Ok, here goes. I am linking up with Michelle at Fabulous in First for the summer linky party.
Random #1
I did it! Today my family walked in the 5k Chicago VisionWalk held at Busse Woods, Elk Grove Village. I made the whole walk! I did it last year and this year. I must be getting better. The previous years, and we have done this 8 years now, I did not make it to the end. It is a walk 1/2 way out and then turn around so you can actually turn around at any time. Out of the 900 walkers today about 100+ are blind. They were with their families using their "canes" or seeing eye dogs to walk the course. I have 2 children affected. My son is legally blind and my daughter is headed that way. Oh, they also have some hearing loss too (Usher Syndrome).
So proud that I finished the walk. So proud of my family for raising money for this wonderful organization (Foundation Fighting Blindness).
Random #2
It was a wonderful weekend. My daughter and her boyfriend drove in from Iowa on Saturday. They came in for the walk. So it was family pizza night at Langel's for all of us. Ray, my husband, and 3 of our daughters, 2 grandsons, and 1 boyfriend enjoyed fine food and fine conversation for several hours. Isn't family time great?
Random #3
School has ended! The last day was Friday. No more kiddos. But teachers have to report all week to clean their rooms and do paperwork. That is OK, as long as it does not get real hot. We have no air-conditioning in the classrooms. And we don't have to report as early. I get 1 more hour of sleep in the morning. YEAH!
Random #4
Looking forward to the summer and all the plans. Going to Colorado for a Vision Conference with my daughter Joanne ... leaving June 18th. My very good friend, Sister Jeanette, will be picking us up from the airport. We are staying with her one night and most of Thursday before the conference starts. Sister Jeanette taught in Chicago for 35 years before her order sent her to Boulder a few years ago. She has visited Chicago a few times and stayed with us, but I have never gone out there to see her.
The Vision Conference will be fantastic! We went last year when it was in Baltimore. We learned so much about current research for the Blind and Visually Challenged. We made lots of new friends and networked with them. Cannot wait to reconnect!
Random #5
My book The Daily 5 (second edition) will be here tomorrow so I can link up with the Daily 5 Book Study. Here is to catching up on Educational reading and Pleasure reading this summer.
Have a Great One!
Sharon
