Too Tired

It's been a very busy day for all of us. I spent the entire day shopping with Lois. Jon finished around the water fountain and harvested herbs. Jessie spent the day with Rachel and had a really good day. I had book club tonight and since everyone left, I've been trying to straighten up so we can go up stairs. I've not been successful. So, I'm just going up stairs. The mess will be here in the morning.

"Jon Church. Mom Church. Home. Lunch Out!"

That sums up Jessie's Sunday when Jon is home. Jon goes to church first, I go after he comes home, when I get home we go out to lunch! Today we met Chris and Eric at Chili's. Jessie and I usually split a chicken strip lunch but today I changed it to sharing a chicken quesadilla. She gobbled that one down. A good choice.

The 3 of us drove to Menard's after lunch and we bought more supplies that are needed for the backyard. Unloaded it in to the garage and Jon went to Home Depot for the rest. Jess and I stayed home. Not much else for today.

And The Fireworks Have Begun

My heart goes out to our soldiers who have PTSD due to the bombs, etc. I hope they've got a headset on with music so they don't have to hear what does sound like a war zone. They've been going off for a half hour and I don't expect them to discontinue until midnight. I've got the bedroom air conditioner on so Jessie won't be too scared of all the noise. She seems to be doing ok at the moment. They are very close.

Jess and I spent a "quiet" day at home. Jon had to work, although this is his normal 3-day weekend off. I spent most of the day outside on the deck, although I did do 4 loads of wash and vacuumed. I said "quiet" earlier because for some reason Jessie's back to yelling at me a lot. Especially saying "Mom" many times even though I answer her. That is so annoying:

"Mom"   "Yes, Jessie"
"Mom"   "What"
"Mom"   "I'm listening"
"Mom"   "Yeesss"
"Mom"   I don't answer
"Mom"   I don't answer
"Mom"   I don't answer
"MOM"   "What do you want, Jessie?"

I'm really not kidding. This goes on all day long. Very annoying. And, if I lose it and raise my voice, it becomes worse!  AHHHHHHH!

I Missed the Memo

Lois and I went shopping for 7 hours today down on Hall Road. Not a good place to be on a normal day, let alone the day before a holiday. Or so I thought. Hall Road had very light traffic, as did most of the stores we went in to. That was a total surprise. Even Meijer's, our last stop of the day to do grocery shopping, wasn't busy! I was not about to cook dinner tonight so Jess and I went to Wendy's. That's when I figured I missed the memo to leave town. There were hardly any cars on the road! Very eerie. I guess most people are where they are going to spend tomorrow!

Rachel took Jessie to the farm at Wolcott Mill. Jessie told me at dinner that she saw cows (that poop big), pigs, ducks and sheep. She also said a word I didn't get so she raised her head up and down, stuck her tongue out and whinnied like a horse. Then I got it.

Outdoor Adventure Day and Day 4 of Patio Pavers and Phase 2

Jessie (and Brenda) and I went to Outdoor Adventure as Brenda's guest for the day after the 2 of them met with Kelly for breakfast. It was a beautiful day and Jessie enjoyed the lake the best. Unfortunately, she wasn't her best. She hollered, screamed, burped, you name it, she did it. It was a very bad emotional day for her. Whether or not it was because I was along, or that it was something new, I'm not sure of the reason. It just wasn't fun. She continued the behavior well into the evening. 

Diane was here early today to try and finish the patio pavers. As you can see, she did! I thought she'd go home and relax, but when I got home, Phase 2 was well under way (around the water fountain). When she left after dinner tonight, it's almost finished. We just need more stones to finish. 

Way to go, Diane !!!!

Good job, Jon! Thanks for helping Di.

Congratulations, Me, on a great idea!

An Extra Post ... Patio Paver Progress

Day 1   Left pictures
Day 2   Middle pictures
Day 3   Bottom right pictures

Perfect Leveling Job!

A Happy Jessie

Jessie has been unusually happy lately. I don't know why the change, but Jon said not to figure it out - just enjoy it. I guess I will. Rachel took Jessie to the Nature Center and had a McDonald's picnic by the beach at Stoney Creek. She was happy when she got home, too, even though Rachel said there was a screaming bad child at Meijer's when they went in to buy milk.

Diane came for Day 3 of our patio paver project. It's coming along very nicely. Di is one tired woman, though, that's for sure! Jon helped her today plus weeded his garden. He's one tired man, too!
Me, I just watched and did payroll.  At one point I tried to help and was told to leave. Hum!