Just thought I'd stop by to say hello. 

Things are busy here.  My back was hurting this week so I am way behind on stuff I need to get done before the weekend.  Well, I feel way behind.  It's mainly the cleaning that I need to get done.  Plus I need to replace the boys' mattresses from when the cat peed and pooped on them while we were away last week.  We just tossed the sheets and mattresses.  They were pretty old anyway and Joel's sheet never stays on them, so I had been thinking of replacing them anyway.  That, along with some grocery shopping, is on the to do list for tomorrow.

Today the boys and I stopped to add the new car and take off the old car at the personal property tax place.  Then we had lunch at Ruby Tuesdays.  Then we went to the library.  Then we went to Walmart.  Then I came home and paid bills while my lovely husband made American Chop Suey (with a little guidance as to what to put in for the sauce).

I am looking forward to seeing family over the next two weeks.  Mike has to work overtime most of July so he won't be seen so much (if at all).  The boys and I are staying in town for the ceremony on Monday.  We'll hang out with family over the weekend and whatnot.  Then we'll leave early Tuesday morning to go up to Mass.  I promised Melody we'd get there (and Grammie, too) on her birthday.  I might forget to buy her a birthday present, but I'll keep my promise to be there.

The boys and I will stay at mom and dad's house and come down to the pond to visit various people there.  We'll stay through most of John and Sandy's week, too, since we are having to go late.  I wanted to do this originally but had to get Joel home for camp.  But since things got changed around I decided to stay longer and Joel had the choice of snows pond or camp.  He chose snows pond - he doesn't want to miss out on his time with Chase.  I thought that was sweet.  If he had gone to camp he would have stayed at his cousin's house before camp started and he would have had a good time there, too.  But giving up snows pond is a pretty hard thing to do.  He's looking forward to spending a night at the pond with Timmy and Brandon, too.

I know I should not be up so late, but I don't feel tired.  It's frustrating.  I would go clean, but Joel is sleeping in the living room on an air mattress until we get his room/mattress situation straightened out.

My chiropractor appointment went well on Wednesday.  My back is feeling better and the sciatic pain even went away by the next day.  I will go again on Monday night before having to drive on Tuesday.  When I get back I'll see him twice a week for a while (I forget how long).  He did some adjusting and said my left leg was about 1/2 inch shorter than my right leg because things were out of place.  He said that is probably why I was having sciatic pain.  After the adjustment his assistant did some electrode thingy that relaxes superficial muscles and then some ultra sound heat thingy on my lower back (rubbed it around that area while it did it's thing).  Usually no one can touch that area of my back, but it didn't hurt when she did the ultra sound thingy.   The doc was really nice - he gave me his cell number because he's out of town and said to call if any problems.  He actually said to call today to let him know how I was doing.  I figured he'll forget about it and I'll see him on Monday - so I didn't call. 

I think I'll try to write here more.  I miss this more in debth sharing we can do here.  I hope everyone is doing well.  I know lots of you will be traveling down here and Dawna and Jason have their concert.  I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July holiday weekend.  Mike may be feeling sorry for himself because he'll be sleeping and working all weekend.  I told him I'd bring him left-over food from Sharon's.

I'm looking forward to meeting Nicole and I hope Joel and Nathan will be good playmates for Sam.

Much love to you all.  You are all a blessing to me and I thank God for you.

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