Garage work and dinner with Mother before a quiet TV night.

Brick for trivia and drinks

816 was not so bad especially CO soldering a couple pocket 7-10s. The to shortstops for a drink and shot 

Happy birthday, Brian!  Made it home in time for bingo and gazebo and raw

Lot more food.    And drinks, and laughs 

More donuts.  More food.   Smash burgers and tacos.  And vodka. 

Early morning for daylight donuts, Walmart before eating, chilling and whatnot around the rain. fun night!

On the way to effingham, Costco in champaign, Freddy's, and Walmart of course

To the Brick after work the night

Sad showing for a no tap night at Palos, but glad to roll a couple games before Reno in a couple weeks.

BJ's for a bit then Raw, Cubs, Hockey, etc.

Home pretty easy.  Laundry, work, chill

Happy Birthday, Britt!  Got a missing window pane upstairs, lot of good food.  lot of bugs.  toxic fire

To Grand Junction with a stop in Michigan City for White Castle.  Water and clean...piece of cake

Garage work and dinner with Mother.  Packing, cleanup and TV catch up after that. 

Trivia at Dalton's.  Won two rounds out of four for Uncle Bud's chicken sammiches, so not bad at all

BYJ's Brewhouse in Orland for dinner with Uncle Joe and Aunt Pam.  Good Stuff and the Pizookie!!

54th for Monday night

Got some work time in an Tv.  Les Brothers for dinner with Mother and Bini's for Mothers Day.

Kyle's baseball game in St Charles was a good one followed by Brown Butter bakery for some good, but very expensive donuts.  Back to Buell for dinner then Backlash on 54th.

Copper Top for a bit then back to 54th

Little more garage work then Costco and Potbelly.  then side work and tv

First time in a while at the Brick early and to see trivia

Garage cleanup and dinner by Mother's.  Then extra work, web site updates, and tv catch up

Monday night on 54th with wrestling, cubs, hockey.

Breakfast at Golden Oak Pancake house.   Cinnoman swirl pancakes!  Yummy! 629 team and the hit the road to get back at a reasonable hour. 

Grub at Chris on the docket then 743 doubles ands 631 team.  Dinner at pappysmokehouse then a little horseshoe before realizing night

Cozy dog on the way to St. Louis.  To the zoo,  sauce on the side,  the horseshoe,  and the Fountain in Locust. Orange Dreamsicle martini!

Diner with Mother and work is the garage

Last night of bowling then to Barcode 111 for one

Menards and dinner at Patio with Mother

BJ McMahon's for dinner to go and then Monday night on 54th

Easy drive home from Michigan then stuff around the house and TV 

Got out to Michigan and eventually got the water working as expected.   Thanks, kadie! Meijer, ace hardware and kitchen 527 for dinner

Just a quiet night at home 

No tap tourney at Rolling Lanes: 300 + 245 + 276 = 821.  Then one in the bar with amber before getting home earlier than expected.

pretty good bowling night and won a doubles pot by one pin!  Sorry, Al!  Then to the Brick for one.

Costco and dinner with Mother before a chill night catching up on tv

Monday night on 54th

Shopping with Dan then WrestleMania night 2 on 54th with more pizza and snacks.  so good.

The Whistle in morning for lunch then to Mark's for WrestleMania night 1 with a lot of pizza and snacks.  yum

Happy 40th, Lee! Got most of Kyle's game in over in Joliet.    Tough game to say the least then tried to stay ahead of the storms 

Finally got some mice, some extra work and some TV 

Pretty good bowling night that I needed a little redemption.  Would have been nice to have a partner the first game for some doubles.   oh well.  

Dinner by Mother's then TV catch up

Monday night on 54th

Couple of Kyle's baseball game wins in Joliet then Dynasty at Dale's

To Michigan.  Had to replace the PVC from the well to the pump this time.  Little leak for next time, but overall, mostly success.  Could have certainly been worse.

Whistle and Hot Corner for the Artemis landing and then 54thg for Smackdown and Unbelievable.

Little bit of work at Mother's then dropped the car off at Otis.

666 at bowling. 

Running around with Mother...Aldi, Menard's, White Castle

54th for Monday night Raw and other TV

Happy Easter!  Lee and Phil's in the morning before heading by Britt and Jerry for the remainder.  What a feast!

Shopping in the morning.  Hi infidelity at Bourbon for the evening with pre-game at Mother's.

Hang out on 54th

Dinner and Marquee set up with Mother before after hours work and TV

Good start then lanes got rough.  Got out early and headed to the Brick for one before an early night home

costco and Home Depot with Mother before a little after hours work

Monday night on 54th.

Team was rough to say the least. Then Hamilton's Pub in Lemont was a perfect way to cap the weekend.  

5 decent games for singles and doubles and got some pot money.  Doc Watsons BBQ was great and a lot for just three of us!  

To Romeoville for Knights.  Stella's was kind of a bust, the other place we tried to eat had a broken kitchen exhaust (no kitchen as a result).  But ended up at Mariscos El Costeno and it was great food in a great environment.  Then some Screw Your Neighbor back at the hotel for the remainder.

Pretty good night overall at Rolling Lanes except a rough third game.  Hanging out after is always great.

Rough start to bowling and then picked it up to end with 290 and some pot money.  To the Brick for a later than usual night.

Dr visit wasn't the best...then tv chill night

Leftovers dinner by Lee and Phil and then Raw on 54th.

To Frannie's for beef then to Lee and Phil's for Mother's party

Blackened at Bourbon was pretty good...just not many surprises like they have in the past

Andy's grandpa's wake and then to VFW and finish the night on 54th

Happy Golden Birthday, Nate!  691 at Rolling t match 691 at Palos last night.  And we'll do it all again next week.

Started good and then went downhill from there.  A couple at the Brick after

Dinner with Mother and chores before setting up the other computer for work

BJ McMahon briefly before 54th for Raw and world baseball classic

Party on Buell for Nate and Harley's birthdays before the storms rolled in

Puppy chow, jello, other things around the house.  Shangri La in North Riverside was a nice time for Mother's bday.  Excellent food too!

BJ McMahon's for a while then 54th

Happy Birthday, Uncle Dennis!  Finished up the lawyer stuff for the trust, will, etc.

Overall pretty good bowling night and won a pot.   To the Brick as well 

Quick dinner and chores by Mother's before the storms rolled in

Raw, Hawks and World baseball

Went for a nice walk and stuff around the house and relax

Abt for Mother's washer and dryer then Frannie's and visited Marie at the 79th nursing home

VFH then 54th

Dinner with Mother before recovery and tv

Roughed up at bowling and then to the Brick for one

Recovery night

Monday night on 54th after visiting Mother

Ned Kelly's then picked up Snarff's before DEN --> MDW.  Thanks, Andrew, for the ride home!

Walked and fished in the South Platte park area.  Beautiful day

Bevvy's is quite the liquor store. Saucy's pizza for dinner

Ned Kelly's and OTT for Philly Cheese Steak and some drinks

Daily walk and chuck roast dinner

Daily walk and stuffed pepper dinner part 2

Daily walk and stuffed pepper dinner

Happy Birthday, Lori!  Got out of the house for a bit for the niece's 2nd bday party then a rest night

Happy Birthday, Nikki!  Wild Goose Saloon for lunch then to Round 1 for some bowling and arcade.

Sports Book in Highlands Ranch for the hockey game and then back to the house to hang out the rest of the night.

Dinner and hung out around the house

Cencalli's for dinner and margarita's

work, dinner, hang out, tv routine

Nikki made some macaroni kima...yum

Slow start and then ventured out to Evergreen where we ended up walking across Evergreen Lake.  Then Maragritas at Morrisson Inn

Valentine's Day lunch at Colore and then hung out at Ned Kelly's and Old Time Tavern.  Such a great day

MDW --> DEN

Work adventure to Downer's Grove where they brought in Portillo's and then Lou Malnati's

Rough but not bowling night.  689 with either strike or 9 spare in every frame.  Then to the Brick for one.

Macie and team had a great game against Shepard 

Monday night on 54th

Work and stuff around the house before watching suoerbowl

Some work and then Coax and Folks and Uncle Buds.   Then Kowals for one 

BJ McMahons and then 54th for the rest of the night

Snuck a 690 out when it didn't feel that good.  Then 10th frame lounge for a couple. 

Good bowling night again.  got some money and very close to a bunch more. Then to the Brick for most of one. 

Rest night

Think it was the last of trip planning.  Raw

Easy ride home then lots of laundry and tv

Clementine's, a bunch of chili, Royal Rumble, more games

To South Haven.  Luckily it was an easy drive and we missed any weather that was going to happen

Chores by Mother's before she's off

300 #34 followed by the Brick

Macie had a god game against Reavis.  Close game and they pulled it off in the end.

Getting toward the end of vacation planning.  raw and other tv

Happy Birthday, Phil!  Snow blowing, party by Lee and Phil, shoveling, football

Running around with Mother in the morning.  Rolling Lanes at night for the once a month bowling party

BJ McMahon's, VFW, then 54th

Round 2 of the lawyer, Portillo's, then 54th for vacation planning

Pretty good bowling night, but no money.  Then to the Brick

Copper Top has awesome tacos.  Then 54th for vacation planning

TV catchup night

Menards in the morning and stuff around the house

Macie's basketball game at Stagg was a little rough.  Home Depot with Mother.  VFW and 54th 

Happy Birthday, Amy!  BJ McMahon's and 54th

666 at Rolling Lanes then some 10th Frame Lounge

666 and a couple pots then the Brick

Macie's basketball game against TF north was much better than the last one

MNF and Raw on 54th.

Got my new TV for work playing and then some work by Mother's

Macie's basketball game against Lincolnway East wasn't real good.  Back by Lee and Phil's for a while before Jerry's party at BJ's and the Bears v Packers game,

Quiet night

Some work around Mother's house, Home Depot, Potbelly.  Then some tv time

Happy birthday, Dan! 1 bad game, 2 good.  won split the pot!  The Brick for one