tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30924295443978776452024-03-05T23:12:17.392-08:00On The Green In TwoThanks for stopping byJuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-49526491480540442852009-08-04T00:37:00.000-07:002009-08-04T00:44:05.956-07:00Where Has The Time Gone?Wow, its been 2 and 1/2 years since I've written. I left Plainfield South to run the shoe store. Bill went back to Rogers & Hollands. We closed the shoe store in March, 2009. I was offered a position as Office Manager at Rogers & Hollands in the Louis Joliet Mall. Perfect timing, didn't have to go without a job in this horrible economy. Now we are trying to put our financial lives back together - its gonna be a long row to hoe.<br />Angela is starting her 2nd year in college, Casey is a Senior and J.D. is a Junior at Plainfield Central High.<br />Re-connected with some of my high school friends through Facebook. Its been a hoot! I love ya Edie.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-42536126650195882122007-09-05T19:11:00.000-07:002007-09-05T19:31:02.282-07:00Back To School/WorkWhere O'where did the summer go? It was a whirlwind of softball games and baseball games, travelling from ball park to ball park. Casey's team made it to the World Series in Peoria, IL.<br /><br />Bill and I had our 20th wedding anniversary this summer. We have both worked at the store all summer. It is progressing nicely. July, with football cleats and August, with back-to-school shoes have been good months for us.<br /><br />Casey made the Stone City softball team for next year. They are a very good organization and she will learn alot plus prepare her for high school and/or college softball. J.D. has decided not to play high school football, so he is concentrating on baseball by playing Fall Ball for the park district league. He will try out for the high school baseball team next spring.<br /><br />I have embarked upon a new hobby: Letterboxing. My friend, Carol, has turned me on to it. It is an adult scavenger hunt that has been around since the 1800's and it is all over the United States. We have only found one so far, but it is a great way to get out and explore the great outdoors and get a little hiking/walking in too. Check it out at letterboxing.org or at atlasquest.com<br /><br />A very happy birthday to Bill today. He is 54!JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-73314777212716767132007-05-07T13:53:00.000-07:002007-05-07T13:57:13.774-07:00SpringSpring is finally here and school is almost over. I'm not sure what the summer will bring except warm weather, baseball and softball games and hoping the store does well.<br /><br />This school year has gone by fast. We've had alot of fun here in the Media Center and I hope it continues for next year.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-69789051274526116692007-01-18T07:18:00.000-08:002007-01-18T08:57:29.641-08:00Traffic CourtI had to be at the Joliet Courthouse at 9:am on Tuesday morning. I had to park 3 1/2 blocks away and walk in 15 degree weather. The line to get in was backed up down the stairs and around the front of the building. Finally got to the scanners and the police officer said I couldn't come in because my cell phone has a camera on it. I walked 3 1/2 blocks back to my car, threw my phone in and walked 3 1/2 blocks back, stood in line again. Arrived at the court room and checked in with the baliff and she said "Oh, you need to go to City Hall". I walked 3 1/2 blocks back to my car and drove to City Hall. When I got inside the lady directed me to the payment window to pay for my parking ticket. I said I don't want to pay for it, I want to contest it. She said the hearing date for that is tomorrow (Wednesday at 9:00 am). I decided that I wasn't coming back and I placed a written contestment and I will hear the outcome by snail mail. My husband said I should have gone to plead my case in front of the judge but oh well.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-90920846397669377122007-01-15T15:23:00.000-08:002007-01-15T15:35:42.532-08:00Cheer Competition at UICWhat a joke - Angie's cheer squad didn't have anyone else in their division so they went unopposed. Guess what?? - they took First Place! Not bad, one out of one. We left at 10 am to get there by noon, paid $10.00 to park, $15.00 to get in. She performed at 4:00 pm (for 3 minutes) and awards were at 6:00 pm. Drove home and arrived by 8:30 pm. Woo-hoo what a good time - not. Needless to say I wasn't happy.<br /><br />I forgot to remind everyone that I have handicap parking traffic court at 9:00 am on Tuesday morning. So I will be in shortly after it is all done. Not happy about this either. Not a very happy,happy kinda weekend.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-34227744962561243482007-01-11T04:34:00.000-08:002007-01-11T08:34:35.393-08:00Exam DayI was involved with tiNet today scanning in all the final exams for semester 1. I saw the perfect t-shirt for finals week:<br /><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;">"I put the Stud in study"</span></em></div><div align="left"><em>. . . from Beauty and the Geek</em></div><br />I am feeling better everyday but this is a wicked flu bug and I still get waves of dizziness and nausea.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-32956259279788373322007-01-07T13:34:00.000-08:002007-01-07T11:39:43.047-08:00Diagnosis: BronchitisWow - what day is it? I ended up in the doctor's office on Friday morning. I had bronchitis, ear infection, sore throat, headache & fever. What was that flu shot suppose to do for me? I want my $18 back! I am feeling much better today, I think the antibiotic has started to kick in. I will be back to work tomorrow - did anybody eat my bagel? (j/k)JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-14727372629739835642007-01-03T09:10:00.000-08:002007-01-03T09:14:48.000-08:00Back To SchoolBack to school today and under the weather. Even though the 50 degree weather was nice, I think it made everybody in my family sick. I am the last one to get it and of course it's time to go back to work. Hopefully it will be short-lived. Thank goodness it is a short week this week.<br /><br />It's nice to get the kids back in a routine and a decent bedtime hour.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-400180627750314212007-01-01T12:46:00.000-08:002007-01-01T10:58:30.190-08:00Welcome 2007Our New Year's Eve party was quiet and safe. We were down to just one kid so we had sparkling white grape juice and noise makers. We watched Superman Returns and ate junk food all night. Watched the Navy Pier celebration countdown on tv.<br />New Year's Eve and 50 degrees - unbelievable.<br /><br />Ham and Blackeyed Peas with rice for New Year's Day Dinner.<br />Gotta have it for luck.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-30648563626289134662006-12-31T04:28:00.000-08:002006-12-31T14:56:49.640-08:00A Day In Chicago<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uwugpfJ0AhwE1Kehyut7gcdGf_Gd_mlGvIhGUjKAsJlx8MnpCcXCVmDVUGh_D-va_s2BZLFmy_bDSbiQz7pxljyokUh9dCbesybY9osqRqjQEy62Zc-Mj0-L-AFNkenGSvVoxoZlURtj/s1600-h/June+Angie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014670427928357074" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0uwugpfJ0AhwE1Kehyut7gcdGf_Gd_mlGvIhGUjKAsJlx8MnpCcXCVmDVUGh_D-va_s2BZLFmy_bDSbiQz7pxljyokUh9dCbesybY9osqRqjQEy62Zc-Mj0-L-AFNkenGSvVoxoZlURtj/s200/June+Angie.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Angie & I, my girlfriend Jill and her daughter Jenna spent the day downtown Chicago. We intended to go to Shedd Aquarium but since King Tut was sold out at the Field Museum everybody else had the same idea. The line to get into the Shedd was 3 hours long. So after paying $15.00 to park for 35 minutes we decided to go to plan B. The girls wanted to go to Ed Debevic's for lunch. Our waiter was great. He put a hat on my head because he didn't like my hair. He wouldn't take Angie's order because she had on "too much mascara". He told my girlfriend Jill to go back to her cornfield. Angie and I had our picture drawn before we left. After our insulting lunch, we left to find an IMAX movie. We wanted to see Happy Feet but it had already started so we settled for A Night In The Museum. The movie was just ok with a few funny parts.</div>JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-16358710643914675952006-12-29T09:47:00.000-08:002006-12-29T10:09:37.981-08:00Surprise PartyCasey gave herself a surprise birthday party last night. Unknowingly to Dad & I she invited the whole basketball team over for a sleep over party. I had to scramble to get some pizzas and snacks together. I had girls sleeping all over the place. She will probably never see another day. Somebody help me with this child.<br /><br />Bill & I are invited to a New Year's Eve party in Michigan. Do I have any takers for three lovely children?<br /><br />Scott finally came home last night, after missing his flight in Oklahoma and had to stay over another day. We opened gifts again last night in the midst of the kaos and he was happy with his presents.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-8216128211431122472006-12-26T10:38:00.000-08:002006-12-26T10:44:47.335-08:00Amy's Surprise VisitAmy and the kids (ages 5 & 2) showed up last night about midnight - what a nice surprise. Her knee looks more like a cantaloupe than a knee. She is baking Christmas sugar cookies with the kids, that is part of her gift to us. <br /><br />Just kind of a lazy day today - gearing up to take down and put away all the Christmas decorations.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-280701380696683142006-12-25T10:12:00.000-08:002006-12-25T10:20:24.092-08:00Merry ChristmasIt's Christmas morning and you know your kids are teenagers when the parents are up before the kids. Once everyone was up and the turkey was in the oven - we opened presents. Everyone seemed please with what they got this year. (No, it wasn't shoes!). Russ and Sarah will be here in the early afternoon and will stay for dinner. Scott called from Oklahoma - we will have his Christmas on the 27th. Bill's sister & kids aren't coming after all because she got kicked by her horse - ouch.<br /><br />I've started hitting the "eggnog" already so I hope the turkey can finish cooking itself.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to all and I hope your Christmas is a happy one.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-55660434321615411372006-12-24T05:12:00.000-08:002006-12-24T05:20:30.679-08:00Christmas EveMy most favorite day of the year - it even beats out my birthday. When I was a child, we would open all the gifts on Christmas eve and then Santa would bring even more. My brother and I would wake each other up and run out to the tree to see what Santa brought. As we got older and the inevitable happened, we would open just one gift on Christmas eve and save the rest for Christmas morning.<br />Now my kids camp out on the floor and sleep under the tree. The first one to wake up the whole family gets to play Santa Claus and give out the gifts.<br /><br />Have a great day everyone and I hope Santa is good to you.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-28515284904864897262006-12-23T05:40:00.000-08:002006-12-23T05:50:00.667-08:00Happy Birthday CaseyToday is my daugher's 15th birthday. She was born on the busiest shopping day before Christmas in Providence, Rhode Island. My husband was trying to be there for me but constantly on the cell phone talking to his stores and wanting to be there for them. Once Casey was born and we went to sleep he left the hospital and worked til midnight. Casey and I spent Christmas Eve in the hospital and we brought her home on Christmas Morning in a giant red stocking the hospital gave us. Today she is a freshman at PCHS and plays on the high school basketball team. Have a fun birthday today Casey - I love you.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-41538468365957338712006-12-22T07:16:00.000-08:002006-12-22T07:31:54.416-08:00Last DayIt was a fun and festive last day of school before Christmas. We all brought in delicious food and everyone was the holiday spirit. The day ended with the annual PSHS Christmas Party. The banquet hall was decorated very nicely with poinsettias and lights. Mr. Scanlan did a great job as DJ and got everyone involved in a "Who is it" game. We picked Carol as our descriptive person because she has so many great qualities to describe - it was fun. The special treat of the night was Mr. Albright serving Carol her long-lost childhood dish of "Spam". It does bring back memories.<br /><br />I love all you guys and I look forward to the new year with a great attitude and admiration to what each of us bring to the Media Center. <span style="font-family:georgia;">Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in 2007.</span>JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-6201204842224480422006-12-20T10:14:00.000-08:002006-12-20T10:22:16.244-08:00It's Getting CloserI think I have a sneaky suspicion of who my Secret Santa is. But I will have to wait until tomorrow to find out for sure. We should have everyone bring their gifts to lunch tomorrow so we can see what everyone received. We seem to be very low key this year - I have hardly seen anyone's gifts. Are they that bad???JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-62338659501441267442006-12-19T12:44:00.000-08:002006-12-19T12:57:21.231-08:00StressbustersStressbusters was a success. We had teachers dropping by to chat, have a Christmas cookie or treat and some hot apple cider. (By the way, <em><strong>Someone</strong></em> didn't bring any cookies!) They also could make a simple crystal icicle ornament. It is just a nice break from the day to talk about how far behind we are in Christmas shopping.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-84881788471815594102006-12-18T11:24:00.000-08:002006-12-18T11:49:30.267-08:00Christmas CookiesSaturday was a day for bonding with the kids. Casey & I made and decorated cookies and Angie & J.D. ate them. We also made mints in pink and green . . . mmmmm they are so good.<br /><br />Secret Santa started today and Stressbusters is tomorrow. This is a fun, busy and short week before Christmas vacation.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-82406699515678974892006-12-15T09:54:00.000-08:002006-12-15T10:07:01.971-08:00Happy Birthday AngieToday is my daughter Angie's 17th birthday. She was born on a snowy morning in Providence, Rhode Island. She weighed in at 9 lbs. 4 ozs. My husband delivered her in the delivery room at Women & Infants hospital. My husband named her Angela Lynn because when he was a child, he was in love with Angela Cartwright from "Lost in Space". Today she is junior at PCHS, she has her driver's license and will be looking at colleges soon. Have a great day today Angie, I love you.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-44621950482798257202006-12-13T12:11:00.000-08:002006-12-13T12:20:09.280-08:00Oberweight!Thank you Anastasia for the delicious vanilla milkshake from Oberweight . . . er I mean Oberweis.<br /><br />No basketball game tonight but there is cheerleading practice.<br /><br />The Memorial Party was a success because it has brought the refrigerator back to life. So now we are thinking about a resurrection party - whadda ya think?JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-14185066930649449082006-12-11T12:28:00.000-08:002006-12-11T12:37:10.938-08:00A Moment of SilenceLet's dim the lights and nod our heads in a moment of silence for our refrigerator. She died over the weekend. A memorial service will be held in her honor, date to be announced. (PARTY!)<br /><br />Welcome back Anastasia. It's good to have you here.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-79816221970551569692006-12-10T13:00:00.000-08:002006-12-10T13:11:08.307-08:00It's Sunday Already?Linda to the rescue! I was lost on the east side of Joliet trying to find the Stone City Softball warehouse where my daughter was practicing. So I called Linda frantically to try to talk me through where I was going. She didn't answer on the first try so I left a message and she immediately called me back and got me to where I needed to be. Thanks Linda.<br /><br />There were no flies on me on Saturday. I don't think I sat still for 5 minutes all day. I took Casey to her basketball game (they lost big time) then drove downtown Chicago to take Angie to her cheerleading competition at UIC (they took 2nd place). Then I went to the movies with my girlfriend Jill to see "Holiday" with Cameron Diaz, Jude Law (oooh baby), Kate Winslet & Jack Black. It was definitely a chick flick with a weak beginning but had a good ending. We gave it 2 stars.<br /><br />Today I am doing my never-ending laundry and have to take J.D. to baseball practice at 6:00 pm. By the way, my gas tank is empty!JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-34958419597581672006-12-08T10:33:00.000-08:002006-12-08T10:52:39.671-08:00The WeekendLooking forward to the weekend. I will finish up with the Christmas decorations and start Christmas shopping because there are only 16 shopping days left and tree needs some presents underneath. <br /><br />Saturday brings a busy day with physical therapy on my foot, two basketball games, baseball practice, softball practice and a cheerleading competition. There goes the full tank of gas I just put in my car.<br /><br />Then there's Sunday to do the laundry and housekeeping and everything else I didn't do during the week. (Do I sound like I'm whinning?)JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092429544397877645.post-80972423105792012882006-12-07T11:06:00.000-08:002006-12-07T12:19:34.545-08:00Author Visit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_Zy2iKp2-onjJhaj38JVmGjIeLqk_-COZrKMB02rpCpXdKVJ9J14CRjQ3XWZmXs3m9f4WtmUXdM8rBwl8o2Gsvky0dZ_IlT4hiBtkV2yQjMf-Y8QqFmziHkG6X9U0uSn5dVPyhQnI_BM/s1600-h/Nancy+Werlin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5005866579247718354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_Zy2iKp2-onjJhaj38JVmGjIeLqk_-COZrKMB02rpCpXdKVJ9J14CRjQ3XWZmXs3m9f4WtmUXdM8rBwl8o2Gsvky0dZ_IlT4hiBtkV2yQjMf-Y8QqFmziHkG6X9U0uSn5dVPyhQnI_BM/s200/Nancy+Werlin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Nancy Werlin visited us today and talked about her new book "Rules of Survival". I read it last week and thought it was just okay but after meeting her and listening to her talk about her writing style it made me think deeper about the story. It was based in New England and that brought it closer to home for me. Nancy autographed my copy of the book.<br /><br />Anastasia came in for a few hours today because she is returning from maturnity leave on Monday. It will be good to have her back. (Another reason to have a party) She is also joining our blogging club. It will be fun reading about Jude and his new baby sister Maia and their adventures.<br /><br />We drew names for Secret Santa today. It only took 4 tries this year! Everybody seemed pleased with the name that they drew. It is always fun thinking of different ways to deliver the gift without getting caught and revealed.<br /><br />Today is Pearl Harbor Day. Take a moment to remember our soldiers.JuneBughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863818688782060399noreply@blogger.com0