Group Dinner

Saturday night was dinner with Diana & John, Susie & Dick, Joanna & Mike and Kathy & Jim at Mio Amore Restaurant in Plano. This is Gary & Sheila's new restaurant.

Joanna & Mike and Kathy & Jim enjoying drinks at the bar

Mike was on a roll

It took all night, but I finally got a picture of Diana

John

Susie & Dick

Joanna & Mike

It was a great evening ... even if we were so exhasted that we could barely hold our heads up.

Last June

At dinner last night, I realized that I had been remiss in not blogging about the wonderful cookout that we attended last June at Joanna and Mike's home. It was a terrific time with wonderful friends and great food. Diana played golf

Kisses are so SWEET!!

Mmm-mmm good!!

First annual bike-a-thon

Time with Friends

We did take time to spend time with Tammy & Don and Val & Bob. Dinner in Sugar Grove. Hospitality at Tammy & Don's. Fabulous and Fun time as always. We miss these people so much!!

Earlier in the week, we took a limo to the United Center with Bruce & Rose Palmer and Gary & Sheila Capps to see the Eagles in concert. They were FABULOUS!! But ~ sorry ~ no pictures from that. Let's just say that we had a wonderful time!! And I am sure that both Bruce & Rose and Gary & Sheila did too. It was a much needed treat.

Packing Up

Packing up our home in IL has been a daunting task. Everything had to first be sorted and then designated and (if chosen) packed.

Here is Larry's Lizard Lounge

And the Playboy Room

My poor gardens. But Diana and John Doll are kind enough to be coming in to pull weeds and make the front, back and sides of the house presentable. Many thanks to them!!

No More Dust!!

Brandy did a wonderful job cleaning. Everything sparkles.

All Done!!

The last of the flooring is down.

Now the cleanup begins!!

World Alzheimer's Day ~ September 21st

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Final Floor!!

Here is the beginning of the end!! It is looking like a floor!! Once this floor is in, we can start moving!! (After cleaning up and making room for everything)

I just love the way this looks next to the cabinets.

Fridge on the move ...

Equal time for Pops' butt :-D

Insuring the water for the fridge is on.

This has taken two months (so far) with more to go. It has been a long haul. Kudos and thanks to everyone that has helped!! Now, onto IL to retrieve our furniture. :-D

The Latest

Here are the newest updates:

A blue bathroom ~ I cannot paint the inside of the door or the trim until the light fixture arrives. Hehehe

The library floor. It is going to look wonderful with Larry's desk. The library shelving is not due to be complete for at least seven more weeks. The good news is we can move in before they are done.

And the beginning of the last floor to be laid!! Hooray!! This is the kitchen/dining/laundry room floor in natural maple.

On the Ike update there has been quite a lot of coastal flooding. Fortunately, this is all that happened with us. Of course, there is always tomorrow. We just feel lucky that a bit of our grass got wet.

Scenery

Here is a dragonfly that was hanging around last week. Isn't he/she cute??

And this was the breathtaking sunset last night as viewed from our master suite balcony.

Major Progress!!

Major progress this week!! We are so much closer to a move in date!! Brandy rolled the ceiling, but poor Larry was stuck doing the trim since he was the only one tall enough to reach the light fixture!

Sewing studio acquires a floor and the 1/2 bath has fixtures and flooring.

Shelves going in for my sewing studio. I wonder how long it will take me to fill them up?!!?

The a/c is now working in the Lizard Lounge. This is such good news for everyone working there and in the sewing studio!!

More worker bees!! Brandy and Nadia are hard at it!! Here's Nadia:

And she even has a BIG smile when she is working!!

Brandy is doing the bulk of the painting of the sewing studio, in spite of Nadia's assistance!!

These ceiling are 11 feet tall. I am happy her balance is as good as her painting skills!!

And here is my little project: Replacing 20 handles and 56 knobs in the kitchen. I can be so anal at times!!