Good afternoon, ladies! Hot and Humid - 98.
Glory had to take her car to the service station today so I picked her up and we went to breakfast and then off to the quilt shop. Tonight is quilting bee . A fun day but not much work getting done. My friend in Moon called and asked me to come up Saturday and stay until Sunday so we'll spend a lot of time quilting. I'm starting work on my challenge quilt and will post a picture when it is done. It's due early in September and I just got inspired.
Jean, enjoy your day.
Good afternoon, ladies. 99 degrees right now and so humid. Jean, I envy your cold front! Please send rain!
I thought I posted yesterday. Getting my housework done today so I can go to Moon with a clear conscious. This hot weather and I don't get along at all.
Jean, I got a coupon for a free smoothie or frappe at McD's. If the scale is down at WW tomorrow, I plan on trying one.
Maggie, I love to shop in my freezer. Once a year I start and eat from the freezer until it is just about empty. If I don't, I keep adding food and then I end up throwing stuff out.
Dryer is buzzing...have a great day.
gma22 , 07-25-2010 08:59 PM
Evening gals! Just a quick one to let you know we got home safe and sound. Jackson was a total blast. He is so hilarious. I will fill you in tomorrow. Cubbies won their game so we were happy, but it wasn't all great and will fill you in about all that too.
Talk to you tomorrow morning.! Faye
gma22 , 07-26-2010 08:08 AM
Good morning gals. Well I figured out that my meds are not to blame for my feet and leg swelling. I had no swelling the whole weekend and I got home last night and they are all swelled up again. I believe it has to be this intense heat and humidity here that I didn't experience up there. So, I am going to have to do the best I can with it until the heat scales back.
As for the trip, we left out at 11 pm and got up there around the same time next morning. We couldn't check into the hotel as they didn't have a room ready so we went shopping at Meijers then Jack had an idea for lunch and we went to this old B and K root beer stand that is probably at least 50 years old there in town. We had a car hop and everything and had a great hot dog and a frosty root beer. We called Jay and let him know we were in town and Jack called the hotel and they said a room was ready so we went back across town to Elkhart and checked in. Come to find out, there were several black family reunions and some kind of baton twirling competition going on while we were there so that is why we had such a time getting a room at a decent price.
Jackson loved his bicycle, but dad is going to have to work with him on the pedals a bit as they are harder to pedal then his trike was. He also got this cute little motorized car from Kelly for his birthday and he played with it all weekend long. He was absolutely hilarious. He and Thomas are opposite ends of the spectrum, Thomas is more quiet and laid back like his dad and Jackson is all rowdy and rough and tumble like Jay. He, Jack and his dad played sword fights with these soft rubber sort of Nerf type swords. He really got into it but everytime he was losing to his dad he would run over to Jack and say , "Grondad, GET HIM!" His face would be all screwed up like he was in a real battle, it was so funny we laughed until our faces hurt. We then went to dinner and I sat on the outside so I could sit next to him and entertained him while his parents and Jack visited. Jay has taught him to play ball and for a 3 year old he is darn good. He has a big Cubs soft plastic bat and ball and Jay pitches to him and he can hit it pretty well. He can also bounce a ball and catch it and he throws like a killer. He and Jack played catch and like everything else he really gets into it. Everytime he would go to do something he would yell at me, "Nonny, watch this!"
Oh, the trip to Wrigley. What a day! The bus company was owned by one of Jay's advertising clients and the bus was practically brand new. It had dvd screens where a rider could watch whatever movie was inserted in front, very comfortable seats, but narrow between the seats and a super clean restroom, that I checked out before anyone else arrived to make sure I could fit in it just in case. We were going to sit in back but since I could fit in it, we sat only about 6 rows back and thank goodness. The AC didn't work properly the whole time and the bus was stifling. You can't open the windows in them anymore and I would bet the back of the bus was 95 degrees the whole 3 hour trip. We stopped once on the toll road and they arranged to either swap it out or get it fixed while we were at the game but it was awful. I did find out that Jay and Alicia's best friend's brother was married to a woman I worked at the law firm with. She waved at me when she got on the bus and I waved back but told Jack though I recognized her face I had no clue who she was. I questioned Alicia about it, but nothing she told me made any connection so when we stopped she walked up to me and I apologized and ask her how I knew her besides she being Kelley's sister in law and she said, "Baker and Daniels!" I used to do her filing for her and would stand around at her desk and talk to her! Always a small world!
We get there, get off the bus and since we had our tickets Jack and I wandered into Wrigley while everyone else scattered to the local bars (this was a big drinking and partying bunch and they weren't necessarily young either.) We knew that they would be and no prob with that. We went in, found out they had an elevator that would take us to the top section where our seats were, which was great. I knew the climb would kill me. Unfortunately, we were the very last row at the very very top of the ballfield and those steps were steep, narrow and no handrails whatsoever. Jack even had trouble getting up them without grabbing something. I pinched a muscle in the fat pad on my hand leaning on the iron armrests and such and man oh man, it colored up from where I pinched it up a good 2 inches up my arm. It got really purple. We had the very top seats, I mean the very top with an iron mesh fence at our backs. Unfortunarely, I absolutely could not fit into a seat at all even with my stadium cushion to keep me up more away from the arms. Our section of seats started on each side of the steps and I sat in front of one seat on the concrete step and just cried. I have never been embarrassed about my size ever, but I knew that if whomever had the two seats in front of the steps wouldn't trade with Jack and I's tickets I would have to go to underneath the seats where the concessions were the whole game and there are no benches or anything to sit down there. I was very, very upset. We were there about half an hour when a couple of gals from our party showed up. She was pregnant and her friend was underage so they couldn't do the bar scene. She was pretty sure the tickets in front of the stairs were part of their group's so later on we found out it was her fiance and his dad and they so graciously and sweetly traded us. Jack sat in his seat on my left and and I sat on the top step the whole game. Thank goodness it was the very top row as the Wrigley people never ventured anywhere near us so never told me I couldn't sit there. It was probably more comfortable than any game I have been at actually. Everyone in our group shared the food they brought with them and Jay bought these loaded nachos for $15 that were in a full size Cubs batting helmet!!!!! They were spectacular, but boy oh boy I only ate a couple of chips because they had to be a gazillion calories. He passed them around to everyone, one of the guys had big bags of peanuts and boxes and boxes of cracker Jacks (Wrigley is one of only a couple parks you can take stuff into) and of course everyone but those two girls and Jack and I were endulging in the beer that was horrendously priced, $6.75 for a can of beer poured into a glass! I think during the game we spent $50 on a bottle of soda, two glasses of soda and three hot dogs!!! Boy, glad I don't drink we would have gone home paupers. My Cubbies beat the first place Cardinals 5-0 hurrah! When we left the park, we found out the bus wouldn't be there for two hours! Yikes, there was absolutely no where to sit for that period of time. I knew I had to find someplace. It was horribly hot, in the mid 90's and very sunny. The bars around the field are packed before and after the games so I knew we would never find anywhere to sit. I walked across the street and sat on the stairs of a small apartment building in the direct sun and Jack stood against the wall of the ballpark because it was in the shade. Everyone else had gone to the bars for the two hours. About 45 minutes into it, the tenants of the building came out, some very sweet guys around 30 or so. The one named Mike, was all jazzed about my red hair but said I should dye it Cubbie Blue lol I told him I would think about it. They loved my hair so much that I became sor of a celebrity and the three of them took turns taking their picture with me! They then had their girlfriends bring Jack and I cold bottles of water and told me to sit on the top step where it was shady and they left for a bar down the street (which they invited me to be with their group, but I declined saying my husband was across the street and we would just wait for the bus.) They were all so very nice. The bus showed up around 5 instead of 6 and Jack and I piled in to a wonderfully ac'd bus with no noise as we were the only ones back besides Jay and Alicia. The ride home was to blaring rock music, a spectacular thunderstorm, and pretty sloshed partiers. They were all polite, loud and fun except I did get miffed at one of the guys who spilled his soft sided cooler icy water all over my left leg then later stood up and swayed, jostled into me and spilt beer all over my left arm without so much as a sorry. He was not a direct friend of Jay's but the brother of the girl I knew from B and D. We knew Jay's friends were partiers and no prob with that. I enjoyed the ride home until my left hip started aching so was glad when the bus finally got back to our starting place. We got off, said our goodnights to Jay and Alicia, ran through takeout and went back to the hotel ate a bite and relaxed until bedtime. We didn't get back to town until 9 PM so it was near midnight when we went to bed.
We had a nice visit on Saturday with my sister then was with the little guy and the kids the rest of the day. We took them to dinner at Carrabbas as that is Alicia's favorite and her birthday was Wed then went back, played with Jackson until it was bedtime and went back to the hotel. Got up yesterday morning and got on the road and came home. I now have the mess to put away all the laundry and am going to try and get this tower fan that Jay and Alicia have in their home that really does a great job of cooling off everything. We upped the ac to 85 when we left and it has been upper 90's the whole time so the condo was stifling and never got cool much last night even with all the fans going. I couldn't sleep upstairs because I just couldn't breathe so slept in the recliner.
Sounds like all of you had a nice weekend. Jack is off today so we can get everything back in place, get all the laundry done and such and get the car washed. We have to get some groceries for the rest of the week as the commissary isn't open on Mondays then settle back in until our trip in Sept.
Have a good one all! Faye
Good afternoon, ladies! A little cooler today - 88 after being 104 on Saturday and Sunday.
I had a great time with my friend. We quilted and watched movies and talked a blue streak. What fun.
Faye, I'm glad you enjoyed your trip for the most part. Jackson will be a star baseball player by the time he is ready for the majors!
Jean, the fruit smoothies at McDonald's are 210 calories for a 12 oz, 260 and 320 so not bad at all. Mine was delicious. I hope the water has stopped in your basement! Both the President and Vice-President of the company where I work ride bikes. It's a huge industry and growing!
Maggie, you can print a $1 coupon for the fruit smoothie on the McD's website. They actually use real fruit!
Enjoy your evening!