Monday, January 15, 2018

Day 14, Sunday, January 14, 2018

This is route 150.  I spent the night at the barn with my girlfriends.  We had a great time celebrating Kellee's birthday and working on our projects.  Nikki rode home with me.  It was nice to have company while I was driving.

Day 13, Saturday, Janaury 13, 2018

I went to the barn today for an overnight stay.  Sandy, the owner, brought us a huge cinnamon roll.  It is all one piece and it was delicious!

Day 12, Thursday, Janaury 12, 2018

One of the kindergarten made these life size penguins and placed them in the hallway for everyone to see.

Day 11, Thursday, January 11, 2018

I have been working very hard to complete my project 365 2017 album.  I didn't have any of the journal cards printed when I began on New Year's Day.

Day 10, Wednesday, January 10, 2018

I tired the other day to take a close up of the snowflakes as they fell on the top of the garbage can.  It isn't a great pictures, but it does show some of the details of the flakes.

Day 9, Tuesday, January 9, 2018

I have started my printer tray for Winter.  I am planning to do each of the seasons.  I already have a Christmas one that we made at the barn in December.

Day 8, Monday, January 8, 2018

The topic of conversation is the weather.  You can see on Thursday is it supposed to be a high of 54.

Day 7, Sunday, January 7, 2018

When we got up this morning, Nate had started this 2,000 piece puzzle.  The pieces are laying about 4 deep on the table.

Day 6, Saturday, January 6, 2018

It is supposed to be really cold again, so Jim and I did some errands this morning.  There are 10 cases of water sitting in the corner of the kitchen.  It was on sale for $1.99.

Day 5, Friday, January 5, 2018

I have been gathering decorations to complete my Valentine tree.  I made most of the ornaments, this year.  I will watch for heart shaped or candy ornaments next Christmas for my tree.

Day 4, Thursday, January 4, 2018

Carson and Wyatt brought their robot to school to share with our students.

Day 3, Wednesday, January 3, 2018

It started snowing again!  Ugh!  I have to go to work today!

Day 2, Tuesday, January 2, 2018

I bought these puzzles at Goodwill, one at Hobby Lobby and one at Wal-mart.  Nate has been working about a puzzle a day.  This should keep him busy for a while.

Day 1, Monday, January 1, 2018

Nate worked this puzzle. It is called the "marriage breaker" by Stacie.  John and Stacie worked this puzzle when they were living in Chicago after John's second stem cell transplant.  She said it took them 2 weeks to finish it.  Nate completed this puzzle in one day.  It is missing one piece.

Day 365, Sunday, December 31, 2017

Nate has been working a puzzle a day since December 26.  He worked on this one while we watched TV.  We were in bed before midnight.  I can't say I am sorry to see 2017 go. 

Day 364, Saturday, December 30, 2017

I am making some Valentine's Day ornaments to put on my slim tree, downstairs.  I found a few ornaments when I was shopping with Peyton the other day.  The heart shaped ones were in my Christmas totes waiting to be decorated.

Day 363, Friday, December 29, 2017

I stopped at Michael's while I was in Peoria doing some errands.  They didn't have a lot of Christmas stuff left, but they did have this 6 foot tall Santa standing at the door!

Day 362, Thursday, December 28, 2017

I stayed at home and worked on my December Daily, laundry and napping.  Tonight, it began snowing again.

Day 361, Wednesday, December 27, 2017

I took Peyton shopping for games for his xbox.  We went to 3 different game stops, Wal-mart and Hobby Lobby.  We ate lunch at Avanti's.  I hope he enjoyed spending his money and time with me.

Day 360, Tuesday, December 26, 2017

I spent about 6 hours today, taking down all the Christmas decoration.  The outside ones will have to wait until it is a bit warmer.  This is our visit with Kai, our great nephew.  Andy, Preeti, Kai, Pat and Jill came to visit this afternoon.

Day 359, Monday, December 25, 2017

I had shirts made for us for Christmas this year.  Each of us have a different quote from Christmas Vacation.  Merry Christmas!

Day 358, Sunday, December 24, 2017

We had to have a picture of the grandkids.  Grandma is holding Jackson, our newest addition to our family.  He is Aly and Kirby's baby.

Day 357, Saturday, December 23, 2017

Coco found himself a nice little spot on the rug in front of our Christmas tree.

Day 356, Friday, December 22, 2017

Nate and I did some shopping, today.  Peyton wanted a cactus for Christmas.  We stopped at Lowe's to get some wood chips for the smoker.  I sent this picture to Rob.  We found some cactus for Peyton.

Day 355, Thursday, December 21, 2017

This is a screen shot of my phone.  12:21 on 12/21/2017

Day 354, Wednesday, December 20, 2017

I did a bunch of errands this morning.  I found these slippers at Wal-mart.  They are made by the same company that made my teddy bear ones.  I had to buy both of these for future holidays!

Day 353, Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Today is our last day to work before Christmas break.  We exchanged gifts with each other.  Our school always has a movie and a Christmas sing.  I can't wait to use all my new stuff.

Day 352, Monday, December 18, 2017

I have been finding lots of interesting quotes.  This is Lessons from a Christmas Tree.

Day 351, Sunday, December 17, 2017

Elf is probably our second favorite Christmas movie.  We watch it every year and sometimes more than once during the holiday season.

Day 350, Saturday, December 16, 2017

I went to the barn to spend some time with my friends.  We worked on a printer's tray with a Christmas theme.  We drove to Galesburg and had dinner at the Iron Spike.  The barn was decorated for Christmas.  I loved being there with my girlfriends during the Christmas season.

Day 349, Friday, December 15, 2017

Kellee, Amy, Nikki, Lisa and I met at Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner and went to see "Follow the Star" at Northwoods Church.  It was such a great performance.  We enjoyed the show and our time together. 

Day 348, Thursday, December 14, 2017

The fire team came to pick up the food donations that we received during the past two weeks.  The class who brought the most will have a pizza party with the fire team.

Day 347, Wednesday, December 13, 2017

My secret Santa knows me well!

Day 346, Tuesday, December 12, 2017

We are having a count down to Christmas at work.  Today was Christmas sock day.  I wore my red and white striped fuzzy socks.  Because I couldn't fit my feet in my shoes with them on, I wore my teddy bear slippers.

Day 345, Monday, December 11, 2017

I went back to work today.  It was a rough day after being so sick.  But I was happy to see my BFF, Cindy.  We took our picture in front of the Santa scene in the hallway.

Day 344, Sunday, December 10, 2017

I think this is our favorite Christmas movie.  We always watch it on the evening of Thanksgiving and then several times after that and before Christmas.

Day 343, Saturday, December 9, 2017

I couldn't wait to have some hot cocoa and wear my bear slippers.

Day 342, Friday, December 8, 2017

I like this quote.  I love pineapple and since we were in Hawaii in July and had the very best ever pineapple, I am really drawn to pineapples right now.

Day 341, Thursday, December 7, 2017

Nate has been catching Coco on the couch.  He knows he isn't supposed to be up there, but he does it every change he gets.

Day 340, Wednesday, December 6, 2017

I finished the Christmas cards and I hope to get them in the mail by the weekend.

Day 339, Tuesday, December 5, 2017

I am still very tired and weak from having C Diff.  I tired to take a picture of the tree to get the "bokeh" effect.  Still working on this technique.

Day 338, Monday, December 4, 2017

It was 64 degrees today.  I have to stay home from work until the doctor releases me.  

Day , Sunday, December ,

Jim is mowing the grass for the last time this year.  Coco is watching him to make sure he does a good job!

Day 336, Saturday, December 2, 2017

I got to go see "Rudolph" the musical!  Stacie, Cindy, Eric, Aaron, Jen, Aja, Riley and me!  It was so much fun.  I bought ears and noses for us to wear.  I had missed "Dirty Dancing" earlier in the week because I was in the hospital.

Day 335, Friday, December 1, 2017

Unfortunately, my potassium is low.  I took 4 potassium pills Wednesday and they came out whole, so now I have to drink powdered potassium.  This is the second cup this morning.  But I do get to go home, today!

Day 334, Thursday, November 30, 2017

The doctor told me I had to have less than 4 bowel movements in 24 hours to be able to go home.  I drew a little "poop" emoji to track my progress.

Day 333, Wednesday, November 29, 2017

I have been getting fluids IV because I was dehydrated.  They had to stick me 3 times to get one going.  In 24 hours, I have had 6 of these!

Day 332, Tuesday, November 28, 2017

This is the view outside my room.  I ended up in the hospital.  I thought I had a flu bug and didn't go to work.  But I have C Diff and have to be in isolation for a few days.

Day 331, Monday, November 27, 2017

The outside of our house is all decorated for the holidays.  It is simple but we like it.  We added the small snowman on the porch, this year.  He is similar to the moose we bought a couple of years ago at Costco.

Day 330, Sunday, November 26, 2017

Another toy is being un-stuffed.  When it won't squeak anymore, this is what Coco does to the toy.