Cold and Windy Day

 We left the house after lunch to run to Costco where Marilyn put gas in the car, and Terry got chicken salad and croissants for tonight.

Hopefully, Marilyn recorded the Olympics Opening - we will watch it tomorrow.

Tonight, we went to Laurel Manor Rec. Center for Lynnhaven Neighbors.

Main Entrance to Laurel Manor - Grand Staircase

Part of our table - Tom and Dick cut off

Diane, Terry, Marlene, Karen, Marilyn, Pat

Diane and Tom

Pat and Dick

The entertainer sang Billie Joel songs.  He also had a sax player with him.

Everyone brought some food.  Karen brought shrimp and Gloria's deviled eggs (Gloria had a back problem and could not make it) Marlene took her place.  Diane and Tom brought rye bread with cream cheese and cucumber slices on top, Pat brought brownies.  We brought chicken salad and croissants.

Busy Day- We Never Left the House

 Marilyn had a meeting of the IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, READ Board, which she attends on behalf of the school for whom she teaches.

We both went on the History and Politics Zoom with Sally.  It was an interesting discussion of the Japanese Internment and current politics.

Marilyn then attended, via Zoom, North Shore Barrington Assoc. of REALTORS Government Affairs Meeting.

Terry was catching up on three days of newspapers while Marilyn was in her meetings.

After dinner of leftovers from our dinner last night, we both went on WRJ's The Making of Fiddler on the Roof.  We both enjoyed the program.

BTW:  Marilyn had her coat on to go outside - twice - once for the newspaper and once with the garbage.

Beautiful Day

 Today was sunny, a little cool, and a little windy, but nothing like the past few days.

We stopped  at the postal station for Terry to  pick up a note and some checks sent by Mindy.

From there we went to the Post Office on Highway 301 to mail our valentines.

Terry made a good dinner for us and Ethel and Steve.  She gave Ethel and Steve some leftover dessert which she made (apple dump cake).

Sunny Day

 We did not leave the house until after lunch.

Terry spent part of the morning going through our plastic bags and put the bags from Dollar Tree into another bag for the Hospital Thrift Shop.

We went to the Hospital Thrift Shop and she deposited the bags there.  We tried on clothes, but did not buy any.  Terry got a case for her ear buds and cords.  We bought a small Toaster Oven.  Hopefully it will work (it said tested).

From there we went to Publix, where Terry dropped off some of their bags for recycling.

Walmart was next and we both bought some things.  

Terry went into Costco to get something for dinner tomorrow night and for tonight's dinner.

She also made brownies (they smelled so good while cooking) and they tasted good too.

We will be going onto Barry Bradford's presentation about Rockefeller and then watch Jeopardy which Marilyn taped.

Sunny Day and COLD

 Another night of running the water so the pipes would not freeze.

We waited until it got warmer before leaving the house.

We started at the postal station, where Terry's book came in.  She already had read the book via her library.

We next went to Charles Schwab at Sumter Landing so Marilyn could get another check written for a 2025 RMD Charity that never received their check.

We also stopped at Aldi's in Sumter for Terry to purchase some items for our guests on Wednesday.

Terry reported that it was a nice store.

After dinner and watching Jeopardy, Marilyn went on the Skokie Village Board Meeting.

Sunday and it's FREEZING COLD

 Marilyn got up during the night to put on her winter scarf and her robe as the wind made it very cold!  We were dripping the water in the  kitchen and in Terry's bathroom as they are on outside walls.  We will do that again tonight.

Marilyn went out in her winter coat after it had warmed up to 38 and went out for the newspaper on the driveway!

The camera covers we bought arrived from Amazon, but it turns out Terry did not need it.  Long story, which we'll tell later in this blog.

We both worked on our emails, and Marilyn opened her mail box that had come yesterday.  Some tax forms are missing and she'll be making calls tomorrow.

Marilyn set up a Zoom meeting for her and Terry, so we could find out why her camera was not working when she was on Zoom (on her new laptop ) on Thursday for Sally's class.  After a frustrating hour of trying to figure it out, Terry texted Ashley to learn that her camera has a built-in open and close feature - who knew!  The quality of her camera is just fair, but she is able to use the camera.

Terry finished the book for the family book club next Saturday!

Terry was planning on our having chicken for dinner, but Marilyn requested that we have the stuffed peppers from Costco and that is what we had.  If you haven't tried them, put them on your list.  They come 6 to a package and are wonderful..

Mail and Publix

 Not a very exciting day.  Cold and windy day.  Tonight, we will let the faucets drip since it will be in the 20's.

We left the house after lunch to get Marilyn's mail 

We then went to Publix and Terry went in and got a few things.  She said it was like a zoo as people were preparing for the cold days ahead.

Jessica and Andrew were picked up at the airport, after their Mexican trip, by Stacy and are on their way back to Wisconsin.

Some Florida people posted on Facebook a message to people from the North.  Your weather is in my backyard, come and get it.