" it was. (He thinks his hair is too short, I think it looks good!)

Day 134

Are you tired of my Azalea yet?? It keeps blooming more & more!! Hope it starts getting taller, not just wider. Like me! LOL

day 133

Angie wanted to see how big my yard was. I think this view might give you an idea of what it looks like (try to ignore the COMPLETE lack of grass. It's all weeds & clover! Once the front lawn is good, I'll work on the back.) Anyway, you can see the slope of it & kinda see how big it is. It's pretty big compared to some of the new neighborhoods I see. Those houses look to be right on top of each other!! I wish I could get a shot of my neighbors back yard; theirs is GORGEOUS!!! Lots of privacy. You think they're trying to tell me something??

Day 132

This is my weekly routine. Search the paper, try to find a job that I appear to be qualified for, send a resume & pretty much hope they don't call me. Not that I don't want a job, I NEED a job (I had to pay $2400 to fix my van!!) but I don't really want to find one until school starts. And then, I HAVE to have a job that lets me work from 8:30-2:00. I miss my old job!!! I'm still hoping & praying I can get on at the kids' school!!