Day 257, Saturday, September 14, 2019

We hosted the "Johnny Mac Golf Palooza" at Parkview Golf course.  There were 124 golfers on the course at the same time, supporting our fund raising efforts for Illinois Cancercare.  This is where John had the majority of his treatments during his cancer illness.  What a beautiful day for an outing with so many of his friends and family.  I am so proud of my daughter, Stacie for leading this group of people to gather money for cancer treatments and research.

Day 256, Friday, September 13, 2019

It was Friday the 13th and a full moon today!  School was crazy, so I thought I would post these cute little Christmas trees made out of buttons.

Day 255, Thursday, September 12, 2019

Oh, Lily!  I can't wait to see you!

Day 253, Tuesday, September 10, 2019

This is the beginning of palindrome week.

Day 252, Monday, September 9, 2019

71 days of work left before retirement!

Day 251, Sunday, September 8, 2019

I made this display to hang some new with tags, Vera Bradley little bags and wallets for Totes.

Day 250, Saturday, September 7, 2019

We decorated the truck, wore our pink shirts, carried purses full of candy and handed out flyers for Totes for Ta-Ta's in the Marigold Parade this morning!

Day 249, Friday, September 6, 2019

There are 80 tablecloth's in these boxes.  We are going to use them for Totes for Ta-Ta's.

Day 248, Thursday, September 5, 2019

Jim went to get blood drawn this morning.  He had to be stuck in each arm and didn't take the gauze off until he got home from work!

Day 247, Wednesday, September 4, 2019

I bought nylon net and have an idea in my head to decorate the truck for the Marigold Parade.  We are going to had out candy and flyers for Totes for Ta-Ta's.

Day 246, Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Jennifer brought us flowers this morning on day 75!

Day 245, Monday, September 2, 2019

I have been working on cards for a basket for Totes.  I assembled the watercolor pieces into cards this weekend.

Day 244, Sunday, September 1, 2019

Peyton has been growing different peppers in buckets.  He is holding his recent harvest.

Day 243, Saturday, August 31, 2019

I spent the day hemming the fabric for the table toppers.  My serger has bit the dust!

Day 242, Friday, August 30, 2019

I bought fabric to make pink table toppers for the Totes event.

Day 241, Thursday, August 29, 2019

Stacie and I went to the shop to take some "Sneek Pictures" for the Totes event.  She will post them on Facebook.

Day 240, Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Coco is my best boy!  He always will shake for a treat!

Day 239, Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Pineapple Dole Whip is the best!

Day 238, Monday, August 26, 2019

80 days left!

Day 237, Sunday, August 25, 2019

We had a Totes meeting this afternoon.  We marked a whole bunch of purses for the event in October.

Day 236, Saturday, August 24, 2019

We had a great day at our scrapbook crop at school!

Day 235, Friday, August 23, 2019

I went to a workshop hosted by Nikki.  She is back with Stampin' Up.

Day 234, Thursday, August 22, 2019

The sunset out in the country was beautiful tonight as we left MCL.

Day 233, Wednesday, August 21, 2019

The roma tomatoes are getting heavy on the vines.

Day 232, Tuesday, August 20, 2019

We got a Black Diamond watermelon at the Meyer's stand. YUMMY!

Day 231, Monday, August 19, 2019

Day 85 was the first day of school.  I gave my written retirement letter to the Administration of School District #102.

Day 230, Sunday, August 18, 2019

We bought a new fridge to put in the closet in the basement to replace the old one in the garage.

Day 229, Saturday, August 17, 2019

Coco went to the Vet and he is all clear to chew on his toys!

Day 228, Friday, August 16, 2019

Cindy, Jennifer and I stood under the banner for our staff picture.

Day 227, Thursday, August 15, 2019

We put up a new banner to Welcome our students back to school.

Day 226, Wednesday, August 14, 2019

This is one sweet box of scrapbook supplies from my favorite on line store, Scrapbook Generation.

Day 225, Tuesday, August 13, 2019

This memo board has been on my fridge for MANY years.  Today when I got up, it was laying on the floor.  The magnets finally gave up.

Day 224, Monday, August 12, 2019

I guess you know what today is...Yes, it is day 90!

Day 223, Sunday, August 11, 2019

We went to Alexander's for dinner.  Of course we had to pose by John's picture when he joined the "Beefeater's Club"!

Day 222, Saturday, August 10, 2019

We have been doing little fund raisers to earn some money for Totes for Ta-Ta's.  Applebee's hosted a pancake breakfast and we sold tickets for $5.  We get to keep $4 of each ticket!

Day 221, Friday, August 9, 2019

This bug has been on my car off and on for a few days.  We found out tonight that there are MANY of them in our yard at night and they are very noisy!

Day 220, Thursday, August 8, 2019

We have been going to the Marine Corp for the drawing on Thursday nights.  Tonight, Bob Sprague got his ticket drawn.  He didn't win the big board, but he got $100 for his effort.

Day 219, Wednesday, August 7, 2019

I made a list of the BBQ sauces. Jim ordered them for the BBQ basket for the Johnny Mac Golf Palooza on September 14.  These are the places that John went to when he went on his "BBQ" trip before he had his second stem cell transplant.

Day 218, Tuesday, August 6, 2019

We had our card swap at Panera last night.  I have some pretty talented friends who love to make cards.

Day 217, Monday, August 5, 2019

Day 95!  So but sure the days are counting down!

Day 216, Sunday, august 4, 2019

We stopped at the "Domes" to see the flowers and plants.  There are 3 different greenhouses full of all kinds of greenery.  We enjoyed this stop and will come back another time.

Day 215, Saturday, August 3, 2019

We went to the Farmer's Market in Kenosha.  This is one of our favorite places to visit when we are in this area.  This weekend was the "Tall Ship" Festival.  

Day 214, Friday, August 2, 2019

We went to Milwaukee for Jim's company trip.  He won a prize for dinner and a movie.

Day 213, Thursday, August 1, 2019

I had to take Coco to get his teeth cleaned.  He ended up having two teeth removed because one was broken and the other one had the roots showing.  I felt so bad for him.  No chewing for two weeks!

Day 212, Wednesday, July 31, 2019

I'd like to make this birthday card, soon.  However, I will change the color of the stripes to rainbow colors!

Day 211, Tuesday, July 30, 2019

This is really life here!  things don't always come out in the end, the way I see them in my head!  But is fun trying.

Day 210, Monday, July 29, 2019

Cindy and I are going to retire at the end of the year.  Jim found a count done calendar for us.  We started at day "100"!

Day 209, Sunday, July 28, 2019

A friend of mine, posted on Facebook about the sunflower field out by Wildlife Prairie Park.  Sunflowers are so beautiful!

Day 208, Saturday, July 27, 2019

Aly, Kirby and Jackson stopped to visit with Gram today!  She was so happy!

Day 207, Friday, July 26, 2019

Lily!  I love this sweet girl!