What's Goin' On?

Wow, almost a month since I last posted. The Cubs and White Sox continue to be in 1st place in their respective divisions and leagues. The records continue to be broken, and everyone is starting to predict a Cubs/Sox World Series; something that hasn't happened since the early 1900s.

I have a bunch of pictures to edit and upload, Addison, The Pox, 4th July, the house, and the garden, soon, I promise.

Lorraine has been unpacking, cleaning and organising. We only have the stairs to clean with the whizzy carpet cleaner we borrowed. If you ever need to buy one, the Bissell we borrowed is excellent; I can recommend it. We haven't done any decorating since we moved in, as we have been concentrating on the outside.

Lorraine has started playing golf again in her weekly league, and of course Addison is keeping her busy as a full time job. Lorraine is making all Addison's baby food from scratch with organic meats and vegetables, she eats better than I do :-)

Addison is growing at an alarming rate of knots. She is crawling already, and starting to pull herself up on all sorts of things, her crib, tables, people, etc. It seems like she suddenly grew up. She is on a real daddy kick right now, although she still won't take milk from me. She is however reaching for me at every opportunity and is to the point of crying if I am in the room, and she is with someone else, even Lorraine sometimes!


I have been working flat out at work, trying to get a major project phase put to bed. Then going home and working flat out on getting the outside of the house in shape. I have been cleaning gutters, painting the deck and patio furniture, cleaning siding and paths, weeding the beds, planting new shrubs, mowing the lawns (seems like a daily task!), putting down weed block fabric, wood chips and new pebbles. This past week the back door step collapsed too, so that is the latest job at the top of the "honey do" list!

The final bit of gardening that needs to be done is to weed the rear border alongside the fence and behind the shed. Some of the weeds are huge, but it is mostly plants in there, so it shouldn't be too bad. Before the winter, the shed needs a quick blast of paint too.


There has been time for fun stuff too. I have been to another Cubs game since the Cross Town Classic, got very drunk (surprise). Cubs beat the Giants, in a nailbiting comeback from the Giants from a 5 run deficit. We got the pool table up and levelled, and Lorraine has been kicking my ass!


The hot tub is about half way done. We have the electrics in place and tested. We have checked out the major workings. A couple of the pipes are loose, and one of the pumps may be jammed. The heater needs replacing, but we already knew that, so it's all good (especially for $400). Hopefully I will get that all squared away in the next few weeks after the back step is rebuilt.

I played golf at a course called Bob 'O Links. It is a very exclusive course in highland Park, that apparently costs around $80,000pa to be a member and has some of the local famous folks like Mike Ditka as a member. The course was fabulous, and quite challenging. Hopefully I will be able to play there a couple times this year.

That's about it for now. The inlaws are coming over in the fall for AJ's birthday, and we are trying to figure out if we can get back to the UK for Christmas, maybe even Austria for some skiing. Fingers crossed!!