Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving fun


What a week! I had the firt two weeks off for the Thanksgiving week...my house was CLEAN! Yeah!!!! We packed up the car and left for the airport on Wednesday morning super early, about 4:00 for Quincy to see Kim's mom. Had an amazing flight with Jill, Jacob and "the boys".....Quincy was nice. Martha isn't doing very well but we were able to get her out of the house for a few fun days. Jacob was able to secure a conference room at the Fairfield so Kim and I hosted Thanksgiving dinner for 19 people on Friday. We had so much fun!!! Our niece, Angie and her husband brought their Wii from home. We set it up on the projection screen. We were all amazed to see Curtis beat everyone in the room at sword play and how well that boy can dance!!!! He's got some serious moves! Kim and Jacob did some serious work in Martha's house to make it more accessible for her........but the time passed all too quickly and we were out of there Saturday at 8:00pm for the hotel with Jill and Jacob. Kim and I slept with Curtis while Jill and Jacob shared the bed with Nicholas. At 1:00am, the alarm went off and we packed it up for St. Louis. We finally got home at about 1:00pm to collapse in bed. Unfortunately, Kim and I both got sick yesterday. I have some stomach virus thing with a fever. Kim just has the fever so we took off yesterday afternoon and all day today. My house is now a MESS!!!! Oh well, this too shall pass. If I knew traveling would make me sick if I left for Quincy to see Kim's mom again tomorrow, would I do it? In a heart beat!!!!!

Monday, November 8, 2010

What a week

So much happened in the past week....some were fun...others horribly tragic. It started with a wonderful shopping trip with the girlfriends. Canton was a blast!!! I bought more than my share to bring home!!! Unfortunately, the next day we received word that Kristy's father had passed away at only 63. He was such a fun loving man but had been ill for a long time. My faith tells me that he is no longer in pain but Kristy and her family are grieving so deeply. He was a very loved man and will be so missed......my prayers go out to them all...

Anyway, that put a change in the week......one of my closest friends, Susan, flew in on Thursday to go to the International Quilt Show with me....unfortunately, Kim and I drove Dale's wife, Paulette's car and dog to Harlingen on Friday for Dale's memorial service. It all worked out though since Susan was able to help with Dan's dogs in our absence. We flew home Friday afternoon, I had dinner with the girlfriends and collapsed!!! That was a full day! I was able to attend the show with Susan on Saturday and Sunday. It was AMAZING! PLUS! Susan is such a wonderful friend! We had a blast!

Sunday night I drove Susan to Arlington, TX to meet her husband and I'm now attending a business conference for 3 days. I'll be ready for Wednesday when life will hopefully become a little more "normal"..........

I'm missing Kim!!!!!