So, it's June 27th. Our family just returned from a road trip to see family in Northwest Indiana. This road trip of course included three kids (ours), two cats and one dog. Some folks enjoy trials, apparently. It was a nice break from the normal routine. The kids were spoiled by grandparents, played with cousins and even managed to find a stray dog (which we did NOT adopt). We loved on a recovering grandpa (Grandpa Ray had a heart attack!), congratulated a graduated neice (Yay, Danielle!) and ate lots of yummy cherry pie (the cherries are in season). We spent one night in Chicago, enjoying the museums, Lake Michigan and of course the deep dish pizza. We had pizza for lunch and supper. Now we want to move there. The pizza really is THAT good.Because we can, we researched Chicago real estate and found it to be surprisingly reasonable! Too bad we don't have a job waiting there.
Since leaving Music City isn't in our near future, we've decided to make some home improvements. Years ago, Tom built our kids a play structure that included a "fort", "clubhouse", "secret club meeting space"...whatever you want to call it that was about 3 ft. X 3ft. and that was the only way to access our slide. Our kids have grown, so the fort needs to too. Tom has been digging holes for posts, pouring concrete and making grand plans. Did I mention this is all taking place in the TN sun? He has a lovely tan and has lost 5 lbs sweating in the smothering heat.
I on the other hand have had enough of the outdoors and all of its allergens. I've been fighting a sinus headache for the past 24 hours and haven't accomplished much. Since I can't stand to be idle, I've decided to create a blog for fun. I hope you enjoy keeping in touch with us in this way!
