Family at Christmas

Nancy and I are on the road again. We’re half way from Chicago to Minneapolis. We at a Bestwestern hotel in Black River Falls, WI. When we head to MN after work, we almost always drive half way or so and stay here. Weather heading out of Chicago this afternoon was really bad. Blowing wet…

We’re camping this weekend at Windy City Campground in Tinley Park, IL. It is Mother’s Day weekend and we are having Nancy’s Mom and sister over to the trailer for Mother’s Day dinner.  They live in Oak Forest and we’re in Streamwood – not close.  Just over an hour away.  So we wanted to camp…

Nancy spoke to her Mom today. The doctor felt Marge’s blood had thickened (she was on blood thinners previously) enough to send a probe (camera?) of some sort up an artery to her heart. He determined that she has a blood clot and blockage and that she will require surgery. We don’t know what that…

Well we had a great weekend at the trailer. I bought a half-face cord of firewood from Lumberjacks (on 176 just west of 47 near Woodstock) and I made a stand for it at the campground (Lehman’s) where we store our trailer.  Now we’ll have wood when we need it right there and I won’t…