Sunday, April 18, 2010

What a great weekend. We headed down to Southern Illinois after the Ready. Set. Grow event yesterday. We have a car that was given to us by a family member that has been having severe mechanical issues so we took it down south to someone who can work with it and sell it for us. So after the event yesterday, I followed hubby down so we could drop it off. We used to have a home down at Lake of Egypt. About 3 years ago, we decided that we weren’t using it as much as we had been and put it on the market. It was a great home and I miss it sometimes but it was time to let it go. We had not been down in 3 years since we sold it so we stayed with some old friends, Jo and Dick, at the lake last night. It was great to be down there again. The new owners have done some wonderful improvements to the house most of which have been on the outside. They gave us a tour and allowed me to take pictures so that I could show the kids. They also invited us back and said we could stay there if we wanted to. How lovely. J Sunshine had a wonderful time. Sometimes I miss the lake life and I wouldn’t change all those wonderful years for anything. I have great family memories of the lake.

Two weeks until the Illinois Marathon. I haven’t trained for this as well as I did last year. I’ve missed some of my long runs and it is very difficult during the week to get my runs in. Tomorrow morning, I’m going for a late start at work so that I can get my 11 mile run in. I’ll be glad when the race is over. I think that next year we might run the Marathon Relay with another couple that we talked into running this year. I think they think this would be a great idea.

Quote for the day - Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. Rosa Parks

The freakin' weekend!

TGIF! Wow! What a week. It's been good and busy.

The thing that made me happiest today was having lunch with Julia. We had a very good time and a lot of laughs. I miss her so much.

The second thing that made me happiest today was when my nephew, Charlie, made one of the photos that I took of him, his profile picture. It brings me so much joy to be able to take his pictures. :-)

Tomorrow is our big event for the community - Ready. Set. Grow! I can't wait for this first ever event to offer information and resources to help plant the seeds for healthy child development for ages birth to six. What an exciting thing to bring to our community. There is no manual on how to parent but tomorrow we are going to give parents the tools to help them be good, responsible parents.

Tomorrow night, we will be at Lake of Egypt visiting with some friends that I have missed so much in the past few years.

If I didn't mention it in my first post, I love quotations...and I will try to share one with you every time I post. Have the sweetest of dreams! :-)

Quote for the day: “Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.” Can't find who it's author is....