Landscaping at Marion

Hot Chocolate

We went to the restaurant Hot Chocolate on Valentine's Day in Chicago. It's in a cool neighborhood called Bucktown. It took two hours to get there through the horrible Chicago traffic. Terry wasn't sure that it was worth it. But we had some wonderful hot chocolate drinks. Terry's was a "Mexican" hot chocolate -- 2/3 dark chocolate, 1/3 milk and fresh cinnamon. Mine was a medium -- milk chocolate with a touch of dark chocolate and a hint of caramel. They serve the drinks with square marshmallows. Terry gobbled his up & I let mine melt in my drink. It was very good!!! Then we had some brioche donuts & chocolate dipping sauce & carmel popcorn. Wish I could have taken pictures of what we ate - but I didn't want to look too much like a tourist!!!

My sister & I went here last spring break. She heard about it through Rachael Ray's show (she loves that show). I'm sure she will want to visit this place when she comes back up here in April. I sent her a text telling her where we were & she texted back "scream!!!"

For God so loVed the world

      That He gAve

            His onLy

            BegottEn

                  SoN

                      That whoever

        Believes In Him

              Shall Not perish,

        But have Eternal life. (John 3:16)

Lucy Goose

This is the last time - NO MORE TEQUILA FOR YOU - you just can't hold your "licker"!!! (just kidding)

Lucy waiting for Daddy to come home :-) All you have to say is "Daddy's home" and she goes nuts.

Lucy begging for a treat - so cute!

I'll do a tribute to Grimmy next when I can find all of the cute pictures of him. We miss him very much!!!

This old house - rennovations

This is what the living room looks like with all of the tools & junk. It will look better soon!!!!

Terry checking his work - he's a perfectionist.

One of the bedrooms with new windows, trim, paint & doors - looking good.

We wallpapered the hallway & tore out the carpet - love the wood floors :-)

The hallway bathroom - completely redone - new bathtub, toilet, lights, wallpaper, paint, flooring - nice!