WLS Sunday Express

ALL ABOARD THE SUNDAY WLS EXPRESS. KICK YOUR FEET UP AND VISIT A BIT.

Good Morning my TMB Family,

I hope everyone had a great Saturday.  We took Eric and a friend out to dinner at Olive Garden, and then to the movies (Cloudy with a chance of Meetballs) for his birthday.  He seemed to have a good time.  Not to much going on today.  Sunday School and Church and then choir tonight.  Mark is still trying to get his paper written so he can start doing the stuff he needs to do around here before the movers get here.  He loves to procrastinate, and always manages to find something else to do on the computer besides writing his paper.  I woke up this morning with a massive headache, but I am hoping it is just sinuses.  I took a couple of extra strength Tylenol along with all my vitamins and hope that will help.  I sure can not afford to get sick now.  Just 22 more days till we are on the road.   Time should fly by now.  Prayers this morning for all in need.  Special ones for Vivian and her son and his GF.  Addiction of any kind is not fun to deal with but Oxicotins is particularly hard, believe me I know.  Went through it with my son.  Liz, I know you are lurking so just know that I love ya!  Have a blessed day everyone.  Love you guys.  Michelle

hey michelle,
yes just sorta of lurking lately. At mom's today, heading back later tonite. thanks for thinking of me
Liz

Good Morning,
I hope yall are all having a great weekend. Mine is going so-so. I have had better and I for sure have had worse. I'm listening to Joel Osteen and he says "We all havea a purpose" I always wonder what my purpose is?? I would love to fulfill my purpose here on earth. What is it? To be a good mother, be a good friend, be a good daughter?
I hope I come close to what ever needs me to be.
Today is support group at 3:00. I'm most excited about that.. I missed yesterday at R&S. I slept too late and missed it. :(
Tomorrow is Six Flags. Yippee.... I am really looking forward to that.

Thanks for being my friends. Thanks for listening. Thanks for being you.

We are having a nice relaxing weekend.  My mom had cararact surgery on Friday and she is still recovering.  She's feeling better, but still can't really see out of the eye she had surgery on.  My daughters, ages 5 and 7, are actually being nice to each other this morning so I am able to play on the computer and drink my coffee in peace...lol.

Next weekend I am supposed to go to Dallas to a party thrown by my high school classmates- a sort of mini-reunion (we had our 25th in June).  It should be lots of fun.

And in 2 weeks an old friend from college is coming to visit me.  He's recently divorced and I've always loved him.  We'll see what happens.

Life is great!!

Laura

Good morning everyone,

This is turning into a great weekend.  Matt suggested yesterday morning that we go to the Fair.  We figured with the cloudy so-so weather, it wouldn't be too crowded.  Well, it was pretty crowded but we still had a great time just being there together.  I hadn't been in years.  I even let Matt try the fried butter.  It wasn't as bad as it sounds.  More like bisquit dough fried with bits of butter throughout.  It was really pretty good.  It was the fried Snickers I shouldn't have let him have.  I didn't even try that one. UGH.  While we were there, my phone rang.  I didn't recognize the number but suddenly realized it was an IL area code.  It was my boy, Josh.  He had earned his first phone call home.  I was surprised because I had been told it would be weeks before I would hear from him.  He sounded pretty good but I could tell he was homesick which made me miss him more.  Josh isn't much of a talker but he filled the conversation very well.  I am a very proud Momma.

Saying prayers for all of you. Have a great day.

Annette,

I am so glad you heard from Josh.  I know it is a huge surprise when they call you and you dont expect it.  Tim did that with me when he was Boot Camp.  Are you and Matt going to be able to go to his graduation?  Where will it be?  You should be very proud of your boy.  I know I stand proud when I talk about my Tim being an X-Marine.  Sounds like you and Matt have moved right into a happily married couple.  I am so happy for you both!  Hugs.  Have a great Sunday.  Michelle

Make sure you memorize that area code.  Those calls never come at the same time.  It might be Saturday one week, Sunday the next, or even a Wednesday afternoon later on in his stay.  And that Josh for us.  God bless him.

Good morning Train Riders!  I had a great day yesterday!  Started off with a trip to the bank and Sbux, then I went over to James Avery and got a ring and cross for my birthday next week. Gotta love picking out your own gifts!  LOL.  Then I went over to my in-laws and MIL and I headed down to the Old Oak Cliff Home Tour.  We ran across a street fair in the Bishop Arts district and wandered around there for a while.  I picked out my gift from the in-laws there too, a beautiful hand blown glass necklace.  The artist lives and works in McKinney and does home shows of her work, so I'll definitely be going over there to see more of what she does.

We went and walked through twelve homes in the Oak Cliff area.  Some were gorgeous, some had way too much stuff going on, one was a hideous (IMO) modern sterile home.  There were a couple that I would love to move into (or try to replicate if I had the money).  One even had a flat panel TV mounted directly above a claw foot tub so you could soak and watch TV (with a remote control to boot,  cause you know that 4 -5 foot reach is just too much).  After the home tour we headed back to Plano and went to Border's to try to find a book, it's not carried in the store so I had to order it on line.  Then to Market Street to pick up dinner and back to the in-laws house.  Jeff came down and we hung out, ate dinner and watched a John Wayne movie.  Over all it was a fantastic day, wore me out with all the walking, but it was lots of fun.

Today we've got church, lunch out with the family, then hopefully off to the park to feed the ducks.  We've got our second bible study tonight and I'm looking forward to that.  I'm off work tomorrow, but am going to log in to see what the benefit packages are like and start trying to figure out what to sign up for.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Debbi

This is my virgin voyage on the train so here we go:

My 21 y/o son left on Monday in a Greyhound, 15 hour trip, headed for Corpus Christi to take a Federal and State test for the prison system, he passed with flying  colors and his Interview was the best the Seargent had ever heard or so they say....lol

In 45 days they will assign him to an academy of which he has named 3, one close to my house and 2 in the Corpus area...hum!!  i dont know which one i want him to get....lol

He needs to be away and grow up to be responsible, no more hand holding.....

My 9 y/o son made it all week without "excessively talking" and recieved no demerits for the week....woohoo for his teacher....im trying Mrs. Allen....lol

My 6 y/o son is:  im sorry, just precious, i know, i know....but us mommys love the babies....
I dont play favorites, he gets his fair share of discipline....hes just so precious though....he lost a top tooth and when he talks he's so cute and snaggly...

I am one day closer to my surgery, one day closer to getting the hernias repaired...woohoo, thank you Jesus.....

My hubby is a Federal employee so he has all the silly holidays off, so tomorrow we clean the garage....that'll teach em to give him a silly day off....lol