September 20

Mark left at 4 AM this morning for Muskegon (wanted to avoid Chicago traffic) and had stuff to do before Catrina's liftout - plus he had to spring forward to the eastern time.    But all went well and Catrina is out of water and stored indoors tonight with Daisy parked right outside.   Tomorrow....the washing/waxing begin!!!

Very warm and sunny here today.   I took treats to breakfast with the Monday morning group in honor of Marty's birthday last Friday - those were enjoyed by all (Grove Street Bakery is soooo good)!   BIG news is that Todd has finished painting - I'm sure he's very glad it's all done!    The family room/dinette are a soft green and the kitchen is spiceberry (raspberry/red).   Quite a different look, but very happy and Todd gets an A+ for his meticulous work!!!

I cleaned the front porch today, finished the kitchen cupboards, picked up a bunch of sticks - the fall cleaning is well underway!

Todd and I went to Firehouse Pizza for supper and now he's on the train heading back to St. Louis!    Was fun having him here the past 2 weekends!

September 19

Happy Anniversary, Michael and Brooke!    Lots of special memories from 12 years ago today!   Where-oh-where have the years gone, but these two blessed us with 3 adorable grandsons!

September 19, 1998

Went to 8:30 Mass and then back to  housework, cleaning, painting (Todd) and ironing (still ugh, but making progress)!    Anne and boys stopped by for a short visit.  She and Todd and her friends had a fun time listening to "Jury's Out" last night.

Got a nice 3/4" rain overnight and this morning!   Mark is at Week #2 for the scuba class and Todd is still painting away - he's staying one more night and plans to finish in the kitchen tomorrow!

Mark and Daisy are leaving early tomorrow for Muskegon and a few days of waxing Catrina after she's lifted out for the season tomorrow afternoon.

September 18

Sure looked like rain was coming and had thunder this morning, but all passed by.    Mark and I got a lot of "stuff" done around home and outside.  I started cleaning kitchen cupboards and got the laundry caught up (ironing still waiting - ugh)!!!    Patrick sold the rest of our family room furniture and the folks came to pick up this mornng.    Todd is painting away...

Tonight, Mark and I went with Lee and Tamara to the ElPaso Country Club for a great dinner and visit and then to Jim's Steak House for drinks.    We get together once or twice a year and always so much to yak about - tonight was fun as always!!!

 

Lee and Tamara

Anne and friends (visiting from Las Vegas) and Todd went to Hammond to hear Patrick and his band "Jury's Out" play!     Todd put in a big day of painting and it looks great!   Raining tonight!

September 17

Very pretty day and enjoyed a nice visit from Barb who came to measure my porch cushions for how much fabric I need.    Barb will do this project over the winter.    Mark and I took Marty (next-door neighbor) to lunch at Schooner's for his birthday.

Mr. Marty (as our grandsons call him)



  I picked up Donna Rae for PEO meeting and dessert social and then we stopped at our friend Sue's garage sale afterwards.

Back home and off on a bike ride with Mark and also got a few groceries.

Liam was "God's Special Child" all week long in his kindergarten class and brought treats each day and had other special privileges.    Today, Anne was there to read a story and share in Liam's special week!

Liam and Mommy

We picked Todd (our nephew) up at the train station - he's back to paint!   Yeah!!!

September 16

Funny kind of weather day - looked like rain most of the day with bits of sunshine here and there.   And it was windy, but only got a few sprinkles and has really cooled down!

Got more stuff straightened up around the house (still a long ways to go).   Mark and I went for a short bike ride in the neighborhood and then went to the nursery and bought mum plants.

I had lunch with the BBB (Babies, Books & Bridge) friends at CJ's.  Always fun to be with these gals and catch up along with our book exchange.  We missed Ruth and Sharon!

Karen, Pat, Sue, Holly and Cathy

This afternoon, Mark and I bought the paint for the remodeled rooms.   And then Fran stopped by for a nice visit.    She and Ed moved to Sturgeon Bay, WI and she was back visiting her Mother in the area.    So good to see her!    And here she is..........

Fran

After a yummy supper (at HOME) of BLT's, I went shopping for 2 baby girl gifts - what fun to buy PINK!   And then to a meeting for Power & Sail Squadron (I'm Public Relations person) and so good to see several of our boating friends!