Sheilah's veil

Look who got to carry Sheilah's veil into the church:) love this
mobile blogging as I sit here in the pew waiting for the ceremony to
begin

Hanging with the Marmster

Jenny and I had a fun afternoon with Marmar. We started out with lunch at a restaurant co-owned by a family friend, John. Then we got the emissions test done on Mom's car. We were living right...just pulled in and there was no waiting. Can't beat that! We got the giggles because the guy said only the driver had to get out of the car and I, being the driver, didn't believe him! It was true and I had to go wait in a glass booth. I felt like I was in trouble or something!
You'll be pleased to know that the car passed the test. We also stopped to get some geraniums and then went to Walt's, Mom's home away from home/grocery store. She walks in there and everyone hugs her. My mother is a celebrity. Wayne will be happy to see the Kraft products in her basket. We headed back to Mom and Sue's and Jenny and I took Brooke out. Brooke, Susie's Newfie, is recovering from her ACL surgery. She is being quite the trooper. Brooke even helped us get the towel around her so we could assist her in walking outside. Sweet puppy.

Now it's time to get dinner on and maybe bang out a report.

Father's Day Fun

Sunday was Father's Day and we did our traditional get together with Jack's side of the family. Our tradition is to go to Downtown Sue's (Jack's sister) place. We missed it last year because Downtown Sue was sick, so it was especially fun to do it yesterday. Sue lives in an awesome location in the heart of the city. It was great to see everyone, though we missed Paul. After Downtown Sue's, we walked over to see Lauren's new apartment. It is such a great set up for her. It is newly renovated and just beautiful. It was a fantastic Father's Day! Here are some pictures from the party:
Brendan and Wayne
Downtown Sue and Grandma
Bucky and three of his four kids, Sue, Jack and Mike, and then Bucky with his four grandkids, Wayne, Sally, Lauren and Brendan. For those readers who don't know, Lauren and Brendan are Mike (Jack's brother) and Sue's kids.
Sue and I had to get in the action, too.
Since everyone did a nice job of listening and keeping their hands and feet to selves, I gave everyone a Silly Band. These Silly Bands are all the rage with the young crowd and I give them as prizes for good work in speech. I just happened to have some in my purse. Silly Bands are rubber bands that come in different shapes (such as cars, animals) and colors.

CONTEST WINNERS! Also, check the comments on my contest post. My brilliant sisters both won the contest! And their prizes....Silly Bands! :)

Ummm I just learned the downside of mobile blogging. During the previous post my phone froze for a second then sent it off. Oops! I will fix it later after we get back from Downtown Sue's and the Father's Day celebration. Happy Father's Day, Jack and Bucky!

Lots of Laughs

Jack and I laughed more yesterday than we have in a long time. It started with Christy telling us about a book she read on her kindle called S*#t My Dad Says. There is also a blog and Twitter page. A 29 year old guy who moved back home for a while and is living with his 74 year old dad just started writing down things that his dad said. Most of the sayings are supposed to be encouraging, but they often don't come out quite right. The language is bad and may offend some, but it really is so funny. You can google it and it will give you a website to click on, in case you are interested.

In the evening, Jack and I went to 5 o'clock mass, then went into the city for dinner and to see Jackie Mason. Dinner was a quick one at Corner Bakery and then we walked over to the show. Jackie Mason was very entertaining. Not at all politically correct, but so funny. Jack pulled up a clip on YouTube of Jackie Mason on the Hollywood Palace variety show back in 1967 or so. It was amazing that his act back then was very similar to the one we saw Saturday night, poking fun at politicians (mostly presidents). Not everyone appreciated the jokes about President Obama. The guy next to me was very offended when Mason made fun of Obama, but laughed when he joked about Bush or Palin. Interesting. Lighten up, man. I am sure Obama would have laughed at Mason's jokes himself.
All in all, a great night and for sure we were out of our rut.

Contest

What famous Chicago landmark is this? First correct answer wins a prize!

We have air conditioning!

I am happy to announce the arrival of our new air conditioner! And our brand new digital thermostat. Life is good :)

Ok, so that was my first mobile post FROM MY CELL PHONE with pictures! I finally figured it out and I am not sure how, but I am so excited about that. Now I can post from anywhere, anytime...watch out!

And just to explain this post, our AC went out on Tuesday evening. It was perfect timing as Jack was out of town on business from Tues through Fri and we all know how Jack feels about hot weather. Anyway, Heat Engineering, our wonderful heat and cooling company, came out first thing Wednesday morning. Matt, the service guy, tried his best but there was no saving our outside thingamagig...capacitor, condensor, etc, it was shot after 30 years. Later on Lyle came out and told me some of our options. We did what we had to do to get things cooled down. Heck, it is only $$$ and thank God I am doing summer evals (have I mentioned that already? oh yeah, twice) Mike came out at 7:30 on Friday morning to install our new unit and thermostat and we were up and cooling by 9:30. Great service by Heat Engineering...we have used them ever since we moved into house 23 years ago and they do an outstanding job. By the time Jack arrived home Friday afternoon, our house was back to being about the same temperature as Walgreen's. I may be exaggerating a bit, but not much. Notice in the picture of me with the new thermostat, I am wearing my HMS sweatshirt. I'll say it again, life is good.