*Breathes sigh of relief*

Last week I went to the board of elections to find out where my polling place was and was told I could vote early. Vote early I did and boy am I glad!  It sounds like a long process today.  This is a wonderful problem to have after the voter apathy of the last few national elections.

Rachel is all settled in.  Well as settled as you can get when ( Read more... )

We have what is  known as a very full house.  My oldest daughter summerhorse and my three grandchildren have moved in.  So the great eastward migration begins.  In a couple of months we will be moving to Virginia.  It's been really hard to be seperated from John for this long and two more months seems unbareable. But we see each other every couple of weeks.

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My mom e-mailed this and I just had to share!

Subject: Insanity

To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a
Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice. !

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They ( Read more... )

Hi All- I just spent a total of six hours in the car today!  I had a meeting in the south side of Chicago-Hyde Park area- so that was 2 plus hours each way and then I drove to  Janesville, Wisconsin to meet my sister-in-law to pick up my daughter.  They took her overnight and then took her to the corn maze.  She had so much fun.  It took them over ( Read more... )

I think I have short timers syndrome. I always vowed I would never be one of those people that stop putting 150% into work as soon as they found out they were leaving. I would work hard until the day I left. Instead, I find myself not wanting to do much but the fun stuff. I've worked with homeless kids for 20 years and I wonder what it will be ( Read more... )

I could survive for 1 minute, 3 seconds chained to a bunk bed with a velociraptor

Wow, what a turn my life has made!!!  Here goes!  John got tired of being unemployable as a Literature professor so he taught himself Flash computer language and got a wonderful job in Virginia.  He's been there for about a month now and Kaitlin and I are staying here in Rockford to tie up loose ends and save money to move the household.  Since we ( Read more... )

Well, after a long dry spell, I am now hooked back into the world and all my friends here on live journal.  Quick update.  John is now working in the loop in Chicago as a software engineer.  He has a job he loves that pays well enough to live off of.  We had all three grandchildren here with us for the summer.  What alot of fun, but man can a 3 yr ( Read more... )