Another Lunch

My sister and I took our step-mother to the eye doctor today and when she was done we just had to go to lunch. Jo[step-mother] wanted to go to Culver's because she had gift cards and wanted to buy. Lee[sister] and I opted for Capri in Palos because we had money and bought. The food there is always good but way too much. we had crusty bread, a big salad, our entree Veal limone for Jo and I and Lee had eggplant parmesan, and also a big bowl of pasta marinara. We each took carry-out boxes home. I'm ready for a nap.

Lunch

Just got back from lunch at Uncle Bubs in Westmont. I met with Gerry a retiree and Nan a current employee at good old RRD. She filled us in on the people that are still there that we know and that is not too many. I have been retired 7 years and there has been quite the turnover.

Monday

I took a ride over to Silver Lake Country Club to check on the boys (Keith and John) working on their carving. It was a big old maple tree that the golf course cut down and they are carving  an image of the owner lining up a putt. The carving is right on the edge of a practice green. They have been at it for quite a while as the maple tree is very hard. I had to check out the quality of their work.

Yesterday I met some of the carvers and  their wives at Fox's for pizza. It was a fun supper as it usually is with that bunch. Sonya's mother who is 99 was also there. She can't hear but always has a big smile on her face. Sonya was looking good after her last bout with cancer. That woman is quite the fighter.

Tonight is voter's meeting at Church. We will be electing new leadership council and board members and resolving a few other issues. Mine is a two year term so I do not have to run this year.

Raccoon

I have a raccoon living under my deck. The folks at the woodcarving class said to play the radio and they will leave. So now I have the radio playing country under my deck. I just searched for more info on the internet and they say to tune the radio to a talk show. So now I have to go and retrieve the radio and change the station to WGN. I hope it works, it sure would be cheaper than calling the Wildlife Police to trap him or her or them. How will I know that he is gone? I have only seen him on the deck once so far and when I made a noise he ran back under the deck.

Glorious Day

It is a glorious day. The sun is shining and the temp is perfect. Think I'll go outside and plant some stuff and commune with nature .

Flowers

Just got back from Alsip Nursery and Home Depot. I bought flowers for the deck and the pots in front. Also bought some herbs and tomato plants. Now if the weather warms up, I'll be able to plant them. Alsip nursery has the best hibiscus ever.

Monday

A dreary day which helped me do a "little" closet cleaning.  I also talked to Ethan, my computer guy on how I can get pictures from my camera without using the wizard. So here is the first of the confirmation pictures and the LWML secret pals.

I was Alec's secret pal for the year.

Sunday

The Church was packed today with grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles. Our 8th graders were confirmed today. There were 9 of them and they did have a lot of relatives. Too bad we can't draw such an audience for regular service.
This afternoon I'm just doing a few chores and  listening to CDs. I'm still a little achy from working in the yard on Friday. It is supposed to get warmer later this week, so I think I'll go out  on one of those days to get flowers and a couple of tomato plants and plant them later.

Update

Since I had my computer worked on I have not been able to access the photo wizard that I used to upload pictures to my computer, and I do have some that I want to share. I have sent the computer guy an email and hopefully he will respond soon. Maybe I should switch to another program to upload pictures. What do other people use?
Wednesday I went to a retirees luncheon. I've been retired 7 years and never attended one. It was fun to see some of the old guys and girls. It cost $15 to attend and I won a $10 prize.
Wednesday evening the LWML[Lutheran Women's Missionary League] had our pictures taken with the confirmands. Throughout the year, we are their secret pal sending them gifts and cards. It's sort of fun to do since they don't know who we are. My pal Alec, didn't seem too surprised that it was me, so I wonder did he know?
For Mother's day I received a light tent kit to use to photograph my carvings. I set it up yesterday, but feel I need to practice a bit to use it to its full potential.

Mother's Day

I had a great weekend. Karrie came in Saturday and we went to dinner with my sister and her family to Jack Gibbons Garden. The place was packed, but luckily we had reservations which they honored as soon as we got there. Their food is quite good.

Sunday morning Karrie went to Bible study and Church with me. When we got home she converted another VHS tape to a DVD. This one was from Christmases 1988 and 1989. Its so much fun to look back at these old pictures. My niece is scanning all of my slides to digital files. The one above is one of them. Karrie was laughing or smiling in almost all of the pics. So far she has 400 done and another 300 to go. After lunch went to Whole Foods to look for these great cookies called Lacey's. I did get a couple of containers of them. They are sort of a lacy toffee. The trip to Whole Foods was quite an experience since neither of us  have ever been there. It is quite a large store with lots of different prepared food, a huge produce section. We just sort of wandered around just looking.

Thursday

I got my computer back from the shop yesterday evening. I sure missed it. No sooner did he walk out the door with it, I thought of something I wanted to look up. But its back and working great. Went to woodcarving this morning, had the window man come out and replace the panes in the dining room, and tonight it's praise team practice and then a VBS meeting immediately following.

It's Tuesday

Where are the days going? It seems that time keeps running in overdrive. Yesterday I had the Comcast guy out yet again. This time I got a completely new model of the cable/dvr box. It worked last night. So that's good. Today I have the computer guy coming to check my computer because it has slowed down. I either need some files cleaned out or more memory added.
Last night while I had the group over for Bible study, a raccoon was walking around the deck and it was still light out. Then the raccoon made some noise out there which startled some in the group thinking he was coming in the house. Looks like I will have to call the trapper to get rid of him. It scares me to know that this critter is so open. There are young children next door and they have a small dog which I'm sure the raccoon could take in a fight.