The Adventures of The Merschmans

Wonderful Visit

I am so glad my cousin Missy and her two youngest children were able to visit last week.  Our grandmother is failing fast and it was nice for Missy and the kids to visit. 

 

"The Morrissey" girls!  It is VERY important to my grandmother that we know we all have "her blood"!

 

Grandma, Missy, Grant, and Abbey.

 

I LOVE this picture of my grandmother on Nick's computer. 

 

I LOVE the way Grant is looking at Nick....he is such a wonderful little guy!

 

 

This was Lucy's position for 2 days...she was such a good girl...I was so proud of her.  She never growled or nipped the kids.  She did sleep for the entire day after they left!

 

This is Missy and me.....we have gazillion pictures like this one!!!!!!  We were laughing, you can't tell where our hair and begins and ends!!!!!

Finally...Getting The Pics Up!!!!!

I was told by my "teacher", "you need to put pictures on your blog".  Isn't it funny, I get this "fancy" camera and the pictures are never put on my blog...well, I do live the life of "Murphy's Law".  So, here we go....are you ready!

 

Mimi took this picture and I just thought the angle was REALLY funny!!!!! 

 

I love the way the sun glistens off the lake in the late afternoon.

 

This is our little hummingbird....this was taken with my camera but not my ability...it was taken by the "photo snob"!

 

This is the angel design our wonderful Goldendoodle, Annie made by licking the meat drippings from the grill.  She IS a special girl!

The Circle Of Life....

Last evening, I was spending time with my family at my brothers home.  Our dear cousin, Lila, passed away.  She and her family lived in Orange County.  I offered to take my grandmother to the funeral.  It would be so emotional for her, so we all decided it was best she stayed here.  If she could have gone a few weeks ago...that would have been wonderful.  We just didn't know she was failing that quickly. 

Ed and I have such fond memories of Lila.  She was a wonderful, sweet person.  Her parents passed away when she was very young and she was raised as sister to my grandmother.  They were very close.  Ed and I picked them up in Memphis many years ago when they went on the Delta Queen.  We went to Elvis' home with them and all the other "touristy" things in the Memphis area.

So, as we sit at my brother's house, I receive a text from Eddis...we have a new baby in the Merschman family.  Little Patrick Edward, was born.  The long awaited little brother to our darling nephew Emmett.  The kids were so funny, "they named him after dad"....NO, they named him after Teddy...not really, they named him after Grandpa!!!!!

It was a good day.  Lila had a wonderful life and now we have a wonderful new little nephew to spoil...oh, wait we already did...a St. Louis Cardinal outfit for everyday of the week!!!!!  Can't wait to see him!!!!! 

Yes, It's Been.....

...some time since I have blogged!!!!  Life has been getting away from me lately.  We have either been going places or having people here OR my ever favorite...Eddis has been gone, which happens WAY more than I like it too. 

I have had a lot of knee pain and went to the doctor.  My knee was HOT to the touch.  Weird!!!  I got some injections and go back once a week for several weeks for the "chicken stuff". 

I text Eddis this evening...can we please go to Chicago for a night next week.  If I can't get to NYC in the next month (too much going on) looks like it will be a perfect place to be in September!  He actually said, "Yea".  What does that mean...did he not hit the "s" or was he being his usually...cannot come right out and say YES!!!!

Well, I took that as a yes and I am VERY excited because I am planning on staying at the new Trump Tower.  Can't wait...I hear it is wonderful and the best grilled cheese sandwich...it better be for $25!

More to come on the lake and Missy's visit!!!!

John Deere Home

It is weeks like this past week that make me want the John Deere home.  I have to keep remembering, it is the idea of having the home that I like.  I really don't think I could actually live there.  Nicholas is going to live there...that is what he keeps saying, it is his goal, and if any he has a goal in his, he is sure to achieve it. 

I just kept thinking, while watching the John Deere Classic this week, how cool it would be to give tours of the home to all the pros.  I have great vision for the home, but it is not as family home, at least for our family.

I love watching the JDC on TV.  I love the way the commentators talk about the Quad Cities.  Our tournament is a favorite with the pros because it is a "first class" event.  We have been so blessed to have a TPC course in our community.  They also talk about what a generous community we have.  We give back so much money to the community.  I think they said something like 25 million in 10 years.  I love living in the QCA.  I love the history of John Deere.   I guess, in the end I just want to say...."We own John Deere's home"....that is not going to happen....but I can say, "we were approached to buy John Deere's home"....it was nice to be thought of! 

We are heading to lake later this week for a few days.  We are going to catch a Cardinal game.  They are home this weekend.  It will be nice to go down and relax because we don't have to just stay for the weekend.  I plan on not leaving until at least Tuesday. 

YES, It Is Still Raining.....

I can't believe how water logged we have been here at the QCA!!!  We have had so much rain our little storm sewer has become clogged.  The city workers are here now trying to get the water to drain correctly. 

Have already had a crazy day and because of the rain most of the afternoon activities have been "rained-out", once again!!!!  Still haven't heard the "official" word on Nick's game tonight but I was just told by my husband they would not play. 

Looks like we will be home as family for the first time in, I don't remember how long!!!!  I am making homemade pizza.  A family favorite!

We have the John Deere Classic golf tournament this week.  Speaking of John Deere, we have been approached by several people to purchase the original John Deere home.  "Everyone" thinks it would be a perfect fit.  Eddis and I don't think it is the "perfect" fit for our family.  I do have some fabulous ideas for the use of the home.  Nicholas wants the house.  He wants to live there.  The view is unbelievable.  You can tell, John Deere searched the town of Moline to find the highest point to build his home.  

I am trying to plan our summer vacation....last minute of course.  I found a great flight to Florida but getting home is a different story.  That's fine with me....I will stay!  

4th of July

God Bless America!!!

We had a very rainy 4th of July in the Quads.  It was a very lazy day.  I spent the day watching "The Twilight Zone" marathon on the SiFi network.  There is nothing better old black and white shows. 

I didn't get much sleep the night before because a 16 year old hit Teddy's car around 11;30PM.  After the police and tow truck finally left around 2am I couldn't sleep.  I was running on about 3 hours of sleep because Mimi and Josie had to get up to be in the Bettendorf parade.  About the time I was going to wake the girls the phone rings saying they were canceling their performance in the parade because of the rain. 

The rain continued all day until around 4pm.  I finally got ready to head to dinner at the club and watch the best fireworks in the country.  YES, I have to say they are the best I have seen.  Better than any town large or small.  The best part, all the neighborhoods around the club are doing fireworks before and after the club's.  It ends up being a wonderful show.  I have been watching these fireworks my entire life and they just keep getting better. 

Today is a lovely day.  The guys are coming home from the lake.  I am glad I didn't go because I would have been upset to have missed out on everything here.  I am hoping we can work something out the years to come...where we are down there until the 4th and then are here for the 4th.  With Nick playing Pony League next year...it may be an entirely different "ballgame". 

I am glad to have my guys come home today.  Only to have Eddis leave again on Thursday.  I am glad the Merschman men have their little NASCAR trip.  I just don't like him being gone so much. 

Hives....

...is what I get when I get nervous!!!  Our baseball game was going along, we would score the other team would score.  A real "barn burner".  Everything changed in the 6th and last inning.  We tied the score.  They got up and we were getting outs...than all the sudden the two most dreaded words at a baseball park, "heads up".  I turn around and the woman sitting right behind me gets cracked in the back of the head.  I truly think she has a skull fracture.  It hit so hard, thankfully, there are plenty of fire fighters, nurses, etc.  The ambulance came just as her grandson was up to bat.  Poor thing, he ended up getting walked and going to the hospital with his grandmother. 

Back to the 7th and last inning.  We were the visitors because during tournament play the team with the most wins is the home team.  So, we are up we end up scoring 2 more runs and hold them the bottom of the 7th for WIN!!!  We now play Tuesday, we play the 2nd place team.  Karma is on our side....we can do it. 

****Nicky had a tough time at the plate tonight...time to hit the batting cage again!

X-Rays.....

my goodness....it sure is funny how a little knee can give your complete body such trouble.  Apparently, I have a VERY high tolerance for pain, which is something I have been aware of since the birth of MaryElizabeth.  I had x-rays of my back today and have a "bulging disc"....whatever that is.  No pain unless some touches me in the lower back area.  The doctors are at a loss as to how I have been able to function with the severity of it...I personally, have not felt much pain or what I think is pain.  Apparently, it is a real problem because so much damage can be done when you don't feel pain.  Eddis gets lower back pain and my sister in law has a lower back problem too.  I am sure we all have different types of problems.  The lower back is a real problem for a lot of people. 

Part of the reasoning for the "non-pain" I feel ---in theory is that I do not sit or lay very much during the day.  I am always on the go.  I stand all the time, I rarely sit.  We will see how all the "stuff" works to make it better.  From my understanding it could cause real problems years down the road. 

Family Time....

Last night Eddis wanted to watch a movie, for those of you that really know Eddis, this is not something he does.  He just is not a movie watcher.  We watched Gran Torino and it was really good.  I love the Clint Eastwood character.  Eddis and I would look at each and giggle through part of it...there were some really funny parts.  I am just not a "violent" movie watcher.  I don't like all the shooting.

Tonight, we start city tournaments for baseball.  Nick has a game tonight and Thursday.  They are off for the 4th of July weekend.  Ed and the boys are heading down to the lake on Friday morning.  Mimi and I are staying back and we are just fine with that. 

We won our first game in the city tournament, we play again, Thursday evening.  Just a little side note....wondering when my deck is going to get done.....  Nick had a good game.  There is a little All-Star game on Sunday, in which, Nick was picked as the 5th player on the team.  He will not be back for the game.  One of the boyspicked before him is not a very good player and the boy that hit a home-run last night didn't get picked.  This is what happens when you let the players pick their team-mates...it is a popularity contest.  All is well.  He is a very solid player, which usually does not stand out.  He gets a hit to score a run or will get walked.  He rarely strikes out and when he does Eddis takes him the batting cage, until he stops "pulling head". 

I am off to my first of many I am sure, Chiropractic appointments.  We will see how this goes.  I figure it can't hurt, right?????