Month: August 2014

  • Day 5: Last Day

    Last full day with us.  And it rained.  That kind of put a damper on going fishing.  Rich and Bel made a couple of valiant attempts to get down to the river and fish.  After freezing a bit, they had to call it quits and head back.  Then it proceeded to rain most of the […]

  • Day 4: Quiet Day

    It’s already Day 4?  The day was rainy to start.  That was a carryover from last night as well.  It stormed pretty good here.  I know I woke up in the middle of the night with thunder and lighting.  I was sure the kids heard and woke up.  But no, I was the only kid […]

  • Day 3: Look out for the fairies

    I had warned the kids that we would be getting up early today.  When 8:00 AM rolled around, I started rousting people from their beds.  We needed to get up and get some sort of breakfast before we prepared for the day ahead of us.  Today…..we go to Ren Faire! Bel was the last one […]

  • Day 2: Fishing and Hiking

    So it was a slow day.  The kids slept in until almost 9:30 this morning.  Rich and I got up early and got our day started.  That meant coffee and the paper.  We messed around in the office with our computers and personal accounts while we waited for the kids.  Rick got up around 8:00 […]

  • Practicing for Grandkids: Day 1 Arrival

    Practicing to have grandkids Today, I was driving to Stevensville, MI to meet Vanessa to do a kid exchange.  Rich and I are taking her three kids for a few days.  This is my way of practicing for grandkids, I guess.  We did this last year while Chris was working in Romeoville so that Vanessa […]

  • Hangin’ at Buddy’s

    Friday afternoon started our next adventure for the weekend.  It was going to be all about music, fun, food, and more fun.  We had reservation to spend the night downtown.  CeeCee James was in town to play at Buddy Guy’s Legends.  Rich had been following CeeCee for a while.  She is amazing. CeeCee is a […]

  • Timber!

    (Whistling the Lumberjack Song from Monty Python) On Friday, we lost yet another member of our tight knit family here in Holiday Hills.  One of the mighty oak on the back of our property had lost its valiant fight for life because of the drought and hard winter.  He just didn’t put out any leaves […]