Beautiful Saturday!

I couldn't believe how gorgeous today was! I got up, put on jeans and a long-sleeved shirt (based on the weather forecast) and was pleasantly surprised!! I picked up Ann and we went to get some plants. We first hit the Laureate Guild plant sale where I got a couple of cone flowers, a beautiful red begonia, and some tomato plants. Then we went to the April Madness sale at HyVee Drug...madness is right! We waited for several minutes just trying to get into the parking lot. Then we lucked out finding a parking place! Ann found a shopping cart, but I didn't...so I put my flowers in her little cart! It's a good thing we didn't get much there! I was supposed to buy top soil, but they were already out of it.

After flower shopping, we went over to the new craft/hobby store on Church Street just to check it out. Actually I wanted a Scor-Buddy, but she didn't have one. She had the Martha Stewart version, but it's for 12x12 paper and I want a little one for cards. I guess I'll just have to order one online! I've tried Michaels, JoAnns and Hobby Lobby and haven't found one yet! The Craft & Hobby Connection has lots of stamps. It's a cute shop and has a big inventory for a little shop!

Tomorrow is church and then Bob & Ann and us are going to the Libertyville Methodist Church for Sunday dinner! They're having their annual pork loin and chicken breast dinner...I sure hope I get a piece of Marilyn's chocolate pie!! More later...

Allison's on my mind!

I wanted to share some pictures of Allison with you. She's 9 and a pretty good little softball player! Here she is catching. She likes to catch, but her first love is pitching...she wants to be as good as her daddy!This is just one of the pictures I have of her pitching. I love the way she has her mouth! She's pretty focused!


Then, of course, I had to show you a picture of her on base. Her last two at-bats produced two hits and she scored both times too!

She doesn't play tomorrow. I guess that's okay since it's supposed to rain tomorrow! Today would have been a lovely day to sit out at ball games all day!

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A Promise In the Air!

There seems to be a promise in the air tonight. There's not a cloud in the sky and I'm hoping that's our promise for spring to finally get here! The lilacs are starting to bloom, as are the crabapple trees! The sun was actually out here today - off and on anyway! I can hardly wait for the sun to shine AND the wind to blow less than 20 mph!

Tonight the FHS class of 1966 reunion planning committee met. Our reunion is September 30th, which is Homecoming at FHS. Should be lots of fun. It's always good to see old classmates - even if it's at a planning meeting like this.

I don't have any plans for the weekend. I'm hoping my back feels better tomorrow. I'm planning to take a muscle relaxer tonight!! Hopefully I just overdid this morning...I woke up feeling really good. Then by noon the pain was back! I've got a purse cut out ready to sew together, so I want to get it finished this weekend!

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Bad Day!

I had a very painful day today...so I went to visit my friendly chiropractor! I feel so much better this evening. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight!

Tonight I went to choir practice. We actually got out early - 8:45!! Dave is working out in the garage. Now that there is only one car in there, he's got room to clean things out! He took a whole trailer load to the dump! He has also been working at church the last couple of days. I hope he gets to go back to work pretty soon...that will mean that the weather is nicer!

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I'm Mad!

I get so angry over some of the decisions of the voters on Dancing with the Stars! Sometimes I think people are really stupid! They voted to keep Kendra on and sent Chris Jericho home...too bad! Kendra has no redeeming qualities - with the possible exception that she's dancing with Louie, who is the best professional dancer on the show! Surely, Kendra will get voted off next week! She's the last of the iffy dancers!

I didn't do much today. My back hurt really badly! I even called Dr Coram to see if I could get in to see him. Unfortunately, he hasn't returned my call yet. I just feel like he can help me, so I hope he calls soon! More later...

We're Home Again

We made a flying trip to St Louis and back yesterday and today. We went to St Louis to leave the GTX at Classic Cars Studio to be sold on consignment. Noah, the proprietor, is very familiar with the GTX because he sold it to us several years ago! We drove down in rain and we drove back home in rain! While we were there it was nice! In fact, I should have had on shorts! Now, we just wait to see if the car sells. Since we took the car all that way, I'd like for it to sell so we don't have to go back down to get it!

I'm really tired tonight. Dave picked out a Days Inn for us to stay at - he was able to get it for $51, so figured that it was in a bad part of town, but it wasn't bad at all. I think it was an old Holiday Inn, sort of like the one in Hutchinson, KS. It was old and needed some TLC, but it wasn't horrible like some others we've stayed in around the country! The worst part of the motel was that the bed was too soft! Therefore, my back is killing me today. I'm going to take a muscle relaxer and go to bed shortly!

Dave had a Habitat meeting tonight so I got to watch Dancing with the Stars uninterupted but Dave's dad always calls when Dave leaves for a meeting! So I missed part of Kirstie Alley's dance. DWTS was really good - the highest scores of the season came tonight...10's even! I think Kendra should go home after tonight, then it's going to be hard to pick who stays after that! The rest of them are pretty darn good!!

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First Softball Game

Bob, Ann and I went to Kalona today to watch Allison's ASA softball team play. They played three games - one at 9:00 AM, one at 1:30 and then again at 3:00. We about froze! When the sun came out, it was pretty nice...but unfortunately, the sun wasn't out much!! The wind was blowing from the side of us (northwest, I think) and made it feel more like football weather than softball weather! Regardless, it was fun! Linda and Kaylee came down too, so that made the day even more fun!! Allison got to pitch one inning in the first game and then she caught the second game. She then pitched 3 innings in the 3rd game. They got beat their first game...when we got there the score was 5-0 in favor of the other team. Allison said the little girl who was pitching didn't do so well because her parents weren't there to watch her! Cute! They won the other two games!

Dave asked me if I'd told you about the Charger getting shipped out of Moravia to Belgium. After three days of polishing the car because they wanted it to be perfect for the new owner, it was loaded onto an open trailer to be hauled to Missouri, then on to Florida, and then to S Carolina before being put on a ship for overseas. Can you believe they put it on an open trailer?? Classic cars usually don't get hauled on open trailers! I guess we can't worry about it any more!

Tomorrow is a big day for us. We're going to Son-rise service at church at 7:15, then breakfast, then choir practice at 8:40 followed by 9:30 church. After church we're headed out to St Louis to deliver the GTX to the guy who is going to try to sell it for us. I probably won't be blogging tomorrow, so Happy Easter everyone. Remember He is risen!! More later...