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HI MOM.  MOM IS SIGNING HER NAME TO KERSTIE'S BIRTHDAY CARD.  KERSTIE IS NOT JUST MOMS CAREGIVER...SHE IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZER..AND COMPANION.  EVERY DRAWER IN MY HOUSE..IS NOW PERFECT..INCLUDING THE BAGS OF COFFEE...TOWELS..EVEN OUR JUNK DRAWER IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM.

MOST IMPORTANTLY SHE KNOWS HOW TO KEEP MOM COMMUNICATING ALL DAY.  WHEN SHE EMPTIES THE DISHWASHER SHE HANDS EVERY SINGLE ITEM TO MOM TO DRY!  AND MOM SITS AND DRIES EACH ONE.  SHE SAYS ' I HAVE SO MANY JOBS'...WHICH MAKES HER FEEL NEEDED...

AND SHE IS MY BEST CRITIC. JUST LOVED THIS BOX AND ASKED ' IS THIS MINE'.?  OF COURSE MOM!

MY FIRST TRIP THIS YEAR WITH JOHN ON A BUSINESS TRIP..WAS TO CHICAGO.  THE WEATHER WAS GORGEOUS..WALKED AND WALKED.  ONE DAY 8 MILES.  BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IT...ITS ALL THE SAME...BUILDING AND BUILDING..EXCEPT I WALKED ALOT ALONG THE RIVER WHICH RUNS THRU THE CITY.  NOT SURE WHY WE NEVER TOOK OUR CHILDREN HERE..SO MUCH HISTORY.

ONE OF MY TO-DO'S WAS TO VISIT MARSHALL FIELDS.  SO I ASKED DIRECTIONS...IT WAS ABOUT 5 MILES...AND ALONG THE WAY I ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS AGAIN ' WHERE IS MARSHALL FIELDS'...AND I WAS GIVEN VERY GOOD DIRECTIONS...AND AS YOU CAN SEE I ARRIVED..............EXCEPT...........THE SIGN ON THE DOOR SAID MACY'S!!!!  SEEMS THEY BOUGHT MF'S ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO!!!  FUNNY UH, SINCE NONE OF MY NAVIGATORS TOLD ME THAT!!!  ANYWAY. WAS FUN WALK.

OF COURSE I WENT IN AND WENT SHOPPING!!! HOW SILLY OF YOU TO ASK!!!

WE STAYED ON 37TH FLOOR AND HAD A CORNER WINDOW VIEW...THIS WAS DOWNTOWN..OTHER VIEW WAS LAKE MICHIGAN...SO NO SHEETS TO WASH..NO BED TO MAKE...I CAN LIVE WITH THAT!!

NOW. THIS WAS AN EXPERIENCE.  SINCE MICHEAL JORDANS WAS ADVERTISED ALL OVER CHICAGO AS ' GRAND OPENING'.  SO WE DECIDED TO GO FOR LUNCH.

WELL THE WHOLE LUNCHROOM WAS RESERVED FOR THE DAY..THATS OK WE WILL SIT IN THE BAR.   TOOK OUR PICTURE..AND THEN...........TIME TO ORDER.

WHAT?  CHICKEN AND WAFFLES?   WHERE IS THE LUNCH MENUE?  THATS IT...YES THERE WERE OTHER ITEMS..BUT NONE WERE LUNCH FARE..THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT READY TO PUT THE LUNCH MENUE IN THE BAR.........WELL I WAS NOT READY FOR CHICKEN AND WAFFLES OR THE OTHER 'STUFF' ON THE MENU..SO WE THOUGHT..WELL AT LEAST WE HAVE THIS PICTURE!!!!!!!  

GREAT TRIP.  GREAT CAREGIVERS FOR MOM  EVERYONE HELPED OUT TO MAKE THIS TRIP POSSIBLE...AND FOR THAT..I WILL ALWAYS HAVE GREAT MEMORIES!!!