Peace and Quiet....

  So maybe it is  a little to quiet for me. I am not used to not having someone else home with me. I am used to Brooke running around here, me trying to keep her from taking everything (and I do mean everything) out of the cupboards (that doesn't look right but it's not correcting me so it must be right) and having her singing to the radio and keeping me entertained. She seems like she never stops moving.
  Ok, so I said I was going to try and post more often... and as it seems I haven't been doing so well with this. I have been trying to "clean up" our computer it has been running slow lately and I have a few pictures I want to share, but wont be able to right now. Hopefully soon though.
  This weekend Trevor and Brooke are up in Michigan (mom got left here in Ohio). A big thanks to those of you that are watching Brooke while Trevor is working, I really do appreciate it. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow so I was not able to go up. I am however going to be up the following two weekends. Well if everything works out I will be in Michigan on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then be heading to Chicago for Saturday and Sunday. I am hoping everything will work out because I haven't been to Chicago since... (help me out here girls, when did we go down there?) Was it eighth grade? I'm not sure but it has been a while and would love to be able to spend the weekend with my auntie Liz!
Hopefully while I am up there I will be able to go "junk" picking... O the things you can find. I know I have to be careful what I get cause hopefully we will be moving to another place around here soon and its just more "junk" I would have to pack up.
  Also while I am up there I will be helping out in my dad's store for his customer appreciation day. I am excited to be able to help out. I miss not working there everyday, coming home smelling all clean (from the chlorine)... actually I got used to that smell, can't really smell it anymore. Hard to believe I worked there for 6 years. It would be so fun to be able to go back to work there... although it would be quite the commute, 3.5 hours isn't that bad is it? O.k. so maybe one day I will be able to work there again.
  Wow, sorry I just kinda blabbed on and on here.

Family and Friends...

It has been nice having visitors here this week. My sister Kim, Jennifer Kantola and Kyle Pietila are here keeping us company on their spring break. It was nice having them here the other day when the anniversary of my mom's death, they were able to keep me busy and keep my mind from wandering to far. It's hard to believe that she has been gone for three years. I think about her very often and miss her every day. Kim and Jen have been very entertaining and keep us laughing. Brooke has been enjoying having them all around also. The two girls have been keeping us girls busy and Kyle has been keeping Trevor company... not sure how Trevor would be able to handle a house full of girls, so it's probably a good thing Kyle was able to come down. The weather has been very nice, I'm glad it hasn't been rainy all week. It has been Sunny and in the 80's all week so we were able to take Brooke to the park and be outside everyday. We were also able to go shopping which these two girls enjoyed but I think Kyle may be getting sick of all the giggling.
  We bought a minivan this past weekend while we were in Michigan. Brooke and I are going to be coming back up to Michigan this weekend bringing Kyle, Kim and Jen back up and will be there for Derek's conformation on Sunday. I am kind of nervous to be driving back down with just Brooke and I because Brooke doesn't always enjoy car rides without getting some attention. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week and this warm weather.