We're walking, we're walking...

O.K. I have to comment, even though we ALL know.

Gas prices are getting RIDICULOUS!!! I guess we will spend most of our summer at home and 10 minutes away at the beach club.

Will this affect anyone else's plans? I'm even begining to pay more attention to what is on sale locally at our little store rather than run to Joliet to shop. I loved the picture I found on Google. It pretty much sums it up!

Happy Days Are Here Again...!

I must say a big thank you to God for such a great day! Our grill became a casualty of a couple of past wind gusts. I tried to make a few adjustments, but wound up grilling on the old George Foreman for the last several weeks. Jeff managed to breathe life back into the gas grill after replacing the burner and regulator just in time for Memorial Day.

We had his parents, youngest sister, her fiance and his grandma over for a cookout. Jeff would still be in the kitchen if we were stuck using our backup! The threat of thunderstorms had us a bit nervous, but God loves me and listened to my pleas for no rain!

What did people do before gas grills and George? Oh yeah, we used these things that held little black squares that eventually caught fire and emitted heat. I love technology...when it works.

Wiiow!

We had a lot of fun last week having my parents over. We ended the day playing Wii Sports. I have only played a few times. I discovered that bowling is my thing. If my life was on the line over whether or not I hit the ball in baseball or tennis, I would not be blogging right now! One thing that really shocked me was how sore I was after playing!!! It took me about three days to recover. I've seen a commercial for Wii Fit, a workout "game." I'm just not sure I'd be able to walk by the time I was done!

Any other Wii addicts out there? What's your favorite game?

P.S. If you haven't had the opportunity to play, find someone who has it and give it a try. It's a lot of fun!

Anyone have a toddler sized football helmet?

As mentioned in the previous post, Christi wound up with 7 stitches Mother's Day night. Bedtime is an interesting routine with Christi. Her bedroom looks like a war zone. She DOES NOT like to go to bed before ANYONE else in the house. If she hears the faintest signs that anyone is still up, she will kick her walls and doors and scream, "SHUT UP!" A.J. helped to basically empty her room of everything except her bed and dresser in an effort to win the bedtime battle. There were only a few items left on her closet shelf. We even removed everything hanging in her closet! You would think a shelf that high would be safe from a 41" tall 33 pound girl...WRONG!
She was laying in her closet kicking the closet wall. A decorative solid oak wood shelf that was sitting on the closet shelf fell off and hit her square in the lip. I won't go into too much detail, but it required three stitches on the outside of her lip and four more inside. I will leave it to your imagination. Just think though about head and face wounds. Alaina unfortuantely was the first to go into her room. I feel so bad because as soon as she saw all the blood, she freaked!
Christi was a trooper at the E.R. Tina the tech, who I am beginning to get to know too well, along with the Dr. was amazed at how well she behaved. They were worried that she wouldn't tolerate receiving stitches. We barely had to hold her down. You would think that by now this kid would be terrified by hospitals. She leaves blowing kisses and saying, "Bye. See you later. Love you!" While I say, "Hope we never come back! ...no offense!"
We are thinking of remodeling...I hear the foam look could be a new fashion trend!

TADA!!!

I'm BAAAAAACK!

School has been out a week and I haven't had a minute to myself! Last Thursday was my last final! Wahoo! Of course, Friday I had a child home sick. Then Sunday, Mother's Day, we made a late E.R. visit for 7 stitches to Christi's upper lip, which kept her home Monday. She proceeded to pull a couple of them out by Tuesday evening, so we made an office run yesterday.

Don't get me wrong...I've managed to squeeze a few lunch dates in. It was so nice to catch up a little with some friends. I'd felt like I'd abandoned my social life for a while! I just thought I'd have a few days to myself, quiet, at home. (I'm laughing as I write.) I should know better by now! I have several projects I'd love to tackle while my kids are still in school. Time is ticking away quickly! I'm not sure I can get to them all!

Well, the moment you've all been waiting for...the grades.

I'm proud of myself. I managed an A in Sociology-Comparative Religions, an A in Biology and a B in Spanish. I have at least one more year until I will transfer to ISU. Fortunately it's not too long of a drive there. I don't think Jeff and the kids would appreciate me moving into a dorm!