Maureen October 31, 2012

Ready for trick-or-treating

Maureen October 30, 2012

Hanging out

Maureen October 29, 2012

On her way into school with her drum kit

Maureen October 28, 2012

Decorating for Halloween, using the pumpkins that grew in our front yard.

Maureen October 27, 2012

DuKane Girls Softball League Fall 2012 10U Champs - West Chicago Wolves!

Maureen October 26, 2012

Forty years of laughter & happiness!

Maureen October 25, 2012

They came back from behind to win their playoff game in the rain tonight. Championship game on Saturday morning!

Maureen October 24, 2012

These two inflated black rubber gloves were sitting on top of the paper towels in my Janitorial Supply's closet when I got there today.

Maureen October 23, 2012

Went out to Goebberts tonight

Maureen October 22, 2012

Annie & Jim were switching back & forth between the baseball game & the football game, while Shel & I were watching the debate on the bedroom TV.

Maureen October 21, 2012

We got out to see Allison for a while today!

Maureen October 20, 2012

Maureen October 19, 2012

Such pretty colors this year

Maureen October 18, 2012

Annie & Shel love spending time with Andrea's kids

Maureen October 17, 2012

Dropping her off at school in the morning

Maureen October 16, 2012

Annie wanted to go to American Science & Surplus, today, to spend some of her birthday money.

Maureen October 15, 2012

Small but significant step forward today.
And, look how tall those boys are!

Maureen October 14, 2012

Annie helped me remove the waste canvas from the pillow case that I'd been stitching for her (very late) birthday present.

Maureen October 13, 2012

Origami balloon!

Maureen October 12, 2012

Pretty view while driving Annie to school this morning

Maureen October 11, 2012

Girl Scout meeting after school. Three new girls joined our troop today!

Donna October 10, 2012

 

At Mass they had relics from St. Gianna. After Mass we could actually touch them. They said this was a first, since relics have always been enclosed in a case or something. I held her gloves, and prayed for our family, some in particular...  

About a month ago, Roger greatly cut back my rose bush. The other day, I noticed one pretty bud opening. With this cold, I don't imagine it will last long, but will see.

Maureen October 10, 2012

Last game of the regular season, today. Annie's team finished in first place. Go Wolves! Their first playoff game is next week.

Maureen October 9, 2012

More archery today

Maureen October 8, 2012

We received official word of our layoffs from work, today. I was fine with that news, since we had been expecting it. But, I started to be sad when I went in the bathroom after the meeting & remembered how I used to pump milk for the babies in this bathroom, after I'd gone back to work. So much of my life for the past 20 years has gone on in this building.

Maureen October 7, 2012

Pretty day at Kline Creek Farm, today.

Maureen October 6, 2012

Double-header today, to make up for a game that got rained out last week. It was a cold, cold, cold day out there at the softball field. They mostly played Annie out in the field, but she did catch for a couple of innings, too.

Maureen October 5, 2012

Walking home from 'Tales Tombstones Tell' where we learned about many of West Chicago's Civil War veterans

Maureen October 4, 2012

Cat wandering around Andrea's neighborhood.

Maureen October 3, 2012

I wanted to watch the debates tonight, but was offered an extra cleaning job. Luckily, they had a TV right there in their break room.

Maureen October 2, 2012

More archery today. I love the shadows on this one.

Maureen October 1, 2012

At the Kane County Courthouse today, watching the latest proceedings in Molly's case. I wasn't expecting it, but was physically & emotionally exhausted by the end of it all.