dad

so my dad had a quadruple (sp?) bypass today... he is in the ICU now, they tell us the surgery went well...

thx to all our friends that have prayed and we ask your continued prayer for healing...

i'll keep updated on here as we go...

dan

something new

i really envy andy... is it so wrong for me to want to envy a man that can write a great blog so often? i really am quite deficient in my blog writing abilities... along with my lack of proteins that allow me to write the but once a month it seems...

anywho.. andy, you truly are my hero.. have i ever told you? that you're my hero?

so, i'll give an update school has started.. crazy busy with that.. taking 18 (i think) hours of classes and teaching a class as well.. oh, and taking another class at another college for the fun of it.. just incase my 2 hours of sleep was too much.. haha...

and i'm not the busy one out of the chicago elliott fam.. mary has been working her already small heiner off.. she's doing great things over at the shop and they are loving her more and more every day.. i also envy her...

so it looks like God is telling me i have a problem with envy.. haha.. we'll see if we can fix that..

the weather in chicago has been pretty crazy as of late.. beautiful 70's one day, balmy upper 90's the next (i know, that's not too balmy is it).. we had a tree across the street break in two, and it was a huge friggin tree.. must've been 100 yrs old.. friggin huge... covered the whole street.. see pic attached.. luckily mary had the car at work, no where near any trees...

this is a nice long post, so i'll keep it going.. i'll start my 10 reasons why chicago is amazing and why you should consider it for your next place to visit/relocate...

10. our hotdogs don't come with coleslaw..

9. we have all 4 seasons.. even if winter is the longest (cold builds character.. when you're old you can tell stories about walking to school in the snow.. not walking to school in the nice crisp 50 degree january day)

8. heavy coats look so cool

7. 2016 olympics baby

6. ever had pizza so thick you have to eat it with a crane? you will in chicago

5. goose island

4. you can never get lost.. the streets are a grid.. and the streets have a special lane for bicycles

3. illinois kicks all of it's neighboring states butts.. seriously.. who can compete? iowa? ha...

2. mike ditka and michael jordan.. come on...

1. the elliotts? and did i mention mike ditka?




ok.. i'm out.. do you like the pink type? i had to, i used arial and it only deserves silly colors such as pink...

love to all.....

d&m