Rough Week

man I am glad this week is over. It's been a rough one!

Last Monday I started to feel kind of yucky and it developed into a full-blown, congested, coughing, sore throat from sinus drainage cold that pretty much kicked my butt the whole week! Regardless, I only missed a half a day of work! Yeah, I was one of those people! I feel better now, though. I'm still coughing but plan to rest this whole weekend. Yay for a good excuse to not do housework!!

On Thursday night I spend a few hours at the emergency vet with Shauna. She had to have her beloved cat Wiggy put to sleep. He had been sick with chronic kidney failure for a couple of months. Although he was doing pretty good on a special diet, this past week he started to decline and when she came home from work on Thursday he was pretty sick.

Rest in peace Wiggy. You were a awesome cat and you will be missed!

Tuesday starts the A-Z challenge!

See you then!

Anniversary Trip

I've had the last 5 days off work so Rich and I could take a little trip for our anniversary. We didn't want to spend a lot of money due to a certain wedding we are saving for, but we desperately needed to get away for a few days.

So we left on Saturday morning to spend the night  in Traverse City.

On the way up we were listening to music with my iPhone when all of a sudden it stopped working and heated up so much we almost threw it out the window because we were afraid it would catch on fire! Needless to say, it was fried! So feeling like I was no longer connected to rest of the world we continued on to Traverse City.

Let me tell you, it was COLD there! It never got out of the teens and it was 3 degrees when we got up on Sunday morning.  At one point we ran outside to get a couple of pictures but it was for a very short time!

The Grand Traverse Bay was frozen solid!

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It was a nice hotel, though. Our room was right on the beach! I bet it's really nice during the summer!

And a lot more expensive!!

We never got the chance to walk around downtown Traverse City because it was just too cold, but I snapped a few pictures driving through!

This was a interesting house right outside of town we saw when we pulled down a street to turn around.

You can't see in the picture but this house sat right next to a river!

We left TC on Sunday and drove south to Mt. Pleasant to spend the night at my favorite hotel in the whole state, the Soaring Eagle Resort and Casino.

I just love this beautiful hotel.

Our room had a balcony that overlooked the (frozen) pond and a outdoor fire pit.

And the pool room.

I managed to meet up with my old friend Michele while we were there. Her aunt was married to my uncle so I've known her practically all of my life. We lost touch for a while but thanks to Facebook we got back in touch. She lives in Mt. Pleasant and came to the hotel with her daughter to see us. Her daughter actually works there. It was wonderful to see her and we visited for several hours!

 We had a nice dinner afterwards and played video poker for a while but didn't win anything!

Monday we left Mt. Pleasant fairly early and on the way home we stopped at the Apple store so I could get a new phone. Unfortunately, it was out of warranty and I did not have insurance so I had to pay for it, but it was not as expensive as I thought it would be and I have to have a phone! So oh well!

Today Rich went back to work and I still had one day off. I just ran some errands and cleaned the house.

Tomorrow it's back to the grind again!

Until the next time.....

Floor and More

 Happy Friday night! I have the next 5 days off of work so it's a especially happy Friday!

The floor is 99.9% finished  and it looks 1000% better.

Here's some before and after shots for you:

Before

After

Before

After

 

The pictures don't really do it justice but you can get the idea of just how much better it looks now. We've been living with that sub floor for a way too long!.

We spent all of a Saturday, some of Sunday laying the floor, and then Rich spent the majority of last Saturday doing the trim. I have to say he did a fantastic job of it!  There is no end to the things that guy can do! So talented!!

We  he just has one more trim piece to put by the bathroom but it has to be different than the rest of the trim because of a height difference. 

Now do figure out what to do with these.

 (sigh!)

Last Sunday we all got together to celebrate my Dad's 82nd birthday. 

We're a big group!

 

And we're missing my niece Gina and Shauna's fiance, Brad! It's always a good time when we're all together and food is involved!!

Well, we're off to Traverse City tomorrow for the night and then a night in Mt. Pleasant at the Soaring Eagle, where I hope to meet up with an old friend. 

Tuesday is our 37th wedding anniversary!

Until the next time!