Spring at last!

It was warm yesterday (~65 oF) so Lila & I had a day out at Grass Lake on the Fox River.  The water was 5 foot above normal.

 ... Lila ...

... Steve ... 

Lila AT THE the Thirsty Turtle tavern on Channel Lake in Antioch, IL

Oh... by the way ... we ate dinner at the Texan BBQ in Algonquin, IL.  Lila wanted to drop presents at Kevin's for his 31st birthday but he was at his dad's house ... but that's another story.

Work and flood photos

Below is a photo of one of OMRON's opened GM 15A internally mounted fuel pump power modules (FPPM) with thermocouple wires installed for temperature measurement.

Below are photos of a low flooded field across the street from our house.  On April 18 we had a huge rainstorm move through the area.  Our next door neighbor says that he has not seen such flooding here in over 20 years.

Alive and Kicking ...

Way too long between posts.  I convinced myself that if I wanted my posts read, then I would post on FACEBOOK.  FACEBOOK has so much traffic that anything that I posted would likely be overlooked and forgotten.  So as long as GOOGLE keeps BLOGSPOT alive I'll keep posting here ... at least once in a while.

Status:  Still employed and solvent; still obese (100+ pounds of blubber), still married and living in Elgin.

January news:  ... Uh-h-h-h...winter & work?
February news:  Winter, work, Kaylee's birthday party, Paul's birthday ... our 24th wedding anniversary
March news:  More winter & work & Lila and I visited Anne and met her daughter Vickie (see note below).  Vickie stayed with us over her Spring Break.

Lila and I are in her car driving to Sheboygan, WI to meet with Anne.  Anne moved to Sheboygan about 4 weeks ago.  Her daughter Alexandra (18) then returned to Carson City NV with Alexa's boyfriend and his father the next day.  Anne stayed with her husband Dan for about three weeks but moved to Safe Harbor women's shelter with her daughter Victoria (13) after complaining of “bruises” that she attributed to Dan.  Lila and I had hoped to meet Victoria this weekend but Vickie is visiting her paternal grandmother with her father (Dan) this weekend.

... And Elgin had snow ... see below.

April news:  I filed our income tax returns.  Spring is cold so far.  I saw snow flurries yesterday morning.