Sunday, November 8

5:39 a.m. - Well, we got to sleep at least a little later this morning, thanks to Bella and Sailor, so that's nice. 

Yesterday was a productive day.  I got through two junior high boys games, even though starting with John Deere and Edison was a lot of fun.  There were some fans that were ridiculous, but that wasn't surprising.  After that, it was work time.  I got the yard mowed, which was nice to do because the weather was really nice for this time of November.  That will be the last mowing effort of the 2026.  Then I moved the grill down to the shed, and I moved the Blackstone to the garage.  (Today I'm going to work on the reorganizing the garage over to the winter season.)  After that, I got the camper next to the house like I wanted.  This wasn't my best effort of backing it in, but I was picky about where it landed, so it took me a little while longer to get where I really wanted.  After that, Sailor and I went for a walk, which was nice for her, as we were gone for awhile.  At that point, I decided I had done enough work, so it was time to just stay in and relax and watch football.  That included soaking in the hot tub and enjoying some potato soup and watching Notre Dame beat #1 Miami!  That was indeed a productive day!

And what about today?  It needs to be a productive day too.  The biggest task is to get the garage sqaured away, but I also want to help Amber with the camper, and I have to remove the hitch off the truck and perhaps work on lubricating the TV antenna on the camper and even perhaps get the winter cover on the camper.   I'll be taking Sailor for a walk again, and I want to watch the Bears on Sunday Night Football.  Let's see what all we can get done.  

OTHER THINGS

• Get mom's porch fixed
• November 9 - bus back to high school and get CAR for errands on Nov. 9.
• Dec. 1 - 7:45 Hussain Moline
• Dec. 4 - 7:50 Dr. Blew dentist appt.
• Mar.. - Call TRS and get paperwork rolling - 1-877-927-5877
• Mar. 19-24 - trip to Kourtney in Florida
• Mar. 25 - eye appointment - 10 a.m.

Fall Volleyball-Basketball 26 Schedule

travel plans link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ifhOpsJw3ik_aoPdWRenBSbxo7JMXwyKb0I0cjbe6g/edit?tab=t.0

11/9 - BOE meeting

11/10 - OPEN

11/11 - OPEN

11/12 - OPEN

11/13 - at Monmouth girls scrimmage

11/14 - OPEN

11/15 - SUNDAY

11/16 - at Sherrard JH BKB - 5:30 p.m. - Gabby Suarez

11/17 - at AlWood VGBK - 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

11/18 - OPEN

11/19 - at Sherrard JH BKB - 5:00 p.m. - Gabby Suarez (NO BUS THAT DAY)

11/20 - at Monmouth boys scrimmage

11/21 - at Galesburg 6 p.m - Mike Lamon, Kraig

11/22 - SUNDAY

11/23 - BLOCKED - Marotta interview

11/24 - OPEN

11/25 - at Wethersfield 2 p.m. - Marcus, Tony; at Orion 7 p.m. - Josh, Tony

11/26 - THANKSGIVING

11/27 - at Wethersfield 3:30 p.m. - Robbie, Tony; at Orion 7 p.m. - Josh, Tony

11/28 - at Galesburg 2:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony; at Orion 5:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

11/29 - SUNDAY

11/30 - BLOCKED - night off

12/1 - at Wethersfield 5:30 - Marcus, Tony (NO BUS THAT DAY)

12/2 - at United 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/3 - at MerCo 5:30 - Tony, Teel

12/4 - at Erie - 7 p.m. - Marcus, Dan Howard

12/5 - at Erie F/S 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. - Marcus and Michael Parsons

12/6 - SUNDAY

12/7 - at Sherrard 5:30 - Tony, Teel

12/8 - at Erie 7 p.m. - Berlin, Howard

12/9 - at United 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/10 - BLOCKED - night off - SANTA NIGHT!

12/11 - at MonRose 5:30 - Marcus, Tony (11:30 dismissal day)

12/12 - at ATown 11:30; at United 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/13 - SUNDAY

12/14 - BOE Meeting

12/15 - at Wethersfield 5:30 - Tony, Marcus

12/16 - BLOCKED - XMAS PROGRAM

12/17 - at United 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

12/18 - at Sherrard 5:30 , Tony, Hu

12/19 - at ATown 2 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

    at Sterling - 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

12/20 - 12/27 - BLOCKED - Christmas

12/28 - at Erie Warkins   5:30 - Josh, Tony

12/29 - at Erie Warkins  5:30 - Josh, Tony

12/30 - OPEN

12/31-1/2 - BLOCKED - New Year's

1/3 - SUNDAY

1/4 - at Riverdale 5:30 - Tony,Teel

1/5 - at West Central 6 p.m. - Tony, TBA

1/6 - OPEN

1/7 - at ROWVA 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/8 - at Knoxville 6 p.m - Tony, Marcus

1/9 - OPEN

1/10 - SUNDAY

1/11 - at Sherrard 5:30 p.m. -  Tony, Josh

1/12 - at MerCo 5:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

1/13 - at West Central 6 p.m. - Tony, TBA

1/14 - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

1/15 - at ATown 6 p.m. - Tony, Robert McGinnes

1/16 - at Cuba 3:30 p.m. - Tony, Eric Geiger

1/17 - SUNDAY

1/18 - MLK Day - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

1/19 - at Mercer County 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Scott Verstraete

1/20 - at AlWood    6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/21 - at Riverdale 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/22 - at ROWVA 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/23 - at Fulton noon - Robbie, Tad

1/24 - SUNDAY

1/25 - at IESA/Rockridge - 6 p.m. ???

1/26 - at Riverdale - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Brad Steinhagen

1/27 - at MonRose - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Matt DeSutter

1/28 - OPEN

1/29 - at Rockridge - 5:30 p.m. - Kraig McPeek, Byron Hendrix

1/30 - at Alleman - 1:30 p.m. - Marcus, Josh????

1/31 - SUNDAY

2/1 - IESA BOYS SECTIONAL 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/2 - at West Central - 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/3 - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

2/4 - at Rockridge - 5:30 - Tony, Verstraete

2/5 - at Princeton - 7 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/6 - at Rockridge - 1 p.m. - Tony, Verstraete

2/7 - SUNDAY

2/8 - BLOCKED - BOE Meeting

2/9 - Erie 7 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

2/10 - OPEN

2/11 - Alleman 7 p.m. - Marcus, Josh???

2/12 - OPEN

2/13 - IHSA Girls Regionals Begin

    - ROWVA boys LTC 1 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/14 - SUNDAY

2/15 - ROWVA boys LTC 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/16 - OPEN

2/17 - OPEN

2/18 - OPEN

2/19 - at MonRose - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/20 - OPEN

2/21 - SUNDAY

2/22 - IHSA Boys Regionals Begin

Saturday, November 7

4:55 a.m. - Well, I tried to sleep with Sailor and Bella last night in the blue room to give Amber some time and space to sleep.  I hope she was able to sleep better.  Actually, the dog and cat sleep pretty well until it's time to get up, and then there really isn't a lot of negotiation - it's just time to get up.

Yesterday was a long day ending a long week, but at least I don't have to drive a bus for two days.  The new driver, Rick, did ride with me yesterday, so it was nice to meet him.  That's the good news.  The bad news is that he is weeks away from securing his license.  I'm in for a long, long stretch of long, long days.  We had most of the community friends visit yesterday, which was nice.  There are two left, but I'll get them matched this coming week.  

Today this morning I have a couple of junior high boys basketball games.  And then this afternoon, I hope to get the camper placed up beside the garage since it didn't rain yesterday and today is supposed to be dry and sunny once again.  Notre Dame has a big game with Miami tonight at 6:30, so I'd really like to get all my work done before then and watch the game.

OTHER THINGS

• Get mom's porch fixed
• November 9 - bus back to high school and get CAR for errands on Nov. 9.
• Dec. 1 - 7:45 Hussain Moline
• Dec. 4 - 7:50 Dr. Blew dentist appt.
• Mar.. - Call TRS and get paperwork rolling - 1-877-927-5877
• Mar. 19-24 - trip to Kourtney in Florida
• Mar. 25 - eye appointment - 10 a.m.

Fall Volleyball-Basketball 26 Schedule

travel plans link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ifhOpsJw3ik_aoPdWRenBSbxo7JMXwyKb0I0cjbe6g/edit?tab=t.0

11/7 - at Sherrard JH 8 a.m. - 2 games 8 and 9:10

11/8 - SUNDAY

11/9 - BOE meeting

11/10 - OPEN

11/11 - OPEN

11/12 - OPEN

11/13 - at Monmouth girls scrimmage

11/14 - OPEN

11/15 - SUNDAY

11/16 - at Sherrard JH BKB - 5:30 p.m. - Gabby Suarez

11/17 - at AlWood VGBK - 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

11/18 - OPEN

11/19 - at Sherrard JH BKB - 5:00 p.m. - Gabby Suarez (NO BUS THAT DAY)

11/20 - at Monmouth boys scrimmage

11/21 - at Galesburg 6 p.m - Mike Lamon, Kraig

11/22 - SUNDAY

11/23 - BLOCKED - Marotta interview

11/24 - OPEN

11/25 - at Wethersfield 2 p.m. - Marcus, Tony; at Orion 7 p.m. - Josh, Tony

11/26 - THANKSGIVING

11/27 - at Wethersfield 3:30 p.m. - Robbie, Tony; at Orion 7 p.m. - Josh, Tony

11/28 - at Galesburg 2:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony; at Orion 5:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

11/29 - SUNDAY

11/30 - BLOCKED - night off

12/1 - at Wethersfield 5:30 - Marcus, Tony (NO BUS THAT DAY)

12/2 - at United 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/3 - at MerCo 5:30 - Tony, Teel

12/4 - at Erie - 7 p.m. - Marcus, Dan Howard

12/5 - at Erie F/S 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. - Marcus and Michael Parsons

12/6 - SUNDAY

12/7 - at Sherrard 5:30 - Tony, Teel

12/8 - at Erie 7 p.m. - Berlin, Howard

12/9 - at United 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/10 - BLOCKED - night off - SANTA NIGHT!

12/11 - at MonRose 5:30 - Marcus, Tony (11:30 dismissal day)

12/12 - at ATown 11:30; at United 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/13 - SUNDAY

12/14 - BOE Meeting

12/15 - at Wethersfield 5:30 - Tony, Marcus

12/16 - BLOCKED - XMAS PROGRAM

12/17 - at United 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

12/18 - at Sherrard 5:30 , Tony, Hu

12/19 - at ATown 2 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

    at Sterling - 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

12/20 - 12/27 - BLOCKED - Christmas

12/28 - at Erie Warkins   5:30 - Josh, Tony

12/29 - at Erie Warkins  5:30 - Josh, Tony

12/30 - OPEN

12/31-1/2 - BLOCKED - New Year's

1/3 - SUNDAY

1/4 - at Riverdale 5:30 - Tony,Teel

1/5 - at West Central 6 p.m. - Tony, TBA

1/6 - OPEN

1/7 - at ROWVA 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/8 - at Knoxville 6 p.m - Tony, Marcus

1/9 - OPEN

1/10 - SUNDAY

1/11 - at Sherrard 5:30 p.m. -  Tony, Josh

1/12 - at MerCo 5:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

1/13 - at West Central 6 p.m. - Tony, TBA

1/14 - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

1/15 - at ATown 6 p.m. - Tony, Robert McGinnes

1/16 - at Cuba 3:30 p.m. - Tony, Eric Geiger

1/17 - SUNDAY

1/18 - MLK Day - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

1/19 - at Mercer County 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Scott Verstraete

1/20 - at AlWood    6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/21 - at Riverdale 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/22 - at ROWVA 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/23 - at Fulton noon - Robbie, Tad

1/24 - SUNDAY

1/25 - at IESA/Rockridge - 6 p.m. ???

1/26 - at Riverdale - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Brad Steinhagen

1/27 - at MonRose - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Matt DeSutter

1/28 - OPEN

1/29 - at Rockridge - 5:30 p.m. - Kraig McPeek, Byron Hendrix

1/30 - at Alleman - 1:30 p.m. - Marcus, Josh????

1/31 - SUNDAY

2/1 - IESA BOYS SECTIONAL 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/2 - at West Central - 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/3 - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

2/4 - at Rockridge - 5:30 - Tony, Verstraete

2/5 - at Princeton - 7 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/6 - at Rockridge - 1 p.m. - Tony, Verstraete

2/7 - SUNDAY

2/8 - BLOCKED - BOE Meeting

2/9 - Erie 7 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

2/10 - OPEN

2/11 - Alleman 7 p.m. - Marcus, Josh???

2/12 - OPEN

2/13 - IHSA Girls Regionals Begin

    - ROWVA boys LTC 1 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/14 - SUNDAY

2/15 - ROWVA boys LTC 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/16 - OPEN

2/17 - OPEN

2/18 - OPEN

2/19 - at MonRose - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/20 - OPEN

2/21 - SUNDAY

2/22 - IHSA Boys Regionals Begin

Friday, November 6

4:27 a.m. - Sailor may be driving Amber to the Funny Farm.  It's been a long, long week, and we're working on adjusting our lives to Sailor being here.  She sure has a lot of energy.  She started whining last night again in the middle of the night, so I got up early again for her.  Unfortunately, I forgot to close all the doors, so now she is in bed with Amber.  Oops, I'm going to hear about that one.  

Yesterday was another long day.  My eye appointment went well. The pressures are staying in check, but Dr. Hairline said my eyes were a little dry, so she suggested some moisture drops.  I picked those up on the way home at HyVee, along with getting some treats for staff.  Yesterday, I also visited with a community friend, and matched her up with a student.  It was great to see both the adult and the student smile and have a great first visit.  And yesterday, there was also an admin meeting followed by another elementary admin meeting.  In fact, those lasted so long, that I was almost late getting back to IC Elementary to do the afternoon bus route.  And then when I got home, the Harrisons were here, and we had a dinner for Kenzie's 30th birthday, which is actually Sunday.  Jack and Rhonda were here too, and they are headed to Florida today to spend the weekend with the Southwells.  I really wanted to watch the Illini play last night, but I was really tired and fell to sleep and didn't see much.

And on to today.  It's going to be cold compared to the rest of the week.  It will be a good day to have jeans and a sweatshirt.  It's an MC Planning Schedule day, so the better weather today will help that.  Plus, a majority of the community friends will be in the building today, so that will be fun.

Have I mentioned that it's been a long, long week!

OTHER THINGS

• Get mom's porch fixed
• November 9 - bus back to high school and get CAR for errands on Nov. 9.
• Dec. 1 - 7:45 Hussain Moline
• Dec. 4 - 7:50 Dr. Blew dentist appt.
• Mar.. - Call TRS and get paperwork rolling - 1-877-927-5877
• Mar. 19-24 - trip to Kourtney in Florida
• Mar. 25 - eye appointment - 10 a.m.

Fall Volleyball-Basketball 26 Schedule

travel plans link - https://docs.google.com/document/d/19ifhOpsJw3ik_aoPdWRenBSbxo7JMXwyKb0I0cjbe6g/edit?tab=t.0

11/7 - at Sherrard JH 8 a.m. - 2 games 8 and 9:10

11/8 - SUNDAY

11/9 - BOE meeting

11/10 - OPEN

11/11 - OPEN

11/12 - OPEN

11/13 - at Monmouth girls scrimmage

11/14 - OPEN

11/15 - SUNDAY

11/16 - at Sherrard JH BKB - 5:30 p.m. - Gabby Suarez

11/17 - at AlWood VGBK - 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

11/18 - OPEN

11/19 - at Sherrard JH BKB - 5:00 p.m. - Gabby Suarez (NO BUS THAT DAY)

11/20 - at Monmouth boys scrimmage

11/21 - at Galesburg 6 p.m - Mike Lamon, Kraig

11/22 - SUNDAY

11/23 - BLOCKED - Marotta interview

11/24 - OPEN

11/25 - at Wethersfield 2 p.m. - Marcus, Tony; at Orion 7 p.m. - Josh, Tony

11/26 - THANKSGIVING

11/27 - at Wethersfield 3:30 p.m. - Robbie, Tony; at Orion 7 p.m. - Josh, Tony

11/28 - at Galesburg 2:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony; at Orion 5:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

11/29 - SUNDAY

11/30 - BLOCKED - night off

12/1 - at Wethersfield 5:30 - Marcus, Tony (NO BUS THAT DAY)

12/2 - at United 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/3 - at MerCo 5:30 - Tony, Teel

12/4 - at Erie - 7 p.m. - Marcus, Dan Howard

12/5 - at Erie F/S 9 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. - Marcus and Michael Parsons

12/6 - SUNDAY

12/7 - at Sherrard 5:30 - Tony, Teel

12/8 - at Erie 7 p.m. - Berlin, Howard

12/9 - at United 6 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/10 - BLOCKED - night off - SANTA NIGHT!

12/11 - at MonRose 5:30 - Marcus, Tony (11:30 dismissal day)

12/12 - at ATown 11:30; at United 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

12/13 - SUNDAY

12/14 - BOE Meeting

12/15 - at Wethersfield 5:30 - Tony, Marcus

12/16 - BLOCKED - XMAS PROGRAM

12/17 - at United 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

12/18 - at Sherrard 5:30 , Tony, Hu

12/19 - at ATown 2 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

    at Sterling - 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

12/20 - 12/27 - BLOCKED - Christmas

12/28 - at Erie Warkins   5:30 - Josh, Tony

12/29 - at Erie Warkins  5:30 - Josh, Tony

12/30 - OPEN

12/31-1/2 - BLOCKED - New Year's

1/3 - SUNDAY

1/4 - at Riverdale 5:30 - Tony,Teel

1/5 - at West Central 6 p.m. - Tony, TBA

1/6 - OPEN

1/7 - at ROWVA 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/8 - at Knoxville 6 p.m - Tony, Marcus

1/9 - OPEN

1/10 - SUNDAY

1/11 - at Sherrard 5:30 p.m. -  Tony, Josh

1/12 - at MerCo 5:30 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

1/13 - at West Central 6 p.m. - Tony, TBA

1/14 - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

1/15 - at ATown 6 p.m. - Tony, Robert McGinnes

1/16 - at Cuba 3:30 p.m. - Tony, Eric Geiger

1/17 - SUNDAY

1/18 - MLK Day - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

1/19 - at Mercer County 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Scott Verstraete

1/20 - at AlWood    6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/21 - at Riverdale 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/22 - at ROWVA 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

1/23 - at Fulton noon - Robbie, Tad

1/24 - SUNDAY

1/25 - at IESA/Rockridge - 6 p.m. ???

1/26 - at Riverdale - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Brad Steinhagen

1/27 - at MonRose - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Matt DeSutter

1/28 - OPEN

1/29 - at Rockridge - 5:30 p.m. - Kraig McPeek, Byron Hendrix

1/30 - at Alleman - 1:30 p.m. - Marcus, Josh????

1/31 - SUNDAY

2/1 - IESA BOYS SECTIONAL 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/2 - at West Central - 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/3 - BLOCKED - NIGHT OFF

2/4 - at Rockridge - 5:30 - Tony, Verstraete

2/5 - at Princeton - 7 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/6 - at Rockridge - 1 p.m. - Tony, Verstraete

2/7 - SUNDAY

2/8 - BLOCKED - BOE Meeting

2/9 - Erie 7 p.m. - Marcus, Tony

2/10 - OPEN

2/11 - Alleman 7 p.m. - Marcus, Josh???

2/12 - OPEN

2/13 - IHSA Girls Regionals Begin

    - ROWVA boys LTC 1 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/14 - SUNDAY

2/15 - ROWVA boys LTC 6 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/16 - OPEN

2/17 - OPEN

2/18 - OPEN

2/19 - at MonRose - 5:30 p.m. - Tony, Marcus

2/20 - OPEN

2/21 - SUNDAY

2/22 - IHSA Boys Regionals Begin