A House Full Of Company

What a nice day of visiting today. Julie and the girls met me at church this morning and it was nice being back. I think it's been since the beginning of July since I've been there! They came back to the house and we grilled steaks and had a nice dinner on the deck - complete with fans since it was so hot outside. The girls both took naps and Julie showed me pictures of their recent trip to London and Paris.

Right after they left John and Joyce came to see Jon's garden and visit. They were here for an hour or so before Chris stopped in. We go from having no one over to a house full. I like it!

A Very Loud Jessie

You would think that Jessie would get hoarse from talking and yelling so much. The 3 of us went out to breakfast and she talked non-stop and was very loud. We went to a Farmer's Market and she was still loud. By the time we got home both Jon and I had had enough. I sat her on the couch and tried talking her down. That did help and she was semi quiet for about an hour. Then she and I went back to the post office, Home Depot and McDonald's for lunch. Talk, talk, talk. I just don't get why she is so loud and talkative. She was looking forward to a "just you, me and Jon Day".

I mentioned the other day that I was doing a craft project. Diane made me the picture on the right for Christmas. I did the other two this week and hung them in my bedroom. The picture on the left is my mom and me praying at bedtime, the next is me about 4/5 years old in front of my grandparent's fireplace, and the next one is with the 3 of us kids .. Nancy, Diane and Eddie at our home in Detroit.

A Day Out

Post Office, bank, Walgreen's, Kohl's, Home Depot and Meijer's were my mid-day stops. Paperwork in the afternoon. Rachel took Jessie to breakfast then they went bowling in the afternoon. Jon had a crappy day at work. That's about it.

No Rest For Jon

Wow, did he come home in a mood tonight. I guess you can't blame him, though. He couldn't fall asleep last night and when he finally did, he woke up to "BEEP BEEP. FIRE FIRE. BEEP BEEP FIRE FIRE." He said it scared the crap out of him and he was sitting up before he knew what was going on. Then, it did it again. I didn't hear it because he had his window air conditioner on and my door was partially closed. Jon said the beeping didn't scare him it was the loud robotic voice declaring, "FIRE FIRE".

He came down to my room to see if all was OK and I woke to the light in the hallway. We couldn't figure out why the smoke alarm went off so we took it down and put it in his suitcase that was on the floor. (Don't worry - we have plenty of other smoke detectors in our house!) I didn't know that the newer smoke detectors also had the voice besides the beeping. It didn't go off again.

He wasn't able to fall back to sleep and when he did he only got about 4 hours of sleep. Obviously, he didn't want to go to work. And, he wished he hadn't since he had a horrible day. I'm going to pray that he gets a good night's sleep tonight and tomorrow is much better!

Brenda and Jessie went on their 1-mile walk, went to Gym class then lunch before going to Meijer's.

I had a good day. I did quite a few small things around the house and I also spent the afternoon on the deck doing a craft project which I will post tomorrow because I wanted to highlight Jon's day today and not mine.

Art Class

Rachel took Jessie to her last Art class of the summer.They also went to McDonald's for lunch. Jon worked on harvesting more herbs and I spent a couple hours watching Shiloh while her family went to a funeral. Since Jessie came home she's done nothing but talk, talk, talk. She's very happy today and is talking along with Youtube videos she's been watching - especially the Christmas ones!

A Little Of This and A Little Of That

Jon took me out to breakfast this morning at The Pantry. When we got home he spent the rest of the day in his garden harvesting. We had one of his freshly dug up potatoes for dinner tonight and there is nothing that compares to it. It was absolutely delicious! He had bought us rib eye steaks for dinner (something I have never bought) and sauteed brussel sprouts, kale and bacon, drizzled with maple syrup got 2 thumbs up from Jessie numerous times! Jon and I agreed whole heartedly!

Brenda took Jessie to the pool and they had a good time until 2 bus loads of small kids invaded the pool. Of course, subway for lunch.

I had a SM Leader's meeting at noon and got home around 3:00. I rested for about 20 minutes and did some computer work. Jess and I sat out on the swing for a good 45 minutes and she is already in bed. That's always good.

Book Club

We only have 3 more nights to go as we complete our book study of "Heaven", by Randy Alcorn. It's been so good. We not only learn a ton, we laugh a lot. We usually sit on the deck and Jessie is in the house on the family room floor. I asked her if she would be good while the ladies were here. Her response? "NO. Quiet." She said she wasn't going to be good, just quiet. Actually, she was good, but NOT quiet. I guess I can't expect both.