Molly is home and happy..and exhausted!

Well, she's back! Plane delayed out of Chicago, so our plans to all go to the airport are foiled. Jer gets her, but we all arrive home at the same time and are able to eat together!  She is tired and happy! All together the experience was great, a couple of small glitches.  Her roommate apparently spent alot of time on the phone...what a pain. But I'll tell you what, she did great with being responsible for all her things. She returned home with everything!  Of course my softener system decided to have a problem tonight and cough up rust all over her new WHITE Team shirt! That's what I get for doing laundry so efficiently, we will be calling the coach to try to get a new one!
I had time today for banking, oil change, and a play date with Leah, sometimes knowing I'm going out of town seems to motivate me to get more done!
Off to NJ in the morning, I can't wait to see Susan and the kids, and hope to hook up with Donnie and Catherine too, maybe even sneak into the city or out to Ellis Island.
I will post Molly's photos she took tomorrow. should be interesting!

wednesday 3/30/11

Shopping last minute for costume pieces for the parade this afternoon, I hope they pass "inspection"! Charlotte needs a girdle for her dress, stockings and shoes. Luckily, I score some $5.00 shoes at Meijer and Mrs. Thomas approves them! Everyone looks great in their outfits.  Jer gets home but speeds out to a client dinner, so I am on the hook for dinner, lacrosse, etc.  But that's okay! Packing for NJ and getting pretty organized. I am a bit worried because I didn't spot Molly in the photos they posted, but Jer talked me off the ledge!  I can't wait til she comes home, I hope she had fun!

Training Camp shots of Molly

not sure what's going on, but it looks like fun!

The Track and Field Team is #1!

gonna have to ask Molly what they are saying...



Go Molly!




Molly finds a football player!



Terrific Tuesday Again!?!

When you start to type a title, it brings up your history and  my lack of creativity is sadly apparent as Terrific Tuesday popped right up-gotta work on my blog titles!

Things that were terrific today...

1. On time dropping off Danny
2. Buying Leah a chocolate donut at Dunkin Donuts and having a coffee with Shawne before work
3. Watching Roseanne bust a move in Read To The Beat, shake it sister!
4. Sunshine all day
5. Danny's costume for the play-he is so cute!
6. hummus
7. phone call with Rhonda, we laughed!!!!
8. Jack coming over to jump on the trampoline with Danny-hopefully the first of many days!
9. great pictures of Molly at Training Camp, smiling in every picture! Share the joy My Girl!

I did it!

Getting ready to start

Now don't move or pass out!

Bagzye and I, he was so nice and friendly!

and that's all there was to it! not painful at all!

Well, almost 6 months into my 49th year, I went for it and got my first tattoo! I had been planning this for a year or so, and just decided that this was the week. I stopped in at American Graffiti Tattoo in Brighton and the guy was such ad, jerk. He looked at me like I had wandered into the wrong place. "What, you don't get many old Mom's in little sweaters popping in for tattoos on a Monday?"  Anyway, he was a pompous,unfriendly jerk, and I said "uh, Thanks" and left. So then I went to Sally's to buy ByeByeBirdie costume pieces, and when I finished, my heart was still pulling me to the tattoo. So I googled parlours in the area and found one just up the road, Eternal Tattoos.  From the moment I walked in I felt great! The gal was super nice, and said usually walk ins don't work, but they had a cancellation, so I was in luck. uh-huh... The artist was 48, married to a gal who will be 50 in sept, uh-huh..., He was very friendly and informative, and made me feel right at home. It just didn't hurt at all, and I wasn't anxious at all. It was exhilarating. Within an hour I was on my way to Meijer to pick up a tube of aquaphor! I am feeling great! So excited and proud of myself! YAY Me!

The rest of the day was a bunch of driving and shuffling, and cleaning and shopping. My other YAY! was SO swimming started tonight. It was great to see Coach Kathy and the team, only bad thing is the time, 7:45.pm-8:45pm, so home at 9:30, but I love to coach these guys, so I'll deal.

The Westin Detroit Nat'l Forest!

 Molly and teammates

Here are David, Molly and Sabra ready to catch the shuttle to their plane.
It is 4:45am!
This mural is inexplicably in the lobby of the airport hotel??!!

Here we are and there she goes!

Wow, off went Molly to San Diego! How strange is that? I know that is what we want, and I am not worried at all(that's Susan's job!) but it is strange to think of the new people she'll meet that we won't know, and all the experiences she'll have.  Well good for you my darling girl, knock 'em off their feet out there! The rest of the fam had omelette's Jerry cooked when he got home from the hotel, he worked out before he checked out in the gorgeous gym, and then he took a well deserved nap.  We went to 11:30 mass, with Father Mark and Deacon MacDonald. The homily compared how when Annie Sullivan was finally able to break through to Helen Keller about what water meant, what a life changing revelation it was. And that same revelation is possible for us when we understand that GOD gave us JESUS and the living water so we will never be thirsty. Awesome!
Worked at the library til 5pm, Jer and the kids worked out, then took a road trip to that Lucky Strikes arcade they like to go to. Supposed to come home at 6:30 but Jer called to say all the restaurants were cooking steaks when they left the arcade and the smell was too much for them, they had to stop to eat! Hilarious! Message from Molly saying she arrived safely. She sounded very happy!
 So peace for me, and blogging time on the sun porch, watching the birds swoop in and out to the feeders, and banging occasionally on the window to keep the squirrels away. Life is good.