Forgot to mention how expensive food is here. I had a ham & cheese sandwich, chips & an ice tea & my bill was $10! Ouch!

I made it to Orlando. The flight was perfect - no problems. I got in & out of the airport & the car rental place so quickly. It took me 45 minutes on a busy, but non stressfull highway to get here. This hotel is huge - it is just beautiful. I have free internet access in my room, so I just finished working for today & I think I will sit by the pool for a few hours tomorrow & Wednesday & come in & work when I am too hot. If I can work & save my vacation time, I may as well.

Tim just called & said that his boss is taking everyone to dinner tonight. We are to be downstairs at 6:30.

I'll update later tonight!

Getting ready for our Florida trip. I am pretty mad at myself for booking the flight that I did. It is causing a lot of problems - the main one being that it is an hour away from where we are staying. The money that I saved in the flight is being spent in me having to rent a car on Monday to get myself from the airport to the hotel! I would have been better off spending the extra $40 on the airfare & getting to the main airport where our hotel has a free shuttle!!
Live and learn!

I will have to take my laptop with me because I have to download my payroll files for the current payweek & open the new payroll cycle within 3 days of submitting payroll. So, now I am into the phase of getting 800 numbers for the payroll company & having to figure out how to dial it from my hotel room!

I hope this trip is worth it, because right now, it has been nothing but a headache!

Shawn is still up at 5:50pm!! By still up, I mean he hasn't taken a nap yet today, after getting up at 7am. Mommy needs a break!!

I have given up on story time at the library. It is at 10am & that is when I am most productive work wise, so if we have an errand, we don't do it until the afternoon. If I were to go, I know I wouldn't work for the day. I guess I will have to have my own story time with him!

Waiting for Tim to get home from work...

Heading to Toledo tomorrow, so this will be my last blog until sometime next week. Tim is going to steam clean the carpets, cut the grass & golf while I am gone. He will head to Detroit on Friday to pick up John at the airport & then head on to Bowling Green for a college reunion. We will meet back up on Sunday.

Brad & Sheri are coming for a visit October 3rd & then Brad just told me that they will be in for Thanksgiving. That will be the first Thanksgiving that we have had with them in awhile, so we are looking forward to it.

Taking Shawn to story time at the library tomorrow before we head out.

Went to Chuck E Cheese Friday. Had a good time until the kids started getting tired. Olivia threw a temper tantrum in the parking lot. She didn't want to get into her car seat & it took about 10 minutes of her screaming at the top of her lungs before they could hog tie her into her seat. We were able to get her to stop crying in the car by telling her she could go to Shawn's house. So, we come back to our house & Shawn proceeds to get mean & start crying b/c Olivia was playing with his trains. No one messes with his trains!! They left & Shawn feel asleep soon after.

Today, we decided to take a trip to Saugatuck, MI which is about a half an hour from here. Really cute town with neat stores. Lucky for us, Shawn decided that half way through he was done cooperating & started throwing crying fits. We were ready to leave him there!! We want to go back & give the town another try & actually go throug the stores. We did buy a neat windsock that is hanging from our deck,

We came back & Tim started to cut down the summer flowers. We then went to Meijer for dog food & diapers. When we came back, Tim & Shawn had a dance party in the basement. Thet were dancing to a bunch of different music, but when I came in, they were listening to the OSU band. Made me want to get in the car & drive to Ohio State!!

Cleaning the house tomorrow!! Fun for me!

High of 68 today. I just finished putting a pot of while chili in the crock pot. That will simmer all day & be ready when Tim comes home.

Tim went golfing on a mini league with people from his office last night. It was a nice night, so Shawn & I were out front. Shawn saw Olivia & went running to her. Shawn & Olivia watered the flowers in Olivia's yard & then they played with chalk on her driveway while Melissa & I sat on their front step & drank a glass of wine. It was fun. The 6 of us are heading to Chuck E Cheese Friday night for dinner & playtime for Shawn & Olivia. Looking forward to that.

It's been a busy week or two. Tim's parents came in town last Friday to spend Labor Day with us. Shawn & Dauber enjoyed getting 100% attention all weekend.

Shawn had his first play date today. He went next door to Olivia's to play & have lunch. He did great up until lunch & then he just started crying & wanted to come home. He came in, sat down at his place at the kitchen table & ate his food. He is use to use routine I guess. Melissa (Olivia's Mom) and I are taking them to the library next Tuesday for story time. We took the kids last week to the Zoo. Had a good time until Olivia got stung by a bee. That cut our lunch short. It has been a blessing having Kirk, Melissa & Olivia next door. The kids get along great & we really like them.

Nothing special planned for the weekend. It is suppose to be cool, so probably just spending time inside cleaning. I leave for Toledo for a week on Wednesday. I will work Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. We are having a birthday party for Mom on Friday, as Marsha, Ray, Steph & Hillary are coming in as well. We may go to the Toledo Zoo on Saturday, depending on the weather. When I get back, it will be time to start getting ready for Disney!!