Monday Roll Call

Good Morning IL!  It is freezing today and everything that was puddles and water in our backyard is now frozen and while I probably shouldn't laugh, it is funny to watch the dogs outside...they are sliding everywhere. lol

Today all I have to do it take Tyler to the Derm for a recheck on his acne and then come home and stay warm.  I have the day off and the kids have been doing nothing but fighting today already. 

We had a great day yesterday with my family over for game day.  We played a Cranium game called Hoopla that even the kids could play and then we played a game called Fact or Crap.  It was a great day

Have a safe and warm day everyone
love to all

Well, we got home safe and sound about 20 minutes ago. The roads were really crummy from the Dells to the state line. We saw 4 vehicles in the ditch and two accidents, mainly going NB. They got 12"+ during the day, Sunday. We went out for breakfast, got Dave some drugs for his cold then hunkered down in the hotel room and let Dave sleep a couple naps then we decided to go to Marley's for a snack and watch the Daytona 500.  We even told the cleaning people to just give us some fresh towels and not clean the room so he could sleep. We walked later on for some Su****he snow drifts on the side of the road (sidewalk area) were tough to get through but great exercise. We even bypassed going to our favorite winery to get home. We want to preship some wine to friends in FL, see below. We are really glad that Dawn and her family made it home safely, though I am surprised it only took them 2 hours. The highway patrol was telling people to stay off the roads. I found the WI DOT on line and the roads were reported as really bad. I am also happy that Lucy and Martha are here today. Well, it is off to unpacking for me and some laundry, that is my day in a nutshell. Now we finally have a little lull before we go anywhere again. We have flight arrangements for the first weekend in April to go to Jacksonville to stay with some friends that live there now.  Well, need to get moving. Christine

I am off today. I have a cold! Yuck! I have a sore throat, runny nose and my voice is gone. SO good thing I am not driving the bus today the little angles I drive would be evil!! LOL I am doing up the laundry for next week and just relaxing other wise.  The bad thing about a cold like this is when there is drainage it will make the band tight. So eatting solids is difficult! I have tried fish, and toast today and both have gotten stuck. Tonight it's hot soupy something.  I did clean out a fish tank today so its not a total loss!!! Don't blow away Illinois!!! Karen

So today is a HARD day.  Got about 2 hours of sleep last night, just so wound up lately and I dont know why.  I think it might have something to do with the pending decision my insurance company has to make in regards to my future.  This is tedius.  I mean, if its this bad already, hows it gonna be when the actual surgery date is looming?? I just can't wait to start me new life.  I look at everything differently.  I look at my old bike and think "maybe this summer"....I think about six flags and how awesome it was to ride the batman 12 times in a row back when I was a freshman in high school (the last time I could actually FIT in those TINY seats) the thought of crawling on the floor with my son and playing (if i even THINK about getting on my knees to play with him my knees are in pain for 4 days) and basically just the thought of feeling the wind and sun on my bare legs again!  I miss shorts, but haven't worn any in about 9 years!!!  I'm overdue. So thats where I'm at today, just thinking about what may be and looking toward the future with a whole new sense of hope and anxiously waiting for some sort of response from my insurance company.