Friday, May 16, 2008

Hello

Well life has been very busy around here.  Mark and I went on vacation to Florida to visit our friends and we had a wonderful time.  I think we took our vacation at the perfect time because things are going to be crazy around here for the next few months.  The twins had thier senior prom.  They had a great time but it was a little sad for me!  They looked very handsome though. 

We have also been making all the final arrangements for college.  John is all set with his apartment at Eastern.  I paid the deposit yesterday and him and his room mate will move in on August 10.  I guess we are going to have to be hitting some sales to find things for them to use in thier apartment.  If anyone has any furniture or dishes they no longer want, let me know!

Josh will be all set to start at Grand Valley in August also.  We are not totally sure of the his move in date yet since he will be running on the cross country team and he may need to move in sooner.  Josh will continue to come home on breaks and summer vacations but John will not.  His apartment is not a college dorm so he will be living there year round.  That is very sad for me since I know he won't be coming home to live anymore after that.  At least I will still have Josh coming home on breaks, that is unless he decides to go stay at his brothers apartment.  Which is huge possibilty since they are going to miss each other a great deal.  They have not been apart from each other for more than 5 days in thier entire life!  They have shared a bedroom for 18 years.  I wonder how they will do? 

Robbie is also going to be moving out with in the next few months.  He has purchased a truck and that will be on the road today.  Probably already is since he got off work at 7am, he probably ran directly to Sec. of State and got all the paper work taken care of.  He works midnights at Kroger.  He seems to like it.  He had been looking for a house to rent with two of his friends and they have found one.  I think it is available in July or August but he said it may be sooner if the people who are there now find something where they are moving to sooner than that.  So we shall see.  I be helping to furnish two places at once.  Josh will be on campus so he doesn't need to furnish the dorm room much.  It comes with beds so he won't need to worry about that. 

Graduation day is fast approaching.  The boys are done with school on May 30 and the graduation ceremony is June 15.  Thier party is June 28.  So a busy few months and then the calm will hit.  I will have two rooms that will be basically empty.  What will I do?  I am sure I will figure out something fun!

I guess I have rambled on enough for now.  Be back soon.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Home again

I am home again.  Had a wonderful vacation.  Alerts are back on and I will be updating soon.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Time to go

Time to go to the Airport talk to you all next week.

Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio was a great concert.  It was also an outside one.  We took Mark's daughter Kristen, to this one.  She walked up to the stage so she could get a good look and they gave her one of thier drumsticks.  She was in heaven!  She still has it.  It was a good night.

Pussy Cat dolls

Rush to deadline

Has anyone ever noticed how things can not get done for weeks and weeks but when a deadline comes up  it gets done as fast as can be?  That is what is going on here today.  We have been at the camper for most of the last two weeks.  We leave on vacation to Florida today.  I haven't done much at home so it looks like hell.  When I went to bed last night I had most of the house straightend up but that was it.  No packing done, lots of laundry still to do and sweeping and washing and vacuuming of floors were still to be done.  Well I woke up at 5am and started in on everything.  I have almost all the laundry done.  My packing is done except for the tolitries I will use after my shower today.  The floors are done and the house is shining.  Amazing what a deadline will do for you.  I feel like the tazmanian devil!!!  LOL.  My daughter won't even be here to pick me up till 1 and it is only 9am!!  I guess I will have to find a few more video clips of more concerts that Mark and I have been to!  I love having extra time to journal!

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Chicago


I love this band.  We just saw them this past summer with Mark's sister and her husband.  I was listening to them today on my way home.  This was an outside concert and it was good.