Moving?

Last year I had put the house on the market. It was entirely too late in the 'season' to put it on the market. It was end of July when the listing went in. I was hopeful, but fairly certain it wasn't going to sell as the market also wasn't the greatest. Anyway, today I had a meeting with a NEW agent, & I think it might go back up next week or the week after. I would LOVE to get to a more diverse neighborhood, but I don't know if I can afford the ever increasing taxes in Oak Park... We'll have to see.
He's coming back on Thurday & we'll tlak about listing prices & all that good stuff. I know that this one will go better than last time.

Dossier Packet!!

YAY!! The dossier packet from AAI arrived in the mail on Thurday!! How exciting! However when I opened and looked at all the stuff I still need to get done I almost fainted. I mean in my head I knew how much stuff I was going to have get done, but when you see the acutal list - Holy Crap!
Anyway, I'm going to get started on the easiest things tomorrow... It's supposed to be rainy & cold all day, so perfect for being inside & getting things done. I alreay have most of the stuff, so I know I'll be fine. One step at a time, right....?

Last Home Visit

This past Tuesday was the last home visit with the Social Worker. My SW is working with an intern who will be actually writing the report. She is a really nice young lady! This is the first one she's writing, so they are working together very closely. They are both great! Anyway, the visit was set for Tuesday, 7 to 9pm, so we could finish the last of some DCFS paper work as well as make sure I have given them all the documents they needed to finish the HS. Since they had met the kids last time, they wanted to know if we would could have some time without interruption to get some of it done. Luckily enough R has soccer practice Tuesday's so I wasn't worried figuring they would be with R at soccer. Well, then it rained all day Tuesday so of course practice was cancelled. Figures. So I gave them some money & sent them off to dinner by themselves (remember my oldest 2 are 17 & 15). I told them to return as close to 9pm as they could. The visit went well & we got through the licensing paper work for DCFS. They don't think we'll need another visit, which is great! The kids went to dinner as Applebee's & gave the waitress a 40% tip! I betcha she loved them!! She probably cringed when she realized she had been seated 3 kids... Little did she know!

Happy Mother's Day!

I am thankful for & know that I am fortunate to be blessed with such wonderful kids! This morning they brought me breakfast in bed - pancakes, bacon, & toast, with a wonderfully yummy mug of coffee. Then they gave me with presents. Very nice! Each one bought or made me something. It was so very sweet! They really outdid themselves this year.
To top it off, they even did the dishes once the tray was brought downstairs.
This afternoon we went to my mom's for dinner. It was a great dinner & we had a lovely evening. My brother & sister-in-law were there and the kids had a great time checking out the cicadas under the rocks.
Then we came home & since it was still fairly early, we brought my son's bike out of the garage. For the first time ever he was able to ride it! I was SO happy for him! He just needs to work on pedaling up hill & he'll be fine! What a great ending to a great Mother's Day!

Saturday Night

Last night was my big Saturday night on the town. I went to a surprise 65th for my Uncle M at the Clubhouse in Oakbrook. Very nice & he was very surprised. My Uncle is my Dad's brother. My dad passed away 4 years ago from pulmonary fibrosis. His sister had it & passed away a few years before he did. My uncle has it, but he is doing very well. He was diagnosed with it about 2 years ago which is awesome that he has come this far! We were very happy to celebrate his birthday. Most times death is within 2 years of diagnosis. It truly is a horrible disease. Thankfully my Uncle is doing extremely well! It was a great celebration with the whole family & truly great evening!