Thursday - December 19

Burrrrr....Burrrr....baby, it's cold outside!     Mark braved the elements running a few errands and got our very dirty Big Red clean - more salt on the roads, but it was sooo nasty,     We took another load to storage and then loaded up more stuff in the truck.   The term "everything but the kitchen sink" could apply to us for all we're taking with us on our next venture.

  Holy moly....clothes, presents and stuff, stuff, and more stuff!    So thankful Mark is such a super duper packer as he can always "find a place for everything and everything in its place"!

We met Larry and Rose for lunch at Monical's - always enjoy catching up with them.

Rose and Larry

I got a manicure later this afternoon and Mark ran some errands.    

Lisa, my favorite nail tech

Ken and Sigrunn stopped in for a quick visit and good bye hugs.

From 2-7 today, it was Happy Hour at Starbucks and we picked up some 2 peppermint hot chocolates and 2 regular and went to the Campbell's and said our good byes......later, we took Connor shopping for his Mom for Christmas.     Anne had a hockey board meeting and we came on home.

Liam and Anne

Ate the last of the leftovers and watched another Hallmark movie.

These 5 weeks in Bloomington here at Eastland Suites have flown by - lots of fun times with Anne, the boys, 

and friends.    

Tomorrow we are off for a weekend of early Christmas gatherings in northern IL and then leaving Sunday for NC.      Taking a few days off from the blog.....
enjoy these last few days before the REAL

"Reason for the Season"