I am happy that all of the children are in bed and their clothes and bags are ready for morning. Now I can sleep.

Today I am not going to complain about my neck hurting. Instead I am going to whine and moan that the only time my arm doesn’t hurt is when it goes numb for no reason. Grrrr.

Maybe next year we will take Evan in the fountain to cool off. 

We watched the dancing, listened to the music and ATE good food at the Greek Festival. 

Then, we went to the World’s Fair Park and Doug whined about the fate of the Candy Factory. 

Yesterday we had a Girl Scout meeting and then the children went swimming with their grandparents. 

Regardless of the humidity, yesterday was HOT!

I am happy to have a loving, extended family. I am thrilled that one brother will be in town for Thanksgiving and the other will be here for Christmas. Now if we could just get them to visit at the same time. Hmmm.

Happy Birthday to my brother in DC who doesn’t visit often enough. I guess I’ll just have to bring my gang of mess-making hoodlums up to your nice, clean house so the children can visit with their Aunt and Uncle.

I am happy that I have a roof over my head because many people do not.