Wednesday - November 5

Very pretty day - mid 60's and sunny!    I exercised and ran some errands.   Lunch with Exchange Club and home for a bit before visiting "Aunt" Ginny (almost 102) at Westminster Village and then Ed and Donna Rae.....always enjoy seeing these friends! 

 

Mark did get out a bit today - think he's getting cabin fever?    His wretched cough continues and

 gets worse at night.

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday - November 4

Election day was dreary and gloomy with some drizzle in the morning.....chilly, too!    Oh well...it's November in IL, so???   Mark left with Daisy at 7:30 to take her in for an oil change and I followed and brought him home.   Then he was off to have blood work done for his physical next week.  
The nurse suggested some new meds (Mucinex D during the day and  Zrytec at night). Daisy was finished later this afternoon, so...she should be good to go with all her innards up and running smoothly for our trip to FL in just 9 days.

 

Worked on the Christmas stuff - it's everywhere, it's everywhere.    Enjoying the e-mails and texts  going back and forth with our kids about who wants what or mostly, who doesn't want much!

 

It was nice to hibernate most of the day.....I picked the boys up from school.    Anne worked till 7; Patrick, till 10.   We had lasagna, boys read, played and Liam studied for his science test tomorrow.

 

  

Monday - November 3

This Monday started out chilly and very windy, but then the sun came out and temps got in the low 60's, so almost felt balmy!!!    I exercised and then met the neighbors for breakfast.   Mark stayed put - been a good boy resting, drinking lots of water and taking his cold//cough meds.    Hoping this crud goes away soon!   

 

I did some Christmas shopping - had very good luck, so more to wrap, but I'm on a roll......Mark and I did get the porch furniture covered so one more job to cross off the list.

 

This afternoon I  finished cleaning Daisy and loaded up more stuff!    It's so handy having her in the driveway right outside the door.

 

Went with the MNF's to Bob Evans - good home cookin' and always, good chattin'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday - November 2

Burrr....cold morning here, but then the sun shone brightly and it was in and out and 50ish.    Enjoyed the extra hour of sleep but was up early

   Mark stayed home from church - feels yucky!!!    I went to 8:00 Mass and then to Meijer's for some groceries and other piddlies.

 

Working on the Christmas stuff and spread the ornaments on the dining room table...

 

Some, but not all....

 

Anne and Liam came over in the afternoon and took some treasures (not nearly enough - ha)!    They were all supposed to come for dinner tonight, but Mark is not up to par and certainly don't want to spread this stuff around....Anne and Liam kept their distance!    I sent their dinner home with them (sweet 'n sour meatloaf, mashed potatoes, veggies, strawberry salad, rolls, and red velvet cake!)   Mark ate good despite not having much of an appetite.

 

Luke is so versatile- a few days ago he was the One-eyed Monster and then Batman and now meet...

Farmer Luke

 

Ryan and the Blue Angels performed their last air show of the season today in Houston.   Next up is their big "homecoming" celebration where Pensacola pulls out all the stoops in welcoming their Blues "home"!     Lots of fun things happening next weekend.....sorry we'll miss it as we'll be in St. Louis for our nephew's wedding (another fun family gathering).  

 But, Michael and Philip will be with Ryan!

 

 Have a great week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday - November 1

We are welcomed to November with beautiful clear, crisp weather this Saturday showing off the trees still in their fall glory.    The wild winds from yesterday are gone!!!    Mark is feeling somewhat better and met Patrick to help get "Elsie" (their RV) settled in for the winter and stored in our friend, Roger's big shed.   

 

I sorted thru a bunch of clothes - more piles of summery things for Daisy and got out heavier sweaters and stuff we'll need for November/December here at home.    And then onto Christmas....oh my always blows my mind when I start in on all this stuff - soooo darn much but so many long-time cherished treasures.    Arranging things on tables, shelves and walls in the basement.    Tomorrow, Mark is going to video me describing the treasures and can then have our kids "fight" over (ha ha) what they want!   The 3 boxes of ornaments will be sorted later.....I yigh yigh!!!

 

I cleaned more of Daisy in the afternoon.    Just getting started with our Exchange Club Santa Letter campaign, so worked on that and will be sending out letters and or/e-mails in the next week or so.

This is our big $ maker of the year.

 

And here's our sweet little bumble bee from North Carolina

bzzzzz, here she comes!

 

We did face time with the NC bunch tonight.    Mark is losing his voice and now has a sore throat.     UGH UGH UGH!!!   It's time for good ole cold season!

 

Looking forward to an extra hour of sleep tonight!!!